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    • R

      RetroPie x86 / testing on different cpu types

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      @danielmewhouse Thank you. But no, I'm not planning this. On the other hand: It's all OpenSource. Nothing hidden nor encrypted inside my installer. Take it as a template for your own ideas and feel free to realise whatever you want.

    • madmodder123M

      PSA: A useful tool for testing USB Cables and Power Supplies

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    • benjaminjayB

      Toodles MC Cthulhu: not recognized on start up

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      Error formatting 64Gb USB

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      @jonnykesh said in Error formatting 64Gb USB:

      @landyvlad Windows is a pain the the ass. Use a third party tool like this https://www.sdcard.org/downloads/pls/index.html or this https://www.easeus.com/partition-master/best-fat32-format-tool.html

      The former didn't give me any options and formatted the usb stick (which it said was an sd card) as ex-FAT rather than FAT32.

      The second easeus worked fine and quickly. Cheers

    • SixSpeedDeathS

      Handling of USB flash drive Sync.

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      Bump? Still looking for any way to modify the USB Sync script to only sync saves. I ended up trying to modify the 01_retropie_copyroms file, but it hangs up on my script.

      What I did was add --exclude '*.xxx" for all the rom files on the ROM/BIOS sync line, and swap the source and destination in the rsync command so it now reads the USB path first, and retropie second. Finally, I tried removing the usermod line, since I'm syncing the filed FROM the pi to USB.

      The script still automounts the USB, and created the file structure (rsync maxdepth=1) but it fails to fill the directory with the save games.

      Still new to scripting (This device is a learning tool) What have I missed?

      #!/bin/bash

      This file is part of The RetroPie Project The RetroPie Project is the legal property of its developers, whose names are too numerous to list here. Please refer to the COPYRIGHT.md file distributed >with this source. See the LICENSE.md file at the top-level directory of this distribution and at https://raw.githubusercontent.com/RetroPie/RetroPie->Setup/master/LICENSE.md config / defaults

      user="pi"

      home="$(eval echo ~$user)"
      rootdir="/opt/retropie"
      retropie_path="$home/RetroPie"

      usb_path="$UM_MOUNTPOINT/retropie"
      usb_path_from_rp="$usb_path/configs/from_retropie"
      usb_path_to_rp="$usb_path/configs/to_retropie"

      declare -A path_mapping

      mapping from usb_path_to_rp/* to retropie location

      path_mapping["configs"]="$rootdir/configs"

      internals

      hook_name=${0##*/}

      functions

      function log() {
      logger -p user.$1 -t usbmount-"$hook_name"-[$$] -- "$2"
      }

      function log_cmd() {
      local ret
      local error
      error="$("$@" 2>&1 >/dev/null)"
      ret=$?
      [[ "$ret" -ne 0 ]] && log err "$* - returned $ret - $error"
      }

      some sanity checking

      if [[ -z "$UM_MOUNTPOINT" ]]; then
      log err "UM_MOUNTPOINT not set!"
      exit 0
      fi

      if [[ ! -d "$UM_MOUNTPOINT" ]]; then
      log err "UM_MOUNTPOINT is not a directory"
      exit 0
      fi

      make sure we have something to sync from

      if [[ ! -d "$usb_path" ]]; then
      exit 0
      fi

      make folders for syncing

      mkdir -p "$usb_path/"{roms,BIOS} "$usb_path_from_rp" "$usb_path_to_rp"

      mirror romdir structure to external drive

      log info "Attempting to create directory structure for ROMS in '$usb_path/roms' >..."

      fetch list of romdirs from current installation and mirror onto external drive

      find "$retropie_path/roms" -mindepth 1 -maxdepth 1 -type d -printf >"$usb_path/roms/%f\n" | xargs mkdir -p 2>/dev/null || true

      copy SAVES ONLY from Local SD card stick to USB

      for dir in roms BIOS; do
      log info "Syncing $dir ..."
      log_cmd rsync -au --exclude '._' --exclude '.32x' --exclude '.bin' --exclude >'.cue' --exclude '.gb' --exclude '.gba' --exclude '.gbc' --exclude '.gen' -->exclude '.gg' --exclude '.md' --exclude '.ndd' --exclude '.nes' --exclude '.pce' >--exclude '.sfc' --exclude '.smc' --exclude '.sms' --exclude '.vb' --exclude >'.z64' --exclude '*.zip' --max-delete=-1 "$retropie_path/" "$usb_path/$dir"
      chown -R $user:$user "$retropie_path/$dir"
      done

      log info "Syncing configs ..."

      copy configs to usb

      for to in "${!path_mapping[@]}"; do
      from=${path_mapping[$to]}
      log_cmd rsync -au --exclude '._*' --max-delete=-1 "$from/" >"$usb_path_from_rp/$to/"
      done

      copy configs from usb

      for from in $(find "$usb_path_to_rp/" -mindepth 1 -maxdepth 1); do

      basename

      from_bn=${from##/}
      to=${path_mapping[$from_bn]}
      if [[ -n "$to" ]]; then
      log_cmd rsync -au --exclude '._' --max-delete=-1 "$from/" "$to/"
      chown -R $user:$user "$to"
      fi
      done

      unmount USB stick

      umount "$UM_MOUNTPOINT"

      I don't use forums either apparently, because I can't find a way to use that nifty box that allows me to add code. the --exclude DOES have a *.xxx, but it doesn't show up.

