PSX issues (missing game, files)

nallian603

Hello, new to retropie so please forgive my noobness.

I got retropie running pretty well at the moment but I'm running into 2 problems.

I have 1 game that is refusing to show up in retropie but worked on another emulator perfectly fine. It has a cue file but the other file attached to it is an HTML file and I'm not sure where to go from there on how to get it to work. Again, it was working fine on another emulator when it was zipped.

Also, I have a few games that I had to run
/dev/shm/runcommand.log
to look for errors and it looks like I need matching .bin and .cue files. So how do I go about that?
Sorry if these are really dumb questions but I don't want to dig myself a deeper hole trying to figure this out.

mitu

It has a cue file but the other file attached to it is an HTML file ...

That doesn't seem right, use a correct .cue/.bin combination, validate it for correctness by comparing MD5 hashes with the the redump.org site.

to look for errors and it looks like I need matching .bin and .cue files. So how do I go about that?

Linux filesystems are case sensitive, so make sure that the .bin filename (on disk) matches exactly the filename referenced in the .cue file.

nallian603

@mitu ok so i figured out the first problem. It hat .htm after .cue so sorry for the confusion with my wording.

So I'm stilling having the issue with my error log. I was told i needed matching .bin and .cue so I matched them but the game still won't launch. I brought up cat /dev/shm/runcommand.log again and ended up with

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 Fantasy VII [NTSC-U] [Disc1of3] [SCUS-94163].cue" --appendconfig /dev/shm/retroarch.cfg
selected sound output driver: libretro

and to be honest I have no idea what this means

mitu

Leaving aside the log file for a moment, what problem are you trying to diagnose/fix ? Are those PS1 games not working or showing errors ?

nallian603

@mitu sorry. The games are showing up in retropie but are not starting up. What I posted in the last reply was what I got from the error log.

mitu

For PS1 games, do you have the right BIOS copied in the bios folder ? Verify that the .bin files are named properly in the corresponding .cue file.

If you want to get more information from the log, then you may want to enable verbose logging from the Runcommand launch menu, then look at the contents of the log file to sport an error.

nallian603

@mitu okay thank you I will see if that comes up with something.

Also, do bios attach to a game automatically or do I have to attach them to the rom? For example, if FFVII is in a folder within the roms/PSX folder, do I attatch the bios to the FFVII folder? I know to put them in my bios folder but they still don't seem to run.

mitu

The BIOS file does not need to be 'associated' with a ROM, it's enough to be copied in the bios folder and it will be read by the emulator.

nallian603

@mitu so I ran verbose logging and came up with a few things but am not sure what exactly i'm looking for.
The only things I saw I thought worth noting

unsupported/invalid CD image: /home/pi/RetroPie/roms/psx/Final Fantasy VII [NTSC-U] [Disc1of3] [SCUS-94163].cue
and
[INFO] [Environ]: UNSUPPORTED (#57)

Sorry if this isn't helpful.

mitu

@nallian603 said in PSX issues (missing game, files):

unsupported/invalid CD image: /home/pi/RetroPie/roms/psx/Final Fantasy VII [NTSC-U] [Disc1of3] [SCUS-94163].cue

It is what it says - can you open the file in Notepad (or any other text editor) and check it's contents ?

and
[INFO] [Environ]: UNSUPPORTED (#57)

That's not an issue.

nallian603

@mitu like the game folder in roms?

nallian603

@mitu I keep trying to open the .bin file on text editor but i keep getting an error " document was not UTF-8 valid"
but when I open the .cue it comes up with:

FILE "Final Fantasy VII [NTSC-U] [Disc1of3] [SCUS-94163].BIN" BINARY
TRACK 01 MODE2/2352
INDEX 01 00:00:00

mitu

The .bin file is not editable in a text editor, the .cue is. Looks like the .cue is valid, check if the filename of the .bin is _exactly Final Fantasy VII [NTSC-U] [Disc1of3] [SCUS-94163].BIN.
Remember that Linux is case sensitive so
Final Fantasy VII [NTSC-U] [Disc1of3] [SCUS-94163].bin is not the same as Final Fantasy VII [NTSC-U] [Disc1of3] [SCUS-94163].BIN.

If it's not a name mismatch, then try posting the whole log file (with verbose logging turned on) on pastebin.com to take a look.