How to Install Batocera CFW on the Anbernic RG35XX H & PLUS || Is it really worth it??

Let's install a CFW for our RG35XX H & Plus. On this video I will demonstrate & install the Batocera CFW, a very colourful custom firmware with a lot of features. Batocera is based on linux is an open-source and completely free retro-gaming distribution software. Please note that the current & latest version is still on the beta stages, so expect to face some issues with emulation performance. Sit back & enjoy the video as I install, demonstrate & share my thoughts about this firmware.
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[@DrBrute7]

Alright I am getting this question a lot so it’s better that I pin this comment for your convenience. If the SHARE folder is not showing up after the installation of Batocera then do this: On windows search bar type “Disk Management” you’ll see your sdcard. Right click on the one with the more space(right beside Batocera) & select “allocate a drive letter” it should be something like that. Click on next & finish. Your drive should show up. Just rename it to “Share”. Then insert your sdcard into your handheld for it to create the required folders as shown on the video.

[@TommyGunner86]

Buddy let me tell you i have been through hell and back trying to solve this but this has finally solved this damn issue. been searching high and low to solve this lol. i've been working through parallels as im on a mac so been even more complicated.

[@gutyourtrust]

“Fasten up the conversation” is one of my new favorite phrases. Great content

[@2nd_rate_art]

I really appreciate your honesty about the firmware. Great video! Subscribed!

[@DrBrute7]

Thank you for your comment & sub! Much appreciated!!

[@Cyko..]

I tried this CFW out and I liked it because it supported a TON of systems right out of the box. I think I had like 120 systems at one point. And I loved having video previews with the little game synopsis scrolling on the side too. What I didn't like was the poor performance in some systems and the fact that this custom firmware hasn't been updated in over 6 months! I am using stock now and it has been great. I miss the video previews but I do have box art for mostly all my games. Performance on Saturn, Dreamcast, and PSP is really amazing for how weak this chipset is.

[@DrBrute7]

Absolutely! Batocera is one beautiful looking CFW in all honesty. It’s just that it’s a bit too intensive when it comes to systems like this. But it does run games till PSOne with little to no issues. The stock is an all rounder when it comes to performance. Hope Anbernic can bring in some changes to the Aesthetics on the Stock OS, that would be just about perfect!

[@Cyko..]

@@DrBrute7 Yes, I agree. If we had access to themes and scraping it would be about as perfect as you could get. They allowed themeing on the RG353P so I don't know why the change.

[@LMCEFC]

Could do with a better/2 more minutes or so explanation of where to correctly place the bios files, mine are all in the bios folder but the device can't find them

[@saperos]

Hello, are you also facing problem with Nintendo DS games? Retroarch does not seem to work correctly, plus save states are not being created for me.

[@travissalberg]

I am... buttons seem messed up

[@EliasPfaiffer]

maybe...cause this is not the koriki version batocera / koriki = best cfw at the moment!

[@IronbugVR]

Can you help me? My device (RG35XX Plus) when using Batocera, does not create any folders/directories after installation. I have tried reinstalling the firmware twice and get the same results.

[@IronbugVR]

Figured it out. I had to remove my second SD card, then start Batocera and direct it to external drives.

[@mermage]

I have two2SD cards, can i switch between OS with the original one?

[@Accel-Alas]

sure

[@poggerz502]

Hello again, I’ve managed to install batocera on mine but I’m having a bit of a problem on how to put the bios properly. Do I just put the bios in the bios folder? Or do I need to make specific folders for the bios depending on the console I’m gonna use it for.

[@zeeejay]

You could try just one system bios file in there first then add another to see if you need a folder?

[@PeezyPurp]

For me, I just moved all the bios files/folders from the stock SD card into the bios folder on my new SD card and everything works fine.

[@jaysonocampo6472]

I just stumbled to your video and I love how honest you are on the PSP emulatoon on batocera. I have a question tho, can you update the PPSSPP emulator or not?

[@DrBrute7]

No you manually can’t. The changes are made as a whole with each new version update.

[@jaysonocampo6472]

@@DrBrute7 thank you so much for the reply. ❤️

[@Tresormak]

Hello. Do we still have the multiplayer with two Anbernic devices after installing Batocera?

[@AdmanMVR]

I have the SHARE drive on the SD card but I have no sub folders. I have tried reflashing the drive and using it in the console (which all loads up fine) but i get a blank SHARE drive. Is it meant to create the folders automatically?

