Hacking Retroarch Playstation TV Issue

[Cvanderhoef]

I recently got a PSTV with RetroArch already installed and it started spewing out an error when I tried starting it so I reinstalled Retroarch. Now it works but with a few issues. First, after I scan the directory for files and it adds the system to the left hand column, any time I try loading a game from there it just closes the application. If I go to Load Content and pick a game it works...but only for Atari 2600 and NES games. I tried 32X, Virtual Boy, and SNES games and it just exits out of the application. Any idea?

 

[FmT]

Scanning for games on vita retroarch is a really bad idea... it's not working/supported/insertwhatyouwant
If you want to do playlist you can manually add them with that software : https://forums.libretro.com/t/retroarch-playlist-buddy-playlist-and-thumbnail-generation-app/8417
If you still have problem to launch games from "load content" with last version of retroarch, consider going back to 1.8.9 as multiple reddit posts advice you to

 

[Cvanderhoef]

Scanning for games on vita retroarch is a really bad idea... it's not working/supported/insertwhatyouwant
If you want to do playlist you can manually add them with that software : https://forums.libretro.com/t/retroarch-playlist-buddy-playlist-and-thumbnail-generation-app/8417
If you still have problem to launch games from "load content" with last version of retroarch, consider going back to 1.8.9 as multiple reddit posts advice you to

Gotcha, I didn't realize the newest version of Retroarch caused issues with loading content. I'll give that a try. Thanks!

 

[Cvanderhoef]

Any idea where I can find version 1.8.9? I searched all over the internet and can't find it. Maybe someone has a copy of it?

 

[FmT]

The Wayback Machine is your friend :

https://web.archive.org/web/2020062...m/stable/1.8.9/playstation/vita/RetroArch.vpk

 

[Cvanderhoef]

The Wayback Machine is your friend :

https://web.archive.org/web/2020062...m/stable/1.8.9/playstation/vita/RetroArch.vpk

Thank you! Do you know if I have to uninstall the old version to downgrade or can I just install this version on top of the new version?

 

[FmT]

When you downgrade, it's better to uninstall before installing... but you can still have configuration file problem. You have to reset it manually. You can do that from retroarch, or delete .cfg in data/retrovita folder

 

[HollowGrams]

I recently got a PSTV with RetroArch already installed and it started spewing out an error when I tried starting it so I reinstalled Retroarch. Now it works but with a few issues. First, after I scan the directory for files and it adds the system to the left hand column, any time I try loading a game from there it just closes the application. If I go to Load Content and pick a game it works...but only for Atari 2600 and NES games. I tried 32X, Virtual Boy, and SNES games and it just exits out of the application. Any idea?

Make playlists on PC then transfer to folder on USB. I do this for all my playlists and they work. Retroarch then Show desktop menu then make your title. Drag and drop your set and dont change any settings as you edit playlist with notpad++.

Even easier make playlists on PC blank - Load retroarch on ps mini and go to manage playlist, select system, select core and thats it all games will run with that core.

 

[FmT]

Retroarch 1.9.4 is out and Playstation TV issues seems to be fixed (tested with dualshock 4). Arcade roms loading time seems to have been improved too so a good upgrade since 1.8.9