[J9104]

For those having issues with PSX games, I have had limited success with my Amazon Firestick. Maybe someone knows why it works with some things and not others and what could be done to get everything working well.

This is a video of a successful launch from IARL (Wayne Gretzky's 3D Hockey '98):

https://m.youtube.com/watch?feature=yout...0h6dvT0buc

Note that the Track 2 .bin file and the .cue file do not work, it only works when I click the Track 1.bin

Here is a video of an unsuccessful launch from IARL (Tony Hawk Pro Skater 2):

https://m.youtube.com/watch?feature=yout...XmlXxfcaEc

Note that the game will not launch from either ther .bin or .cue file.


Wayne Gretzky is a much smaller file. I don't know if that has anything to do with it. But I have gotten the Best Buy Sampler to work. I also got a rom of Gex from Emuparadise to work as well, and that works from running the only .bin file that shows up. I also successfully got Gex working through IARL.

So as far as I can tell, some games work and some don't and ones with a lot of bin files are likely not to work. But as seen with THPS2, it can still fail with only 1 .bin file. Perhaps it is the size of the file. Not sure what the solution could be, any help is greatly appreciated!

EDIT: I accidentally put the Wayne Gretzky game video for both. Now fixed!

[fux0r]

Hi

I'm trying to make iarl use local roms instead of download them every time.
unfortunately i can't get past "converting 7z File" (stays forever).
converting 7z works fine if the file doesn't exist locally.
Log

Using latest iarl from your repository (1.5.9) on LE8 Alpha

[zachmorris]

Hi

I'm trying to make iarl use local roms instead of download them every time.
unfortunately i can't get past "converting 7z File" (stays forever).
converting 7z works fine if the file doesn't exist locally.
Log

Using latest iarl from your repository (1.5.9) on LE8 Alpha

Thanks for the log. This is a bug. I'll have to fix it in the next release. The addon is looking for the game in the wrong folder (the folder name is in the path twice which is wrong)...

Code:

'No such file or directory', '/storage/emulators/retroarch/roms/saturn/Battle_Monsters/Battle_Monsters'

[zachmorris]

For those having issues with PSX games, I have had limited success with my Amazon Firestick. Maybe someone knows why it works with some things and not others and what could be done to get everything working well.

This is a video of a successful launch from IARL (Wayne Gretzky's 3D Hockey '98):

https://m.youtube.com/watch?feature=yout...0h6dvT0buc

Note that the Track 2 .bin file and the .cue file do not work, it only works when I click the Track 1.bin

Here is a video of an unsuccessful launch from IARL (Tony Hawk Pro Skater 2):

https://m.youtube.com/watch?feature=yout...XmlXxfcaEc

Note that the game will not launch from either ther .bin or .cue file.


Wayne Gretzky is a much smaller file. I don't know if that has anything to do with it. But I have gotten the Best Buy Sampler to work. I also got a rom of Gex from Emuparadise to work as well, and that works from running the only .bin file that shows up. I also successfully got Gex working through IARL.

So as far as I can tell, some games work and some don't and ones with a lot of bin files are likely not to work. But as seen with THPS2, it can still fail with only 1 .bin file. Perhaps it is the size of the file. Not sure what the solution could be, any help is greatly appreciated!

EDIT: I accidentally put the Wayne Gretzky game video for both. Now fixed!

Hmm. Well I'm guessing this is a retroarch / android / core issue. It looks like the addon downloads the files correctly?

[zachmorris]

Thanks for the log! That looks like a bug, it's put the folder in the path twice..
'D:\\Games\\EmulatedGames\\Dreamcast\\Power_Stone\\Power_Stone/*.*'

I'll have to fix that.

Power Stone looks like a fun game btw, never played it

Awesome, appreciate it!

I was also wondering how you add games to the addon - Is it just a matter of finding the link/game ID on archive.org? There are a few classic Dreamcast games that I feel would be great additions (NFL 2K2, Virtua Tennis)

Take a look at the unfiltered lists. I think it will have what you're looking for.

[J9104]

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[J9104]

For those having issues with PSX games, I have had limited success with my Amazon Firestick. Maybe someone knows why it works with some things and not others and what could be done to get everything working well.