[@DrBrute7]

Yes. It should create them automatically

[@AdmanMVR]

@@DrBrute7 can't seem to get it to work 🤔 I'll keep at it. Cheers 👍

[@DrBrute7]

@@AdmanMVR try using the Knulli version of batocera. See if that works for you. How to Install Knulli Batocera on Anbernic RG35XX H & Plus kzbin.info/www/bejne/qZvMiHluj7KBZpY

[@AdmanMVR]

@@DrBrute7 awesome, will give that a go. Thank you 😎

[@k9ine787]

For some reason my SD card shows SDHC(E:) BATOCERA (F:) SHARE(G:) and the share folder is empty, so now i dont know where to put the bios files or roms, some help wouldbbe greatly appreciated, thank you.

[@bakajeff]

i have same issue too, not sure if its faulty sd card? did you find a solution?

[@k9ine787]

@@bakajeff I think the issue for me was I had 2 SD cards installed and some of the files went to the first card and the roms and bios files went to the second card, not sure if that's the problem your having but I hope it helps 👍

[@bakajeff]

@k9ine787 yup just found out too, all running smooth now! Cheers

[@westsidelester]

​@@k9ine787 THANK YOU!! I have been wrestling with the same problem on and off for DAYS and couldn't figure out why. Can't believe it was as simple as taking out the second card 🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️

[@ndMaikel]

Does the boottime still stretch up to 46 sec.? If that's the case MuOS with with its 5 sec. boottime should be more practical

[@alexisaguirre1000]

Do you need a pc or can you do this on a laptop?

[@Mictism]

I have already tried flashing with rufus and Disk Manager anf formating via Windows and the formating tool. Tried 2 different SD cards with 64 GB on 2 different PCS. Always the same outcome: I end up with only the Batocera folder but no SHARE folder. Any ideas?

[@DrBrute7]

On windows search bar type “Disk Management” you’ll see your sdcard. Right click on the one with the more space(right beside Batocera) & select “allocate a drive letter” it should be something like that. Click on next & finish. Your drive should show up. Just rename it to “Share”. Then insert your sdcard into your handheld for it to create the required folders as shown on the video.

[@gl5971]

Hi ,i have my sd card 2 on the original firmware Can i use it directly ? Thank you

[@mihai96z3d]

Questions number 1 : where do you put psx bios files ? I went into bios folder created a psx folder and put them there. I still get a warning saying there is no bios for ps1 games. How can I activate capcom systems in batocera ? In arkOs r36s i used to have the capcom systems as separate consoles/ collections. 3rd: did anybody manage to map the joystick in naomi? i really like giga wing 2 over there Any help is appreciated

[@KevinBenjaminMusic]

I tried everything for hours i just cant access the SHARE partition my windows 11 just wont show it any help ?

[@DrBrute7]

On windows search bar type “Disk Management” you’ll see your sdcard. Right click on the one with the more space(right beside Batocera) & select “allocate a drive letter” it should be something like that. Click on next & finish. Your drive should show up. Just rename it to “Share”. Then insert your sdcard into your handheld for it to create the required folders as shown on the video.

[@joelsebastiansilvestri9005]

for dual SD card set up can I use 64gb for system?? i have64 and 128gb thanks and where are the BIOS??? please

[@DrBrute7]

Yes you can.

[@joelsebastiansilvestri9005]

@@DrBrute7 Thanks buddie!!! im installing batocera V40 because i tried to flash the image for Knulli but couldnt so trying batocera v40, I mostly play GBA games or retro so I think I'm gonna be fine the only thing is after I flashed the image put it on my console then I format SD2 for games put it on the console, went to storage system and change to TF2 now I put the SD on my computer but I don't have the BIIOS. whats next step? for TF2 and transfer my games!! please man ur my hero cheers

[@egonomicoheyi8834]

The charging indicator does not appear? (rg35xx plus)

[@davidbanks636]

Hello I have installed Batocera, but I only see the [Batocera] drive, and I do not have a [Share] drive partitioned in my SD Card. I only had one SD card in my Anbernic 35XXH. Not sure how I can get visibility to the [Share] drive

[@DrBrute7]

On windows search bar type “Disk Management” you’ll see your sdcard. Right click on the one with the more space(right beside Batocera) & select “allocate a drive letter” it should be something like that. Click on next & finish. Your drive should show up. Just rename it to “Share”. Then insert your sdcard into your handheld for it to create the required folders as shown on the video.

