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    "Kiosk mode" very slow to load!

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    • RamsesR
      Ramses @Jeck11
      last edited by Ramses

      @Jeck11 said in "Kiosk mode" very slow to load!:

      I didn't see above but forgive me if I missed it. Have you disabled "Save Metadata On Exit" and enabled "Parse Gamelists Only"?

      https://github.com/RetroPie/RetroPie-Setup/wiki/FAQ#why-does-shut-down-and-reboot-take-ages

      Yes i have played with those setting, here is the result i got:

      BOOT TIME:

      8 min 22 --> save metadata on exit = off parse gamelists only = on
      8 min 25 --> save metadata on exit = off parse gamelists only = off
      9 min 32 --> save metadata on exit = on parse gamelists only = off
      9 min 35 --> save metadata on exit = on parse gamelists only = on

      Here is some other result:
      BOOT TIME

      1 min 30 --> if no game is scrapped (if no picture/description/etc.. is attached to my game)
      50 sec --> With all my library scrapped but NO KIOSK MODE INSTALLED

      So the problem is that KIOSK/KIDS mode dont like when we add picture/description to large game library..

      KIOSK MODE is a very nice feature, but it is too slow to be usable in my situation.. probably because of some option it has: like the posibility to block some game to kids, possibility to set some game in favorite, ETC... And because of those option, the raspbery boot VERRRRRRY SLOWLY. And i dont need all those option, i just want to prevent my friend to acces some menu item (like scrap the game and other).

      So the only way for me to do what i want is to block the entire menu, but if i do that, i will have no way to "shutdown system" i will have to turn power off to do that and this can corrupt my SD card...

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      • RionR
        Rion @Ramses
        last edited by

        @Ramses This is more likely a bug. Maybe @Zigurana knows more about this.

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          Jeck11 @Ramses
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          @Ramses - OK sorry that didn't help. I'm currently using the kids/kiosk package as well but not seeing anywhere near the load times you are. I'm running on a Pi3 with 5k+ games and bootup and shutdowns are <30 seconds.

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          • RamsesR
            Ramses @Jeck11
            last edited by Ramses

            @Jeck11 said in "Kiosk mode" very slow to load!:

            @Ramses - OK sorry that didn't help. I'm currently using the kids/kiosk package as well but not seeing anywhere near the load times you are. I'm running on a Pi3 with 5k+ games and bootup and shutdowns are <30 seconds.

            Well, i have a pie3b too, but i have 31489 games, and almost all of them have picture/description and everything..

            ...maybe thats why its so slow..

            Like i said, if my game is NOT scrapped (no picture/description) it boot very fast in kiosk mode.. The issue is related to the fact that i have a lot of game AND all my game have picture/description in KIOSK MODE

            If i keep all my image/description and remove only KIOSK mode, it is very fast too (50 sec!)

            Like i said before: The problem is that KIOSK/KIDS mode dont like when we add picture/description to LARGE (30k+) game library..

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            • RamsesR
              Ramses
              last edited by Ramses

              well, i have do a lot of test to speed-up that in the last 10 days, but the only way i found to be able to have a descend boot speed is to remove games, or dont scrap game....

              Now i have 17 700 games and it took 2min10 to start ...

              Does anybody else have experienced this SLOW startup time with LARGE (30k+) scrapped game library in kiosk mode???

              Or does anybody have found a fix for that?

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                Jeck11 @Ramses
                last edited by

                @Ramses - why have so many in your active build? I understand keeping the backups. You could use a ROM cleaner to move the duplicates to another folder then scrap a manageable number.

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                • RamsesR
                  Ramses @Jeck11
                  last edited by Ramses

                  @Jeck11 said in "Kiosk mode" very slow to load!:

                  @Ramses - why have so many in your active build? I understand keeping the backups. You could use a ROM cleaner to move the duplicates to another folder then scrap a manageable number.

                  I had over 30k but i have removed all duplicated and now i'm at 17 700 ..

                  Why i have so many? why not?

                  By the way, this tread is not about the reason why i have a large game library, its about the difficulty for "kiosk mode" to handle large library. And if i just remove 99% of my game, kiosk mode will continue to have difficulty to handle large library and next time someone use kiosk mode with large library same problem will happen.. So its better to find a way to fix that issue in kiosk mode itself than juste deleting all rom games

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                  • dankcushionsD
                    dankcushions Global Moderator
                    last edited by

                    isn't kiosk/kids mode based on an older version of ES? it has had recent(ish) speed improvements that i guess aren't in the kiosk/kids fork.

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                      Zigurana @dankcushions
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                      @dankcushions
                      This is true, i am in the process of merging in the latest changes.
                      It will be a while though, as I am going through some medical issues in de family.

                      If tetris has thought me anything, it's that errors pile up and that accomplishments dissappear.

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                      • herb_fargusH
                        herb_fargus administrators @Zigurana
                        last edited by

                        @Zigurana take time for yourself mate. RetroPie will be here when you get back ;) wish you and you family well

                        If you read the documentation it will answer 99% of your questions: https://retropie.org.uk/docs/

                        Also if you want a solution to your problems read this first: https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/3/read-this-first

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                        • RamsesR
                          Ramses @Zigurana
                          last edited by

                          @Zigurana said in "Kiosk mode" very slow to load!:

                          @dankcushions
                          This is true, i am in the process of merging in the latest changes.
                          It will be a while though, as I am going through some medical issues in de family.

                          Ho! Thanks a lot for your answer!

                          Take your time with your family, its not an emergency here! :)

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