PS1 / PSX roms won't load

ironheadchris

Hello all!

I recently installed Batocera onto a x86/64 mini pc. So far things are working out great but I can’t get PS1 games to load for the life of me.

Basically, when I click on PS1, select the game I want to play, it transitions to a black screen and then back to the game selection screen.

I’ve tried all the different emulators listed in the options menu, and none of them work.

If I press F1 at the main menu and select DuckStation in the apps, the games load without a problem.

Can anyone shed some light onto this issue?

-Chris

Atari

ironheadchris Logs would help us shed light on the issue. https://wiki.batocera.org/troubleshooting

ironheadchris

This was using pcsx_rearmed.

Here is the stderr log:

2022-01-06 14:12:36,005 ERROR (emulatorlauncher.py:303):runCommand [INFO] [Config]: Loading config from: "/userdata/system/configs/retroarch/retroarchcustom.cfg".

[INFO] === Build =======================================

[INFO] CPU Model Name: Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-7500T CPU @ 2.70GHz

[INFO] Capabilities: MMX MMXEXT SSE SSE2 SSE3 SSSE3 SSE4 SSE4.2 AES AVX AVX2

[INFO] Built: Sep 20 2021

[INFO] Version: 1.9.9

[INFO] =================================================

[INFO] [Input]: Found input driver: "x".

[INFO] [Core]: Loading dynamic libretro core from: "/usr/lib/libretro/pcsx_rearmed_libretro.so"

[INFO] [Overrides]: No core-specific overrides found at "/userdata/system/.config/retroarch/config/PCSX-ReARMed/PCSX-ReARMed.cfg".

[INFO] [Overrides]: No content-dir-specific overrides found at "/userdata/system/.config/retroarch/config/PCSX-ReARMed/psx.cfg".

[INFO] [Overrides]: No game-specific overrides found at "/userdata/system/.config/retroarch/config/PCSX-ReARMed/Twisted Metal [SCUS-94304].cfg".

[INFO] [Environ]: GET_LOG_INTERFACE.

[INFO] [Environ]: SET_CONTROLLER_INFO.

[INFO] [Environ]: GET_CORE_OPTIONS_VERSION.

[INFO] [Environ]: GET_LANGUAGE: "0".

[INFO] [Environ]: RETRO_ENVIRONMENT_SET_CORE_OPTIONS_INTL.

[INFO] [Remaps]: Remap directory: "/userdata/system/.config/retroarch/config/remaps".

[INFO] [Overrides]: Redirecting save file to "/userdata/saves/psx/Twisted Metal [SCUS-94304].srm".

[INFO] [Overrides]: Redirecting save state to "/userdata/saves/psx/Twisted Metal [SCUS-94304].state".

[INFO] [Environ]: GET_MESSAGE_INTERFACE_VERSION.

[libretro INFO] Memcard 2: disabled

[libretro INFO] Starting PCSX-ReARMed

[libretro INFO] Running PCSX Version 1.9 (Sep 20 2021).

[INFO] [Environ]: SYSTEM_DIRECTORY: "/userdata/bios/".

[libretro INFO] found BIOS file: psxonpsp660.bin

[INFO] [Environ]: GET_CAN_DUPE: true

[INFO] [Environ]: GET_DISK_CONTROL_INTERFACE_VERSION.

[INFO] [Environ]: SET_DISK_CONTROL_EXT_INTERFACE.

[INFO] [Environ]: GET_RUMBLE_INTERFACE.

[INFO] [Environ]: PERFORMANCE_LEVEL: 6.

[INFO] [CONTENT LOAD]: Content loading skipped. Implementation will load it on its own.

[INFO] [Environ]: SET_INPUT_DESCRIPTORS:

[INFO] [Environ]: SET_PIXEL_FORMAT: RGB565.

[libretro INFO] RGB565 supported, using it

[libretro INFO] plugin: plugins/builtin_gpu

[libretro INFO] plugin: plugins/builtin_spu

[libretro INFO] plugin: plugins/builtin_pad

[libretro INFO] Plugins loaded.