[@Wolf-qj9pd]

I downloaded Batocera on my SD but when I try to boot up it’s stuck on the boot up screen with no progress/ loading bar. Any fix for that?

[@DrBrute7]

Can’t say for sure. Don’t want to give you the wrong advice bruv.

[@jonathonearl482]

Part of the main reason I installed Batocera on my RG35XX Plus is to have KODI Media Center. There are folders for Kodi content that I have loaded movies and etc in. Though, there is no KODI app showing up at the menu screen. Anyone else having this issue?

[@serrysays]

I can’t get Batocera to load up on my rg35xx plus. I’ve tried multiple cards, flashed the image fine but nothing loads when I hold the standby button. Any ideas where I could be going wrong?

[@MrMichaelrichards]

same here, soo annoying, followed 3 diff tutorials, what steps are they missing?

[@Ushbei]

@@MrMichaelrichards @serrysays I came across this same issue, Make sure you extract the .img.gz (right click extract all) and then make sure that you're writing the .img instead of .gz, Worked for me

[@MrMichaelrichards]

@Ushbei thanks mate, yeah tried that as well with multiple flash programs.

[@teespestquest]

Dreamcast runs in slow motion, can this be fixed?

[@joelgrebinsilvestri]

whats the best CFW you could suggest to install on this console? Iv heard the pre installed software is not very aesthetic so I'm waiting for it, bought the console and this is my first time with this kind of handheld so I am very new on this matter any help I would really appreciate it. best regards

[@DrBrute7]

If you’re looking for aesthetics definitely this is a great choice but in terms of performance it’s okay but the psp emulation is not good at all.

[@mohrasher]

Latest stock is the best FW for this device so far. Performance is better than any CFW and the everything functions i.e bluetooth, wifi, etc

[@joelgrebinsilvestri]

@@mohrasher im running latest stock, downloaded from the anbernick website but I don't like the design, ICONS and format is not very nice anyway I'm stuck on OS but I hope newest CFW will come up

[@joelgrebinsilvestri]

@@DrBrute7 for playing pokemon games and GBA games works fine? i mostly play GBA games

[@DrBrute7]

@@joelgrebinsilvestri if you mostly play gba games then you can definitely go with Batocera. You won’t face issues with Batocera till ps1 emulation.

[@bobbymendoza2938]

How many gigs should the sd card be for the install ? Like 64 gb?

[@DrBrute7]

64 gigs will work. Recommended 128 gib.

[@fabienbonanno237]

I dont understand why dreamcast game have Lag … i change flycast , disable DSP… have u an issue ?

[@DrBrute7]

Change it to “Liberto:Flycast”

[@tbare9713]

My rg35xx h won't turn on after trying to install this os, was able to do muos fine and stock again afterwards but can't get batocera to even power on my rg35xx h

[@joelsebastiansilvestri9005]

could u solve it? i could but couldn't with knulli xD but yes with batocera V40 but now I need to know about how to put games and BIOS. idk

[@tbare9713]

@@joelsebastiansilvestri9005 haven't been able to figure it out

[@J0HnDq3]

how to change brightness? a ok, function+volume change

[@Endr29]

Is it also possible to have this Batocera Os in SD card1 and the roms and bios files on SD2?

[@DrBrute7]

Not the bios files. But you can store rom files on the sd2.

[@neilpiper910]

@@DrBrute7so if my Roms are on sd card 2 how do I access them? Can’t seem to see roms unless their on the 1st card

[@SansINess53]

batocera really upgrades performance but remember this device is cheaper than a PSP.

[@soupnazi81]

How's N64 performance in Batocera vs stock firmware?

[@DrBrute7]

Idk, I am going to test it out. So FIND OUT ON THE NEXT EPISODE OF…Dragon Ball Z!

[@TuhChosenOne]

So I got Batocera on my RG35XX H but I cant find my roms. When I load it up, they are all there but I cannot find them when I connect my micros SD to the computer... where the heck are they? I am trying to use skraper and I cant locate them!

[@missladylilly7199]

Having the same problem

[@Reboot1232]

Make sure you put all your bios files in!!

[@XaldreTheOriginal]

Did you find the issue?

[@missladylilly7199]

@@XaldreTheOriginal I did I had to go into disk manager and give the shared file a letter

[@Lordofhogs]

they are in another drive called “share”

[@manuelrodriguez9972]

I have seen people playing Saturn on Batocera, How do I get them running? They run on StockOS.

