Raspberry Pi Image for Pi2, Pi3 and Pi4 - with RetroPie

[Roverius]

A small question.

Are these builds for RPi3 based on 64bit Debian version?

[martinjo]

I've also had AM freeze for me several times. Seems videos stop playing first (or only playing a few sec and then freezing). I had the same problem with 0.3, but I've yet to try 0.2

I'm using a rpi3 with no external hdd btw. Will look for the overheating "rectangle". At what temperature is that shown?

[Finhead]

A small question.

Are these builds for RPi3 based on 64bit Debian version?

It's built on Retropie 3.7 so would be 32 bit

[Finhead]

I've also had AM freeze for me several times. Seems videos stop playing first (or only playing a few sec and then freezing). I had the same problem with 0.3, but I've yet to try 0.2

I'm using a rpi3 with no external hdd btw. Will look for the overheating "rectangle". At what temperature is that shown?

What size are your videos? They need to be lower rez 240P or less and MP4, you can disable the screensaver and you shouldn't have any issues. I have tried all the versions on my Rpi3 and they all have some issues, I complied my own image on 3.6. Which for me works better but I don't have any of the extras Floob adds into his image as I wouldn't use them.

[Omamez]

@roverius 32bit I believe

Linux retropie 4.1.19-v7+ #858 SMP Tue Mar 15 15:56:00 GMT 2016 armv7l GNU/Linux

Has anyone else experiemce external hhd issue after rebooting on v0.4 be nice for some feedback to rule out weather it me or bug issue with v0.4 as v0.2 seem good to me

[martinjo]

What size are your videos? They need to be lower rez 240P or less and MP4, you can disable the screensaver and you shouldn't have any issues. I have tried all the versions on my Rpi3 and they all have some issues, I complied my own image on 3.6. Which for me works better but I don't have any of the extras Floob adds into his image as I wouldn't use them.

My videos are all 240p. Some of my vidoes are .flv, but the freeze happens when playing the .mp4 files :/ I guess I can try using only mp4-files...

[Omamez]

take out the flv first and try them also are you using class 10 microcard?

I find scandisk ultra and Samsung evo card work the best they are about the same in speeds one writes quicker and other one read quicker cannot remember which way though

[Roverius]

A small question.

Are these builds for RPi3 based on 64bit Debian version?

It's built on Retropie 3.7 so would be 32 bit

Is there a way to upgrade/update to a 64bit version?
This might solve the problem of getting OOM errors probably.

i tried evrything i could find to disable the OOM-killer but without success.
The AM still exits after a while

in /etc/sysctl.conf

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vm.oom-kill = 0
vm.overcommit_memory = 2
I have read somewhere that the 64bit version would use more low memory

Are there other user who has the same problem that AM exits after a while from screensaver mode
i use low quality vid files

Or, is it just because i use a RPi3

hav'nt tested it on the Pi2

[Finhead]

take out the flv first and try them also are you using class 10 microcard?

I find scandisk ultra and Samsung evo card work the best they are about the same in speeds one writes quicker and other one read quicker cannot remember which way though

Samsung Evo is quit a bit faster and IMO more stable, reading is a bit faster but writing to the Evo is at least 40% faster.

[Finhead]

A small question.

Are these builds for RPi3 based on 64bit Debian version?

It's built on Retropie 3.7 so would be 32 bit

Is there a way to upgrade/update to a 64bit version?
This might solve the problem of getting OOM errors probably.

i tried evrything i could find to disable the OOM-killer but without success.
The AM still exits after a while

in /etc/sysctl.conf

Code: [Select]

vm.oom-kill = 0
vm.overcommit_memory = 2
I have read somewhere that the 64bit version would use more low memory

Are there other user who has the same problem that AM exits after a while from screensaver mode
i use low quality vid files

Or, is it just because i use a RPi3

hav'nt tested it on the Pi2

Have you set your memory split? I run a RPi3 and have not had any issues with the shutdown since the first time it happened. Things I changed were.
1. 240p MP4 videos
2. Changed memory split to 512
3. Switched to a Samsung Evo sd card from the Sandisc 
Not sure the last one helped with it kicking to the terminal but it boots faster, images write faster and roms etc transfer far faster.

