Some questions and access shared directory?

General
#1

Pretty new to RetroArch". Would like to say thanks in advance for the devs and guys who are supporting this forum before i start asking newbee questions.

I noticed that RetroArch runs an old version of “PPSSPP” 1.0.1. Is this usual with other emulators to? Is it because of that newer version is not compatible with RetroArch?

I have a Nexus 10, a RaspPi (2…3 in a couple of days). I would love it if they both could use a shared dir where they can save the games/load the roms from. So i was thinking about using Windows share directory from my PC. Installed “RetroArch” on my Nexus but it could not find my network share (could access it from other apps). Is this possible with an un-routed Nexus 10? I´m guessing i have to actually mount the shared dir. Tried with coupld of apps but could not do it. Is it possible? Can i accomplish it by editing retroarch.config files?

Thanx in advance for any answers.

#2

I keep all of my stuff on a network drive but your device needs to be able to mount the network share itself. The Nvidia Shield ATV, for example, provides SMB mounting natively and the share shows up like any other directory. You can do this with other devices through something like CIFS Manager but I think it requires rooting.

The old PPSSPP core is a complicated issue. For cores that don’t provide a libretro option upstream (bsnes, mednafen, MAME, PPSSPP, etc.), we have to make a judgment call about how much work we want to put into keeping the core up to date with the latest versions. PPSSPP got held back by complications related to their FFmpeg dependency and it got to the point where it couldn’t be easily updated, so we’re going to have to basically re-port the whole thing to update it. This is currently in the planning stages and, once completed, should be a more sustainable port, and it might potentially be something they would accept into the upstream codebase. We’ll see.

#3

Yeah, i had a feeling i had to mount it somehow so RetroArch could find it.

But would it be possible as a feature in a coming RetroArch release? To be able to direct saves and such without having to mount it?

Tank you for the explanation about PPSSPP. Not really a necessary feature. I already have PPSSPP on my Nexus installed. And i am actually only playing Final Fantasy Tactics on it :slight_smile: The only reason why i noticed is because of lag in the opening of the game (didn´t play it though) for the old PPSSPP. But in the new version it really runs very nice. Haven´t tried any other cores…but will do a more thorough look into the whole RetroArch system when my RPi 3 arrives in a couple of days.

Judgding from your post and looking at your profile i can see you are one of the devs/moderators for this project. Really cool project. Thank you and to all the other guys for your time and effort.

#4

We probably won’t ever include mounting of drives in the Android port because it would require baking in Samba, which is an enormous dependency. I think there may also be issues with permissions in a native activity versus using the Java interfaces in Android…

For just sharing small files (e.g., saves and configs, rather than full collections of games), some people use Dropbox, which I believe supports native mounting in Android…?

Thank you and to all the other guys for your time and effort.

Our pleasure! We hope you get some enjoyment out of it :slight_smile: