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  !! READ THIS FIRST !!
  help support wiki read me • • herb_fargus

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  Forum Rules
  copyright rules forum • • herb_fargus

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  Useful topics/posts index
  useful topics catalog links index • • meleu

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  @markwkidd there already is a link to the Simple Arcade Multifilter in the "Useful tools" section. I've just added a link to your new guide, like this:

  Simple Arcade Multifilter (Windows) - app for MAME and FB Alpha sets (get rid of unplayable, adult and Mahjong games), there's also a guide on how to use it here by @markwkidd .

  Thanks!

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  anyone have an idea on this error
  configuration error • • tigerjonny

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  i didnt i am just basically looking through a on how to ...currently just getting the files and using etcher to transfer to SD card then to the next step :0)
  was a mate that did it just trying to get my own head round it

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  There are no Emulators
  newbie question emulator instal problem • • Boneclaw

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  @boneclaw Try another website for your roms (Google "roms" and use the first result). And NEVER open that exe. Most likely some form of malware.

  ---edit---
  Late to the party apparently... ;)

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  Advance Mess and BBC Micro and joystick control
  advance mess joystick bbc micro • • spud11

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  @edmaul69 Thanks. I've tried pressing TAB a number of times but it doesn't bring up the menu the way Advance Mame does. I've brought up the keyboard by pressing F1 and when I press TAB, it does show the word "Configure", but that's as far as it goes.

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  ensuring ES gracefully finish and save metadata in every system shutdown
  shutdown script emulationstatio favorites last played metadata issues • • meleu

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  @yahmez Can you please provide your shutdown script? Maybe this gives the kick ;)
  @meleu I'm hunting down that rabbit - it's name is BASH

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  Update massacred ext4 partition, trying to recover lost ROMs collection
  ext4 data recovery • • remino

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  @remino just make sure you keep updated backups.

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  24/7 power warning
  power warning power problem • • Ecks

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  After switching to the official 2.5A power supply and getting myself a PiHut powered USB hub I had no problems with undervoltage (overclocked). n=1, but would recommend ;)

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  Afterglow PS3 controller analog left right reversed
  ps3 controller afterglow ps1 analog stick • • paulbc

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  EmulationStation gamelist seems laggy
  emulationstatio lag slowdown gamelist • • ruckage

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  @ruckage hi! I had read this yesterday, and really attributed it mostly to the larger images you seemed to be using now. Larger images will take a lot longer to load and render, that's why the ES scraper has by default been set to resize them. I know the quality suffers quite a bit in consequence, alas.

  I won't say that there hasn't been any particular change that may have affected this, to be sure, but my initial guy feeling would suggest it's related to the image size.

  If you can test your previous builds with the new images, that can certainly be helpful for comparison.

  I suppose the other factors can relate to media performance (SD card and/or USB drive performance) and overclocking, but I assume those are not the issue for the time being.

  Another thing you could attempt is to, in your new build, install an older ES version (maybe even the one from your old build) on the side and run it to compare.

  The binary should be in

  /opt/retropie/supplementary/emulationstation/emulationstation

  Copy that to a random temporary folder in your new system and run it from there

  chmod +x emulationstation ./emulationstation

  And see how it goes. Let us know.

  Thanks!

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  Retropie on Ubuntu 16.4 LTS X86 need help install external Hard Drive for Roms
  ubuntu 16.4 lts retropie x86 external drive • • thomasmtoys

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  The docs cover this scenario - take a look at https://github.com/RetroPie/RetroPie-Setup/wiki/Running-ROMs-from-a-USB-drive

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  Ubuntu - After update, emulationstation is gone!
  emulationstaion ubuntu update • • Sheef

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  Do others still have this with 4.3? I updated from 4.2.[something] (the version where Emulation Station's splash screen changed to black and Emulation Station gained support for video previews) on an RPi3, but still have this crash. I even rebuilt ES by source through the retropie_setup.sh interface.

  I am using the selph scraper to fetch video previews, and as a part of that the "images" folder and the gamelist.xml file are now instde of each of the rom folders instead of under ~/.emulationstation. Has anyone else had this issue with the same situation? I might try nuking all of the scraped info to see if that improves stability.

  @BuZz, is there a ticket out on this issue that we can follow?

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  Can't upgrade Retropie to 4.3
  install error upgrade • • chizzer

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  @jonnykesh changed to pastebin https://pastebin.com/RkLQqytS

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  Help with Brutal Doom
  brutal doom • • LowRes

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  @edmaul69

  oh really? I spent hours figuring it out so I'll just leave it lol. Atleast I learned a lot today. Speaking of music, I read that you needed all the music files in mp3 format named correctly in the same folder as the wads to get game music working, but the original music is working just fine in normal doom and doom 2 by just changing the midi device to OPL. Was that an old issue? I have all the mp3 files but didn't have to use them

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  Ultimarc A-Pac with 5k Potentiometers
  spinner advance mame retropie • • 1500points

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  @caver01 said in Ultimarc A-Pac with 5k Potentiometers:

  @1500points Sounds like mixed news but maybe progress. I look forward to your final results, as I expect others who use analog sticks on gamepads might benefit from knowing how you have them configured in AdvanceMAME when all is said and done.

  figured it out. it popped in my brain when we were out to eat.
  There was still axis info in the TAB gui for the player 2 analog. set all the dec and asc entries to keyboard keys d and g.
  Now the paddles work properly, all 4!

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  How to Remove LXDE Desktop
  lxde desktop lxde remove files remove retropie 4.2 • • RTA.Enterprises

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  Try to run these commands separately:

  sudo apt-get remove --purge lxde*

  sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade

  sudo apt-get autoremove

  reboot

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  Samsung TV "Mode Not Supported"
  samsung mode output hdmi problem • • josiemy

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  @jonnykesh

  Thanks, that worked (i was able to edit through the text doc as well) but my issue is still happening.

  I have changed around a few of the settings to lower the resolution to 720//lower the HRz to 50// forcing the group to set and nothing seems to make a difference. It works perfectly on my Acer computer monitor but my samsung TV will only display the "mode not supported" box.

  are there other solutions i have not tried yet? the TV model is a Samsung PN51D430A3D
  if it helps. my googlefu is not strong enough and it keeps leading me back to this post.

  thanks for any help you are able to provide

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  Rescrape Everything?
  sselph scraper • • Jaxel

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  @jonnykesh but the game is already in the gamelist... its only images/video which are missing. Wouldn't -append skip the game completely, and not check to see if it has new images/videos?

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  Help editing n64 InputAutoCfg file for GPIO
  cpio arcade • • kiphouse

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  @kiphouse

  I am in the middle of moving house, so haven't got my cab available to test but the fields you need are

  Dpad D= axis(0+)
  Dpad U= axis(0-)
  Dpad R= axis(1+)
  Dpad L= axis (1-)

  Or maybe 0/1 should be swapped.