Hacking [RELEASE] PS4 RetroArch Port (Unofficial)

[OsirisX]

Just tried the snes9x Current Core but there's still audio distortion (seems like a small improvement over the last build) and still speed issues

Thanks for testing it. Yeah I'm trying to see if I can smooth out the game play. Seems like the audio thread wants to run much slower than video which is causing the stuttering.

EDIT

@ploggy
Ok I think I fixed the video issue by issuing glFinish call on every video frame. Can you try the snes9x core once more? I'm expecting the video to be much smoother now.
Also are you running with PAL region games by any chance? Seems like the audio distortion is more prevalent with those since they're running at lower fps (50 instead of 60)

@stranno
I've also updated vice_x64 and handy cores. I think with the above fix there shouldn't be any graphic issues now with those cores.

 

[spedunk55]

you can load game saves from any profile on the ps4 i don't know if this happened before or after the update and ppsspp when you load saves retroarch crashes to ps4 home menu and games cause retroarch to crash too when you get to certain parts like gow coo after you fight the first boss on the bridge and gow gos crashes right after you fight the first wave of enemies and go down the small stairs on the boat both games have graphical glitches for snes i use 2010 core to play dk country and the audio is distorted i use ntsc roms

sorry for the long post

 

[bruno_arias]

@ploggy Are you using snes9x 2010?. I don't have any problems with that core. Audio is perfect since r3.

 

[Deleted User]

@ploggy Are you using snes9x 2010?. I don't have any problems with that core. Audio is perfect since r3.

agreed for some odd reason 2010 is the go to on this console for snes

Man I just booted up the ppsspp core and daaaam man I am so impressed. Thank you for sharing your work!

 

[OsirisX]

Updated all cores online with a new experimental sound driver. It should offer better sound output.
To enable it, go to Settings -> Audio -> Output -> Audio and change orbis to ps4.

Also GPU hard sync can now be enabled. It allows for smoother video
Enable it in Settings -> Video -> Synchronization -> Hard GPU Sync
Disable this if you experience large slow downs.

 

[Deleted User]

Updated all cores online with a new experimental sound driver. It should offer better sound output.
To enable it, go to Settings -> Audio -> Output -> Audio and change orbis to ps4.

Also GPU hard sync can now be enabled. It allows for smoother video
Enable it in Settings -> Video -> Synchronization -> Hard GPU Sync
Disable this if you experience large slow downs.

omfg i just made a video and did not know this oh well there is always part 2! I was so impressed man! Keep up the great work!

 

[ploggy]

@ploggy Are you using snes9x 2010?. I don't have any problems with that core. Audio is perfect since r3.

Dunno it must be just my ps4 then, i'm getting like sound doubling distortion on snes9x2010

@OsirisX nice! I'll test it out soon.. is it possible to enable the PS4's Video Capture in Retroarch? it would help alot in showing game speed/audio issues?

Thanks.

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@OsirisX theres a new PS1 core called Duckstation, apparently its good. Can you compile it for the PS4 RA? and the Melon DS Core is possible?

 

[ploggy]

Wow! that new Audio driver fixed the bad sound/game speed weirdness! (Snes9x - Current too)
Snes games are perfect now..
Quick run through (1 game per core to test)
MS - Alex Kidd in shinobi World - Perfect!
PCE - Dragons Curse - Perfect!
GB - Donkey Kong - Perfect!
GBA - Sonic Advance 2 - Perfect!
N64 - Diddy Kong Racing - Still has perf issues
DS - New Super Mario Bros. - Still has perf issues
NES - Super Mario Bros. - Perfect!
32X - Knuckles Chaotix - Perfect!
MD - Sonic 2 - Perfect!
PS1 - Total Drivin' - Perfect!
DosBox - C&C - Causes RA to crash with error code CE-37848-0 (whatever that means) (Wolfenstein 3d Works tho so probably bad C&C rip.. Dosbox aint my thing lol
PRDOOM - DOOM1 - Perfect!

Again this is with only 1 game per Core but it's easily much more playable than the last builds. great job!!

