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Batocera Full Installation to Portable USB and Hard Drive
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- čas přidán 15. 08. 2024
- Batocera is a great retro gaming front end that works on almost any computing device from PCs to Macs to Raspberry Pis to Android TV boxes.
In this video I'll show you how to install it onto a USB drive or SD card and then how to move the system onto your hard drive to create a dedicated retro gaming console.
Make sure you check out the project page at
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for more information and tips.
Download Batocera
batocera.org/
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0:00 Introduction
2:00 Batocera
3:59 Portable USB drive installation
4:54 Initial setup
10:29 Hard drive installation
13:41 Installing games and BIOS files
22:04 Making Batocera look good
32:25 Conclusion
Really well done sir, easiest emulation guide and software I've found so far. Thanks.
Glad you enjoyed it.
Another great video tutorial helped me create portable USB installation drive for my retro gaming pc system with over 100,000+ games. Thanks @BytesNBits
Great to hear!
You always explain things nice and clear. Great video.
Glad it was helpful!
I love Batocera for retro gaming up to Wii U.
It's a really good system.
Just a little tip for anyone using a USB drive and want to put it on a hard drive it's very easy to do with Gparted in any linux distro. Just copy the 2 partitions making the BATOCERA partition the first partition and extending the share partition to it's fullest if you want it to populate the whole drive. Then there are easy steps documented on the Batocera how to make that drive a dual boot with your main OS. This method works great if you already have a collection and you don't want to start over from scratch setting up the whole thing.
That's a great tip. Thanks.
Bro can u make a tutorial on this please and thank you 😅
Thanks that what I wanted to do , also wanted to know if batocera has any default games on it or I can fill it up with more free games ?
Absolutely brilliant video. Thank you for all your effort.
Glad you enjoyed it
Very clear explain things 👍🏻thank you I'll get it soon on my old dell micro pc
Great. Have fun.
I have a hp elite that's running batocera. I want to add games. I have downloaded roms to my pc and trying to put them on a flash drive using etcher. 1st problem, I have a message pop up saying missing partition, I have no idea what that means. 2nd problem, when I put the flash drive into hp elite, the flash drive doesn't appear. I don't know if I have downloaded the roms incorrectly or its something else I'm missing. Any suggestions would be great?
It sounds like you haven't formatted the flash drive correctly. I'm not sure why you're using Etcher to copy the files.
Try formatting the drive as normal in your PC. Then simply copy and paste the ROM files onto it. Make sure you put each system into a separate folder so they don;t get mixed up. Then try that in the Batocera PC. Hope this helps.
@@BytesNBits thanks, it helped. I'm a total noob with all of this lol
Nice one. I learned a couple of new things from you. Cheers.
Glad to help
So I’m trying to install on hard drive it says it does it instantly so obviously not any ideas? I’m on Atom 32bit so selecting x86
On the Batocera downloads areas scroll right down to the bottom and try the atom/low PC version.
This is an older version so wont have as many emulators supported with less options too.
Think its version 5.25
How are you flashing it, externally via usb connection?
If etcher fails try pi imager or rufus.
@fonzitheman Thanks for your help.
@ccasling4 Hope you get it working.
@@fonzithemanunfortunately for me I’m using the atom version and Rufus to flash it. I guess I’ll have to flash it direct to the hdd
thanks a lot for this nice video about batocera.
Glad you liked it!
Hi I'm super happy that I managed to easily install Batocera to my external HD thanks to this guide.. .Super simple and clear for a noob like me. My question is how can I transfer my files from my internal HD to to the external HD where Batocera has been installed. I have all the bios there. Thank you
Great. Glad it worked. You should be able to boot up normally onto your internal drive. If your external drive is still attached it should appear as an extra drive. Just copy the files over as normal. It may appear as more than one drive so make sure you use the right one. It should be fairly obvious from the folder you see. Good luck!
@@BytesNBits Thank you for your reply. In the external HD I only have 3 folders (Boot, EFI, tools) and a conf file named batocera-boot.conf
Where should I paste the Bios and all the other files? just in the main folder or inside some other? Thank yuo so much
Very tidy introduction. I am having an issue getting it to install. The system keeps freezing almost immediately when starting up. Usually between the two Batocera spash screens furthest I have gotten was opening the settings menu and moving down the menu a few clicks. I have tried on two different USB sticks (one very cheap and one expensive but old). I have in the past been able to run Ubuntu and a couple other OSs off them without issues like this. Is Batocera particularly demanding of read/write speeds to the point it freezes the system before I can install the ISO onto the SSD or might there be some other reason for my issue?
You do need to have a reasonable USB stick for it to run smoothly, but I'm not sure if a slow drive would cause it to crash. It might be the drives have some errors on them. If you can try another drive that should answer the drive question.
