What's the deal with Thumbnails? I've loaded a couple Gameboy roms and none of them show thumbnails. I updated the thumbnail database, updated the databases, assets. all that.
Then your rom names or your playlist name don't match.What's the deal with Thumbnails? I've loaded a couple Gameboy roms and none of them show thumbnails. I updated the thumbnail database, updated the databases, assets. all that.
My understanding was Retro Arch was supposed to make this work automatically? I'm supposed to individually download, rename, and place thumbnails for over a thousand games? (the idea is making this a sort of portable retro arcade which.. well im given to understand is the intended purpose of retro arch...Then your rom names or your playlist name don't match.
What I'll write now is just one way. Of course you could use different names for anything but I recommend staying as close as possible to the Libretro naming convention.
To actually display the thumbs make sure that you
That's it. Look at the example Box Art for Turtles here and/or do some further reading on how thumbnails work here.
- have your roms in folders according to these
for example: sd:/roms/Nintendo - Game Boy/Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III - Radical Rescue (USA).zip (or .gb if you don't like them zipped)- have a playlist lpl file for your GB roms in a playlist folder named exactly like the folder containing the roms
for example: /playlists/Nintendo - Game Boy.lpl
(don't know where the playlist folder is by default, I always adjust it in RetroArch -> Settings -> Directory Settings)- have an entry for each of your GB games in that playlist, here's one example for the Turtles III rom (note that one entry always has to consist of six lines:
sd:/roms/Nintendo - Game Boy/Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III - Radical Rescue (USA).zip
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III - Radical Rescue (USA)
sd:/retroarch/cores/gambatte.nro
Game Boy (Gambatte)
DETECT
Nintendo - Game Boy.lpl
(I don't know whether the path pattern in my example is right. To be sure just look into your sd:/retroarch/history.lpl how the paths have to be after you played some games)- have a thumbnails folder somewhere (if there's none by default, create one and point to it in the above mentioned RetroArch directory settings
- have a folder for Game Boy games in that thumbnails folder following the naming convention which contains the three needed sub folders for box arts, screens and titlesnaps and in each of those three have an image file for your rom(s). Here's the example for Turtles:
/thumbnails/Nintendo - Game Boy/Named_Boxarts/Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III - Radical Rescue (USA).png
/thumbnails/Nintendo - Game Boy/Named_Snaps/Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III - Radical Rescue (USA).png
/thumbnails/Nintendo - Game Boy/Named_Titles/Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III - Radical Rescue (USA).png
I've only written how to make sure that they are displayed.My understanding was Retro Arch was supposed to make this work automatically? I'm supposed to individually download, rename, and place thumbnails for over a thousand games? (the idea is making this a sort of portable retro arcade which.. well im given to understand is the intended purpose of retro arch...
Ah. Gotcha. my roms are showing up as like "Pokemon - Blue Version (SGB Enhanced)" and stuff. I'll take a look at that. So I need to find a set of "no intro" roms? I think the set I have is intended for a Hyperspin system. I didn't realize the naming convention was that important.I've only written how to make sure that they are displayed.
Usually you get a full no-intro romset (like it's recommended by the Libretro team itself in the last link from my post above), use the built in scan feature or playlist buddy to create that playlist, use the online updater for thumbnails (or get them manually) and they should appear.
Again: Most likely your rom names are not matching the names of the image files in the thumbnails sub folders.
Most romsets you can download are already named correctly to avoid that.
Well at least your rom name has to match the image names.Ah. Gotcha. my roms are showing up as like "Pokemon - Blue Version (SGB Enhanced)" and stuff. I'll take a look at that. So I need to find a set of "no intro" roms? I think the set I have is intended for a Hyperspin system. I didn't realize the naming convention was that important.
huh I'm like 90% sure that's what it says? wait. Does the physical rom need that name as the file name? Because in Retroarch it shows up as "Pokemon - Blue Version (USA, Europe) (SGB Enhanced)" but that's not the file name it self. The file name on disk is "Pokemon - Blue Version"Well at least your rom name has to match the image names.
