PSX "Value too large" to launch after update

SteveXmetal

After updating the retropie setup script and all of my emulator files from source, I've been encountering an error with certain games re-booting back to the game list menu.

For reference I'm using a raspberrypi 3b+

Before updating, I was able to launch and play FFVIII but after updating i get booted back to the menu, looking at the log files, im getting an error with ""Value too large for defined data type""
as this FFVIII file is over 2 GB, This seemed to be an issue a few years ago from my research, and it looks like this was fixed, however the latest update seems to have reverted it.

All other psx games that have tested launch that i have except Riven and FF8. Both crash with the same error (Value too large). Both are the only PBP files that i have that are over 2 GB. It can boot with the non libretro emulator, however, i have played the whole first disk with the LR version before updating and would like to continue my progress.
I do not think this is a bad PBP file, as ive run it before, and it runs on the other emulator. I've tried a different FF8 PBP file, and deleting the save file from the card, but neither worked and the game still crashes to the menu. Other multi disk games i have still work.

Is there a setting i need to toggle in the retroarch menu? or is this a bug that needs re-addressing. Any help is greatly appreciated, thank you.

hhromic

@SteveXmetal can you provide more information about yout system? What ~~Raspberry Pi model~~ (sorry just re-read your post again and you mention RPI 3B+) and RetroPie image are you using?
Can your provide the complete log using verbose logging from the runcommand menu in a pastebin?
How do they crash? As soon as you launch the game or after playing for a while?
I recently tested both FFVIII and Riven using PBP images and they work fine in my setup. Both images being more than 2 Gb in size as you mention.

EDIT: I think I know what is happening but will need the above answers to help confirm and test. If confirmed, it should be an easy fix. Are you familiar with updating from source and editing simple files?

hhromic

My version of Riven is 2642485830 bytes in size and I just tested it working. Looking forward for your replies to investigate more.

SteveXmetal

@hhromic Thanks For getting back to me, i'll be away from my rasberry pi until tomorrow night so i cant get you the verbose logging file right away, but can when i am near it. (also i know where/ how to access it on the pi through the file browser, thats where i saw the "Value too large for data type" error, but not sure how to send it to my PC to post here.)

My Retropie version is 4.4, (i know there's more to it, i will get you those details when im near my pi again). i last ran an "update setup script" and updated software on 3/29/19 if that helps. After doing that i also went to manage main packages, and updated all from source, so the lr-pscx-rearmed should be up to date as well.

The games crash as soon as i launch. Both give me the option to open the boot menu, where i can change the resolution, default emulators and such, but after that a black screen for a second, then im back at the games list.

To answer your edit question, i have updated the emulators from the source before and i'm familiar with the file manager on retropie, i've edited a few lines from my scraped games-list files, so if its similar to that then yes i am familiar with editing.

I really appreciate the help.

hhromic

@SteveXmetal sounds good! take your time and whenever you can just post that info, no rush.

and updated all from source, so the lr-pscx-rearmed should be up to date as well.

That is good. Just to confirm, open the RetroArch menu (HOTKEY + X) and write down what do you see in the down-left corner, the core version and git commit hash. Should be somethin like "r22 abcdefgh".

The games crash as soon as i launch. Both give me the option to open the boot menu, where i can change the resolution, default emulators and such, but after that a black screen for a second, then im back at the games list.

Ok then I definitively can confirm that it doesn't happen on my Raspberry Pi 3B. I will test later tonight with my Raspberry Pi 3B+, but I think it will also work.

Also can you post later the file size of your PBP images that aren't launching?

EDIT: one more question, are you using some sort of network share or USB mounting for your roms location? Or are you copying directly to the SD card?

Efriim

Convert to PBP and rename each disc to hide them and write an .m3u

Sorry for the misinterpreted advice, I edited this so it should work again, and remember it is all case sensitive. The period before the filename denotes a hidden file in unix, that is exactly why it is used to hide the PBP from Emulationstation.

If an m3u index is made for each disc then it will allow you to both start the game on any disc and change discs in game.

Final Fantasy 8 (Disc 1).m3u

.FF8(Disc 1).PBP
.FF8(Disc 2).PBP
.FF8(Disc 3).PBP
.FF8(Disc 4).PBP

Order of each .m3u index changes. On disc 2 the index for disc 3 remains remains the same, you could employ your own research method here.

Final Fantasy 8 (Disc 2).m3u

.FF8(Disc 2).PBP
.FF8(Disc 1).PBP
.FF8(Disc 3).PBP
.FF8(Disc 4).PBP

Final Fantasy 8 (Disc 3).m3u

.FF8(Disc 3).PBP
.FF8(Disc 1).PBP
.FF8(Disc 2).PBP
.FF8(Disc 4).PBP

Final Fantasy 8 (Disc 4).m3u

.FF8(Disc 4).PBP
.FF8(Disc 1).PBP
.FF8(Disc 2).PBP
.FF8(Disc 3).PBP

Then symlink a memory card "pcsx-card1.mcd" for each "*.m3u" name.

cp pcsx-card2.mcd pcsx-card1.mcd
for i in *.m3u; do ln -s pcsx-card1.mcd "${i%.*}.srm"; done

or with "Final Fantasy 8 (Disc 1).srm"

for i in *.m3u; do ln -s "Final Fantasy 8 (Disc 1).srm" "${i%.*}.srm"; done

Those will link all .m3u games in a folder to the .srm/.mcd; if there are already .srm entries then the link will not be created.

