[RPi] Composite fighting at every turn

    I have been trying to make a little streaming box that i can hook up to my little sony trintron to watch my old 4:3 shows how they were intended, young guy with an old soul, i remember getting composite to work a long time ago on pi 4 but now no matter what i try i cant get it to work, ive tried LE11 and LE12 neither with success, both got to the libreelec splash and not any further, it did the same for rasbian when i was trying that, is there something im missing or is my pi just bunk ;-;. im sorry if this is an old repeated thread but im so lost if someone could put me on the right track i would be forever grateful😞

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    #include distroconfig.txt
include distroconfig-composite.txt

    Edit config.txt on the SD card and change the includes to disable distroconfig.txt and enable distroconfig-composite.txt ^

    That should be the only change required.

    Actually two changes are required, you also need to change cmdline.txt. See the docs in config.txt just before the distroconfig include:

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    # Use distroconfig-composite.txt instead of distroconfig.txt to enable
# composite video output.
# The composite video mode needs to be configured in cmdline.txt:
# For PAL add: video=Composite-1:720x576@50ie
# For NTSC add: video=Composite-1:720x480@60ie

    Note that everything in cmdline.txt must be on a single line, so separate the video=... just with a space from your current content. And don't forget the 'e' at the end of the video mode, otherwise kodi won't be happy.

    so long,

    Hias

    It’d be great if this info was highlighted a bit more in the docs, because most newcomers won’t even think to dig into cmdline.txt. Took me a while to figure it out myself, and I bet it’s tripped up plenty of others too.

    Quote from MichalDV

    and I bet it’s tripped up plenty of others too.

    Glad you managed to make that RPi4 - CRT setup. Your config is a rare specialty, I don't think to be to many people to use ancient CRT displays in this days (20 years ago I seen and repaired enough of those). And the fact that the video source is 4:3 format doesn't means it's needs a same display, I think even a cheap HD ready LCD display could provide a better quality than an old CRT (even it's a Sony trinitron).

    Quote from MichalDV

    It’d be great if this info was highlighted a bit more in the docs, because most newcomers won’t even think to dig into cmdline.txt.

    Most newcomers don't even know what composite is. So the conclusion is: If someone needs composite, then it's a nerd, who can deal with config files. Anyway, you can write into our Wiki, if you want.

    sorry to leave tbis hanging for a bit, i actually did try that to no success it was just hanging on the splash screen, ill give it another try when im free maybe it was just late and i was messing something up, but yeah if anyones had this problem after doing those steps lmk