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    Adding to custom collections issue

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      Simrose @mitu
      last edited by Simrose

      @mitu
      https://pastebin.com/H3CNiRJY
      Carbon Theme running, I have tried other themes and the same thing happens.

      It still is the same everytime I add to a custom collection I have created it will crash. This time was after approx 20 games added.

      No other issues, only when adding to collections.

      I'm not sure if this will be helpful
      collection files are using the following
      owner = pi
      rights = pi [1000]
      Permissions
      Octal 0644

      If you have any other ideas ill be happy to try anything to get it working correctly. I have spent lots of time trying to improve my retropie setup. I love how retropie works and have spent many hours reading the official online documents.

      Thanks
      Sim

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        mitu Global Moderator @Simrose
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        @Simrose said in Adding to custom collections issue:

        It still is the same everytime I add to a custom collection I have created it will crash. This time was after approx 20 games added.

        Is the log you posted taken after the crash ? The last input logged is a 'key down' event, after which a game is selected (Darkman (1991)(Ocean)(128K).tap).

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          Simrose @mitu
          last edited by Simrose

          @mitu
          Yes that is correct, I exited emulationstation then ran the debug command to load emulationstation and started to add the collections and the last game was darkman which it crashed but it doesnt matter which game is added. I will restart and run the debug again and see which game it ends up crashing when adding. I was adding the games using a wireless logitech keyboard. I will try this time with my gamepad.

          15.21 debug started

          https://pastebin.com/NLvBsHid

          I managed to add a bunch of games from various systems then when I got to zxspectrum it crashed.

          I have tried scrolling through zxspectrum from a-z when not adding games to collections and no issues with videos or box art and the games all work.

          Darkman added fine this time a different game it exited on
          https://pastebin.com/g9apFyUq

          Update!
          I deleted the collection and created it again and it seems to be working ok. I added all the games within zxspectrum and no crash!

          Thanks
          Sim

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            Simrose @Simrose
            last edited by Simrose

            @Simrose

            Update 23/06/22
            Same issue is still happening.

            I tried a new collection and after adding multiple games it crashes.
            No other time it crashes just when adding games to collections.
            Hopefully a 3rd install of retropie will help.
            Before I start installing retropie again can someone advise if any more tests I can do.
            Many Thanks
            Sim

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              mitu Global Moderator
              last edited by

              I don't think re-installing would help if the issue is with EmulationStation only and external (i.e. corrupt fs/damaged sd card).
              If you have a collection that can reliably crash EmulationStation when adding games to it, then maybe the contents of the file is causing it. Why don't you post the collection's contents on pastebin.com ?

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                Simrose @mitu
                last edited by Simrose

                @mitu
                https://pastebin.com/CvwxY0At
                if that does not help i can try anything else you can think of.

                Collections folder is
                rwxr-xr-x (0755) pi1000

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                  mitu Global Moderator
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                  Still can't get the crash.
                  I have added the collection to my installation, created empty files for the games included, then edited the collection and added new games to it. No issue with that.

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                    Simrose @mitu
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                    @mitu
                    Have you tried adding more games as sometimes it doesn't happen for me until I add over 100

                    I've tried to create new collections and it still happens.

                    It always does it for me. I tried change the default 64gb GPU memory to 256gb but still crashed so put back to default 64gb as recommended in docs.

                    I tried turning off filters and parse gamelists on and off.

                    Nothing helped I think I'm out of ideas. Everything else works great and I love how I have it setup. I could record a video to show but I don't think it will be helpful.

                    If it's not a problem for anyone else then I'll either just live with it or make another retropie install.

                    Thanks
                    Sim

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                      mitu Global Moderator @Simrose
                      last edited by mitu

                      @Simrose said in Adding to custom collections issue:

                      Have you tried adding more games as sometimes it doesn't happen for me until I add over 100

                      Yes, since you reported that the crash happens when you add a game to the collection. Didn't go over 100 though, but I doubled the number of games in the collection.

                      I can try with over 100 games in the collection, I don't think I've gone over 80 games in my tests.

                      It always does it for me. I tried change the default 64gb GPU memory to 256gb but still crashed so put back to default 64gb as recommended in docs.

                      I doubt you can set the GPU mem to 256Gb and on the Pi4 you don't need any special GPU settings, since the VRAM is allocated automatically from the main memory, without the need to reserve it.

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                        Simrose @mitu
                        last edited by Simrose

                        @mitu
                        Yes I read the gpu setting on the pi4 is managed dynamically and is best left alone as it can harm performance increasing it.
                        I do try to keep everything default and use the advice in the documents.
                        I have been able to replicate the issue over and over. I decided to try turning off and on many different features under emulationstation settings and keep testing.
                        It's probally nothing to do with the issue but after turning OMX on and doing the test again so far ive managed to add hundreds of games without issue. I will create more collections and try again this has been the most successful for me so far. I can't really see why this would help as when adding games to the collections i don't give it time to start playing any video.

                        Update
                        Tested again with same setting OMX on with existing and new collections and worked fine.

                        Thanks Sim

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