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    Raspberry PI not copying all ROMs to flash drive

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      Auserisauser
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      Hello!
      Problem: Usually when you attach a USB stick into a RPI with Retropie it should copy over all the ROMs and folders right? Well for me that is not happening. Only folders are copying and whatever ROM I put on it, it would not copy .I am trying to use a new USB stick because the one that I usually use for copying ROMs is broken.

      So here is my setup:
      System: RPI 1 B
      Power supply: Regular phone charger
      Controller: keyboard
      RetroPie ver. : 4.8.2 (LATEST)

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        Lilyandy @Auserisauser
        last edited by Lilyandy

        @Auserisauser

        wrong way
        Cannot copy directly.
        My approach is,
        Connect to RaiPi using wireless or wired network SFTP,
        The game ROM is placed under \home\pi\Retropie\roms\Emulator,
        Please place it in the corresponding ROMs to Emulator such as neogeo etc.
        You can create gamelist.xml to make game lists and descriptions.

        WinSCP+Putty Perfect use ^^"
        2022-08-04_114043.png

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          mitu Global Moderator @Lilyandy
          last edited by

          @Lilyandy said in Raspberry PI not copying all ROMs to flash drive:

          wrong way
          Cannot copy directly.

          No, it's not the wrong way, it's one of the method of Transferring Roms.

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            Lilyandy @mitu
            last edited by

            @mitu
            It turns out that I haven't tried this method to transfer ROMs, it's easier to use SFTP, thank you for the reminder! ^^

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              mitu Global Moderator
              last edited by

              Usually when you attach a USB stick into a RPI with Retropie it should copy over all the ROMs and folders right

              No, only the ROM folders are copied initially if you use the USB transfer method. You add the ROM files to those folders from your PC/other device.

              Only folders are copying and whatever ROM I put on it, it would not copy

              Did you restart EmulationStation after adding the ROMs ? Are the ROM files correctly named for the systems where you expect the games to show up ?

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                Auserisauser @mitu
                last edited by

                @mitu I have restarted many times

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                  Auserisauser @Auserisauser
                  last edited by

                  @Lilyandy actually I cannot use wifi transfer. because I run on RPI 1

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                    Lilyandy @Auserisauser
                    last edited by Lilyandy

                    @Auserisauser
                    I just now understand why... XD

                    I bought RasPi 4B, so it has wifi and RJ45, which is more convenient.
                    Disadvantage... bulky... XD

                    By the way, I highly recommend you to consider these products,
                    Convenient and easy to use! It can also be used as a handheld and can also be used as an external monitor.

                    PiBoy XRS Kit (Raspberry Pi 4B)
                    Piboy DMG Kit (Raspberry Pi 3B+, 4B or Zero)
                    GPi case (Raspberry Pi ZERO, ZERO W)
                    GPi case 2 (Raspberry Pi Compute Module 4)
                    GamePi43 (Raspberry Pi B+/2B/3B/3B+/4B)

                    Prices from cheap to expensive:
                    GamePi43 < GPi case < GPi case 2 < Piboy DMG Kit < PiBoy XRS Kit
                    You can refer to it! ^^

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                      mitu Global Moderator @Auserisauser
                      last edited by

                      @Auserisauser said in Raspberry PI not copying all ROMs to flash drive:

                      @mitu I have restarted many times

                      OK, how about the file names being correct ? Can you give some examples of files that don't show up and the system where you copied them ?

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                        Auserisauser @mitu
                        last edited by

                        @mitu Yeah ok Sonic CD is one that I am trying

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                          mitu Global Moderator @Auserisauser
                          last edited by

                          @Auserisauser That's not really helping - what is the exact filename(s) and what is the folder where you're copying them ?

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                            Auserisauser @mitu
                            last edited by

                            @mitu Ok
                            I am copying Sonic CD.bin and Sonic CD.cue into the segacd folder

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                              sirhenrythe5th @Auserisauser
                              last edited by sirhenrythe5th

                              @Auserisauser didnt it run yesterday?
                              https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/33091/sega-cd-mega-cd-not-displaying/21
                              Your final post was something like "IT WORKS NOW!", that´s why i am asking ;)

                              A general hint: the source of your Sonic-CD-image is well known and offers very old files (you can see the source in the screenshot of the files).
                              I would not recommend to download from there, a lot of this stuff is outdated in our days.

                              But apart from this the files should be visible in your SEGA-CD section of ES.
                              Maybe there is a missing connection between SegaCD and your chosen emulator, so the files are not supported yet and therefore not shown in ES?
                              Just an idea, Mitu will know much better!

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                                Auserisauser
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                                For some reason my entire NES, SEGA CD, and 32x gave a error

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                                  Auserisauser
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                                  Ok it worked. I just downloaded all the roms that were on retropie and it detected it

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