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    Philips CD-i on Raspberry Pi 4

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      melovegames @Folly
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      @folly

      Would it be under /opt/retropie/configs/arcadia/emulators.cfg since that is where your script sets it up, under arcadia? Below is what that file shows:

      lr-mess = "/opt/retropie/emulators/retroarch/bin/retroarch -L /opt/retropie/libretrocores/lr-mess/mess_libretro.so --config /opt/retropie/configs/arcadia/retroarch.cfg %ROM%"
      default = "lr-mess"
      
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        Folly @melovegames
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        @melovegames

        Ok, Then I know what your problem is.

        I think you used an old script which doesn't work anymore for the latest versions of lr-mess.

        You should use this project now :
        https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/29682/development-of-module-script-generator-for-lr-mess-and-mame-standalone

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          melovegames @Folly
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          @folly

          Just clarifying, what you have here: https://github.com/FollyMaddy/retropie-philips-cdi-tools doesn't work anymore?

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            Folly @melovegames
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            @melovegames

            Didn't you read the readme.md file ?

            Indeed, that doesn't work anymore.
            I kept it there for the knowledge regarding the configs because the mouse can be a problem with CDI.

            When you use the latest project you should install the system cdimono1.

            Edit :
            I just improved the readme of the old script.
            So people will notice better that they should not use the script anymore.

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              melovegames @Folly
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              @folly

              Thanks. I must of missed that part. =)

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                Folly @melovegames
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                @melovegames said in Philips CD-i on Raspberry Pi 4:

                @folly

                Thanks. I must of missed that part. =)

                That can happen ;-)

                Please read post 1 thoroughly.

                You have to put the BIOS files in :
                /home/pi/RetroPie/BIOS/mame

                After the installation of the cdimono1 you have to put the games in :
                /home/pi/RetroPie/roms/cdimono1

                Use the starters with -cdrm not the cmd or basename and run the long named .chd files directly.
                That is the best option for now.

                If you have questions just ask me.

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                  melovegames @Folly
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                  @Folly

                  Thanks! I got Hotel Mario to run for the first time! Looks I have some work to do on:

                  • Sound
                  • Controller Input
                  • Overclocking
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                    melovegames @melovegames
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                    @Folly

                    Do you have the Zelda games running okay? I can get Hotel Mario running alright, but the Zelda games freeze after the cut scenes. I admit I assumed everything would run perfectly on a RPI4 with 4GB ram, but after overclocking to 2GHZ, it still seems off. Thanks.

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                      Folly @melovegames
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                      @melovegames

                      You can try to reduce your video resolution.
                      Press a key after booting the rom, there you can change these things.
                      I think you already know what I mean.
                      You can also select the autoframeskip emulators.cfg runcommand line to improve the speed.

                      There isn't much more that I can do, because I am not a mame developer.

                      The mame support for CDI isn't that good so not all games work properly.
                      And games that use Digital Video Cartridge won't work.

                      Here you can find information of the supported games :
                      /opt/retropie/emulators/mame/hash/cdimono1.xml

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                        Folly @melovegames
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                        @melovegames

                        Since you are quite new to the forum, here is how you can reward peoples posts or threads by upvoting them :
                        how_to_upvote.png

                        If you like using my script you welcome to upvote this by upvoting this post :
                        https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/29682/development-of-module-script-generator-for-lr-mess-and-mame-standalone/1

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                          melovegames @Folly
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                          @folly

                          Thanks for your help. I upvoted your script.

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                            Folly @melovegames
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                            @melovegames

                            Thanks !

                            And did my advice using mame with -autoframeskip or the video-mode help ?

                            With mame you can also use the F8 and F9 to specify your own frameskipping.
                            F11 will show the frameskipping information.

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