Anyone? Please? How do I update the Retropie emulator firmware/boot drive? Which specific files?

Are you trying to add a video or a picture ? Make sure you're fully updated and try again to preview either the video or the picture you're trying to add as a splashscreen.

@Skum1988 Make sure you properly type the path to emulationstation, it should be there. Did you install the emulationstation-dev packagee ? If so, then the path is slightly different (/opt/retropie/supplementary/emulationstation-dev/emulationstation instead).

@Lolonois

Yeah, kinda strange. I've started with a fresh Debian install (VM) and had the same issue. I've used the same script as shown before ;)

So after doing this update, the splashscreen no longer appears when I load up the RetroPie. It just loads directly into the emulationstation loading screen.

Any ideas?

I updated the script and database to 280.
There is no progettosnaps data in the new database and if new all_in1 drivers are found then they need to be added later.

Password protected binaries for mame 280 have been added too.
The password can be requested on : mamebinaries@gmail.com .

p.s.
Please, do not quote this message.

@DTEAM

For 280 my awk script detected fxmcr165a for classich.
Can you check what needs to be added for all_in1 ?

@Brote For anyone that ever has this issue (For the very few people that are as dumb as me.) I was taking a closer look and realized that I was plugging my usb in upside down. So yeah... make sure you don't do that.

Hello

In Ubuntu 25.04 i had the same issue. Took me a long time to manage to fix like as mentioned because i suspected the sdl2 module first. Thanks to you for helping. Just to summarize:

Change the line is es_systems.cfg to:
<command>sudo /home/xxx/RetroPie-Setup/retropie_packages.sh retropiemenu launch %ROM%</command>

And in /home/xxx/RetroPie-Setup/scriptmodules/supplementary/retropiemenu.sh following line to:

setESSystem "RetroPie" "retropie" "$rpdir" ".rp .sh" "sudo $scriptdir/retropie_packages.sh retropiemenu launch %ROM% " "" "retropie"

Can someone explain why this is not fixed? Or do i missing something?

@mitu I think I got it figured out. I was using the wrong splashscreen.sh script. I took the contents of asplashscreen.sh from /opt/retropie/supplementary/splashscreen and created splash-omxplayer.sh in /home/pi/RetroPie and now it seems to work. Here's what I have in that updated script file:

#!/bin/sh ROOTDIR="/opt/retropie" DATADIR="/home/pi/RetroPie" REGEX_VIDEO="\.avi\|\.mov\|\.mp4\|\.mkv\|\.3gp\|\.mpg\|\.mp3\|\.wav\|\.m4a\|\.aac\|\.ogg\|\.flac" REGEX_IMAGE="\.bmp\|\.jpg\|\.jpeg\|\.gif\|\.png\|\.ppm\|\.tiff\|\.webp" # Load user settings . /opt/retropie/configs/all/splashscreen.cfg is_fkms() { if grep -q okay /proc/device-tree/soc/v3d@7ec00000/status 2> /dev/null || grep -q okay /proc/device-tree/soc/firmwarekms@7e600000/status 2> /dev/null ; then return 0 else return 1 fi } do_start () { local config="/etc/splashscreen.list" local line local re="$REGEX_VIDEO\|$REGEX_IMAGE" local omxiv="/opt/retropie/supplementary/omxiv/omxiv" case "$RANDOMIZE" in disabled) line="$(head -1 "$config")" ;; retropie) line="$(find "$ROOTDIR/supplementary/splashscreen" -type f | grep "$re" | shuf -n1)" ;; custom) line="$(find "$DATADIR/splashscreens" -type f | grep "$re" | shuf -n1)" ;; all) line="$(find "$ROOTDIR/supplementary/splashscreen" "$DATADIR/splashscreens" -type f | grep "$re" | shuf -n1)" ;; list) line="$(cat "$config" | shuf -n1)" ;; esac if $(echo "$line" | grep -q "$REGEX_VIDEO"); then # wait for dbus while ! pgrep "dbus" >/dev/null; do sleep 1 done omxplayer --no-osd -o both -b --layer 10001 "$line" elif $(echo "$line" | grep -q "$REGEX_IMAGE"); then if [ "$RANDOMIZE" = "disabled" ]; then local count=$(wc -l <"$config") else local count=1 fi [ $count -eq 0 ] && count=1 [ $count -gt 12 ] && count=12 # Default duration is 12 seconds, check if configured otherwise [ -z "$DURATION" ] && DURATION=12 local delay=$((DURATION/count)) if [ "$RANDOMIZE" = "disabled" ]; then "$omxiv" --once -t $delay -b --layer 10001 -f "$config" >/dev/null 2>&1 else "$omxiv" --once -t $delay -b --layer 10001 -r "$line" >/dev/null 2>&1 fi fi exit 0 } case "$1" in start|"") do_start & ;; restart|reload|force-reload) echo "Error: argument '$1' not supported" >&2 exit 3 ;; stop) # No-op ;; status) exit 0 ;; *) echo "Usage: asplashscreen [start|stop]" >&2 exit 3 ;; esac