    • R

      Can i use a USB 3.0 Port for higher read/write speeds?

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      @red2blue i use a 13 port usb 2.0 with a 2.5 amp power supply running 11 devices on my pi, so 7 ports with 3 amps is as good as you get, as long as the power supply saying 3 amps isnt a lying pile of junk.

    • jwbmonkJ

      Multiple usb sticks

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      @mitu I never ended up doing this I realized I'm an idiot and I could just transfer all the other ROMs to the SD card lol thanks for the help though

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      Retropie launching ROMS from SD card, instead of USB.

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      @veganpete said in Retropie launching ROMS from SD card, instead of USB.:

      My question is:
      1- How do I delete the duplicate ROMS from the SD card?

      a number of ways. the docs are typically for adding roms, but instead of adding you can use these methods to access the files, and then delete:
      https://retropie.org.uk/docs/Transferring-Roms/#sftp
      https://retropie.org.uk/docs/Transferring-Roms/#samba-shares
      https://retropie.org.uk/docs/Transferring-Roms/#manually-copy-files-from-usb-stick

      2- How do I point Retropie to launch ROMS from the USB stick?

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

      3- How do I prevent Retropie from trying to copy the ROMS back to th SD card again?

      doing https://retropie.org.uk/docs/Running-ROMs-from-a-USB-drive/ will stop that happening.

    • D

      Allow to use usb cd drive to play your real cd's.

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      Metal jesses on youtube received the test unit. There using a piorange. IDK if it's better or worse then the raspberry pi but they figured out to play games off the disk. Check it out on youtube for yourself.

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      RPI3, Daphne, Dragons Lair and USB to Parallel cable for the DL Scoreboard PCB w/ Daphne Support

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      see my tutorial here.

      https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/6312/updated-how-to-get-a-dragon-s-lair-usb-scoreboard-to-work-on-your-rpi3-tutorial-solved/2

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      Newest RetroPie Version Does Not Work With EazyHax Toolkit Expand to External NTFS Drive Script (Compiled from Source & Official 4.3 Image)

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      @wcarvalho said in Newest RetroPie Version Does Not Work With EazyHax Toolkit Expand to External NTFS Drive Script (Compiled from Source & Official 4.3 Image):

      I also had the same problem, these scripts simply do not work on the new image (4.3). But I found a solution is not one of the simplest but solves it. I have downloaded an old version of the retropie (4.2), I make the whole installation, active the use of external hard drive, and update the system to version 4.3, so I can continue using my games through HD

      Clever solution :-)
      My pi blew up some time back....the 4R7 inductor broke and it would no longer boot up. With Hurricane Harvey (I live in Houston) all of my side projects went to the wayside. I just finally got around to fixing it (made a video) yesterday and now am discovering a lot of changes to the new version of retropie broke some of the more complex tools in the toolkit. I'll get them all sorted asap...as well as deploy some new ones.
      I have fixed the Expand to external drive thus far....still finding changes to the backend...still testing.
      Thanks for your support!

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      Problems mapping dual usb zero delay

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      have you tried the joystick selector tool?

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      GPIO and controller at the same time

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    • IkyrusI

      Question about assigning USB slots and UUIDs

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      IkyrusI

      Yeah that was one. I had a hard time following it and when I thought I had it, it didn't work. I also tried the GitHub guide that told me to basically do the same thing but the strings it had me add to fstab were a little different from the first guide. Couldn't get that to work either.

    • leefyL

      Any help with: USB for videos/snaps SD for roms?

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      leefyL

      yes....Great stuff.....Will have to try this out tomorrow night. I'll let you know how i get on. Cheers peeps

    • leefyL

      External drive clarification question.

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      FruitybitF

      @leefy said in External drive clarification question.:

      @dankcushions.
      the webbles and the googlings.

      I'm stealing those technical terms;))

    • natemacN

      Fresh install w/roms & scrape on USB, will they stay?

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      pjftP

      Correct.

      Just for sanity checking, I'd see if you have any downloaded content in ~/.emulationstation/downloaded_images or gamelists and if so merge them with your current one on the USB drive - copy the images to the right folders, and you'll need to manually edit the gamelist content with a text editor to merge it. This will have been one-off scrapped content, though, so I don't expect it to be much.

      Edit: oops, I see you already did it.

    • EcksE

      How to disable USB charging?

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      @ecks 500mA is when G3s controller is in Bluetooth (battery) mode. When plugged in, the unit recharges itself and it takes 1A to 2A to recharge which would under power the RPi . The USB ports on the RPi will not be able to handle that much current and eventually damage it if you prolong its use.

    • lostlessL

      Sh files ports on external usb permission error.

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