Every time I try to install Batocera on an internal HDD, it gets stuck in a infinite boot cycle after the install. I can't figure out what to do to fix it. I tried reformatting to every type of format available and use x86_64. Any help would be appreciated. The PC is a Dell Optiplex 3040 sff w/ an i5 processor.
That's a strange one. It sounds like the hard drive isn't getting formatted correctly or the computer isn't trying to boot from it. Try to jump into the bios as it tries to reboot and make sure the hard drive is recognised and is set as the boot drive. I hope this helps.
@@BytesNBits
There is no boot order in the bios. It automatically boots from the HDD if there is an OS on it, if not USB. I wiped the HDD from the bios and formatted through Batocera. I have done this 5 times now. Very strange.
@@nickwest932 Does batocera recognise the disk and complete the formatting. If that goes OK it should then be able to create the boot drive. Can you pop the HDD into another Pc and try to set it up there, then move it back? Not sure what else to try.
Try this, go into your PC bios setting and make sure fast boot is disabled.
See if that works.
@fonzitheman
I already did that. Real head scratcher.
@BytesNBits
No way to hook up to another PC. All I have is a laptop. I was pressed for time, so I am using a low profile USB and just plugged into the back to keep it out of the way.
great video only thing is to backtrack and you notice when you put the snes files they were zip files
If you check the docs you'll find a list of compatible file types for each emulator. Some can handle zips some can't.
Hi, thanks for this tutorial. I was wondering if it's possible to have 2 batocera versions on 1 drive (ssd 1t), like for pc/laptop and android tv box so you can boot on either? Do you need to make multiple partitions for that or?
Thanks in advance.
I don't think so. I think multiple boot only works for one system. But do check as I've not looked into it.
Thank you for your video. I just wanted to ask one clarification question to make sure I understood correctly… And I’ll post it in the form of a scenario.
I have an HPI Spectre X360 laptop from 2015 or 2016. It’s not overly powerful, but it’s a decent laptop that can run some games. Are you saying that I could buy a SSD card and a USB adapter, install batocera on it along with games, then simply plug that into the USB port, on the HPI, boot it up And it would run the batocera environment like a retro PC?
And if I shut it down and unplugged that drive and then rebooted, my Windows operating system, and everything would come up perfectly fine just as it was without any modification? And there’s no risk of damage to the hardware or installed software on the internal drive?
Yes. The batocera usb drive is a self contained operating system. Even take it with you to another computer and play the games there!
@@BytesNBits awesome!
I take it, i can have this on a usb. Next question is. I have a gamesir controller for my phone. That has type C port. Is there anyway from my phone that I boot from the usb? So my phone will boot into Batocera ?
I don't think so. Although your phone may be able to read data from the usb drive it won't be able to boot from it. You can install something like Launchbox on your phone and get it to run the games from the USb drive.
Can i just plug into my tv and play
Like retro small gaming system
You need to attach the hard drive to some sort of computer, e.g. Raspberry Pi. But you can then connect that to your TV for a game system.
hey so im using a 32gb usb drive to run the batocera and trying to use the internal 256gb ssd for storage. I am having problem with switching the storage setting to it as i am seeing "NO-NAME - 222.8G" after i select this and restart the system. my rom storage is still only at 22gb.
have a look at this to see if it gives you any tips. wiki.batocera.org/store_games_on_a_second_usb_sata_drive#manual_external_storage_configuration_with_batocera-bootconf
can i install this to a very large external drive say like 20tb
I'm not sure what the max size of hard drive the version of Linux Batocera runs on supports. In principle yes.
I’m having a hard time mapping my arcade joysticks. Can’t pull up the settings menu to start the mapping process
If you've got a keyboard attached you can use that to navigate.
if i want to install on usb stick and plug to tv directly what option do i choose to install. tks
Batocera needs to be installed onto some sort of computer. You could install it onto a raspberry pi and then plug that into your TV. But you won't be able to just use a usb drive as you won't be able to install the software onto your TV, or get it to boot from the usb drive.
@@BytesNBits tks for replying, what i ment is i want to install this on my NUC. if i follow this guide ( czcams.com/video/71biVKX_z1s/video.html ) will this give me an image then install on my NUC and i have a fully batocera working with all roms
Hi I have a controler with the A B X Y L1 L 2 can u tell me how to set it up cause I went to controllers mapping and it doesn't have any letters if can help ......thank u
To skip buttons you don't have just hold down any button and it will skip to the next one.
There is no version 37, only version 38, and when you decompress, an erro message appears in the middle of the decompression, and then it completes, I converted several times, so what is the solution?
There should be a previous versions download section on the Batocera site. Try that if you want V37.
