The TrimUI Smart Pro quietly became even more awesome! (CrossMix-OS Setup Guide)

[@tedstahl3794]

Thanks Joey! I got my 256 SanDisk MicroSD today and my Trimui Smart Pro should arrive within the next few days. However, thanks to you, my card will be configured and ready to plug in when the system arrives! Great process for setting that up! Peace.

[@_ghr0_]

I'm glad you made a new vid about this, I was wondering why no one has. This can be found for as low as $42 on sales and it has Vulkan GPU Drivers, making it perform better on PSP than the RK3566 Handhelds can currently.

[@tvshacker]

This device definitely seems to punch above it's price tag. Still I wouldn't mind to pay a bit more to get proper PSP emulation with upscaling and/or other improvements. I recently found out about duck station (and pgxp, widescreen hacks and other QOL improvements) and wondered which handhelds have the "horsepower" to handle them.

[@shiftto]

wonder these devices can last for a year man?

[@Angultra]

@@shifttoAny device should last a year, whether you have the willpower to not get the latest every month or two is another story lol

[@maarten271]

Everyone keeps saying that, but i haven't found any psp game on my trimui that performed better on Vulkan than OpenGL. Most perform worse on vulkan. That said; lots of psp games perform great! Especially with 30fps cheat.

[@Aurora1337onYT]

@@maarten271 What setting for 30fps and what does it really do?

[@e__b956]

Finally got my Trimui up and running with this OS. Thanks Joey and early congrats on the 50K followers, you are right at the finish line.

[@ciziaisme]

This is great video 🙂! You're the first to make a review of CrossMix-OS and your "how to setup" is really good, thanks for that ! The philosophy of CrossMix is to simplify the gamer's life by offering the best experience possible out of box. But also to offer a bunch of advanced features to reveal all the potential of their devices. CrossMix was also created with developers and content creators in mind, and although it lacks documentation at the moment, its architecture is extensible and easy to understand. I know that the default theme is not to everyone's taste but recently I have added "Theme Packs" in System Tools which allows to deeply customize the TSP in one click (boologo, theme, icons, backgrounds, emulator labels...). I was really happy that you showed the directory override, that's the good way (and it's not very common). For the shaders, I have this idea to complete the "overlay selector" with more options: in the future you'll be able to select pre-configured shaders or not. Some features of CrossMix are probably unique, like the overlay selector that you shown but there's also the "PSX Analog detector" which will detect and configure PSX games compatible with dual shock automatically, the M3U playlist generator which will create playlist for multidisk PSX games, theme packs, random game picker, ... Currently I'm working a little on PortMaster to improve the compatibility. CrossMix work on v1.3.0 has already started, it's not going to happen right away but I can already say that there will be a bunch of improvements and new features. The update will be possible simply via OTA application.

[@JoeysRetroHandhelds]

Appreciate the comment! Awesome work on CrossMix and looking forward to see all these updates, it's so good :)

[@edtuckerartist]

Loving the Pip boy theme 👍

[@gamercatsz5441]

Thank you for your efforts on this project.

[@RetroGamingMonkey]

This is an amazing set up. Scraping artwork currently. This feels like such a major upgrade for this device.

[@jinty83]

Thanks for the video on this, I'm going to give it a try. I had hoped someone would do this at some point as it's such a great device for the money. I bought one for my 9 year old niece and she loves it. I ordered another one for myself which should be here shortly. Can't wait to try this!

[@RetroGamingMonkey]

I am looking forward to trying this out! Over the air updates and scraping is major! 🤓 I have yet to dive into the world of SyncThing, now seems like a good time.

[@jublypuff]

This is great, Joey! Would also love to see a deep look on Knulli on the TrimUI, even though it's still in alpha. There's so little video content about it out there

[@Queess1]

Great device improving further!

[@greyghostinfinite]

Installed without a hitch (thanks to your guide). Appreciated sir :)

[@tyzerro]

i was just about to put Knulli on mine tonight until i saw how difficult putting roms onto the ext formated sd card was gonna be and had this video queued up and i am so much happier to go this route and maintain that trimUI stock vibe

[@jimbotron70]

How is that difficult? I just had to copy-paste them.

[@X91X-km7hp]

@@jimbotron70 Windows PCs dont recognize ext, so you would have to do it via FTP or SSH unless you have a device that already runs Linux, then it's drag and drop.