This is a video of a successful launch from IARL (Wayne Gretzky's 3D Hockey '98):

https://m.youtube.com/watch?feature=yout...0h6dvT0buc

Note that the Track 2 .bin file and the .cue file do not work, it only works when I click the Track 1.bin

Here is a video of an unsuccessful launch from IARL (Tony Hawk Pro Skater 2):

https://m.youtube.com/watch?feature=yout...XmlXxfcaEc

Note that the game will not launch from either ther .bin or .cue file.


Wayne Gretzky is a much smaller file. I don't know if that has anything to do with it. But I have gotten the Best Buy Sampler to work. I also got a rom of Gex from Emuparadise to work as well, and that works from running the only .bin file that shows up. I also successfully got Gex working through IARL.

So as far as I can tell, some games work and some don't and ones with a lot of bin files are likely not to work. But as seen with THPS2, it can still fail with only 1 .bin file. Perhaps it is the size of the file. Not sure what the solution could be, any help is greatly appreciated!

EDIT: I accidentally put the Wayne Gretzky game video for both. Now fixed!

Hmm. Well I'm guessing this is a retroarch / android / core issue. It looks like the addon downloads the files correctly?

I'm not sure. I am able to run some games but not others. I am assume that some roms just aren't in the right format, which makes it an issue with the roms that archive.org has. The issue doesn't seem to be with IARL. But it looks like some games will just not work for some reason.

[GriffeyJuni0r]

Take a look at the unfiltered lists. I think it will have what you're looking for.

Nice - Exactly what I was looking for! Just one problem, I'm not able to launch anything from these unfiltered lists. It only downloads a 40kb file and gives me a script error - I am able to download/launch other Dreamcast games from the filtered lists. Looks like the URL it's trying to find to may have changed, as I tried loading it in the browser and got a "The item you have requested has a problem with one or more of the metadata files" error:

Log File:
http://pastebin.com/raw/qQsNAwSn

Code:

19:07:16 T:3860   DEBUG: IARL:  Download with login URL: http://archive.org/download/https://archive.org/download/almstcmpltdrmcst/Virtua%20Tennis%20-%20Sega%20Professional%20Tennis%20%28Europe%29%20%28En%2CFr%2CDe%2CEs%29.7z
19:07:16 T:3860   DEBUG: IARL:  Download save filename: D:\Games\EmulatedGames\Dreamcast\Virtua Tennis - Sega Professional Tennis (Europe) (EnFrDeEs).7z
19:07:19 T:3860   DEBUG: IARL:  Attempting 7ZA Conversion: "C:\Users\Bedroom\AppData\Roaming\Kodi\addons\plugin.program.iarl\resources\bin\7za\7za.exe" -aoa -o"D:\Games\EmulatedGames\Dreamcast\Virtua_Tennis_Sega_Professional_Tennis" e "D:\Games\EmulatedGames\Dreamcast\Virtua Tennis - Sega Professional Tennis (Europe) (EnFrDeEs).7z"
Error: Can not open file as archive

[fongmac]

Anyone having issues with psx in iarl? Im stuck in a loop where iarl just keeps trying to download the game whether i select launch or download...it tells me download is complete but thats it. It never launches...if i hit launch it tries to ownload game again...what am i doing wrong?

[J9104]

Anyone having issues with psx in iarl? Im stuck in a loop where iarl just keeps trying to download the game whether i select launch or download...it tells me download is complete but thats it. It never launches...if i hit launch it tries to ownload game again...what am i doing wrong?

If the download goes very fast it not actually downloading. Playstation games usually take awhile. Make sure your archive.org login info is correct in IARL. It says to put in username and password but really you need to put in your email used and password. You can watch the Youtube links in my previous post to see how I bet it going. So far for me; some games work and some games don't.

Hope this helps!

[fongmac]

Yea downloads take about 20mins to download..then goes through conversion which also takes a while...then tells me completed but game never launches. I get no errors. Im gettin this on bloodyroar, bloodyroar2, and street fighter collection. Will try more games to see....

[K--Richard]

https://paste.ubuntu.com/23728264

not sure what im doing wrong... the games wont load... retroarch works, but its like the handoff from IARL to retroarch wont work

[bignellrp]

Hi,

I get the same problem. Retroarch works separately outside of Kodi but IARL downloads the rom then just takes you back to the menu instead of launching. Same happens on Mac and Andriod versions of kodi.

I can get my log file if needed. I'm wondering I I have set my system folder for retroarch correctly.

This would be an awesome app if I can get it working. Just what I've been looking for.

Also, where do all these downloaded roms go? I have limited disk space on my Fire Tv.

