Mednafen PSX - Can't get Mednafen PSX to work

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#1

I have the bios, SCPH5500, 5501, and 5502, in the “RetroArch/system” folder. My games are extracted to a folder in Downloads so I can test before I move them all to their real folder. I’m using “Load file and Detect Core”, but I only get this:

None of the other threads could help either.

The wiki page mentions making an .m3u file for games with multiple discs, is that still possible?

#2

m3u is still an option but you should get it loading before you worry about that. Make sure your bios files match the checksums mentioned in the core info file and that the name matches exactly (including all lower-case if you’re anywhere but Windows). Also, mednafen-psx only loads cue sheets, so make sure your ROMs are in bin/cue format. Finally, make sure your cue sheets actually point where they should (you’d be surprised how half-assed many of them are).

That’s as much as I can suggest without a log.

#3

Where would I find the log?

#4

I didn’t get a log when the error occurred, is it stored somewhere?

#5

And the .CUE was fine

EDIT: I checked the bios checksums, 5502 was bad, but I found the right one, but it still won’t start.

#6

Assuming you’re on Windows since you haven’t said otherwise, to get a log, right-click in your RetroArch folder and choose ‘open command window here.’ Then, type this command and try to load a game: retroarch_debug.exe --menu --verbose >> log.txt 2>&1 This will make a file named log.txt that sound contain any errors. Copy/paste the contents somewhere like pastebin and post a link to it here.

#7

http://imgur.com/ARet7mF This is the log. I didn’t see an option to open the command line.

#8

Aha! So I need the bios in the folder with the game, that got it to work

#9

It’s not finding your BIOS image. Make sure it’s named exactly scph5501.bin, all lower-case. Put it in your BIOS/system directory or next to the ROM.

#10

So when I make a .m3u, should all the game files be in the same folder?

#11

You shouldn’t need to put the bios in the game folder. Is your BIOS/System directory in the config actually set to the system folder?

#12

I didn’t even know that was an option, thank you. I love retroarch, but boy does it need much more documentation.