[@jimbotron70]

@X91X-km7hp No, there's a device driver for accessing Ext on Windows

[@rasmussrensen6119]

@@X91X-km7hp You can just use fat instead, no problem, unless you need portmaster. Nonetheless you can just use wifi. Knulli pops up on your computer like a network drive. It cant be easier.

[@Nightingale1887]

Good guide BUT you don't need to first move the .zip file to the SD card and then extract. You can just extract from the downloads folder to the SD card as a drive. This way you don' get bottlenecked because the SD card is reading and writing to itself, instead your PC/laptop SSD/HDD will be reading the .zip and be ONLY writing to the SD card. This saves some wear and tear plus it will be way faster.

[@mrZillion]

Ye was wondering this too

[@numberoneappgames]

The recent price drops make a this a good buy!!

[@MrsBrinkmann61]

Thank you so much and greetings from germany. Even for a non programmer it works....i did it so well because of you😅😅 thanks mister

[@peterd7009]

Thanks Joey. Going to try this out.

[@JebesNikove]

This lil device just keeps getting better, money well spent :D

[@monkeytrident]

Awesome video bro keep up the good work and good content.

[@KawikaLee408]

maaaaaaan i just finished customizing and spending way too much on upgrades for my 35xx h. it in fact was not satisfying and instead left a gaping hole in my heart. Like when you finally finish a series you binged and don't know what to do with yourself anymore. I want the smart pro, sp, A30, 40xx just to tinker with. im already 4 devices deep.

[@DesertFoxNL]

Great work!

[@xtranslux]

thank you Joey :D

[@spunktr]

The TrimUI Smart Pro is such a good device and now even better thx for the guide 👍

[@TheeNickweed]

Awesome video as always. Easy to follow along, and I’ll definitely be putting crossmix on my tsp. Thanks!

[@alyphonse]

atlast, some updates on my beloved trimui

[@marshallydon3014]

I bought one using the link you provided. Hope it went through! They took my moneys but no email confirmation

[@Pridetoons]

I going to install this after I get a 1TB Micro SD card.

[@New-Drone]

I don't think a 1TB would work on a TSP. But I might be wrong about it.

[@Pridetoons]

@@New-Drone I've been told it does.

[@New-Drone]

@@Pridetoons That's cool!

[@theunknownandunsolved6963]

Prob will work.. Because if the card is under 90 bucks its a fake usually 8 gb card.😂

[@jozac05]

mine working flawless with 1tb microsd.

[@Mast3rYoshie-zx8jo]

by chance is there any video of you showing how to use moonlight on the trimui smart pro? I have been trying to find a video out there showing a tutorial on how to use it but i havent really found one showing how to with this device. If you have made a video or could possibly point me in the right direction that would be awesome.

[@xXLoneSoulXx]

Thanks,al bundy

[@Hlodwig27]

Merci pour votre vidéo, j'ai pu installer CrossMix sur ma trimui smart pro

[@eurosoe]

Why do you hate shaders and what do you do to balance the pixels or clean the image?

[@cho-v4n]

I think im the only person who cares zero about this device but i watch anyway 😂

[@prxsii]

This is pretty cool. I mean, like TomatoOS, this is an alteration of the stock. It would be nice to see cleaned up icons so they have a 'theme' or some sort of continuity across the system. In its current state it just looks a little sloppy and unappealing to me. If such improvements can be made, I might test it out - but in the meantime I am going to continue using the Batocera fork for the TrimUI Smart Pro. Great video though!

[@The_Answer-e8z]

Tomato was the worst thing...

[@prxsii]

@@The_Answer-e8z Yeah….I mean A) for effort, but nowhere near the scale CrossMix went to with it!

[@ciziaisme]

In fact the theme packs are present in CrossMix for that, there new icons, new backgrounds, new themes in it. May be in the next video ;)

[@lliixzllii1794]

Hey brother, are you still going to do Joeys retro handheld news each week? I look forward to them and it's perfect to listen to at work every Friday before the weekend.