[bignellrp]

Here is the relevant part of my kodi.log in case it helps. Have i missed a part of the setup?

16:52:48 T:123145582186496 ERROR: CCurlFile::Stat - Failed: Timeout was reached(28) for http://thegamesdb.net/banners/boxart/ori...5863-1.jpg
16:52:48 T:123145575211008 ERROR: CCurlFile::Stat - Failed: Timeout was reached(28) for http://thegamesdb.net/banners/boxart/ori...5481-1.jpg
16:52:49 T:123145574674432 ERROR: CCurlFile::Stat - Failed: Timeout was reached(28) for http://thegamesdb.net/banners/boxart/ori...6291-1.jpg
16:52:59 T:123145574674432 ERROR: CCurlFile::Stat - Failed: Timeout was reached(28) for http://thegamesdb.net/banners/boxart/ori...8840-1.jpg
16:53:09 T:123145547231232 NOTICE: IARL: Lets Play!
16:53:09 T:123145547231232 NOTICE: [resources.lib.xbmcswift2b] Request for "/Emulator/SNES_ZachMorris/Game/Super+Mario+All-Stars+%28USA%29" matches rule for function "get_selected_rom"
16:53:09 T:123145547231232 WARNING: CSkinInfo: failed to load skin settings
16:53:12 T:123145582186496 ERROR: CCurlFile::Stat - Failed: Timeout was reached(28) for http://thegamesdb.net/banners/boxart/ori...6346-1.jpg
16:53:13 T:123145547231232 NOTICE: IARL: Download and Launch started for Super Mario All-Stars (USA)
16:53:13 T:123145547231232 NOTICE: IARL: Download started for Super Mario All-Stars (USA)
16:53:17 T:123145547231232 NOTICE: IARL: Retroplayer launch for: /Users/Rik/Library/Application Support/Kodi/userdata/addon_data/plugin.program.iarl/temp_iarl/Super Mario All-Stars (USA).sfc
16:53:17 T:140735912137664 ERROR: GetDirectory - Error getting plugin://plugin.program.iarl/Emulator/SNES_ZachMorris/Game/Super+Mario+All-Stars+%28USA%29
16:53:17 T:140735912137664 ERROR: CGUIMediaWindow::GetDirectory(plugin://plugin.program.iarl/Emulator/SNES_ZachMorris/Game/Super+Mario+All-Stars+%28USA%29) failed
16:53:18 T:140735912137664 NOTICE: DVDPlayer: Opening: /Users/Rik/Library/Application Support/Kodi/userdata/addon_data/plugin.program.iarl/temp_iarl/Super Mario All-Stars (USA).sfc
16:53:18 T:140735912137664 WARNING: CDVDMessageQueue(player):ut MSGQ_NOT_INITIALIZED
16:53:18 T:123145549914112 NOTICE: Creating InputStream
16:53:18 T:123145549914112 NOTICE: Creating Demuxer
16:53:18 T:123145549914112 ERROR: Open - error probing input format, /Users/Rik/Library/Application Support/Kodi/userdata/addon_data/plugin.program.iarl/temp_iarl/Super Mario All-Stars (USA).sfc
16:53:18 T:123145549914112 ERROR: OpenDemuxStream - Error creating demuxer
16:53:18 T:123145549914112 NOTICE: CDVDPlayer::OnExit()
16:53:18 T:140735912137664 NOTICE: CDVDPlayer::CloseFile()
16:53:18 T:140735912137664 NOTICE: DVDPlayer: waiting for threads to exit
16:53:18 T:140735912137664 NOTICE: DVDPlayer: finished waiting
16:53:18 T:140735912137664 NOTICE: CDVDPlayer::CloseFile()
16:53:18 T:140735912137664 NOTICE: DVDPlayer: waiting for threads to exit
16:53:18 T:140735912137664 NOTICE: DVDPlayer: finished waiting
16:53:19 T:123145566089216 NOTICE: Stream All The Sources: Service: Playback Stopped

[bignellrp]

Sorry, I should have read the manual first (rtfm)

I did have my system dir set wrong. It now works on Mac, about to try on andriod when I get the tv back from the wife.

I have some tweaking to do on the Mac as it ran in the background and didn't auto switch to retroarch. I didn't think it was working at first. There must be a setting to run maximised.

I found this guide useful:

https://github.com/zach-morris/plugin.pr.../1.--Setup