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    • Substring
      Substring @Raphael Bueno Hatencia last edited by

      @Raphael-Bueno-Hatencia I don't know if it has a link but seems like your gamelist.xml has references for many roms you don't have anymore.

      the only tests i could ask you is to manually launch a rom with ES shutdown :

      /etc/init.d/S31emulationstation stop
      python /usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/configgen/emulatorlauncher.pyc -p1index 0 -p1guid 03000000100800000100000010010000 -p1name "Twin USB Joystick" -p1nbaxes 4 -p1devicepath /dev/input/event2 -p2index 1 -p2guid 03000000100800000100000010010000 -p2name "Twin USB Joystick" -p2nbaxes 4 -p2devicepath /dev/input/event3  -system snes -rom /recalbox/share/roms/snes/Illusion\ of\ Gaia\ \(USA\).smc -emulator default -core default
      

      If this ones starts "fast" then your ES is faulty. If it's slow too, then i'll have to dig further

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      • Raphael Bueno Hatencia
        Raphael Bueno Hatencia @Substring last edited by

        @Substring Yes! I´ve downloaded a image and deleted many many games. Is there an automatic way to clean only game that don´t exist on my list? An keep the ones I have with the scrapping data?

        It worked! Well the screen was already black, but it started the game fast. How to fix this faulty ES?

        Thanks @ Substring!

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        • Substring
          Substring @Raphael Bueno Hatencia last edited by

          @Raphael-Bueno-Hatencia said in [4.1] Slow Game Launch (any game/emulator):

          @Substring Yes! I´ve downloaded a image and deleted many many games. Is there an automatic way to clean only game that don´t exist on my list? An keep the ones I have with the scrapping data?

          except manually editing the XML, nope

          It worked! Well the screen was already black, but it started the game fast. How to fix this faulty ES?

          could be linked to your messy scraping, but I can't tell for sure. @rockaddicted any idea on this one ?

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          • paradadf
            paradadf Staff last edited by

            I'd recommend a clean installation instead of using a image from unknown sources! You could make a backup of your roms.

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            • Raphael Bueno Hatencia
              Raphael Bueno Hatencia @paradadf last edited by

              @paradadf @ Substring Thank you both!

              I´ll try a clean installation as sugested. But first I´ll clean ALL gamelist, soo the new image don´t get trashed with all useless scrapping.

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              • paradadf
                paradadf Staff @Raphael Bueno Hatencia last edited by

                @Raphael-Bueno-Hatencia backup ONLY your roms and bioses. You can easily scrape everything new!

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                  Substring last edited by

                  And saves !!!

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                  • Raphael Bueno Hatencia
                    Raphael Bueno Hatencia last edited by

                    I´ve backuped and did a clean install. Strange, it looks even slower to open the games that came with recalbox. I´m updating to 4.1 to see if it gets better.

                    Im sure im using an original SD card 64gb, even checked via software.

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                    • Raphael Bueno Hatencia
                      Raphael Bueno Hatencia last edited by Raphael Bueno Hatencia

                      @Substring @paradadf I´ve used the support script to see if something is wrong: https://file.ac/kVSH5Qbbg-I/

                      I only updated to 4.1 and changed system language.

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                      • paradadf
                        paradadf Staff @Raphael Bueno Hatencia last edited by

                        @Raphael-Bueno-Hatencia you can download 4.1 directly from here:

                        https://archive.recalbox.com/updates/v1.0/unstable/

                        If after a clean install launching the stock roms is slow, the problem might be with your tv/monitor an the video configuration.

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                        • Raphael Bueno Hatencia
                          Raphael Bueno Hatencia @paradadf last edited by

                          @paradadf I downloaded 4.1 img from the link. But as my clean updated img, it is taking more time to startup games them before clean install.

                          What video config I need to change? I use a TV Samgun FullHD.

                          https://file.ac/ZFPfCfz1xrQ/

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                          • paradadf
                            paradadf Staff @Raphael Bueno Hatencia last edited by

                            @Raphael-Bueno-Hatencia I'm on my phone right now so I can't see your file. But there is plenty of info in the forum and the wiki.

                            https://github.com/recalbox/recalbox-os/wiki/Video-configuration-detailled-(EN)

                            At the bottom of the page, there is info about tvservice commands. Use them to find out your tv prefered resolution to change it in recalbox.conf.

                            PS. Your tv image mode might be the problem as well. Try using the GAME mode of your tv (if it exists)!

