If anybody comes accross this: Happened to me with version 4.6 (on raspbian buster), exactly same problem, like 3fps on all PS1 games. Tried different emulator (removed lr-pcsx-rearmed from main packages and tried pcsx-rearmed form optional). That ran well, but didn't see controller. So I decided to tweak with original lr-pcsx-rearmed, reinstalled it back and voilaaa, games at full speed. Don't know the reason, but for somebody just wishing running emulator it's worth trying I suppose.

@BuZz editing /opt/retropie/configs/all/runcommand.cfg did the trick, thankyou! :-)

that worked. thanks both of you @mitu @muldjord

What's the content of the file you deleted (es_input.cfg) ?

Apparently this is an issue with the SN30 Pro itself. I got it working. Here's what I did:

Deleted /etc/udev/rules.d/99-bluetooth.rules Deleted SN30 Pro from registered Bluetooth devices Powered on SN30 Pro with Start+B (Android mode) and held Pair button (top of controller) for 3 secs to immediately go into pairing mode. While in pairing mode selected Register and Connect Bluetooth Devices in RetroPie-Setup Script >> Setup >> Configure Bluetooth Devices Selected 8Bitdo SN 30 Pro from list and finished config Did NOT set up udev rule

Now the controller is working perfectly; I'm able to open Launch Menu or go straight into games ... no sitting at black screen for ~40 secs. Also no waiting required to navigate script menus either.

I did have to reconfigure controller layout ... and the L/R triggers are actually recognized now as well.

@nes yes, with the rest of the bin/(appropriately re-named)cue or chd files

@dudleydes Thank you for this Information!

I am going to answer this one myself in case anyone else needs this info in the future. After looking through the run_mess.sh script itself, I was able to see that the message "hn613128pc64.bin NOT FOUND (tried in pv2000)" was trying to tell me that lr-mess was looking for the BIOS file in a pv2000 subdirectory of the main BIOS directory. Once it was placed there the logic to skip the software list/hash started working properly and I was able to launch roms that did not match the official hashes.

sorry about that thank you for the update. all instructions followed and i've got the fb1 folder. when i add the extra lines in and then reboot... i'm still getting a white screen on the waveshare 3.2 but retropie is showing on my monitor

It's an omxplayer limitation on the Pi4 - if the upstream package gets updated and supports OSD (subtitles), then it will be supported if Raspbian will include the updated version.

@arcadez2003

Thank you for informing me

Really appreciate that

I will try it on Mame2003 plus

My guess is because of the recent Libretro hack, no assets are currently available for download - including cheats.

I just want to say grats and I am a little jealous of your bartop. I am a Campbell, too.

@k3001993 said in Best x86 emulation:

But honestly, do you think it can be done with a decent frame rate? Here's some gameplay:

I don't know, I don't have any experience with Box86 and I don't have it installed.

TY , guess its time to get an sd card reader and learn this thing.

@BeefN-OnionPi said in (Pi 3A+) usb controller player 1, bluetooth controller player 2:

could i configure player 2 once and not have to keep configuring ?

Yes, once paired and configured, the Bluetooth controller should work fine, without any re-configuration.

Can you add more info about your system, as detailed in https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/3/read-this-first ?
Amiberry should read and understand RetroArch's auto-configuration files, so Hotkey + Start should exit. You need to use a - relatively - recent of version of Amiberry for that. See more details on the Amiberry Input documentation page.

Not sure why you're using an old image instead of a recent one (4.5 should have been available 6 months ago), but you don't need to configure the 2nd player if you already have configured P1 - their configuration should be identical if you're using just 1 encoder. If you configured P1 through EmulationStation, the auto-configuration files should be already present.

@DKarn Yes, there's the 1st pinned post at the top of the Help & Support category - https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/26628/.