@sugarfree I tired this yesterday ish but I had to mess with everything before I added retropi on top of pi desktop. Works 90% ish you also have to take a file that is named the exact same thing and use the mv of cp command to move it into the right spot it seems

sudo mv splash.png /usr/share/plymouth/pix/splash.png

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I was under the impression that tweakvc would work for RaspiOS Buster based systems, despite the comment on the project page.

Other option would be to add a correct sdtv_mode to config.txt - see here - but that would enable it permanently and wouldn't be a toggle as it is with tweakvc.

EDIT: it seems that the official firmware doesn't have PAL60 support, only some experimental versions which were beta tested as part of the Github topic mentioned above.

@mitu hey! sorry, school started so I've been busy. here's the requested info:
Raspberry Pi 4 Model B Rev 1.5
RetroPie 4.8.8
Installed from the SD image on the website
All that's connected rn is the one dragonrise controller
I get a not configured error message from retroarch

About the config files, I was the one who mistakenly deleted them after trying to fix different control issues (it was a long night and at that point every button except select was unresponsive). I might try going from retropie-setup and seeing if that works?

there's a chance I disabled autoconfiguration, but I have no clue how I did that or how I would turn it back on. I definitely did not mess w es_input.cfg though, I never touched the es folder anyways.

I'll get back to you if the reset via retropie_setup helps, I didn't know that was a thing at all. thank you for your help :)

@RapidEdwin08
What happens if /splashscreen is missing under supplementary in the OS.

Does the transfer speed of the SD card effect the performance while playing? If it does which SD card do you recommend for the best value disregard space.

No, it does not, but it certainly helps in day-to-day operations (boot process, updates, copying files, etc.).

@willelind said in GPIOnext input works great during menu but stops working after game boots:

What did you mean by that? It seems that my input keybindings are from the /opt/retropie/configs/all/retroarch.cfg file, listed under keyboard, not joypad/gamepad.

Look in a verbose log and see if an additional joystick/gamepad input type is detected. It may be that GPIONext adds an additional gamepad device, even if you configure it as a keyboard.

Is there no interest in having retropie run as a service on top of a full desktop environment?

Not on the Raspberry Pi.
RetroPie (ES + emulators) works fine on a PC platform from the desktop, but the audio configuration is handled by the system/desktop environment and there's not much that RetroPie configures at this point, it just used the default audio device that's register in the system (i.e. in PipeWire/PulseAudio).

EDIT: as explained before, you need to find the right Audio Card setting which works for you. Try using PCM/Master instead of HDMI, it should work.

@mathan416 Does this happen when the screensaver is started or later when the system is reaching "sleep" state (see Screensaver Options -> System sleep time: If it is 0 then there is no "sleep" timeout but only the screensaver timeout).

I did manage to get it working eventually, but discovered that what I though was an RGB converter was not, in fact, putting out RGB. I ended up purchasing another converter, this time for composite video (HDMI to CVBS) and using one of the BNC video ports. This worked fine with the appropriate video settings (hdmi_group and hdmi_mode) in added in config.txt. The adapter does not work with 576i, but does recognize 576p. Possibly because this is a video monitor, the image does not fill the display like on a TV - there is a black border - but it does work.

Can you please add more info about your setup and emulated game/emulator, as outlined in https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/3/read-this-first ?

@pinomnomnom said in script driven message to alert user while in emulationstation:

but where can I read more about what's needed to use SHOW_MSG?

Maybe the source or the PR that added the functionality, I can't find any other reference in the Libretro docs about it.

My 8bitdo Ultimate Wireless 2.4ghz controller with updated firmware also didn't work on the latest RetroPie image.
But I was able to make it work only after updating driver packages --> I noticed that xpad had update.

@jackal123uk Thanks for sharing your solution! Mouseberryes are out-of-stock for a while and I would like to use this concept to power RPi from the car battery. When the engine is turned on, one of the 12V battery outputs is active while the other battery output is always 12Vs, so the goal is to transform 12V to 5V only if engine is on, to power RPi. I wouldneed such circuit to safely power off RPi when engine is turned off.

As I have really limited experiences with hardware, I would like to ask you how to modify the scheme to support such solution? Why do you have this USB in your circuit? Thanks a lot!

@sleve_mcdichael said in Why do some versions of Retroarch look so different?:

@TPR that's the "menu driver" setting. RP default use the rgui driver cause it lightweight and perform well on low powered hardware like RasPi. I think the blue one in your picture is xmb. Other choices are glui or ozone.

retroarch.cfg excerpt:

# Menu driver to use. ("rgui", "xmb", "glui") menu_driver = "rgui"

Found it! Awesome... thanks! For some reason I never knew this was an option.

@mitcheg1 As usual, documentation is your friend : https://docs.libretro.com/library/fbneo/#mapping

@mitu said in problem with configuration file saving... (Treaded video always turned on issue):

Your RetroArch version is not up-to-date, did you only update the RetroPie-Setup script without updating the packages ?

Maybe-maybe....

@Ashpool Nope, I already have my WS ROMs separated into colour and mono folders and as separate systems in ES_SYSTEMS.CFG.

@90sgamer
Right, since you are using a Pi, it will be the easiest to follow the info here
https://retropie.org.uk/forum/post/297054

@WildDog

If it's for MAME standalone version, In the first post here, do step 10 and 11.