BIN/CUE Files - not showing in Emulation Station

[simongeoghegan]

Re: Playstation wont show up on Retropie HELP

Hi All,

This is my first time using the forum. I came across the above thread when trying to research an issue I had regarding bin/cue files.

Having read up, I need both when it comes to trying to play PSX games through RetroPi. I have a few games downloaded, but for some reason some show within Emulation Station and others don't, however they all have BIN and CUE files set up in the same way so I cant understand why some would show and others wouldn't.

I have attached a screenshot of my folder. The FF7 and FF8 files all show fine, but none of the others show and i'm finding it highly frustrating.

I am a RetroPi novice so I don't have a brilliant understanding of things but I've followed all the advice I can find which talks about BIN/CUE files and making sure the names etc. are all correct.

Does anyone have any suggestions or advice to how I can find these games within my Emulation Station?

Thanks in advance!

[mitu]

@simongeoghegan You didn't specified your RetroPie version, but I'd guess the casing of the file (.CUE vs .cue) is the only one that would make a difference. It's not clear from your screenshot, since the file extension display is turned off in Windows Explorer, but you might want to check that.

[simongeoghegan]

Hi @mitu

Thanks for your reply. I have turned file extension display on now and taken another screenshot.

I've had a check and i'm running RetroPie V4.4.

I've also opened my cue file for Metal Gear Solid incase that offers any clues as to what the issue may be. I've checked and the casing of .cue all appears to match up.

[akafox]

@simongeoghegan take a look at the es_systems.cfg file and see what extensions are listed there for that system..not sure where it is located on a windows system PC sorry...

but could you post the psx part of it please...
also I can not tell id your cues are .CUE or .cue CAPITALIZATION makes a difference to the system. .CUE is not .cue to the operating system..

So you say that FFVII works fine..change the extension to the same as that and see if it works...it can be easily fixed within the system.cfg by adding it..

retropie should already have that in there though shrugs

[simongeoghegan]

@akafox thanks for the reply. Would you suggest changing all the .cue to .CUE then?

I'm not sure how to access the area you've mentioned but I'll try and figure it out! I have it all on a memory stick that I plug in to the raspberry Pi.

[akafox]

@simongeoghegan wait..so you are using a pi...?

located at /etc/emulationstation/es_systems.cfg

load es..then drop it pressing ctrl+f4 on a keyboard..the the terminal prompt type

cd / (press enter) then cd /etc/emulationstation (press enter) open it in nano with sudo nano es_systems.cfg

in there look for psx (ctrl+w..type psx then press enter)
look for a line like this..and then make it match mine

<extension>.cue .cbn .img .iso .m3u .mdf .pbp .toc .z .znx .CUE .CBN .IMG .ISO .M3U .MDF .PBP .TOC .Z .ZNX</extension>

notice the uppercase and lowercase...

then save it crtl+x..press Y then enter (DO NOT change the file name!)

then load es and see if it finds it

note you can do all this through ssh on your PC remotely to make things easier...

[simongeoghegan]

Thanks @akafox, I've just done that and it appears my extensions match yours. One thing I did notice was that if I check the contents of my ROMs/psx folder when inserted into the Pi, it doesn't show the files. When raspberry Pi is booting up, it tells me "failed to start usbmount@dev-sdaservice"

I tried to copy all my files onto another memory stick and tried that but it also failed.

As such, I'm thinking that the memory stick just isn't "syncing" with Pi when it's booting up, so it's not that the files aren't showing, it's that they just haven't been carried over in the first place?

As said, I'm a novice with this so may be totally wrong but it sounded sensible logic to me! Haha.

If that's the case, I suspect I actually have a different problem?

[akafox]

@simongeoghegan yes sounds like you may have a different problem on your hands there...

seems to be that the usb drive (thumb drive) is not mounting...

but I have to ask..is your path set right for ES to find them on your USB device?

[mitu]

@simongeoghegan Please give more details about your setup as described in https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/3/read-this-first.

[simongeoghegan]

I'm assuming so, as I don't believe I've changed anything since having the Pi (about 5 weeks), however I can check.

Do you know what it should be/how I find what it currently is?

Really appreciate your help with this. I suspect this may also be causing a further issue I've been experiencing of task failure in relation to saving games too, so hopefully i'll be killing two birds with one stone.

In terms of my set up, I have the following (apologies I don't know the answer to all questions):

RetroPie Version Used: 4.4
USB Devices connected: USB Memory Stick (San Disk Ultra USB 3.0 - 64GB)
Controller used: Microsoft Xbox 1 Controller
Error messages received: "failed to start usbmount@dev-sdaservice"
Log found in /dev/shm/runcommand.log (if relevant): Unknown (Occurs on start up on Raspberry Pi)
Guide used: No
File: No
Emulator: PSX

[akafox]

@akafox said in BIN/CUE Files - not showing in Emulation Station:

but I have to ask..is your path set right for ES to find them on your USB device?

USB devices have different names no matter which one you use so if you have changer devices you need to make sure the path is correct (although I think retro pie paths are..umm "generic" in a sense.

But remember default path is /home/pi/RetroPie/psx so that is why you have to change the path to your usb drive if you wish to play them off of that

(I run my from a powered usb hard drive...)

and another question...did you copy them to a home/pi/RetroPie/psx folder on the usb stick? If you did then it tried to copy the games to your SD card..and only copied what it could before it ran out of room.

If however you just placed them on there "raw" (no folders ect.) like I said check your es_systems.cfg and check the path is set correctly. If from there it doesn't work..THEN we know something is wrong for sure.

[simongeoghegan]

@akafox thanks for this.

Regarding the folder location, is this a location on the actual Pi (as opposed to the folder location on the USB)?

If it is, do you know how I can check that out, assuming through the f4 menu using a command?

I have the USB set up in folders (RetroPie/ROMs/psx) so assume I just need to check the same applies on the actual Pi?

[BobHarris]

@simongeoghegan The caps are wrong on your usb..that might be the problem why your games don't get transferred. The easiest way is to have an empty usb drive..create a folder called 'retropie' . Plug it in your Pi and wait for the light to finish blinking. Pull it out and now all the folders you need are there, in the proper case.

I don't prefer this though. Like many I don't transfer my roms to the sd card, but keep them (and the save files) on the usb: https://retropie.org.uk/docs/Running-ROMs-from-a-USB-drive/

[simongeoghegan]

@bobharris apologies, I should have realised about the capitalisation, the actual folder (with correct caps etc.) where the psx roms are is:

F:\retropie\roms\psx

I'm just about to try your suggestion now so i'll feed back on this :)

[simongeoghegan]

So I did some digging around regarding usbmount and found some instructions which gave some commands as to how to move everything from the Pi to USB stick:

video link:

I did this (successfully I think) however once rebooted, my Pi tells me that it cannot find any system. Check that your paths are correct in the systems configuration file, and your game directory has at least one game with the correction extension.

Having checked the memory in my desktop computer, everything is still on there so i'm even more baffled now.

Ultimately, I likely just don't know Pi well enough and have probably messed about too much. All this pain to try and relive nostalgic playstation games! :)

[mitu]

If you're just starting with RetroPie, then I'd say re-install the image, then follow the instruction in the docs for storing your ROMs on the USB stick and running games directly from it. It has a nice and fresh video especially for 4.4, thanks to @herb_fargus :).

[simongeoghegan]

Not sure what the problem was but after uninstalling/reinstalling RetroPie, everything is OK now.

Thanks to everyone who offered suggestions - I can finally immerse myself back into my youth via Final Fantasy 8 :)

[akafox]

I would make everything pbp format to save space :D