@George-Spiggott said in Script to Mirror SD Card to USB Stick?:

Currently RetroPie automatically copies files (roms and configs) from a USB stick to the Pi. Is it possible to disable this process so that it happens on command rather than automatically?

Yes, disable the usbmount service and the synchronization will not happen automatically.

Also is it possible to reverse the process so that the USB stick can be used to mirror the contents of the Pi, or at least select folders from it, either automatically or ideally on command?

Yes, it's possible, but there's no provision in the RetroPie scripts for this kind of scenario.

When you want to keep your ROMs on an external drive, you create a retropie-mount folder on it and RetroPie would sync the ROMs from the SDCard to the disc, then it will mount the disc so you can use it.

If dont' want to use the external disc for the ROMs, but just synch to it, then you'll have to create a script to do it. Both synchronization methods (USB to card and vice-versa) use the rsync command, you can easily create 2 scripts to do this synchronization and add them under the retropiemenu system so you can call them directly from Emulationstation.

@cyperghost Thank you dormthe help. It was very useful. Thanks to your comment regarding “odroid-config“, I found that it existed but now is integrated in the Odroid utility and that you can call if works for reference to other lost soul:

lxterminal -T "ODROID Utility" -e /usr/local/bin/root-utility.sh

Thank you again. This was. ore simply without make a big Drama movie :)

Changing the name of the folder as suggested in https://github.com/thebezelproject/BezelProject/issues/30 worked just fine. The bezels are now showing. Remember, only the (USA) bezels are available. I thought that maybe for the (Japan) games, the generic TG16 bezel would show up but that doesn't seem to be the case. Thanks for pointing me in the right direction.

Did you notice if you turned force_turbo off?
I think you would have stated if you were using a usb.
I haven't used romsets, I don't know how everything handles a huge job, but you say it was rather suddenly that you noticed and not after you add roms.

If you use ssh, you could login and type htop to display the processes to see if there is something slowing down.

Yes, it might be possible. You'll need to modify the autostart script in /opt/retropie/configs/all/autostart.sh and start either Emulationstation or the desktop - depending on your current TV connection.
There's a way to detect which output is connected (see this topic), so you can use something like this:

if (/usr/bin/tvservice -s | /bin/egrep 'HDMI|DVI') ; then # Start the desktop xinit else # Start Emulationstation emulationstation fi

Brilliant. Words perfectly. Thank you once again.

@Freddy00 Driver installation with sudo ~/Retropie-Setup/retropie_setup.sh should work. If you want to review the compile log see zless ~/~/RetroPie-Setup/logs/rps_2019-03-15_194311.log.gz when back on commandline (your date and time may vary).

You can type lsmod alone, you should spot the mk_arcade... driver loaded.
(If the command still is not found you should install kmod, but it should be already there, so there should no need to issue sudo apt-get install kmod.

Then, and only then when lsmod shows the module, proceed with https://github.com/recalbox/mk_arcade_joystick_rpi#auto-load-at-startup edit the mk_arcade_joystick.conf and change the map=1 to map=1,2. Save the file, reboot and then you can configure your joysticks with emulationstation.

If you use the retropie_setup.sh method you should succeed. If not please do post the build log as noted above.

PS: I would refrain from following the Github tutorial from A to Z, a) it is tailored towards another Retro-Distro (Recalbox), b) if you get stuck it's hard to help and c) last but not least this is a forum about Retropie-Distro (and not Recalbox).

Aha! I found it!
I had to type ''sudo apt-get install pi-package'' in terminal.
Source: https://www.raspberrypi.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=127825
Thanks!

@pockketz yes its possible, make sure you create a new folder for your combination and not overwriting existing files. Copy the file "simple.xml", the "art" folder, and any other lose file in the Tronkyfran folder to the new folder, then copy all the folders (except art folder) from carbon to the new theme folder.

It looks like the paths for those two themes are the same, but expect many parameters to be off, such as text and images being misaligned. So you will likely need to read up on themes here https://github.com/RetroPie/RetroPie-Setup/wiki/Creating-Your-Own-EmulationStation-Theme

@Efriim
Harvest Moon Innocent Life works. A youtube kid showed me how changing the PSP CPU Clock to 80 will get the game to load normally and not freeze on the island intro.
System > Change emulated PSP's CPU clock = 80

Harvest Moon Hero of Leaf Valley plays really well.
Graphics > Mode = Buffered rendering
Graphics > Simulate block transfer effects = False

I couldn't get Wagic the Homebrew to work, not quite. The thing was kind of buggy on real PSP. There are quite a few versions, I didn't over exert myself trying to get all the assets to load without crashing, but it does start.

I got Monster Hunter 3rd to play fairly well there are some minor slow downs like in the center of town. Like the other games, they can be played in non-buffered mode, and disable software skinning. Enable hardware transform and vertex cache. The first two games get better performance, overclock is recommended. 3rd has an english patch that is non-HD that and works for ppsspp.
Graphics > Software skinning = False

Kingdom of Paradise/Heaven plays fine.

@mitu Well as I said, the Bluetooth functionality was working perfectly when setting up the 8bitdo controller and problems only began when the Pi was restarted. As regards the SD card, it's a 32GB card, branded 'Team' and was bought from a local computer store. To be honest, I've had my doubts about it, so I think I'm going to purchase a 32GB Sandisk Ultra card to replace it. I have also since sourced the official Raspberry Pi 5.1v 2.5A PSU to replace the one sent with my ABOX kit. So between the two new pieces of kit, I'll set up Retropie afresh and see how it goes.

Thanks for your patience and help with this issue, it's appreciated.

@mattrixk lol yeah man I'm having fun with it all, made one theme already but working on anither now just couldn't get rid of that text so I could add my own.

I will have to upload my first theme to share soon.
Thanks again.

@fastpop72 for what it's worth, i opened an issue about it last year : https://github.com/libretro/reicast-emulator/issues/232 , i think yours is related.

one thing, on Linux Xubuntu in Retropie they still have that old yellow font displaying the retroachievements. no fancy border around it or even a small window displaying your achievement.
I know everyone has a lot to do, and i am grateful for all work being done on retropie,but it looks really beta.

@BobHarris

Ok I'll check it out! I'll install it from PuTTY and see if there's any improvement.

I can always reinstall everything and keep going with a clean installation, that should do it as well.

Thank you for your help!

@tikimojo You could try using this video:

Assuming of course your xbox controller is model 1708

@AlexanderN07 said in Retropie auf 3.5 inch kuman touchscreen nutzen:

Hallo, ich habe mir mir ein Raspberry Pi 3b+ geholt und wie gesagt dazu ein kuman 3.5 inch touchscreen ich wollte fragen ob jemand weiß wie man auf dem Touchscreen Retropie benutzen kann?

PS: ,, DANKE FÜHR EURE HILFE! "

As this is an English speaking forum, could you possibly post a translated version so that assistance can be offered please. I wouldn't want to trust Google translate.