Nice!
Thanks!
Anyway to make the print in the file manager in batocera bigger? Like magnifier?
I'm not sure. There may be an option in the video settings to reduce the screen resolution which will make the text bigger but it won't look as good. But just guessing here.
I’ve bought a Beelink SER 7 mini pc. I’d rather buy a pre loaded hard drive set up with batocea than go through downloading and setting up. But I’m not opposed to doing it myself by following instructions. Either way, if I’m running batocera off a external hard drive, if I want to play off the Hard Drive, do u need to go into the start up settings each time and set the batocera drive to boot at start?
Yes. If the Batocera drive is not the primary boot drive you'll need to go into the bios boot menu and boot from the external drive.
@@BytesNBits Thanks. I picked up a Northern Irish Accent from your videos. Where are you from? I’m Banbridge. Is there any recommendations of where to acquire a hard drive - from a trusted source?
If you don’t want to go into the bios every time you can change your boot order so it loads batocera from your external drive by default.
What is the difference with batocera and emuelec it feel like the same as with kinhank android box
At the end of the day they all do the same thing with basically the same set of emulators. It sort of comes down to personal preference and whether your setup supports the software.
Hey mate! Great video but I'm struggling with the bios files I was able to find a site that has all versions so grabbed the latest one and dragged and dropped. But I the PS2 emulator is still not working.
You'll need to check that the PS2 BIOS file is named correctly and in the right folder. Have a look in the Batocera help pages to get the exact file it needs.
Ok so I'm gonna get straight to the point in currently using batocera V38 and loving it but for some reason windows games at least those that work I can't seem to get a fps counter going and also temps ,when I turn on DXVK hud and DXvk feature on I get a black screen , using a HP office PC as batocera console
Specs
Cpu-I5 -4570
GPU - Intel HD 4600 graphics (onboard graphics)
Ram-8gb DDR3 1600mhz
Storage - 500gb HDD
Plz any advice would help
To be honest I haven't used the DOS or Windows side of Batocera so I'm not able to make any suggestions.
Is it possible to install an older version of batocera this way or will it add the latest version?
You'll need to download the older version as an image file directly from the batocera website. Then install that one.
@@BytesNBits I did that it installed the latest version when I installed new disk
Question can you just go straight to installing on a hard drive? During that section you showed how to change it to a hard driver after it was already installed on your usb and wanted to double check that I can skip that
Yes. You should be able to flash directly to the hard drive.
@@BytesNBits Thanks for the reply! Great vid man!
Hi. My external ssd remains with the light on after I shut down my pc. Is there a way to fix this? Thanks
Does it run from a separate power supply? Somehow the power to it seems to be staying on. Check the USB port you've got it plugged into powers off at shutdown.
can i install on my same hdd on new partition
You need to be able to boot from the new partition. If you can get that set up then yes.
So I'm a Linux newbie. I've installed Batocera on a 256Gb USB stick and which is being booted up on a Windows 10 Pro 64-bit PC. I'm trying to use the Batocera file manager, the icons appear correct, but the font size is extremely tiny. Internet searches state "open the batocera.conf file (located in /share/system) and remove the “#” in front of the line: “#global.dpi=96”, then save and reboot" Which is fine, but I can't find the "batocera.conf file". Do I need to plug the USB stick into a Linux system to find the file? Any help appreciated. TIA
The share folder should be visible on your PC. Make sure you have hidden files turned on.
Hi, thanks for this, I've tried it, but cannot find the 'conf' file or the share folder on either the USB stick with Batocera on (or more unlikely, ( my PC). I've had an epiphany thought, I'll install a Linux distro either as a dual boot or to another USB stick to boot from; hopefully I'll be able to see the file then. Thanks any way.
i have a 320gb internal but it say i dont have enough memory to even download themes or games
Make sure Batocera is running from the hard drive. If you're booting off a USB stick it won't use the hard drive.
Hey i got after reboot to Batcera a error "Server Terminated with error (1). Closing log files ... X server failed to start! Log file is: /var/log/Xorg.0.log"
Im searching so long and dont find anything ... Im totaly new with Batocera pls help me :/
I've not seen that before. Make sure you've used the correct Batocera download for your device. Try reflashing your USB drive, and/or using a different one.
Is there an ANDROID batocera image for phones?
No. This needs a PC or other Linux capable device to work.
i did everything but i got stuck on the splash screen of batocera. i flashed and tried over three times, went through so many forums but i couldnt find any solution. My laptop (ROG Strix G15) specs are Ryzen 7, rtx 3050, win 11, and 16gb ram. i even turned off my safe boot and fast boot option in the bios Settings. Kindly help!
