Hi I was wondering if someone can give me a bit of advice.
I have installed Retroarch using the Google Play store, it installs fine but when I try to install any using the online updater, it never finds any (using version 1.6.0.)
As an alternative I manually installed the nightly .apk (1.6.1), and when using this one it does find the cores, however I end up getting no sound on any rom.
Could someone possibly give me some advice on how to get one of the versions working?
Many Thanks
the core updater should work fine. Works on mine, at least. Did you try removing and reinstalling? Somethings things get messed up during the initial install.
For no audio, did you try going into settings > driver and changing the audio driver? Thereās been some recent work to add tinyalsa support for android, and that might be causing problems for you, so if itās defaulting to that, youāll likely want to try something else.
No matter what I do, I cannot get Retroarch to work on my 2017 Nvidia Shield. I can download the app from the Google Play Store just fine. I can download cores just fine, but no matter what cores I use, no matter if I update everything, I still cannot get my ROMs to be recognized. I have tried a variety of different types of ROMs (zipped, not zipped, etc.) and across several different systems just to be on the safe side (SEGA, NES, SNES, GAME GEAR, GAMEBOY, ATARI, TURBOBRAFX, etc.)
Nothing I do works. Is this a common issue?
This is def not a common issue.
Load a Core Go to Information -> Core info
Make sure you rom extensions match and you have any bios files required.
Load content and browse directly to a rom filā¦I should work fine
Iām assuming by ācannot get my ROMs to be recognizedā you mean you canāt get them to show up in playlists. Can you get them to launch manually by going to āload coreā to select a core and then āload contentā to navigate to the game and launch from there?
I can get them to run individually if I scan file instead of scan directory. However, there isnāt any sound. And yes, I cannot get playlists to create. I have tried all cores, and almost all systems. Itās the same result.
Did you update databases in the online updater before scanning?
For the sound, go to settings > driver and change the audio driver until you find one that works.
Yes, I updated the databases
Same problem here, except I do have audio when I scan files individually. Could it be a filesystem permission problem?
Hi,
I am trying to set up my 2017 Shield and encountering the same issues. I can load a core and use load content to manually load a ROM (sound is fine) however if I try to import content to add the entire rom set as a collection then the scan completes but no collection is added. All components have been updated including database before scanning. For test purposes I have been using a GBA collection. Any ideas?
Thanks!
Russell
Can you try a nightly build? We had some issues with content scanning in 1.6.0 and just havenāt put out a bugfix release yet, though weāre planning to do so in a couple of days, if you donāt feel like bothering with the nightly.
Thanks, the nightly build fixed it
Can RetroArch be sideloaded onto the Nvidia Shield TV? Would I be able to download the use the nighly build on the Nvidia Shield? Or am I stupid and there is another way for me to do this?
I am having the exact same issue on a shield TV. I have removed the 1.6 build and installed the nightly 1.6.1 but I cannot get files to add to the content library via scan.
Check and make sure your playlist directory is pointed at your internal storageās RetroArch directory in settings > directory
Sorry to thread necro, but I just signed up and donāt seem to be allowed to post new threads yet. (Let me know if Iām missing something there.)
I just got a new Shield Pro and started experimenting with retroarch for the first time, though Iāve done some emulation in the past. Iām having a lot of problems with MAME specifically - the only other system Iāve tried so far is the NES via Nestopia and that works perfectly. Iām mostly interested in the classic era of Pacman, Donkey Kong, etc. The games Iāve tested run fine in Mame4Droid, but donāt look quite as nice and of course lack the retroarch integration. But I canāt get the MAME2010 core in retroarch to run properly on any ROM Iāve tried - it just fires up and immediately crashes. The current MAME core works OK for me on some ROMās, less so on others. Donkey Kong plays pretty well, though I get occasional, minor crackles in the audio. Pacman and Galaga seem OK. But Mario Bros is a mess with current MAME - the sound is very crackly and different than current MAME on my PC, and the game stutters. MAME2003 Iāve only experimented with a little, but it doesnāt play all the samples from Mario Bros correctly at least - I get footsteps but no music.
Iāve experimented with various combinations of settings at this point, generally just sticking with the retroarch defaults or close to them. The best I seemed to manage for current MAME was by changing the audio resampling driver to nearest - that made things less bad, but still not great. Anyway, Iāll keep experimenting, but any confirmation of MAME definitely working (or not) for others would be very helpful, along with any important settings tweaks that I might be missing. Thanks.
Hello,
Iāve been setting up my Shield TV to run RetroArch and I ran into a few problems. Whenever I try to āload contentā for the following cores, RetroArch will crash:
RetroArch will close when I try to āload contentā and the Shield TV will display a window that reads: āRetroArch has stoppedā
Iāve tried a number of different roms and this happens with any that are loaded. I also confirmed that they work in another emulator.
Is there an issue with the Beetle (and Atari 800) cores for RetroArch and is there a workaround?
Thank you
Weād need a log to even guess, but just FYI, beetle-psx-hw canāt reach full speed on X1 chipsets currently.
If I had to make a wild guess, I would say youāre missing BIOSes.
Hello, thanks for getting back to me. Iām not as concerned about beetle-psx, but thanks for the heads-up about the performance issue. Iāve been using the psx-rearmed core which works very well.
Iām most interested in getting beetle-pce-fast working and, to a lesser degree atari-800.
Iāll try loading the PCE BIOs even though I havenāt tried loading a CD image yet. Maybe it does a check regardless.
Also, are there instructions for downloading the RetroArch log from a Shield TV that isnāt rooted?
Thank you
Hi
I am having the same issue as philexile regarding the atari800 core. I set it up fine on windows which launches the emulator and then you configure the bios through the atari800 emulator menu.
However when running the core on android it just crashes doesnt even load the emulator.
Has anyone found a solution to this yet?