[libretro INFO]

could not open: /userdata/roms/psx/Twisted Metal [SCUS-94304].bin

[libretro INFO] Loaded CD Image: /userdata/roms/psx/Twisted Metal [SCUS-94304].cue[+cue].

[libretro INFO] Track 01 (DATA) - Start 00:02:00, Length 00:00:00

[libretro INFO] unsupported/invalid CD image: /userdata/roms/psx/Twisted Metal [SCUS-94304].cue

[ERROR] [CONTENT LOAD]: Failed to load content

[INFO] [Core]: Content ran for a total of: 00 hours, 00 minutes, 00 seconds.

[INFO] [Core]: Unloading core..

[INFO] [Core]: Unloading core symbols..

[INFO] [Core Options]: Saved core options file to "/userdata/system/configs/retroarch/cores/retroarch-core-options.cfg"

[INFO] [Video]: Does not have enough samples for monitor refresh rate estimation. Requires to run for at least 4096 frames.

ironheadchris

This was using Libretro / Duckstation.

Here is the stderr log:

2022-01-06 14:27:31,193 ERROR (emulatorlauncher.py:303):runCommand [INFO] [Config]: Loading config from: "/userdata/system/configs/retroarch/retroarchcustom.cfg".

[INFO] === Build =======================================

[INFO] CPU Model Name: Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-7500T CPU @ 2.70GHz

[INFO] Capabilities: MMX MMXEXT SSE SSE2 SSE3 SSSE3 SSE4 SSE4.2 AES AVX AVX2

[INFO] Built: Sep 20 2021

[INFO] Version: 1.9.9

[INFO] =================================================

[INFO] [Input]: Found input driver: "x".

[INFO] [Core]: Loading dynamic libretro core from: "/usr/lib/libretro/duckstation_libretro.so"

[INFO] [Overrides]: No core-specific overrides found at "/userdata/system/.config/retroarch/config/DuckStation/DuckStation.cfg".

[INFO] [Overrides]: No content-dir-specific overrides found at "/userdata/system/.config/retroarch/config/DuckStation/psx.cfg".

[INFO] [Overrides]: No game-specific overrides found at "/userdata/system/.config/retroarch/config/DuckStation/Twisted Metal [SCUS-94304].cfg".

[INFO] [Environ]: GET_CORE_OPTIONS_VERSION.

[INFO] [Environ]: RETRO_ENVIRONMENT_SET_CORE_OPTIONS_V2.

[INFO] [Environ]: GET_DISK_CONTROL_INTERFACE_VERSION.

[INFO] [Environ]: SET_DISK_CONTROL_EXT_INTERFACE.

[INFO] [Environ]: GET_LOG_INTERFACE.

[INFO] [Remaps]: Remap directory: "/userdata/system/.config/retroarch/config/remaps".

[INFO] [Overrides]: Redirecting save file to "/userdata/saves/psx/Twisted Metal [SCUS-94304].srm".

[INFO] [Overrides]: Redirecting save state to "/userdata/saves/psx/Twisted Metal [SCUS-94304].state".

[INFO] [Environ]: GET_RUMBLE_INTERFACE.

[libretro INFO] [LibretroHostInterface] Port 1 = DigitalController

[libretro INFO] [LibretroHostInterface] Port 2 = None

[libretro INFO] [LibretroHostInterface] Port 3 = None

[libretro INFO] [LibretroHostInterface] Port 4 = None

[libretro INFO] [LibretroHostInterface] Port 5 = None

[libretro INFO] [LibretroHostInterface] Port 6 = None

[libretro INFO] [LibretroHostInterface] Port 7 = None

[libretro INFO] [LibretroHostInterface] Port 8 = None

[INFO] [Environ]: GET_SAVE_DIRECTORY.

[INFO] [Environ]: SET_CONTROLLER_INFO.

[INFO] [Environ]: SET_INPUT_DESCRIPTORS:

[INFO] [CONTENT LOAD]: Content loading skipped. Implementation will load it on its own.