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                            • Raphael Bueno Hatencia
                              Raphael Bueno Hatencia @paradadf last edited by

                              @paradadf I´ve tryed:

                              hdmi_group=1
                              hdmi_mode=4

                              Because of the link I found my TV and the specs. Using hdmi_mode=4 everything should be 720p all the time, including the general emulation(default).

                              I can sense a little speed up, but the screen stills goes black and i can see on top of tv saying its now 720p, as it was already them game starts.

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                              • paradadf
                                paradadf Staff @Raphael Bueno Hatencia last edited by

                                @Raphael-Bueno-Hatencia what's the output of tvservice wirh CEA?

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                                • Raphael Bueno Hatencia
                                  Raphael Bueno Hatencia @paradadf last edited by Raphael Bueno Hatencia

                                  @paradadf said in [4.1] Slow Game Launch (any game/emulator):

                                  ervice wirh CEA

                                  I don´t know if understanded. But my tv output is 1080p.

                                  I did change global videomode to default, so my recalbox is always on 720p and there is no change on resolution. I thought this whould fast things up but no, still slow to startup.

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                                  • paradadf
                                    paradadf Staff @Raphael Bueno Hatencia last edited by

                                    @Raphael-Bueno-Hatencia if you read the link I gave you thoroughly you will understand that setting video.globalmode to default isn't the best option (always). It defaults to the tv standard resolution wich might be very high, this the slowdowns!

                                    So please, give me the output of the command tvservice explained at the bottom of the same page.

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                                    • Raphael Bueno Hatencia
                                      Raphael Bueno Hatencia @paradadf last edited by

                                      @paradadf said in [4.1] Slow Game Launch (any game/emulator):

                                      So please, give me the output of the command tvservice explained at the bottom of the same page

                                      hmm I thought that by using only 720, that was going to be so CPU intensive. Thank you =D

                                      tvservice -s

                                      state 0x12000a [HDMI CEA (4) RGB lim 16:9], 1280x720 @ 60.00Hz, progressive

                                      tvservice -m CEA

                                      Group CEA has 14 modes:
                                      mode 1: 640x480 @ 60Hz 4:3, clock:25MHz progressive
                                      mode 2: 720x480 @ 60Hz 4:3, clock:27MHz progressive
                                      mode 3: 720x480 @ 60Hz 16:9, clock:27MHz progressive
                                      (prefer) mode 4: 1280x720 @ 60Hz 16:9, clock:74MHz progressive
                                      mode 5: 1920x1080 @ 60Hz 16:9, clock:74MHz interlaced
                                      (native) mode 16: 1920x1080 @ 60Hz 16:9, clock:148MHz progressive
                                      mode 17: 720x576 @ 50Hz 4:3, clock:27MHz progressive
                                      mode 18: 720x576 @ 50Hz 16:9, clock:27MHz progressive
                                      mode 19: 1280x720 @ 50Hz 16:9, clock:74MHz progressive
                                      mode 20: 1920x1080 @ 50Hz 16:9, clock:74MHz interlaced
                                      mode 31: 1920x1080 @ 50Hz 16:9, clock:148MHz progressive
                                      mode 32: 1920x1080 @ 24Hz 16:9, clock:74MHz progressive
                                      mode 33: 1920x1080 @ 25Hz 16:9, clock:74MHz progressive
                                      mode 34: 1920x1080 @ 30Hz 16:9, clock:74MHz progressive

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                                      • paradadf
                                        paradadf Staff @Raphael Bueno Hatencia last edited by

                                        @Raphael-Bueno-Hatencia first of all, your global.videomode should be CEA 4 HDMI.
                                        You have slowdowns in SNES, right?
                                        What about a bad power supply? Don't you get a lightning icon on your screen?

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                                        • Raphael Bueno Hatencia
                                          Raphael Bueno Hatencia @paradadf last edited by

                                          @paradadf Yeah, i putted back to CEA 4 HDMI

                                          Nope, my slowdowns on starting the game is on any emulator, gameboy, snes, gba, mega drive etc.

                                          But yesterday I´ve tried Dreamcast, and it ran super fast. I pressed X, recalbox zoom in the coverart, and dreamcast logo was showing on screen. It was instantly.

                                          Not, i had that problem last year, but i bought a new power supply and the lightning icon never appeared again.

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                                          • Substring
                                            Substring @Raphael Bueno Hatencia last edited by

                                            @Raphael-Bueno-Hatencia then it's related to retroarch only ... N64 should start very fast too

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