Steam Deck: Batocera (Showcase, Install and vs. EmuDeck)
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- čas přidán 8. 07. 2024
- Everyone knows EmuDeck - but do you know Batocera?
For those wanting a disconnected-from-SteamOS boot drive emulation experience, we have Batocera! This offers a more turnkey solution than EmuDeck but loses a lot of functionality too.
In this video, we'll showcase a fully-vetted ready to run image of Batocera - full of games and media. We'll compare and contrast EmuDeck's features and finally? Because YOU voted for it on the Community tab - we're also going to install it, show you the pain points (and how to fix them) and help you get everything going.
Note: This video will not teach you how/where to get illegal files like BIOS and ROMS. You're on your own there :)
Download Batocera
batocera.org
Download Etcher
https:/etcher.balena.io
Complete Package Shown: RetroGuy's 512GB Image
#emulation #batocera #steamdeck
Chapter Jumps
00:00 - Intro
00:38 - Bumper
00:46 - What does EmuDeck have?
02:38 - Running/Featuring Batocera (and first problems)
05:48 - Themes and How to Change Them
07:20 - Running a GB game and showing palette swapping
08:45 - Poking through the menus (advanced users)
09:19 - Exploring the Batocera file system
10:30 - Installing Batocera
11:40 - Discussing what SD cards to use
14:30 - First Boot, Settings Adjustment (Won't Boot?? FIXED!)
19:20 - Final Words - Hry
Great video
Very useful video for Emulation on deck only with sd card thank you 😊
I can certainly see a use case for it. If this were driving my arcade cabinet? I'd have an m.2 equipped dock and boot to that instead of futzing with an OS.
then to say I will try 3.5 for example I hope this update improves red redemption 2 which in certain maps runs at 27 fps I hope this update helps
Have you ever used Retrodeck? Do you have any opinions on how it compares to emudeck? Would be curious to hear your thoughts.
6:45 thank you so much for that clarification. I also want steam games and roms seperated.
hi. thanks for your video. instead of rebooting to copy file, you can just press f1 (which is ... on the steam deck). then the touchpad can be used as a mouse. abios check in menu>games/check bios is available too (and so many other things).
Thank you! Still new to Batocera. I figured there was a file manager in there somewhere!
Do you have a cheat sheet? I could certainly do a follow-up to rectify what's missing...
@@Darkuni check my video '50 tips' , it will give you a part of the answer. note that one is using es desktop while batocera is using batocera es (shared with retrobat, emuelec) and that's very different. not just emulationststion. for example, try to plug 3 pads and do a multiplayer play, all will be configured automatically thanks a part of software. etc. the system are complementary for people wanting just retrogaming without to reboot. but batocera has a big step in adavance if you dont stop at just trying to boot one game to compare. the hdmi should switch automatically. i dont know why it doesnt work for you. audio is still manual, yes.
@@nicolas.adenis-lamarre Appreciate the follow up! Please feel free to link your video here - I want my viewers to have access to quality content (and it doesn't have to be mine). HDMI switch is most definitely broken - this is with the official dock, not a $17 Amazon special :D
Thanks again for speaking up.
@@Darkuni czcams.com/video/e7i7jiPDVzM/video.htmlsi=4z51bhC_rnBLH0f8
If you go down the Batocera root. When Batocera has an update. Do you start from scratch. Or can the old Batocera program be replaced with new. Leaving ROMs in place?
I believe all updates are handled internally and don't require any sort of loss of data.
I was able to get batocera up and running but when it’s time to transfer my roms and bios it doesn’t let me copy and paste to the sd card. Is there something I have to do to unlock it so I can?
Boot to SteamOS, and insert the Batocera card and you should be able to write the files from there.
At the 8:30 min mark you mentioned you don't like it in box art on that theme. Its incredibly simple to change to list on that same theme. Just FYI. Basically any change you can think might be slightly better is fairly easy to change to. Also you mentioned your using a curated flash, but your not saying what version of batocera that flash is using. If its 33 or 34 it makes sense why the HDMI and audio problems are there.
Also should look into adding clover for dual boot gui on startup so your not going into bios every time you wanted to boot from Batocera. Clover is a fairly easy setup with a couple simple terminal commands, and bing bang booey, when you start up your steam deck it automatically gives you an option to choose your boot OS. It also is configured so it will boot into your default drive after so many seconds if you don't choose an option. Make it so much better for dual and tri-boot.
I figure that was the case ... I'm pretty hands on with Emulation Station and there really isn't anything you can't do with it :) The version IS important and I left it out. What I can say is that before shooting the video, I did an update to the latest version (figured a newer version might fix the HDMI issue). These curated images are always a crapshoot though. In this RetroGuy's, the laserdisc games boot, but no controls work for them ... so .. UGH. Great to have games included that don't play, right? I prefer to hand build my own setup; no computer emulation is a no go for me. I need my C64 and Amiga stuff.
Appreciate the call out. Batocera fans are here to keep me honest; once the dust settles a bit I'll post a "follow up" video featuring those things that I presented as shortcomings. Have to be fair, after all.
@@Darkuni yes, using an unofficial batocera image can cause issues. people are doing modifications breaking some features and then share them.
@@nicolas.adenis-lamarre to be completely fair? I built my own image with nothing special about it it was fully up to date and HDMI out still didn't work lol
When i try to boot Batocera, on steamdeck it shows the joystick with version under it while on the load screen then goes black,. Idk how to fix,. Ive even tried discord but due to having a preloaded sd card no one will help,. Kinda being diks about it,. Any advice id appreciate,..
Unless the image was made SPECIFICALLY for the Deck, it likely won't work. Preloaded cards are sort of admitting to wide piracy - and most people would probably not be interested in helping out like that. I would download the Batocera clean image for Deck and try that first. If that works? Then it is the preload card made for some other system.
I keep getting an error 256. When I try to play GameCube,and consoles before that console, but psp ,and ps1&2 work,. Idk, I’m doing something wrong. Any ROMs I collect fr sites I found are also working,. It’s got to be a setting, something simple,. I was using retro arch and they were all working, then next day GameCube,mane,arcade,turbo graffiti, sega, Atari, all would try to load a game and kick bak to game selection, like no emulator to play them?.?
I got a diff steam deck and it worked for a few days, then all sudden when I try to play I get error 256,. Idk,..
@@blkicemike4857 I'm just not knowledgeable enough of Batocera to assist. I would reach out to their sub Reddit or whatever support methodologies they offer.
@@Darkuni I hav tried ,. They offer to send me another sd card.I hav received 3rd one now,. I have been using RETROARCH,. It seems to work on there but the menu isn’t as classy as Batocera,. I hav to go in and manually select written file and add to emulator each time I wanna play a rom,. It kind of a pain but seems to be working so far except for GameCube, my emulator isn’t showing up, so I can’t play any of those,. I hav had GC to work with Wii emulator in past but recent updates has F’ed that up ,. Every update messes something different up,. Idk,..
sorry, I'm Italian but when the update on stable 3.5 comes out you know
It is out in Preview now. I have a video dropping on it at 5pm today.
then to say I will try 3.5 for example I hope this update improves red redemption 2 which in certain maps runs at 27 fps I hope this update helps
@@danilivanov7521 for many games we see 10-15% improvement