 

[OsirisX]

omfg i just made a video and did not know this oh well there is always part 2! I was so impressed man! Keep up the great work!

Thanks! The changes shouldn't make too big of a difference for larger cores like ppsspp but nice vid btw.

theres a new PS1 core called Duckstation, apparently its good. Can you compile it for the PS4 RA? and the Melon DS Core is possible?

I'll see if I can get these compiled along with enabling video capture. Thanks for the quick test on the recent changes! I'll look into those issues that you mentioned.

 

[Deleted User]

retroarch no work for 6.72 jailbreak sadface

 

[OsirisX]

retroarch no work for 6.72 jailbreak sadface

Does it get to the menu or does it crash right after starting?

 

[Deleted User]

Does it get to the menu or does it crash right after starting?

actually what happens is i can't run the cores installer? think online updater might be worth a try? my experience so far is that apps need to be updated to 6.72

 

[OsirisX]

So you are able to enter the menu but cannot install the cores? This is expected since data mount patch is not in Mira.

Well there was a fix but they decided not to include it.
https://github.com/OpenOrbis/mira-project/pull/62

I can make a new pkg that will have both RetroArch and the cores but online updates won't work until the above patch is integrated.

EDIT

Nvm just tested with latest Mira and mount patch is there so technically it should also work in 6.72

 

[Deleted User]

So you are able to enter the menu but cannot install the cores? This is expected since data mount patch is not in Mira.

Well there was a fix but they decided not to include it.
https://github.com/OpenOrbis/mira-project/pull/62

I can make a new pkg that will have both RetroArch and the cores but online updates won't work until the above patch is integrated.

EDIT

Nvm just tested with latest Mira and mount patch is there so technically it should also work in 6.72

ok let me try again

works

spoke too soon some sort of weird directory permissions issues

 

[spedunk55]

Wow! that new Audio driver fixed the bad sound/game speed weirdness! (Snes9x - Current too)
Snes games are perfect now..
Quick run through (1 game per core to test)
MS - Alex Kidd in shinobi World - Perfect!
PCE - Dragons Curse - Perfect!
GB - Donkey Kong - Perfect!
GBA - Sonic Advance 2 - Perfect!
N64 - Diddy Kong Racing - Still has perf issues
DS - New Super Mario Bros. - Still has perf issues
NES - Super Mario Bros. - Perfect!
32X - Knuckles Chaotix - Perfect!
MD - Sonic 2 - Perfect!
PS1 - Total Drivin' - Perfect!
DosBox - C&C - Causes RA to crash with error code CE-37848-0 (whatever that means) (Wolfenstein 3d Works tho so probably bad C&C rip.. Dosbox aint my thing lol
PRDOOM - DOOM1 - Perfect!

Again this is with only 1 game per Core but it's easily much more playable than the last builds. great job!!

how did you make the ps1 core work i put the BIOS in system folder but when i load games i get failed to load content notification

 

[ploggy]

how did you make the ps1 core work i put the BIOS in system folder but when i load games i get failed to load content notification

What Ps1 Core you trying to use? IIRC PCSXRearmed doesn't require a bios, its optional. BeetlePSX does require specific bios files...

https://docs.libretro.com/library/beetle_psx_hw/

Spoiler

scph5500.bin PS1 JP BIOS - Required for JP games 8dd7d5296a650fac7319bce665a6a53c
scph5501.bin PS1 US BIOS - Required for US games 490f666e1afb15b7362b406ed1cea246
scph5502.bin PS1 EU BIOS - Required for EU games 32736f17079d0b2b7024407c39bd3050

Make sure your bios' md5 hashes match..

 

[spedunk55]

for some reason i couldn't reply because some sort of spam issue or something anyway i tried both cores same outcome using multiple bios files and game rom formats

 

[ploggy]

for some reason i couldn't reply because some sort of spam issue or something anyway i tried both cores same outcome using multiple bios files and game rom formats

I don't know what to tell you.. as long as you bios/roms are correct it should just work?

 

[ploggy]

@spedunk55 try loading the PS1 core first then load content..

 

[spedunk55]

@spedunk55 try loading the PS1 core first then load content..

already tried that nothing same issue