Unable to select PSX core after choosing content

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#1

Hi,

New to using Retroarch so please bare with me.

I’m trying to play FFIX, however once I have selected the Playstation core (Either Beetle PSX or Beetle PSX HW) I’m unable to load my Final Fantasy .bin files. Instead, when I select the .bin file it just takes me to what seems to be a list cores, and the PSX cores are not there. I’ve tried searching for a solution but I’ve had no luck.

FWIW the bios files are saved in ~/.config/retroarch/system/bios… Not sure if that would make a difference.

I have tested a GBA game using the VBA-M core and that works perfectly fine, no issues at all selected the core or the content.

I’m running Retroarch 1.6.7 on Ubuntu 16.04.

Any help would be greatly appreciated!

#2

Beetle-psx can’t load bin files directly, only their accompanying cue file.

#3

The same thing happens for the .cue files, it just shows a list of cores but the Beetle PSX cores aren’t showing.

#4

Hmm, maybe try updating your core info files. Otherwise, we’ll need more info, such as OS, hardware, etc.

#5

How do I update the core info files? (forgive my newbishness!)

Information:

  • Model: Dell Chromebook 13 7310
  • Specs: 4GB Ram, Intel i3-5005U processor, Intel HD Graphics 5500 GPU
  • OS: GalliumOS which runs Ubuntu 16.04 (Xenial)

I’m running Retroarch 1.6.7 downloaded via the PPA.

#6

If you’re using the retroarch-assets package from the PPA, it might be old.

You can try going to settings > directory and change the ‘core info’ directory to somewhere user-writeable (somewhere in ~/.config/retroarch would be appropriate) and then go to the online updater and update the core info files.

#7

I’ve just tried this again and the cores are listed, but when I select either Beetle PSX or Beetle PSX HW the screen flashes black and then I get a message saying “Failed to load content.”

Any ideas?

#8

this is almost always (in order of likelihood) 1.) missing/bad BIOS, 2.) bad dump (whether it’s just a bad file or has unsupported separate audio tracks, etc.) or 3.) malformed cue sheet (points to files that don’t exist, etc.

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#9

Yes! It works! Thanks so much for your help! Have a great day!

(Fixed by changing the BIOS directory to the correct location.)

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#10

what is the exact procedure you did sir? i have a problem in my lakka os my PS1 games says “FAILED TO LOAD CONTENT”

#11

usually this means you are missing the bios files. you need to have scph5500.bin, scph5501.bin, scph5502.bin

#12

Ensure that your location in Settings > Directory > System/BIOS contains the BIOS files mentioned above.

My directory for the System/Bios is ~/retroarch/system/. Imgur link.