M3U playlist without .CUE extension

[LogicalUnit]

Hi everyone, I own a copy of Final Fantasy VII, which is a three-disc game, and I am trying to get it working nicely in RetroPie.

I have created an M3U playlist as described in the PSX emulator section of the Docs. https://retropie.org.uk/docs/Playstation-1/

The playlist works, and I can switch between discs properly. However, in the launcher, I get an entry for each of the three discs in addition to the playlist. I would like to hide the individual discs from this menu, so only the playlist is visible.

There are instructions on how to do this in the Docs, but they don't seem to be working for me. When I remove the .cue extensions from the files and from the entries in the playlist, the game doesn't launch.

The following M3U file works:

FINALFANTASY7_1.cue
FINALFANTASY7_2.cue
FINALFANTASY7_3.cue

And here is the contents of FINALFANTASY7_1.cue

FILE "FINALFANTASY7_1.BIN" BINARY
TRACK 01 MODE2/2352
INDEX 01 00:00:00

Here is my M3U file that doesn't work:

FINALFANTASY7_1
FINALFANTASY7_2
FINALFANTASY7_3

and here is the contents of FINALFANTASY7_1:

FILE "FINALFANTASY7_1.BIN" BINARY
TRACK 01 MODE2/2352
INDEX 01 00:00:00

The two remaining .cue files have similar contents, except they point to discs 2 and 3.

Can anyone help me figure out why this isn't working?

Many thanks

[AnalogHero]

Hi,

a trick ive done in the past before moving to .pbp files was to remove the .CUE extension from es_systems.cfg but leaving the .cue one in.

So the file you want to see in ES is named .cue and the others .CUE.

Another way is going the .pbp route. Saves space, and solves the bin/cue problem. Im sure google helps.

[LogicalUnit]

Great, thanks for the reply. I have made a .pbp from my three discs. How do I switch discs in-game? Is it just the same way through the RetroArch disk menu?

Also, where does es_systems.cfg live? I can't seem to find it.

Cheers

[AnalogHero]

Hi,

es_systems.cfg is in /etc/emulationstation/.

You can swap discs with your defined swap disc hotkey. Look in input settings in retroarch gui or in the configuration editor:

# Toggles eject for disks. Used for multiple-disk content.
input_disk_eject_toggle =

# Cycles through disk images. Use after ejecting.
# Complete by toggling eject again.
input_disk_next =

Put your prefered button after the = . Ingame press your hotkey button and your button eject and swap discs.