I'm not sure what the issue could be. The boot drive should be able to get you to a working pc. It's probably some driver incompatibility with your hardware.
This happens to me when the drive or sd-cards are corrupt. Did you try a different flash drive ?
If I use install on a new disk would I then have two hard drive with batocera on and would I loose al my games?
You'd just need to copy your games and bios files over to the new hard drive. Ant themes etc. would need to be reinstalled as well.
@@BytesNBitsthank you
I find batocera on Pi 4 very unreliable, sometimes it recognises controllers, sometimes it wont recognise any (so you cant set them up even) and I have all my roms on an external drive, sometimes it recognises them, but usually it doesnt. I have spent hours trying to just overcome these basic things, including fresh installs. Recalbox i find way more reliable, but I would like to try all the options to see what I prefer.
I'll have to admin I tend to use RetroPie on my Raspberry Pis.
@@BytesNBits yeah, I think im going to give that one a try again.
Would an external ssd have a significant difference vs external hdd for a batocera build?
From a gaming point of view probably not. I guess boot times would be much better and initial game load times would technically be faster, but as the files are generally quite small maybe not very noticeable. Most of the games are loaded into RAM so once the game starts there would be no real difference. For some CD based consoles video playback might be better, but just guessing.
I believe BNB is correct.
Using an SSD would give you slightly quicker boot times and perhaps loading large CD/DVD A based games
But from what Ive read theres no advantage in actually running games whether you're using usb2.0,usb3.0,HDD or SSD.
Only perhaps just maybe for ps3 and 360 if your set up can run those anyway)
But Im guessing.
Having said that I wouldnt recommend usb2.0 at all, to slow to flash and to slow transferring files across.
So yeah, HDD's still can give you large storage capacity for cheaper price.
Having said that (again lol) I used to use an internal 2TB HDD but a little while ago swapped it out for a 4TB SSD ,you can never have to much storage space 😁
@@fonzitheman @BytesNBits
Thank you both for the helpful responses 🤟
Hello @Bytes N Bits. I was wondering if you could help me with something. Currently, I am using Batocera version 37 and wanted to upgrade to version 38. When I upgraded to the latest version, I started to notice a performance issue where my games run slow and laggy. I have the correct Bios files. Can you help me with this?
The update option in the menu system should be fine. If you find it's giving you problems you can run the update manually. Have a look through the wiki pages - wiki.batocera.org/updates_and_downloads
I am not a fan of getting all the new updates. I find it best. Once you have your system just how you want it. Turn off wifi. .If it is not broken, then do not fix it.
can the roms be in different location like the internal harddrive itself?
Yes. Look in the System Settings - Storage Device to set it up.
I put batocera on a flash drive. Which is a 64g. However it only says I have like 8gb of space total so I can't put too many games on there. Do you know how to fix this??
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Can u make a,video how to set up controller mapping on a joyskick controller
It should be the same as a gamepad. Any buttons you don't have just hold down any button until it skips that setting.
@BytesNBits I try it like 3 times and it still don't work how they setup it up was,bad
I got a Black screen helppppp! Im using a laptop
Do you get the boot up display or just black right from the start.
i get a black screen after the last splash, anyone else has this issue
That seems odd that you get the splash screens but menu. Does your monitor loose signal or does it just show a black screen? Is this the first boot? The first thing I'd try is to reflash the usb drive. If it was working and now is not what was the last thing you did to make it not work? Try to remove that. Hope this helps.
I am assuming it is a display error. when I tried ctrl+alt+f3, i see the terminal window. from google and reddit, i tried xandr -s 800x640 -r 60, to force the resolution, yet no fix@@BytesNBits
Sorry in advance for long comment.
I'm experiencing a similar issue. I bought a brand new external SSD and went through the etching process. Restarted PC and made SSD priority on boot. I saw the Batocera set up and then the splash screen and then it went black. I left it on for 5 minutes and nothing. No sound no sound or anything. I saw on some forums that it could be a display issue, but I'm connecting it to my laptop so there is only one display. Would you happen to have any suggestions? @@BytesNBits
@@octavianbaca I had the same issue.
this has helped: in the batocera-boot.conf,
delete the "#" in front of the line ""nvidia-prime=true" and in front of the line "nvidia-driver=true".
you can access the conf file by pressing f1 in the batocera main screen, then go to the batocera drive, in the root folder.
Gem
thanks
It doesn't work on new 2024 laptops
Thanks for the heads up.
you sound like you where born in portadown co armagh
OOH! So close! 20 miles out. Banbridge.
you did not talk about how to install it as a main system! u talk too much, u know
bro thank you for your ip address.
note: this is a joke. your ip address appears at 06:35
Thanks for the heads up on that. Luckily that's my internal network IP address so not an issue.