[Roverius]

Have you set your memory split? I run a RPi3 and have not had any issues with the shutdown since the first time it happened. Things I changed were.
1. 240p MP4 videos
2. Changed memory split to 512
3. Switched to a Samsung Evo sd card from the Sandisc 
Not sure the last one helped with it kicking to the terminal but it boots faster, images write faster and roms etc transfer far faster.

Change memory split to 512, testing and i report the results

[Roverius]

Have you set your memory split? I run a RPi3 and have not had any issues with the shutdown since the first time it happened. Things I changed were.
1. 240p MP4 videos
2. Changed memory split to 512
3. Switched to a Samsung Evo sd card from the Sandisc 
Not sure the last one helped with it kicking to the terminal but it boots faster, images write faster and roms etc transfer far faster.

Change memory split to 512, testing and i report the results

AM crashed after 30 minutes screensaver.
All MP4 are 240p SQ
largest vid file is 28Mb
Average size is around 10Mb
Vids were downloaded from EmuMovies

Should i order a Samsung Evo 64Gb SD-card?, price is 22€
I use some sort of Kingston SD-card now.

[Finhead]

Have you set your memory split? I run a RPi3 and have not had any issues with the shutdown since the first time it happened. Things I changed were.
1. 240p MP4 videos
2. Changed memory split to 512
3. Switched to a Samsung Evo sd card from the Sandisc 
Not sure the last one helped with it kicking to the terminal but it boots faster, images write faster and roms etc transfer far faster.

Change memory split to 512, testing and i report the results

AM crashed after 30 minutes screensaver.
All MP4 are 240p SQ
largest vid file is 28Mb
Average size is around 10Mb
Vids were downloaded from EmuMovies

Should i order a Samsung Evo 64Gb SD-card?, price is 22€
I use some sort of Kingston SD-card now.

Like I say I have no idea if the SD card plays any roll in keeping it from crashing or not, just faster.

Those videos are very large for 240p, I would try swapping them out for a test. Try using these instead, it's what I use with no issues.
Full sets
http://www.progettosnaps.net/videosnaps/

Individual
http://www.progettosnaps.net/videosnaps/videosnaps_files.php?letter=d&layout=image

[verion]

mp4 is so convenient, but also CPU intensive if there is no hardware acceleration for decoding.
see my other post with some test data http://forum.attractmode.org/index.php?topic=251.msg1580#msg1580

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even if your system and hardware is capable of hardware video decoding (and both my mac or your rpi are) - AM is NOT USING ACCELERATION and playing video only using your CPU.
Well... at least on OS X - the same video snap (720p) plays is AM @ 60% CPU and in video player (with hardware decoding) @30%.

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Good candidate for video encoding is XviD (in AVI container). It is less cpu intensive and produces fairy small files, not that much bigger than mp4.
You can use older version of handbrake (current one is mp4 only) - .91 or .92 if I remember correctly.

[Floob]

Have you set your memory split? I run a RPi3 and have not had any issues with the shutdown since the first time it happened. Things I changed were.
1. 240p MP4 videos
2. Changed memory split to 512
3. Switched to a Samsung Evo sd card from the Sandisc 
Not sure the last one helped with it kicking to the terminal but it boots faster, images write faster and roms etc transfer far faster.

Change memory split to 512, testing and i report the results

AM crashed after 30 minutes screensaver.
All MP4 are 240p SQ
largest vid file is 28Mb
Average size is around 10Mb
Vids were downloaded from EmuMovies

Should i order a Samsung Evo 64Gb SD-card?, price is 22€
I use some sort of Kingston SD-card now.

Those videos sound much larger than I would expect - SQ ones I have a more like 1MB - 2MB