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bengus

that file output was after my most recent working attempt, which is this.

The first 13 lines I added manually (copy/paste) without having the video-manager tool add them for me. The only difference here is that rewind_enable = false is now above #include rather than below it. It is working for me now as it used to, but I for the life of me couldn't guess as to what caused it to behave the way it did. I am sure you will figure out what the root cause is/was. Thanks again for all of your time and help, as always.

BuZz

I need to know the output of the file /opt/retropie/configs/psx/retroarch.cfg command after you have used floobs video tool please. it could be the rewind_enable above the include, but it could be line endings.

sebacote

/opt/retropie/configs/psx/retroarch.cfg: ASCII text

BuZz

@sebacote - please can you paste the contents of that file also.

sebacote

@BuZz sure, here it is :
http://pastebin.com/7SGxak88

BuZz

@sebacote

Sorry, but I need the output of file /opt/retropie/configs/psx/retroarch.cfg before retroarch has saved its config there - after the video tool has been used - I need this

remove configs/psx/retroarch.cfg file completely
reinstall psx emulator
use the video tool
then the output of file /opt/retropie/configs/psx/retroarch.cfg (and contents to confirm)

it is at that point retroarch gets confused. I'm trying to see what the file endings are as I want to rule out there being CRLF endings which could cause problems. I can't tell from the pastebin posts.

sebacote

@BuZz oh my bad! I'm doing too many things at the same time! I'll do this right now!

sebacote

@BuZz here is the fresh "videotooled" retroarch.cfg file : http://pastebin.com/x3bwRt7N

Quick edit : I used v1.0 of the video tool, freshly downloaded

BuZz

@sebacote you forgot the output of file /opt/retropie/configs/psx/retroarch.cfg ?

Floob

Just for the sake of clarity, please note the video manager tool never touches the global retroarch.cfg, but it does overwrite the system specific ones.
Depending on the options chosen it can also overwrite the retroarch core options file and the videomodes.cfg file.

sebacote

@BuZz /opt/retropie/configs/psx/retroarch.cfg: C source, ASCII text

BuZz

hmm strange as the pastebin one when i downloaded as raw said CRLF but that could have been the pastebin site, so maybe it's not line endings then. You didn't do anything (like launching the emulator) after putting it on pastebin and giving me the output of file right ?

BuZz

Floobs tool runs on the rpi right anyway ? I've never used it so line endings should be fine then. I just wanted to rule that out. Ill see if I can confuse retroarch with the existing configs, and if so, will git bisect as retroarch didn't used to get confused so something has changed.

sebacote

@BuZz absolutely not did anything. Here are the steps I did :

Removed .cfg file (with WinSCP);
Opened a PuTTY session, got into retropie-setup script;
Uninstalled psx emulator (in main packages) and then reinstalled it from binaries;
Downloaded and ran the video tools from PuTTY, those are the steps I used :
wget https://github.com/biscuits99/rp-video-manager/releases/download/v1.0/rp-video-manager.zip
unzip -o rp-video-manager.zip
rm rp-video-manager.zip
cd /home/pi/rp-video-manager
chmod 755 videomanager.sh
./videomanager.sh
I installed required files then I applied overlays-no-tv for 1080p;
Opened the new retroarch.cfg file with WinSCP (opened in Notepad++)
Copy/paste to a new pastebin;
copied the output of file via PuTTY.

Floob

FWIW here is the psx retroarch.cfg file I have on windows - which is what I use before I zip it up for github

https://s4.postimg.org/pa57kvmgt/retroarch_overlay.png

BuZz

ok. I found the problem

Floobs tool misses a line ending after rewind_enable = false so when the include is moved it ends up on the end of that line (so you get rewind_enable = false#include "/opt/retropie/configs/all/retroarch.cfg") - then on the next launch it will overwrite it as the include doesn't get processed.

Ideally it should have a newline (as well as the rewind being moved) - but I will make sure the include moving adds one if one is missing (wouldn't happen with nano - but other editors could cause it also)

BuZz

retropie-setup will now make sure there is a newline before moving the #include to the end, which should fix it (you will need to remove the damaged config as well as updating retropie-setup)

Floob

Thanks so much Buzz!
I'll make a note of this and fix it in a future release (no lines under the include).

sebacote

@BuZz Thanks! I'll try this right now and keep you informed!

sebacote

@BuZz it works flawlessly! Deleted retroarch.cfg, updated retropie-setup, removed/installed PSX emulator, reapplied video tools, rebooted, tried a game, works, quit, start a new game and works, tried 4-5 games and a reboot to be sure, it works well!

Here is the pastebin of my current retroarch.cfg after playin a few games : http://pastebin.com/WPyhdzV1. Also, the file output is the same (/opt/retropie/configs/psx/retroarch.cfg: C source, ASCII text). There is a blank line after the include, I took a screenshot of mine : http://i.imgur.com/OI3v7fm.png

Thank you for all the great work, it's really appreciated and you're the best :)