[RELEASE] PS4 RetroArch Port (Unofficial)

when cores installed, does that mean you have the retroarch app to directly ps4 homescreen and can play it?

 

Yeah from home.

 

any chance recompile using vulkan suport?

 

PS4 uses OpenGL which doesn't support Volkan.
All we hope for is to update OpenGL version so that newer cores like dolphin could work

 

why not both? linux distro already suport vulkan

 

I have installed RetroArch on my ps4 with 7.02 jb and when i run super mario 64 or golden eye 007, then the sound and game lags a lot. Does anyone have a solution for this?

 

cause linux distro uses vulkan driver installed for GPU, PS4 support only OpenGL(at least for now).

 

hi
im running retroarch on 7.02 it works fine except with the mame cores. They wont load games from the internal HDD only USB!
The other cores work with the internal drive.
Any idea on why mame games wont run from the HDD?[/QUOTE]

 

I've copy mame roms to \data\roms\mame and all files works with manuell search.
Most work with mame2003_plus core and crash by higher mame version tryout.
By automatic search, some mame will found in mame2010 and mame2015 folder. but many files will lost.
My Neogeo was also be found in mame2015 folder before, so there is a confict with new search function.
I have to delete mame2015 folder and start automatic search again.
It's so confuse, I have to try much more.
I anyone found a real working process, please let me know, too.

But Retroarch is really cool, very nice.
Manuell search the mame folder works fine, all files will run with matched core.
So it's ok for me, all other will maybe working later.

 

Example on how to setup N64 - Works the same for all consoles / cores there after:

Setup on PC retroarch use show desktop menu.

Create new playlist and name it Nintendo - Nintendo 64 then drag and drop your roms in to the window, leave all options default then hit ok.

Inside retroarch folder you will have playlist like Nintendo - Nintendo 64.lpl. Use notepad ++ to edit file and change path to where your roms are. Mine are in the following path:

"path": "/data/retroarch/Retro Games/Nintendo - Nintendo 64/007 - GoldenEye (USA).zip#007 - GoldenEye (USA).n64",

(You can change paths to all roms at once CTL+F then repalce - Repalce all. Takes 10 seconds to make paths correct for each system / core once you do a few)

Copy Nintendo - Nintendo 64.lpl back to ps4 data/retroarch/playlists.

Load up retroarch and go to playlists - manage playlists. Set default core for N64 by selecting your fav core or a core that works. Muppen/Parallel.

Test games and if they load then you setup right.

Box art:
Make sure rom/game and boxart have same name. No - intro rom sets are pretty nice and most artowork refelcts those sets. Put your boxa art in: Path - /data/retroarch/thumbnails/Nintendo - Nintendo 64/Named_Boxarts/Name of rom/game

Again this is an N64 example.

This is how I setup all my consoles as its fast and works: PS4, PS Mini, PS3, Xbox One, Switch etc

 

What error do you get when you try to load a MAME ROM?
What cores are you using?

Here are some things to try:

- Try to test with a smaller ROM. I had issues with Retroarch from the internal drive too. (nothing was fullspeed, regardless of the core. Even things like NES) I migrated all my ROMs to USB and have had no issues since. Everything up to PS1 is fullspeed, Dreamcast is mostly fine. I came to the conclusion that I pretty much had to load them from USB for them to work correctly as of now. (Maybe a fix in the future?)
- There might a be problem with the path of your core in your playlist. Manually assign the core to a ROM. To do this, select the ROM and go to "Set Core Association" and try whatever core you prefer. If that works, change the core location in the playlist file to where the core is located.
- The cores might have not installed correctly. Try to reinstall or update your MAME cores in Retroarch.
- Try a to load one or two ROMs from a different romset.

 

well i tried making a playlist that ran games off the usb. i then changed the directory listed in the playlist file to the internal hard drive but retroarch crashes when i tried to load a game from it. seems like a problem with retroarch itself?

 

Any chance for an update with the dosbox pure core @OsirisX ?

 

I hope the DuckStation core is added in a future release. It's the best PS1 emulator out there and also the fastest.

 

curious though why libretro haven't made an official port yet?

 

Because as far as I know @OsirisX hasn't made a PR to libretro's Github yet? It would be good to get it up to libretro tho, we could have more regular updates then.

IIRC there are reasons why we cant have Cores like Duckstation/Dolphin/Melonds something about the PS4 Toolchain not supporting a high enough version of libc++.
"I ran into some compiling issues with them as they're using a higher libc++ version than what my current toolchain supports. Currently I'm working on a slightly different ps4 project but will return to this after."
That and PS4 Retroarch currently uses Software Rendering and not Hardware.

 

Can anyone tell me if gamecube games run fine on the PS4? I've seen good performance on the switch. Just wondering.

EDIT: I'm aware that vulkan is available in the PS4-Linux but it seems that they had to have the amdgpu drivers. Not sure if Retroarch would be able to take advantage of that.

 

Hey @OsirisX Any News for MelonDs?

 

This might be a stupid question but does this retroarch build takes 3rd party controllers at all? Trying to use my N64 Retrolink controller

 

The PS4 itself will only detect controllers it recognises as PS4 controllers.