The entirety can be done and used by ES in a sub-folder. Game Art can be added for the folder and for each disc though it is a rather manual process to get disc art.

mitu

@Efriim said in PSX "Value too large" to launch after update:

I write multiple .m3u for every disc.

Why ?

Efriim

@mitu to start on a disc.
If I think of a script for writing the .m3u I will share it.

Why would I want to start disc 1 if I am on Disc 2.
They share an index so index 4 is always disc 4 unless disc4.m3u and they share a memory card.

hhromic

@Efriim thanks but that is not an appropriate solution for the original problem reported in this topic.

Please do not post unrelated/misleading information until the actual problem is sorted out and resolved. In this way, we don't introduce noise into the topic. Thanks for understanding.

hhromic

@SteveXmetal I tested Riven last night also on my RPI 3B+ and launches fine too.
Let's see if we can reach to the bottom of this mystery.

SteveXmetal

@hhromic Thanks for continuing to look into my issue:

im running retropie version: 4.4.11
my retro-arch version/ emulator is : 1.76 - psxreARMed r22 588bf79

I tried downloading another version of final fantasy 8, that does not work either.
File sizes:
Final fantasy 8 (used to work, played through disk1)- 2,160,718 KB
FF8 new - 1,838,285 kb
Riven - 2,580,553 kb

This may not be a file size issue because i also have a FF9 .pbp and that does launch, it is bigger than the new FF8 file. My FF9 file is 1,844,731 KB

Looking at this log file it may be a RAM issue?
Also i have tried several BIOS files/versions, all fail.

here is the pastebin for my issue:

https://pastebin.com/dAKLWsvg

Parameters: 
Executing: /opt/retropie/emulators/retroarch/bin/retroarch -L /opt/retropie/libretrocores/lr-pcsx-rearmed/pcsx_rearmed_libretro.so --config /opt/retropie/configs/psx/retroarch.cfg "/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/psx/Final Fantasy8.PBP" --appendconfig /dev/shm/retroarch.cfg
Memcard 2: enabled
Use memcard 2: /home/pi/RetroPie/roms/psx//pcsx-card2.mcd
Starting PCSX-ReARMed 
Running PCSX Version 1.9 (Apr  3 2019).
psxMap: warning: wanted to map @80000000, got 0x6f4b4000
Init new dynarec
testing if we can run recompiled code..
test passed.
warning: RAM is not directly mapped, performance will suffer
Mapped (RAM/scrp/ROM/LUTs/TC):
77000000/1f800000/1fc00000/08000000/70107000
Loading memory card /home/pi/RetroPie/roms/psx//pcsx-card2.mcd
found BIOS file: scph1001.bin
RGB565 supported, using it
plugin: plugins/builtin_gpu
plugin: plugins/builtin_spu
plugin: plugins/builtin_pad
plugin: plugins/builtin_pad
Plugins loaded.
Could't open '/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/psx/Final Fantasy8.PBP' for reading: Value too large for defined data type
Error opening CD-ROM plugin!

Thanks again any help is appreciated!

zeroblu3

Same issue with FFVIII in PBP format on RPI 3B+.
Single CD .bin/.cue works without problems.
Already tried updating retroarch, core, emulationstation from bin and from source with no luck.

Here is the runcommand.log

[https://pastebin.com/vSz8HP3K]

SteveXmetal

@zeroblu3 quick question zeroblu3, did yours work before updating like mine did?
IF so what disk where you on? i got up to and played partway through the beginning of disk 2.

zeroblu3

@SteveXmetal
yes it worked a few weeks ago before i updated retropie from the update script.
I only tested if the game worked like 20 minutes into the first disc but now all i get is just a crash back to emulationstation.

mitu

What version of RetroPie are you using ? The 4.4 image or an older image updated to 4.4 ?
@hhromic this looks suspiciously like a missing define for _FILE_OFFSET_BITS 64 (see https://github.com/RetroPie/EmulationStation/pull/468). Maybe caused by the recent zlib changes.

zeroblu3

@mitu
i started a fresh build using the latest 4.4 image

mitu

@zeroblu3 I don't fully understand your update - are you saying you started from a 4.4 fresh image, you updated and you got this problem ? Or that you're now, after noticing this problem, starting with a fresh 4.4 image ?
Can you add more info about your system - https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/3/read-this-first ?

zeroblu3

@mitu
oh sorry for the confusing answer. ^^
I initially started a fresh build using the latest 4.4 image, put my games library on the Pi and just tested a few games including FFVIII, then updated retropie with the update script. Yesterday i decided to start FF and run into this problem.
Sorry for my english too btw, i'm not a native speaker.

zeroblu3

@mitu
I'm running a Raspberry Pi 3B+ with a 2.5A power supply.
Linux retropie 4.14.98-v7+
Here is the full verbose runcommand.log https://pastebin.com/C5P65pq1

SteveXmetal

@mitu I looked into the post that you linked to, this is what i suspected with large game files, however, this doesnt necessarily explain why a different and smaller FF8.pbp does not launch, while my larger FF9 file does. Aslo, i tested a few other larger files, like lunar star story 2, and all of those can work with no issues.