EmulationStation Sluggish and Scraper Broken with 4.7 Release

maserspark

Checking the output of EmulationStation, I see this when I try to scrape a game with TheGamesDB

write(3, "Nov 02 14:45:44 lvl1: \tTheGamesDBJSONRequest - Response had no include boxart data.\n\n", 85) = 85

BuZz

@maserspark I'll look into the ES speed issue.

maserspark

@BuZz Thank you! I've also tried giving ES more VRAM through the 'Other Settings' menu. Increasing it from 80 MB to 500 MB also had no change, though that was a bit of a Hail Mary.

Hopefully the output I provided for the scraper provides some hints on that.

mitu

The Scraper(s) haven't changed significantly between 4.6 and 4.7, so if it's a problem, it might be a temp issue with the scraping source (TheGamesDB).

vt_fbcoach

@maserspark I can also confirm sluggish ES behavior with the 4.7 update on my Pi 3B (not 3B+).

namedjughead

@vt_fbcoach @maserspark I can also confirm this behavior on the Pi 3B (no +).

GreenGriffon

Also confirming very sluggish behavior in ES simply browsing between systems.

fCIbX6r1uN

Running a Pi 2B, I also have slow framerates with ES on RetroPie 4.7 (having updated both to latest versions).

Kapow

Also seeing low framerates in ES on a Pi 3B+ after upgrading a nearly-fresh 4.6 image to 4.7.

Also, every time I start a game it prints the message "VolumeControl::init() - Failed to find mixer elements!" before the runcommand dialog comes up, sometimes several times in a row. The volume is much louder now, and when I open the ES sound settings (which I hadn't touched before), the System Volume is set to 0%. If I set it higher, close the menu, and reopen it, it's set back to 0%, but it's still very loud. The Audio Card is "Default" and Audio Device is "PCM". It was working fine before the upgrade.

EDIT: After switching Audio Device to "HDMI" the volume control worked and the error stopped appearing. ES is still sluggish, so this was probably unrelated.

BuZz

@Kapow the audio issue is well documented (there's a thread on the forum - it's due to a driver change).

I will sort ES today and roll new images. You will be able to update once this is done.

maserspark

@BuZz Thank you!

Simrose

Pi4b 2gb
Official PSU
Hdmi
4.7 updated via retropie setup, I ran update and choose yes to everything.

I had my first emulation station crash since updating I just had to hit ok on this little square screen it took me to cli and I typed emulationstation and it reloaded fine.

But after approx 1 year of stable this was a surprise hopefully it will sort itself with updates.

My issue might be aeperate,is there a Emulation station crash log?

Crash image
Thanks
Sim

BuZz

Please do an update from RetroPie-Setup and the performance issue with EmulationStation should be sorted. Note you can either do a full update or update Retropie-Setup script, then EmulationStation.

maserspark

@BuZz It's fixed! Thanks so much!

Unfortunately, the scraper is still broken. TheGamesDB hasn't reported anything wrong on their forum, and the error of TheGamesDBJSONRequest - Response had no include boxart data.leads me to believe it might be ES.

mitu

@maserspark said in EmulationStation Sluggish and Scraper Broken with 4.7 Release:

Unfortunately, the scraper is still broken. TheGamesDB hasn't reported anything wrong on their forum, and the error of TheGamesDBJSONRequest - Response had no include boxart data.leads me to believe it might be ES.

If no games are scraped, then you may be over your monthly request quota.

maserspark

@mitu This issue concerns about three games I added to my collection most recently. The rest of my games are scraped and have been so for years. The new games are:

EarthBound (SNES)
Phantasy Star IV (Genesis/Mega Drive)
Fushigi no Umi no Nadia (Genesis/Mega Drive, Japan-only)

All three scraped fine in 4.6. I didn't save my changes before updating to 4.7, so I have to rescrape them.

mitu

@maserspark Yes, you're right - there's a bug in EmulationStation's scraper. We'll have to fix it.

BuZz

A fix from @mitu has been applied to the scraper and new ES binaries are available again (v2.9.6rp)

maserspark

And that works too. Thank you so much for everything, @BuZz and @mitu!

Phil_Chambers

@buzz My scraper is still not working with the v2.9.6rp update.