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    Trying to Build a Playstation Only Pi2

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    • BobHarrisB
      BobHarris @chris-red
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      @chris-red You can see the folders your usb drive is mounted over. Go to home/pi/retropie. Everything in these folders is stored on your usb drive.

      I'm not sure what you mean. The themes also change how the gamelists look. What do you want to achieve?

      Pi 3B , 64 GB Sandisk ultra flashdrive, 19 systems, 872 hand picked classic gaming gems :-) Dual shock 4v2

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        chris-red @BobHarris
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        To change what the games list looks like! I think the standard is OK but wanted to see what else was out there. Is what you are syaing that changing the Retropie theme changes the PSX games list too? Is there a way to just change the PSX individually.

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        • mituM
          mitu Global Moderator @chris-red
          last edited by mitu

          @chris-red Using a different Theme in Emulationstation will change the look & feel of every system, try installing different themes and switch them to see which one you like more - https://retropie.org.uk/docs/Themes/.
          As for changing the look only for the PSX system - just give the other themes a try and see if you find one that suits you.

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            chris-red @chris-red
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            Cool thanks.

            Only question outstanding now, is how to tidy the start sequence. Any ideas would be appreciated.

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            • mituM
              mitu Global Moderator @chris-red
              last edited by mitu

              @chris-red You got an answer before from @BobHarris - https://retropie.org.uk/docs/FAQ/#how-do-i-hide-the-boot-text. Is there anything more you have in mind ?

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                chris-red
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                Followed that, and removed the ES splash and the Rainbow start and now it is ace thanks all.

                Not the end of my questions I'm afraid. I tried ftping some games to the USB and the transfer rates sucked. I was only getting 2-300kbps is that normal? it is a 300mpbs usb wifi adaptor that is pretty good. I'm downloading the theme Gallery ATM and geting 4 mbps ...

                Again thanks very much for the help.

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                • mituM
                  mitu Global Moderator @chris-red
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                  @chris-red The Wifi speed (just as the cable one) is limited by the internal bus speed of the PI and the fact that the USB port is v2, so that's why your transfer speed is lower than what the adapter supports. I'd say what you see it's pretty much ok, considering the Pi also writes the data to the SD card.

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                    dudleydes @chris-red
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                    @chris-red Why not plug your USB drive into your PC and transfer games directly?

                    You can view the the gallery here: https://retropie.org.uk/docs/Themes/#theme-gallery

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                      chris-red
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                      Maybe pluging it in the best option then, it would be easier if SSH is a viable option, as the USB may be fiddly to remove from the case when alls done.

                      Is there any critera to the Splash Screen video? I have changed it to something better quality but it no longer works! It's just black till it hits the emulator.

                      Anything wrong with this?

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                      Thanks,
                      Chris

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                      • mituM
                        mitu Global Moderator @chris-red
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                        @chris-red said in Trying to Build a Playstation Only Pi2:

                        Anything wrong with this?

                        Kind of hard to see without knowing which video codec it uses. Run the file manually from the command line with omxplayer <path/to/filename> and see if it's working. Adjust until it works.

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                          chris-red
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                          Yeah that works fine,

                          this is the content of splash.service which I enable using the command "systemctl enable splash"

                          [Unit]
                          Description=Splash screen
                          DefaultDependencies=no
                          After=local-fs.target

                          [Service]
                          ExecStart=/usr/bin/omxplayer -b /home/pi/RetroPie/splashscreens/psxsplash.mp4
                          StandardInput=tty
                          StandardOutput=tty

                          [Install]
                          WantedBy=sysinit.target

                          This worked using the splash screen in the capture but not with the 1080p one.

                          any ideas?

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                          • mituM
                            mitu Global Moderator @chris-red
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                            @chris-red Check the service logs or maybe add a script wrapper to redirect any omxplayerrunning errors to a text file and see why it doesn't like it. Alternatively, just use the RetroPie splash screen configuration and choose your video file.

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                              chris-red
                              last edited by chris-red

                              Using 'journalctl -u splash -b'

                              I get this...

                              Apr 10 21:29:38 retropie systemd[1]: Starting Splash screen...
                              Apr 10 21:29:38 retropie systemd[1]: Started Splash screen.
                              Apr 10 21:29:40 retropie systemd[1]: splash.service: main process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE
                              Apr 10 21:29:40 retropie systemd[1]: Unit splash.service entered failed state.

                              With that service disabled and the built in one on nothing comes up either, I can view it in the view option.

                              Not sure where to go from here.

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                                chris-red
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                                I started from Scratch with a fresh image and it works perfectly! However now my USB won't mount...

                                That's enough for one night.

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                                  chris-red
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                                  I have finally gotten my image 99% perfect. I have another issue however.

                                  I had 3 games on my USB storage, I bought a new 64gb drive today and copied the contents of the old stick to the new and dumped a load more games on it. It boots fine and I can play games but 2 of the 3 'Original' games are duplicated. They are only on the stick once. I checked the Gameslist.xml again both listed once. Both instances play fine.

                                  Here's a picture of my hardware, it fits! I use the orginal power switch and controller ports, I even use the 'Correct' case openings for power/video! Almost all the soldering is done, I'm waiting on some LEDs to wire a power light and a right angled HDMI extender. I've also ordered a right angled USB adaptor, I'm hoping it is low profile enough to fit under and be accessible from the disk tray (the little black thing in the socket next to the blue cable is my 64gb drive) I'm pretty chuffed with how it has turned out.

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                                  Thanks
                                  Chris

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                                    chris-red
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                                    PiStation. Original Controller ports work as does the power switch and the led lights up when it comes on.

                                    It's overclocked and runs well It's not gone higher than 55c that's with the lid shut.

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                                    • BobHarrisB
                                      BobHarris @chris-red
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                                      @chris-red Nice work!!

                                      Pi 3B , 64 GB Sandisk ultra flashdrive, 19 systems, 872 hand picked classic gaming gems :-) Dual shock 4v2

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