Here's is a realistic Arcade Bezel for the game 1944: The Loop Master using the Mega Bezel Reflective Shader for Retroarch.

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@Rockman98 said in Installing different desktop environment rather than the default one over retropie os?:

Hello,

Is it possible to install a different desktop, specifically Trinity Desktop Environment adn boot over emulation station interface?

Which platform ? On a Raspbery Pi, RetroPie doesn't use a desktop at all.

How can i install it top of retropie os?

RetroPie is not an OS, but runs on top of a Linux distribution - on a Raspberry Pi it's running over RaspiOS, on other platforms is runs over Debian/Ubuntu.

Look up how the desktop environment you want to install is installed on Debian/Ubuntu if you want to install it on your RetroPie - compatible - system.

Would there be any performance issues?

Depends on the system, if it's a Pi3 or less it's probably going to affect the performance, for newer Pi models it's less noticeable and on a PC the difference is basically insignificant.

Can i make it launch like how i start raspberry pi's default desktop environment over retropie os?

Probably, but depends on the platform you're using (PC / Raspberry Pi / etc.).

@retropieuser555 as far as i understand that changing the sound from hdmi0 to 1 did the trick (but for me it was too late i have already deleted all the packages i had)
right now I'm reinstalling everything (not sure if it solves the x4 speed or idk rom speed problem)
I'll keep this post updated as far as i go with this issue.
but thanks anyway ( yes it might be it i forgot that it installs an desktop environment) much appreciated!

@BigGold said in RetroPie recommended x86-x64 system? Also, questions about Rpi5 vs 4:

I don't really play anything beyond a PS1, so I was wondering if it would be possible to run it on a core2duo system with integrated graphics or possibly a AMD HD 5000 series card for the ability to use a tv via component. would 2gb suffice or should i be looking at a more powerful setup?

A Core2 Duo system is waay too old to be a recommended system. If you're looking to 'downgrade', then a Pi4 would be perfectly fine.

Let me also ask this question: If I wire the coin button switches to the usb encoder, and hit the start button to bring up the Main Menu in Retropie and Configure Input...is it going to recognize the Gamepad I am currently using? Like, if I use Player 1 (Gamepad 1) is it going to let me re-map that specific Gamepad?

@DTEAM Thanks for letting me know, I will have to look into that. It's great that Smash 4 is working for you on the Pi, I am honestly surprised to hear that it is.

I dumped my cart and so I am not sure what version I was using, I will look into the one that you are suggesting. That said, I don't think it was a bad dump because the game played fine on Vulkan except for the usual Citra Vulkan visual artifacts. That said, on GLES with my build, most of the Smash stages were completely unplayable for multiple reasons. First is because of various colored boxes obstructing the screen on battles stages and even the menus (I assume that these are problematic textures for GLES such as incomplete mipmaps but I am not sure). Also Little Mac was neon green and looked like the Hulk for some reason. Finally, the game ran at ~30% on my aggressively OC'ed Pi4 and I recall that disabling right eye did very little to help (I am surprised to hear that it is 100% on the Pi5).

I am still running MESA 24.2.9 (the current default for sudo apt install mesa-vulkan-drivers), and so that could definitely be a possible reason for our difference in experiences. I do want to eventually upgrade to 25.1.0 to get the dual source blending functionality (especially for dolphin) but I decided to just wait for mesa-vulkan-drivers to catch up. I may need to fast-track that though if these newer mesa drivers are truly delivering this kind of enhanced Borked3DS gles performance.