[libretro INFO] [Main] retro_load_game(/userdata/roms/psx/Twisted Metal [SCUS-94304].cue)

[libretro INFO] [HostInterface] Boot Filename: /userdata/roms/psx/Twisted Metal [SCUS-94304].cue

[INFO] [Environ]: SET_PIXEL_FORMAT: RGB565.

[libretro INFO] [HostInterface] Creating 'Cubeb' audio stream, sample rate = 44100, channels = 2, buffer size = 2048

[libretro INFO] [System] Loading CD image '/userdata/roms/psx/Twisted Metal [SCUS-94304].cue'...

[libretro ERROR] [OpenAndParse] Failed to open track filename '/userdata/roms/psx/Twisted Metal [SCUS-94304].bin' (from 'Twisted Metal [SCUS-94304].bin' and '/userdata/roms/psx/Twisted Metal [SCUS-94304].cue'): errno 2

[INFO] [Environ]: SET_MESSAGE: ERROR: Failed to load CD image '/userdata/roms/psx/Twisted Metal [SCUS-94304].cue': Failed to open track filename '/userdata/roms/psx/Twisted Metal [SCUS-94304].bin' (from 'Twisted Metal [SCUS-94304].bin' and '/userdata/roms/psx/Twisted Metal [SCUS-94304].cue'): errno 2

[libretro ERROR] [ReportError] Failed to load CD image '/userdata/roms/psx/Twisted Metal [SCUS-94304].cue': Failed to open track filename '/userdata/roms/psx/Twisted Metal [SCUS-94304].bin' (from 'Twisted Metal [SCUS-94304].bin' and '/userdata/roms/psx/Twisted Metal [SCUS-94304].cue'): errno 2

[libretro INFO] [LibretroHostInterface] Running game changed: (/)

[INFO] [Environ]: SET_MESSAGE: ERROR: System failed to boot. The log may contain more information.

[libretro ERROR] [ReportError] System failed to boot. The log may contain more information.

[ERROR] [CONTENT LOAD]: Failed to load content

[INFO] [Core]: Content ran for a total of: 00 hours, 00 minutes, 00 seconds.

[INFO] [Core]: Unloading core..

[INFO] [Core]: Unloading core symbols..

[INFO] [Core Options]: Saved core options file to "/userdata/system/configs/retroarch/cores/retroarch-core-options.cfg"

[INFO] [Video]: Does not have enough samples for monitor refresh rate estimation. Requires to run for at least 4096 frames.

ironheadchris

This was using Mednafen.

Here is the stderr log:

2022-01-06 14:35:13,989 ERROR (emulatorlauncher.py:303):runCommand [INFO] [Config]: Loading config from: "/userdata/system/configs/retroarch/retroarchcustom.cfg".

[INFO] === Build =======================================

[INFO] CPU Model Name: Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-7500T CPU @ 2.70GHz

[INFO] Capabilities: MMX MMXEXT SSE SSE2 SSE3 SSSE3 SSE4 SSE4.2 AES AVX AVX2

[INFO] Built: Sep 20 2021

[INFO] Version: 1.9.9

[INFO] =================================================

[INFO] [Input]: Found input driver: "x".

[INFO] [Core]: Loading dynamic libretro core from: "/usr/lib/libretro/mednafen_psx_libretro.so"

[INFO] [Overrides]: No core-specific overrides found at "/userdata/system/.config/retroarch/config/Beetle PSX HW/Beetle PSX HW.cfg".

[INFO] [Overrides]: No content-dir-specific overrides found at "/userdata/system/.config/retroarch/config/Beetle PSX HW/psx.cfg".

[INFO] [Overrides]: No game-specific overrides found at "/userdata/system/.config/retroarch/config/Beetle PSX HW/Twisted Metal [SCUS-94304].cfg".

[INFO] [Environ]: GET_CORE_OPTIONS_VERSION.

[INFO] [Environ]: GET_LANGUAGE: "0".

[INFO] [Environ]: RETRO_ENVIRONMENT_SET_CORE_OPTIONS_V2_INTL.