[@DrBrute7]

Well they didn’t run for me when I tried. So I can’t provide you a resolution.

[@manuelrodriguez9972]

I discovered that the saturn_bios.bin that comes in the StockOS is empty (0 bytes). So I replaced it with another one I found and they work!! Yes 🙌

[@manuelrodriguez9972]

@@DrBrute7 They run now after placing the correct Bios.

[@derekswitzer9624]

"I got the sands of time in me!" ROFL 😀 - best part of the vid lol

[@SlakOffs]

Flycast VL works great for me for dreamcast. Some games may not load, but even if they load on flycast, they don't run particularly well.

[@clydefrosch]

I'd like to swap firmware but I hate dealing with Rom folder setups

[@Estradachris23]

People sell them installed already

[@clydefrosch]

@@Estradachris23 nah like, I have my Roms on the second SD, but one firmware expects the Roma in this folder with that subfolder structure, another wants it in another. And while muos doesn't care about how you set up your folders, save files are stored at different folders and you have 50 mostly empty folders with stupid names from batoceta and I hate it.

[@XaldreTheOriginal]

You can just have a new ssd for this. That way you can prepare it at your own pace without losing the existing os and roms and all that

[@clydefrosch]

@@XaldreTheOriginal i know i can swap the os sd card. but i want all the oses to load my roms from the same folders, find the save files in the same folders, find the bios in the same folders etc. so i can actually switch the firmwares freely. i'd like to be able to simply start a game on muos for example and if i ever feel like using the fancier interface of batocera, switch the first sd card and continue right with the same game and switch over to garlic should it get a cool update. but thats not possible, because they all have different folder setups and batocera specifically does impose how they need to be set up for you.

[@MetalKingdomOfHammer]

MuOS lets you place your roms in any folder and uses a file browser; you then just press the SELECT button to choose the default emulator when in that folder.

[@athenz18]

Quick question does it fix the bluetooth pair for controllers thank you

[@DrBrute7]

I think it does but it’s better you check the changelog on GitHub, linked in the description.

[@athenz18]

@@DrBrute7 thanks i have the version 34 now but i will install the version 40

[@wolfrudel7624]

is the aspect ratio of the games displayed correctly on the TV via hdmi out?

[@erraddict]

I installed this on mine and I can't get HDMI out at all :(

[@Hamood-rc7md]

What about for ds games I still hear some chops in the sound I wanna fix that

[@25speezy]

Do pokemon rom hacks work on this. I've downloaded a couple, they booted up but couldnt start them.

[@joelsebastiansilvestri9005]

yess, install batocera V40

[@SicketMog]

Do these newer Anbernics still have Portmaster?

[@MetalKingdomOfHammer]

Yes. Out of the box.

[@johncrisostomo8325]

I dont have the share folder on my pc pls help

[@DrBrute7]

On windows search bar type “Disk Management” you’ll see your sdcard. Right click on the one with the more space(right beside Batocera) & select “allocate a drive letter” it should be something like that. Click on next & finish. Your drive should show up. Just rename it to “Share”. Then insert your sdcard into your handheld for it to create the required folders as shown on the video.

[@laz305]

This is kool but what if I want to go back to original fw?

[@DrBrute7]

Just swap the memory cards?

[@zdbosoxfan3670]

Can I store all my games on the secondary SD card slot?

[@DrBrute7]

Yes you can.

[@RTetRix2024]

is this the Koriki or is this a different one?

[@DrBrute7]

This isn’t koriki. This is a different build. Am currently in the process of trying out Koriki.

[@X91X-km7hp]

how do i add games to favorites?

[@aragonscandante2610]

Hi brother, does the wireless phone work on this system?

[@DrBrute7]

Wireless phone?

[@aragonscandante2610]

@@DrBrute7 yes

[@aragonscandante2610]

bluetooth phone, @DrBrute7

[@hckr_]

Only wired, sorry

[@KazMoneyMusic]

How do I increase brightness?

[@nassimarevalo]

Press F-Button and press Volume up or down

[@KazMoneyMusic]

@@nassimarevalo thanks!

[@nassimarevalo]

@@KazMoneyMusic you're welcome ;)

[@poggerz502]

Hello, I think I broke the psp emulator on mine😢. It started to show just a black screen when I changed the settings up a bit for the games to run a little smoother. I’m still on the stock os and hoping to find a way to factory reset the thing. Does anyone know how to fix it?