You're Pokémon game has to have this name for example:
https://github.com/libretro/libretro-thumbnails/blob/master/Nintendo - Game Boy/Named_Boxarts/Pokemon - Blue Version (USA, Europe) (SGB Enhanced).png
I'm not completely sure about that but I'd guess you would have to name it exactly Pokemon - Blue Version (USA, Europe) (SGB Enhanced).gb and (if you want) put it in a zip named Pokemon - Blue Version (USA, Europe) (SGB Enhanced).ziphuh I'm like 90% sure that's what it says? wait. Does the physical rom need that name as the file name? Because in Retroarch it shows up as "Pokemon - Blue Version (USA, Europe) (SGB Enhanced)" but that's not the file name it self. The file name on disk is "Pokemon - Blue Version"
Is the playlist thing necessary? Today is my first day touching Retro Arch. I've been using SNES9X on 3DS. I have no idea what the playlists are or what an lpl file is. Can the generalized rom list not display thumbnails?I'm not completely sure about that but I'd guess you would have to name it exactly Pokemon - Blue Version (USA, Europe) (SGB Enhanced).gb and (if you want) put it in a zip named Pokemon - Blue Version (USA, Europe) (SGB Enhanced).zip
Ooooh it's failing the thumbnail database update entirely.... huh. can I manually download that somewhere?I'm not completely sure about that but I'd guess you would have to name it exactly Pokemon - Blue Version (USA, Europe) (SGB Enhanced).gb and (if you want) put it in a zip named Pokemon - Blue Version (USA, Europe) (SGB Enhanced).zip
It's too slow on the Switch anway. Downloading the thumbs manually on a PC and transfering them to the SD then is the better way.It's a shame the thumbnail database updater doesn't just work. It gets to like 10% and fails outright.
Yep I got everything working. Thanks for all your helpIt's too slow on the Switch anway. Downloading the thumbs manually on a PC and transfering them to the SD then is the better way.
You figured out how to do this?
Added the px68k core for Switch, should be in next nightlies.
is there a way to run retroarch under sx os?
each time i try i keep getting black screen
What? No. Wrong. Dumbest comment I've read today, so far. Woks just fine on sxosUse FAT and Atmosphere. Those are all we officially support.
is there a way to run retroarch under sx os?
each time i try i keep getting black screen
can atmos be set to boot if needed.Use FAT and Atmosphere. Those are all we officially support.
im using retroarch_switch.nro via homebrew tab in sx os and sd is fat32What? No. Wrong. Dumbest comment I've read today, so far. Woks just find on sxos
Are you trying from the NSP? Launching from Homebrew menu? Fat32 or ExFat?
What? No. Wrong. Dumbest comment I've read today, so far. Woks just fine on sxos
Download the latest build https://buildbot.libretro.com/nightly/nintendo/switch/libnx/can atmos be set to boot if needed.
for example if i want to just boot sx os i can do as normal, or select to boot atmos if needed but still keep my switch running ofw unless i insert dongle
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im using retroarch_switch.nro via homebrew tab in sx os and sd is fat32
Yeah, it may be "shoddy" But RetroArch has worked 100% as intended on my 2 switches, and all my friends/family's, using SXOS. You're just spreading shit info because TX is controversial. It's almost always user error when it comes to RetroArch not working. Other homebrew is a different story though, I agree on that.Looks like someone's late to the party. TX's homebrew support is as shoddy as it can get, so there's no guarantee it'll work.
thanks, ill wipe everything and start again, noticed i had 2 retroarch directories looking identical for some reason, one in the root and one in the switch folder.Download the latest build https://buildbot.libretro.com/nightly/nintendo/switch/libnx/
The big RetroArch folder goes on root of SD.
The .nro goes into Switch/RetroArch/ (or it can just be in /switch, if you want to)
(Optional)
Install the .NSP, it's needed for N64. https://buildbot.libretro.com/stable/1.7.5/nintendo/switch/libnx/RetroArch.nsp
If it still doesn't work we'll go deeper. There's not really a reason you'd have black screen unless something didn't install right or you're missing something.
Yeah, it may be "shoddy" But RetroArch has worked 100% as intended on my 2 switches, and all my friends/family's, using SXOS. You're just spreading shit info because TX is controversial. It's almost always user error when it comes to RetroArch not working. Other homebrew is a different story though, I agree on that.