[INFO] Core requested VFS version >= v1, providing v3

[INFO] [Environ]: SET_CONTROLLER_INFO.

[INFO] [Remaps]: Remap directory: "/userdata/system/.config/retroarch/config/remaps".

[INFO] [Overrides]: Redirecting save file to "/userdata/saves/psx/Twisted Metal [SCUS-94304].srm".

[INFO] [Overrides]: Redirecting save state to "/userdata/saves/psx/Twisted Metal [SCUS-94304].state".

[INFO] [Environ]: GET_LOG_INTERFACE.

[INFO] [Environ]: GET_MESSAGE_INTERFACE_VERSION.

[INFO] [Environ]: SYSTEM_DIRECTORY: "/userdata/bios/".

[INFO] [Environ]: GET_SAVE_DIRECTORY.

[INFO] [Environ]: GET_DISK_CONTROL_INTERFACE_VERSION.

[INFO] [Environ]: SET_DISK_CONTROL_EXT_INTERFACE.

[INFO] [Environ]: GET_PERF_INTERFACE.

[INFO] [Environ]: SET_SERIALIZATION_QUIRKS.

[INFO] [Environ]: PERFORMANCE_LEVEL: 15.

[INFO] [CONTENT LOAD]: Content loading skipped. Implementation will load it on its own.

[INFO] [Environ]: SET_INPUT_DESCRIPTORS:

[INFO] [Environ]: GET_RUMBLE_INTERFACE.

[libretro INFO] Rumble interface supported!

[INFO] [Environ]: SET_PIXEL_FORMAT: XRGB8888.

[INFO] [Environ]: SET_CONTROLLER_INFO.

[libretro INFO] Loading /userdata/roms/psx/Twisted Metal [SCUS-94304].cue...

[libretro ERROR] TOC first(99)/last(98) track numbers bad.

[ERROR] [CONTENT LOAD]: Failed to load content

[INFO] [Core]: Content ran for a total of: 00 hours, 00 minutes, 00 seconds.

[INFO] [Core]: Unloading core..

[INFO] [Core]: Unloading core symbols..

[INFO] [Core Options]: Saved core options file to "/userdata/system/configs/retroarch/cores/retroarch-core-options.cfg"

[INFO] [Video]: Does not have enough samples for monitor refresh rate estimation. Requires to run for at least 4096 frames.

ironheadchris

This was using SwanStation.

Here is the stderr log:

2022-01-06 14:37:33,167 ERROR (emulatorlauncher.py:303):runCommand [INFO] [Config]: Loading config from: "/userdata/system/configs/retroarch/retroarchcustom.cfg".

[INFO] === Build =======================================

[INFO] CPU Model Name: Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-7500T CPU @ 2.70GHz

[INFO] Capabilities: MMX MMXEXT SSE SSE2 SSE3 SSSE3 SSE4 SSE4.2 AES AVX AVX2

[INFO] Built: Sep 20 2021

[INFO] Version: 1.9.9

[INFO] =================================================

[INFO] [Input]: Found input driver: "x".

[INFO] [Core]: Loading dynamic libretro core from: "/usr/lib/libretro/swanstation_libretro.so"

[INFO] [Overrides]: No core-specific overrides found at "/userdata/system/.config/retroarch/config/SwanStation/SwanStation.cfg".

[INFO] [Overrides]: No content-dir-specific overrides found at "/userdata/system/.config/retroarch/config/SwanStation/psx.cfg".

[INFO] [Overrides]: No game-specific overrides found at "/userdata/system/.config/retroarch/config/SwanStation/Twisted Metal [SCUS-94304].cfg".

[INFO] [Environ]: GET_CORE_OPTIONS_VERSION.

[INFO] [Environ]: SET_CORE_OPTIONS.

[INFO] [Environ]: GET_LOG_INTERFACE.

[INFO] [Remaps]: Remap directory: "/userdata/system/.config/retroarch/config/remaps".