[@DrBrute7]

Try going into system config & try looking for the ppsspp folder(most probably inside the Retroarch folder). Just remove it. It’ll fix the issue.

[@poggerz502]

Thank you so much for your suggestion! Will it permanently remove the psp on my system altogether? If so, how do I install it back? It’s one of the reasons I bought it.

[@DrBrute7]

That’s just the config file. Since you changed the settings, they get saved in that folder. It won’t affect ppsspp. Remove that folder & keep it in some location on your pc just in case. Then try it out, if it runs then you can delete it permanently. Either way you’re not able to run the emulator, that config file isn’t that important.

[@df-xg9sy]

I had the psp issues on batocera, weirdly just reset the settings to default in the ppsspp settings and every game runs minimum 25/30fps, then turn off antiscopic filtering and it goes up to 30/32fps, I had 11fps after install, then reset and it worked great, weird.

[@DrBrute7]

Tried that, made the performance even worse.

[@MeatForDays]

can I use a macbook pro for this?

[@DrBrute7]

I don’t see any issue with it. Just make sure the specified softwares are macos compatible

[@xawierymorgan4611]

for n64 games shortcuts doesnt work . only f plus statt works exiting game

[@mihai96z3d]

Is there a rg35xx H discord soemwhere ?

[@jnualan]

can i play naomi2 in this version?

[@michael6926]

i see only batocera not another drive name share, plz help

[@DrBrute7]

Put the card in the console & see if it creates the partition.

[@michael6926]

@@DrBrute7 no it does not create share partition I tried to reinstall it but it does not ? So I wipe it clean by command prompt and install it again still the same

[@DrBrute7]

@@michael6926 On windows search bar type “Disk Management” you’ll see your sdcard. Right click on the one with the more space(right beside Batocera) & select “allocate a drive letter” it should be something like that. Click on next & finish. Your drive should show up. Just rename it to “Share”. Then insert your sdcard into your handheld for it to create the required folders as shown on the video.

[@michael6926]

Thankx @Drbrute7 it work now 😅

[@michael6926]

The folder is completely wiped out so nothing in share folder when I tried to put roms and bios file it do nothing no game are showing this thing is so frustrating

[@fernandoibarra2081]

i recommend rufus instead of the two process in formatting

[@GTICHATTER]

dope ty for the recommendation, i was having issues w/ the disk imager working, and rufus is an all in one, lite, and fast solution!

[@Niloy_Nil-22]

❤❤❤wowwww

[@guy_from_ohio282]

By installing bacteroA does it still have all the games the rg35xx h comes with

[@Buddha363]

😂😂

[@PhantomZ0027]

Where the share drive come from?

[@DrBrute7]

It gets created once Batocera is installed & initiated.

[@PhantomZ0027]

@@DrBrute7 So I take sd card out and back in? Can you make a video or a short about?

[@DrBrute7]

@@PhantomZ0027 dude it’s shown on the video itself.

[@peppy.gunpla]

What’s the theme?

[@rodrigocoronado5248]

Art book Next

[@B_gL_ps5015]

Can you make tutorial for android user? I dont have pc 😔

[@SupaStah01]

I'm waiting on my rg35xx h in the mail now. I'll probably have to use the OS it comes with. Me two stoopid to download a new OS 😔

[@DropshipNick-Offical]

i dont know what to do I even reflashed the SD

[@ДжекЛегендарнов]

Сними видео Launchbox vs Batocera, где больше FPS в играх на эмуле RPCS3!

[@fabiencazeau1506]

can't connect to my wifi so can't scrape

[@DrBrute7]

Then try scraping by connecting to your neighbour’s wifi.

[@fabiencazeau1506]

@@DrBrute7 ; )

[@DropshipNick-Offical]

my wifi wont work

[@hakman239]

Dream cast working fine then was gona play sonic adventure 2

[@joelsebastiansilvestri9005]

KNULLI !!! LATEST RELEASE

[@X862go]

Yeah i don't like this one 😕

[@Southized]

Stop using libretro core on psp!!

[@DrBrute7]

Alright calm it bruv & I didn’t use libretro core for psp.

[@xawierymorgan4611]

F plus b dont work same as f plus y, a. Only work f plus start it only exit game

[@DrBrute7]

Press it again.

[@xawierymorgan4611]

@@DrBrute7 ok thx ,dont know why but now works

[@Dehydratedz]

Install on stock SD card possible?