@mitu thanks for the info I didn't know there was one for windows similar to this will check it out

@Ashpool I just tried and I was able to create Files on ext4. But I will not use it anymore and copied the file per sftp to the Pi. I m using Bitvise SSH Client.worked great

@goestohollywood Don't worry about the order in the file: ES is always shuffling that around anyway if you have 'save metadata' enabled. The list SHOULD be in alphabetical order inside ES either way (or else it's conforming to any <sortname> tags you might have).

Ive been using samba on windows 10 for years without issues.

Also, if you have installed a firewall on your pi recently, that could be blocking. i think port 445 is for samba. have a google, u can find it out easily.

I would also double check the service status of smbd on your pi via command line, maybe the service cant start?

Maybe check from another device to see if you can access it. Because at the moment you have no idea if the issue is with windows or with your samba service.

Orrrr.....access your pi via Firezilla on windows using SSH to transfer your files.

@spidgeon 'official' emulationstation has been abandoned for years: https://emulationstation.org/#download

the unofficial windows build has also been abandoned, for the moment: https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/9094/updated-emulationstation-for-windows/719?_=1618246025326

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RetroBat

Thanks, my idea basicly is having a GUI to redirect all my roms to the best emulator, and if is open source is always better :)

@mitu @mitu
Sorry for the late reply, I didn't get notified for some reason.
I ended up using WinSCP, but I prefer it much less than the file share.
I'll try the registry fix and will report ASAP

The dot at the beginning of a directory name will be hidden by default on a Linux box I believe. (" . es" would be hidden. "es" would not.) That may help you track down more files.

The reason that Retropie isn't visible in the Win10 Network folder is due to the fact that netbios discovery isn't supported by windows anymore.
But it is possible to make samba shares again visible by the Web Services Dynamic Discovery Method.
I am currently using a little python3 script from Steffen Christgau on my Debian Buster NAS Server which makes WSD available und thus browsing Samba Shares much more conveniant.

https://github.com/christgau/wsdd

@mitu
Might it be possible to make this a standard addon to retropie ?

I 2nd OpenEmu. It's great on a Mac. If you get the experimental version you also have MAME support. Don't remember what MAME set that is though.

You might want to have a look at this article and see if it could be your issue.

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/4046019/guest-access-in-smb2-disabled-by-default-in-windows-10-and-windows-ser

That's ok mitu. I would be willing to run a .bat file in the background if need be. I tried doing it myself and I was successful getting music to load up before the main screen finishes loading up on EmulationStation, as well as when you exit out of a game and go back to the menu. The problem I'm having is getting just one splashscreen to randomly load up/play before the loading screen and stopping/closing the media player that displays it.

The code for my splashtest.bat is the following:

@ECHO OFF

REM Your splashscreens file path:
start "" --play and exit "C:\Program Files (x86)\VLC\vlc.exe" -L "C:\Users\Username\Music\Playlists\Splashscreens.wpl"

REM Kill your media player:
C:\Program Files (x86)\VLC\vlc.exe /F

REM Run the frontend (EmulationStation example):
start "" "C:\Program Files (x86)\EmulationStation\emulationstation.exe"

REM Run the media player (WMPlayer example):
start "" "C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Media Player\wmplayer.exe" -L "C:\Users\Username\Music\Playlists\EmulationStation.wpl"

If anyone here has ideas on any mistakes you can see or a better way of executing this, please let me know. A big thank you goes out to those who can provide these answers :-D.

I have solved the audio issue. I looked back at my es_systems.cfg file in my .emulationstation folder. I noticed that it points to the RetroArch executable in D:\ (my microSD card). I double clicked it and went to the Audio driver section/Output to make sure that audio was turned on. The Audio was also changed from xaudio to dsound. I also went to the Driver section to make that Audio was identified as dsound there as well.

I found the solution by combing the files from HerbFargus' 1.8.1 build with the latest files from jrassa's build + including the latest version of Retroarch executables in the Retroarch system folder. The only issue I'm noticing is the space between some of the fonts is squeezed together or centered on my television screen. Thanks again for your input 😊.

I can confirm that what I did with the combination of the files actually works. Now I just need to do some scraping using Screenscraper instead of The GamesDatabase for now. Thanks again for all the help. 😁