[INFO] [Overrides]: Redirecting save file to "/userdata/saves/psx/Twisted Metal [SCUS-94304].srm".

[INFO] [Overrides]: Redirecting save state to "/userdata/saves/psx/Twisted Metal [SCUS-94304].state".

[INFO] [Environ]: GET_RUMBLE_INTERFACE.

[INFO] [Environ]: GET_DISK_CONTROL_INTERFACE_VERSION.

[INFO] [Environ]: SET_DISK_CONTROL_EXT_INTERFACE.

[INFO] [Environ]: GET_SAVE_DIRECTORY.

[INFO] [CONTENT LOAD]: Content loading skipped. Implementation will load it on its own.

[libretro INFO] [Main] retro_load_game(/userdata/roms/psx/Twisted Metal [SCUS-94304].cue)

[INFO] [Environ]: SET_INPUT_DESCRIPTORS:

[libretro INFO] [HostInterface] Boot Filename: /userdata/roms/psx/Twisted Metal [SCUS-94304].cue

[INFO] [Environ]: SET_PIXEL_FORMAT: RGB565.

[libretro INFO] [HostInterface] Creating 'Cubeb' audio stream, sample rate = 44100, channels = 2, buffer size = 2048

[libretro INFO] [System] Loading CD image '/userdata/roms/psx/Twisted Metal [SCUS-94304].cue'...

[libretro INFO] [LibretroHostInterface] Running game changed: ()

[INFO] [Environ]: SET_MESSAGE: ERROR: System failed to boot. The log may contain more information.

[libretro ERROR] [ReportError] System failed to boot. The log may contain more information.

[ERROR] [CONTENT LOAD]: Failed to load content

[INFO] [Core]: Content ran for a total of: 00 hours, 00 minutes, 00 seconds.

[INFO] [Core]: Unloading core..

[INFO] [Core]: Unloading core symbols..

[INFO] [Core Options]: Saved core options file to "/userdata/system/configs/retroarch/cores/retroarch-core-options.cfg"

[INFO] [Video]: Does not have enough samples for monitor refresh rate estimation. Requires to run for at least 4096 frames.

ironheadchris

All my PS1 games including this exact rom will load without a problem in Duckstation through F1 / Applications. They just won’t load through the game selection screen.

-Chris

mikakunin

The error is

Twisted Metal [SCUS-94304] .bin

Is supposed to be missing.

Check the name of the bin file and the contents of the cue file.

Did you specify the bin file on the duck station via F1 / Application? If so, it will work even if the cue file is defective.

ironheadchris

mikakunin

Supposed to be missing?

What do you mean by that?

Atari

Yeah, are the bins and the cues in the same folder?

ironheadchris

Atari

Yes, they’re all in the same folder.

mikakunin

ironheadchris
Twisted Metal [SCUS-94304] .bin specified in the cue file Is an error that there is no

Atari

Ultimately, [ERROR] [CONTENT LOAD]: Failed to load content is the generic “there’s something wrong with your ROMs” message. But you said that you were able to launch them from standalone. I wonder, is it that you were launching the BIN from standalone, and that your CUE sheet was corrupted, explaining this situation? Try regenerating your CUE sheet for the game. If you don’t have the original disc to rip, you can create it based on the BIN: https://wiki.batocera.org/cd_image_formats#cue_sbi_gdi_sheet_recovery

ironheadchris

Update:

So, mikakunin’s comments got me digging into things deeper. Why was .cue file not seeing the .bin? Well, it turns out that all the bin’s were .bin.ecm. I looked into it and this is quite common with PSX roms. The ecm part is an encrypted image.

I found an EXE file called “unecm” that converts the encrypted image to a standard .bin file. I then uploaded those to the box and everything loaded without a problem.

Thank you guys for all the help.

-Chris

Atari

Nice deduction! Maybe that would be good to add to the wiki.
But if you were ripping discs from your drive, why would you forget that you encrypted them? Hm…

ironheadchris

Atari

Haha! Yeah, I must have forgot that I did that when I “ripped” them… 😉