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    • Mr.CamMan

      Please help, Nothing is working for me and I have tried everything I can
      Help and Support • help retropie usb rom service • • Mr.CamMan

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      Mr.CamMan

      Nevermind, figured it out. Sorry!

    • brodyman35984

      USB ROM service
      Help and Support • usb rom service • • brodyman35984

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    • MrPacMan17

      Error message 'Failed to start usbmount@dev-sda.service' but USB key works?
      Help and Support • usb rom service • • MrPacMan17

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      MrPacMan17

      @mitu Thank you :)

    • keltoigael

      Video Snaps Screen Saver not working with USB service
      Help and Support • emultionstation usb rom service video screensav • • keltoigael

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      mitu

      @Clyde said in Video Snaps Screen Saver not working with USB service:

      So it shouldn't have anything to do with usbromservice, but it's good to hear that you could solve your problem.

      It doesn't, and without any hint on the actual configuration (Pi mode, RPI version, etc.), we're just speculating here.

    • LLLLllllLLLlll

      USBromservice questions
      Help and Support • usb rom service • • LLLLllllLLLlll

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      LLLLllllLLLlll

      @BuZz said in USBromservice questions:

      @LLLLllllLLLlll if you're mounting the drive already you don't need to use usbromservice.

      Are you saying that I should just manually set things to point to the drive folder if I'm mounting the drive elsewhere? Everything's currently at ~/RetroPie on the NUC's internal drive. I could manually move it all to the external and set configs to point there (assuming I don't miss anything), I just figured that was the point of usbromservice.

    • Unknown

      Run playstation from usb
      Help and Support • playstation usb rom service roms memory how-to • • Unknown

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      StigNasty

      I was instructed in one of the threads on here to make an alias to the folder on the usb drive containing the roms and just replace the folder in the retropie roms folder with the same named alias. That also works. One thing that I like about that is I could at any time just delete the alias and replace with a folder to return it to reading off the sd card, or you could have part of a folder on the usb and part on the sd (if you don’t mind having two subfolders in ES).

    • Chapster5

      Pi 4 + Running ROMS from USB stick
      Help and Support • raspberrypi4 usb rom usb rom service • • Chapster5

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      Chapster5

      @mitu perfect thank you

      I formatted using the USB formatting guide here:

      https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/format-large-hard-drive-fat-fat32/

      Using FAT32 Format

      Plugged the stick in, clicked format and waited haha.

    • OtterNation

      USB not auto populating folders
      Help and Support • usb rom service retropie 4.5 • • OtterNation

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      mitu

      I think there's something wrong with the version you have, because the RetroPie 4.5.1 image doesn't support the PI4 model (!). So which RetroPie version do you have ?
      As noted in https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/3/read-this-first, support for PI4 is still added to RetroPie so some things are not fully working - certainly not using the 4.5.1 version.

      EDIT: you can see the exact version by looking in the RetroPie-Setup script title:

      fe913f6a-f434-4f84-b9d3-30808b5412c4-image.png

    • POPEYE

      Questions about USB ROM Service
      Help and Support • usb rom service usbromservice • • POPEYE

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      POPEYE

      It is Pi 3 b+ and RetroPie 4.5.3 (according to RetroPie Setup Script).

    • icvaalmall84

      USB Drive Format
      Help and Support • usb rom service usb-stick usbmount • • icvaalmall84

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      icvaalmall84

      ExFat I can confirm it works.

    • fluffymastodons

      Can't get my usb settings right
      Help and Support • kodi ports usb usb rom service • • fluffymastodons

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      fluffymastodons

      So I finally figured it out. As usual it was a couple things, but none of them were as difficult as I was looking for. Everything was a little out of date, and because I was working on wifi, i figured id let it update everything over night. Turns out I hadnt done that since enabling usbrom service. After the update it (mostly) solved my problem, and after putting the pi on stretch instead of Jessie I'm good. Thanks @Efriim for going down the rabbit hole with me. I appreciated your help

    • RealAdmireBear

      USB ROM service missing?
      Help and Support • usb rom service rpi3b+ rom not working not showing up • • RealAdmireBear

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      RealAdmireBear

      Got it working, should have explored the set up more to see I needed to install the USB ROM service.

      Thanks

    • che_don_john

      USB rom transfer temperamental - possibly due to Kodi port instaallation?
      Help and Support • usb rom service usb rom kodi kodi retropie • • che_don_john

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      ByteThis

      @che_don_john Ahh..gotcha..I was just curious. I see alot of people transferring via usb and have problems. So much easier using ssh. I was one of them when I first got my pi as I watched a youtube vid with no knowledge of ssh, and I found it took forever to transfer games via usb..lol . Glad you got it sorted !

    • djpj3000

      running a game OFF OF a usb?
      Help and Support • usb rom service using usb usb roms • • djpj3000

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      BuZz

      @djpj3000

      Please do not post a support request without first reading and following the advice in https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/3/read-this-first

      https://retropie.org.uk/docs/Running-ROMs-from-a-USB-drive/

    • H3RBSKI

      usb rom service doesnt appear to be working
      Help and Support • usb rom service not working • • H3RBSKI

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      H3RBSKI

      ignore this now, managed to get it working

    • COOL_IRON

      USB Rom Service
      Help and Support • usb rom service help retropie 4.3 • • COOL_IRON

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      lostless

      Just put a folder called retropie-mount and a Roms folder. As long as those are there, it won’t copy anything. If you don’t have a Roms folder it will copy the roms folder from the sd to the usb memory.

    • Brandito

      Slow boot with roms on USB
      Help and Support • usb rom service slow boot • • Brandito

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      Brandito

      Made some progress. Formatted the drive to NTFS and that sped things up considerably. I assume the wiki uses FAT32 specifically for flash drives and windows compatibility, though I'm not sure why they don't suggest exFAT.

      Right now I'm working on testing if exFAT is faster or slower than NTFS.

      I wish I'd known the usbromservice was more accepting of different file systems from the get go.

    • col

      Retropie doesn't mount USB drive
      Help and Support • usb automount usb rom service pendrive • • col

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      col

      Mounting manually to:
      "sudo mount /dev/sda1 /media/usb" (instead of usb0)
      and restarting emulationstation doesn't trigger USB ROM Service as well.

      Also checked other pen drive. Same issue. Checked same raspberry pi with other OS on other card (OSMC). No issue. It's strictly Retropie OS issue!

    • duviuvi

      Transfer ROM's with USB - Issue with files being stored as ".XML"
      Help and Support • rom not loadin usb rom service xml • • duviuvi

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      Rohan82

      The next one will be a Pi 3 B so I can have the option to include PS1 and N64 games as well as flexibility to try a bunch of other IoT stuff that's been on my mind for a couple years. :)

    • begobogo

      Can only use one usb device?
      Help and Support • usb usb rom service wifi • • begobogo

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      Wulf

      AlexMurphy is right, check out that link. It very well could be (as the link states) that your power supply isn't providing enough current. Also, if you are running a pi 3, if my memory serves me, wifi is built in. You not giving us any base information to work with makes things difficult to help.

      Also, if a better power supply doesn't work, I'm guessing that it's a hardware issue, not software, in which case, this is probably the wrong place to ask.