For anyone using a Raspberry Pi 2, is Lakka using the same emulators as used in EmulationStation? I’m curious mostly if the sound emulation for SNES has improved any or if it’s more or less the same. I hear it was a limitation of the RP1, not sure about the RP2 though.
Hello, EmulationStation, or I guess you mean RetroPie, use a lot of non libretro emulators to get some optimizations on the RPi. In Lakka, we use only the libretro ones.
I’m running on a RP2. SNES runs a lot smoother, have not checked sound yet but will get back to you. mupen64 runs so slow as to be un-usable ~5fps, need to see if I can optimize somehow in the settings.
The bad sound on snes is when you use the pocketsnes core. mupen64 is OK on the rpi if you use the gln64 gfx plugin.
If you’re on RPI1 with Lakka, SNES is laggy. Retropie uses a different system to emulate SNES, so it’s faster (although not perfect for all games). I also haven’t been able to get MAME running on Lakka with the RPI1.
For RPI2 with Lakka, SNES and MAME both work great.
Comparing Lakka to Retropie:
Retropie Pros: -Can scrape box art -Can edit gamelist filters -Doesn’t show games from other systems in gamelists! -Runs most SNES games on RPI1 -Has a larger list of systems it can emulate
Lakka Pros: -Controller autoconfig is seamless -Performance is generally superior on RPI1 and RPI2 -Easier to install and configure -Easier to add BIOS and ROMs -Not having to edit CFG files is a blessing
I totally agree with your pros/cons.
The next step for us will be to fix these 3: -Can edit gamelist filters -Doesn’t show games from other systems in gamelists! -Can scrape box art
Hello Everyone, thanks for the responses. The list of pros and cons was more than I expected, thank you. I have a RPI2 now. I decided that maybe the hummingboard I was using was too much for me since I’m new to all this and most of the educational material is for the RPI. Also, I couldn’t keep it from melting after about 15 minutes of play which when I researched the issue I found was an all too common complaint, even with the higher end boards and their little cube pcs that all ship with heats sinks. Anyway, the sound on that hummingboard was wonderful. Sounded a lot more like running emulators on a PC, which to me sounds a lot like a SNES. I’ve tried using other cores now on my RPI in both Lakka and Retropie but I’d have to say I feel like what I’m hearing is just a difference in sound but not more exactly more accurate. When I say accurate I mean more true to the original sound. I’m already used to it though. Most games are just fine, like Mario RPG for example where instead of an explosion sound when the enemy is defeated there’s a balloon popping sound which I thought was kinda funny and worked well. There’s only been a couple like FF6 where the intro sounded like a cat ran across an old casio keyboard to escape a swarm of bees. Overall I’m happy with the RPI2.
Hey Pydup, your hummingboard is what model exactly? The one with mono or stereo audio?
On RPi2, try to use the snes9x core instead of the pocketsnes one. It has better audio.
[QUOTE=Kivutar;22811]Hey Pydup, your hummingboard is what model exactly? The one with mono or stereo audio?
On RPi2, try to use the snes9x core instead of the pocketsnes one. It has better audio.[/QUOTE]
Hey Kivutar - how do you change which core you’re using? I’d love the snes9x core on my Pi2 as well 
snes9x-next should be on the list of cores. It’s not the case?
Possibly. I just don’t know how to select a different core 
Would I need to use the Retroarch UI instead of Lakka?
You should have two snes icons in your lakka UI.
[QUOTE=Kivutar;22811]Hey Pydup, your hummingboard is what model exactly? The one with mono or stereo audio?
On RPi2, try to use the snes9x core instead of the pocketsnes one. It has better audio.[/QUOTE]
It’s a hummingboard i-1. I’ve tried the snes9x core and I do feel the music in FF6 sounds a lot better.