I found it!!!

The file ~/configs/all/videomodes.cfg contained

Lr-psx-rearmed = "HDMI-1:0x41"

I removed it and the warning was gone.

Not sure how it got there or if it is crucial for some PSX games, but I'm happy today! 😁

🥂

@SavedByZero said in lr-pcsx-rearmed roms go black after title:

: [ERROR] [Environ]: GET_VARIABLE: pcsx_rearmed_async_cd - Invalid value.

This is probably caused by a change in the option values, you may try to changed it to 'Sync'/'Synchronized' (?) from the core options to get rid of the error. You can also reset the core option by opening retroarch-core-options.cfg from \\retropie\configs\all (file share) and removing any line starting with pcsx.

I did the reinstall. Convincing myself to actually do it was harder than the reinstall itself.

Now I got a completely functional and updated 64bit system. PSX roms run perfect.

Thanks for everything, I hope this can be helpful for someone.
Cheers

Wanted to close this off after I thought about how I wanted to organize this.

Here's what I've done.

I converted all the .bin files into .chd files to save on a little bit of space all around. In roms/psx/ I created a hidden .chd folder where I have subfolders for each game and their respective .chd or .CDX files. In roms/psx/ I have a several .m3u files, one for each game, that each point to the .chd directory, and the individual game folder where the relevant game files are located. This allows me to keep the roms/psx/ relatively clean which is what I was going for.

I really appreciate everyone's help in getting me to clean up the roms directory!

https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/30743/lr-duckstation-experimental-new-playstation-1-emulator
options for removing dithering, increasing internal res etc are in https://retropie.org.uk/docs/RetroArch-Core-Options/

you can also do something similar in pcsx_rearmed via
https://retropie.org.uk/docs/Playstation-1/#video-double-internal-resolution
and
https://retropie.org.uk/docs/Playstation-1/#video-disable-dithering

@reflex1992 you didn't supply the file name of your image. please also supply a verbose log as requested. you can still retrieve them after a crash, as long as you don't reboot or launch anything else.

@mitu said in 8bitdo controller in psx games not working:

this forum post

Thank you following that post did it.

@raspberrycoulis i think almost every game exhibits some kind of visual bug with the speed hack on, hence the note in: https://retropie.org.uk/docs/Playstation-1/#video-double-internal-resolution - actually even without the speedhack some games can break with double resolution (doom is an example)

a blacklist for the games that are unplayable with it on is not a bad idea - could be implemented in a similar way to mupen64plus.sh

This did not take long... :( Already the second save state crashed the game back to the menu.

@VictimRLSH said in Is (lr) pcsx-rearmed the only choices for Retropie PSX emulation?:

Try using the world map radar to find new cities. That is where it was crashing for me.

i don't usually play these type of games and have no clue how to even access "the world map" ... anyways, will have to take your word for it that it crashes at that point.

i was just testing to see if it gets past the title screen that SavedByZero it wouldn't using lr-pcsx-rearmed.

Anyways ... think i'll leave it there. Bye.

@JustNiko02 Run glxinfo from a terminal and check the version reported by the program. See https://askubuntu.com/questions/47062/what-is-terminal-command-that-can-show-opengl-version.

Classic remark in case it's the issue: can you try disabling vibration in the Retroarch core options menu and seeing if it improves it?

@pi2user
I heard someone saying the same, so I would like to try this version.
It's a shame, the only way to play this game is to use save states.
At least now I know it's possible to finish the game! :P

@KnightZ87

Have a look at this article about hdparm! There are many settings you can tweak!

Tune Your Hard Disk with hdparm:
http://www.linux-magazine.com/Online/Features/Tune-Your-Hard-Disk-with-hdparm

You could also set the sleep/standby timer to a longer time!

Change hard drive's sleep/standby mode timer to reduce power consumption:
https://linuxconfig.org/change-hard-drive-s-sleep-standby-mode-timer-to-reduce-power-consumption

Spin Down and Manage Hard Drive Power on Raspberry Pi
https://www.htpcguides.com/spin-down-and-manage-hard-drive-power-on-raspberry-pi/

@blujumanji when I recently loaded a new retropie image I was really confused because I had the same bios files on my older image and suddenly with the new image the PSX ROMS wouldn’t load. Oddly once I updated the lr-pscx-rearmed emulator from binary it suddenly worked with no other changes. I had thought that wouldn’t be necessary to update because I had just downloaded the “brand new” retropie 4.4 image and the PSX emulator is part of the image so I figured it would be “up to date.” But apparently that is not the case. So maybe try putting both bios folders in again and updating the emulator (go to retropie setup, manage packages, I think lr- psx rearmed is under either main or optional, and then update, update from binary) and see if that works.

@Undistaya Glad I could help :)

@ProjectMars Did you save a game preset/override with these settings ? Check in \\retropie\configs\all\retroarch\config if you have any game override saved and delete the file.

@obliv said in lr-pcsx-rearmed does not start - Failed to load content:

[libretro INFO] unsupported/invalid CD image: /home/pi/RetroPie/roms/psx/Crisis Core - Final Fantasy VII.iso

Thats a PSP game, not a ps1 game. PCSX-rearmed is for ps1 games.

@affleck001 And now apply what you've learned the hard way and backup your system. B)

@TheDataCereal This is probably the easiest method so far. Do you know what a proper m3u file should look like and how the file should be named so the emulator recognizes it?

While that's the easiest, I still think this could be much more user friendly. Not knocking your suggestions at all, but as any classic American infomercial would say, "There's gotta be a better way!"