[@JoeysRetroHandhelds]

Hey! Sorry it's been a crazy two weeks I know. Last week was just bandwidth because of the Ally X and a bunch of other stuff, and this week there just wasn't enough for news. Promise it's not going away! Will be back next Friday :)

[@lliixzllii1794]

@@JoeysRetroHandhelds hey thanks Joey, I look forward to it - thanks for the quick reply as well! 😁🤝

[@snowzZzZz]

this exact design with faster chip and oled would be hard to beat for $100 to $200

[@borky1987]

Considering that you can get a ROG ally for around $300 now... it would not make sense, this thing has to be cheap to sell

[@snowzZzZz]

@@borky1987 where do you find Ally for $300, used? I mean pricing this up against retroid pocket or a bit less, and there is a market for pocketable handhelds, something that neither the ally or the deck are suitable for. Would make a good companion device to a deck or an ally.

[@nesking7029]

Trimui Smart Ultra lol. I totally agree with you. I hope they release a better processor in a newer model.

[@lifehackertips]

wow, i just bought that evo select 256gb for $19 on amazon

[@antonisgkikas66]

can you please explain or do a vid on how syncthing works on those devices? its everything i was looking for

[@tasscontarino5124]

I second this. There's a video about using syncthing for android devices but I'm at a loss for how to make the Trimui work with an android device.

[@SteveCeja]

Do I need a new sd card? or can I use the branded one I am using now (Samsung).

[@erickschusterdeoliveira2662]

I always meant to ask, what does the CH 3 at the start of your video mean?

[@Chris.Batchelor]

I did all of this and it is still using the default trimui menu. any help?

[@edtuckerartist]

Got to 5:25 - waiting for roms to copy from my original 256GB SD card to my newly formatted 128GB card, there's only 95GB to copy and should be done in around two and a half hours. - Installing CrossMix-OS onto my existing card may have been quicker but I don't know if I'd mess something up or even loose my roms, bios files etc.

[@edtuckerartist]

Also a lot of the rom folders on my original card are different to what is on the CrossMix one, ie: I have one folder called Atari on the original and three individual folders on the CrossMix card. That's just one example.

[@edtuckerartist]

Got there eventually. 😁

[@matik6203]

Thanks for this video! Amazing work. I have one question: In my ROOM directory I have another folder ARCADE. Where can I move its contents?

[@craftedtunesentertainment5569]

Hi Joey. Does the OTA update automatically update the OS and firmware or do I update firmware manually?

[@el_blaxicano2]

@5:10 my rom library is not zipped like yours ... does that matter? i spent the whole weekend unzipping files. needless to say i am a newb, and hoping to own a trimui pro as my first handheld, and want to play my own games on it.

[@JoeysRetroHandhelds]

joeysretrohandhelds.com/guides/recommended-file-types-for-roms/

[@ben-tendo]

My partner has the RG35XX-H and isn't happy with the screen size. Now that better CFW is coming for this handheld, is it a worthy upgrade for the current price, or would there be a system around the price point of this one (currently £50-60) that can handle PSP, N64 and DC better?

[@marktherandomguy]

can you output to a tv with this handheld?

[@GamersReckoning]

Back to no vulkan for psp though. Kinda wish that was a stock thing mowadays.

[@cipralex666999]

where to put the kickstart files for amiga?

[@byronkobialko3442]

One final question, should I update the firmware first than the crossmix os? I just got trimui smart pro and want to do it all fresh on a new micro SD

[@douglashaner6802]

Is it possible to play apple ii, Commodore 64 or Amiga 500 games easily? I bought a Retrobat External hard drive and none of them are playable.

[@fatmanotb9770]

hello! i did every thing you said in the tutorial but when i insert my sd card to the handheld it won't power on, its in a black screen i did everything but the handheld can't boot

[@shiaoshen.]

Can I buy the sd card reader for mobile (type c)? Will it still work??

[@gunthervandenbremt3849]

Thank you so much for the video. It was really helpfull. I only have a problem with my psp games that don't boot anymore after i switchted to crossmix. Any idea what i'm missing?

[@user-qy2wf2lt6v]

A quick question! Can you use this as a controller to another sysstem? PC or maybe another TrimUI?

[@christopherrico5449]

Do I have to add my own emu’s? I have no emu’s, did a fresh install and didn’t transfer anything from old sd card. Wanted to build my own library

[@JoeysRetroHandhelds]

Emulators only show when you add games.

[@voodoototo1460]

There are no emulators showing up despite bringing over the BIOS files from stock. I've tried refreshing the roms list.

[@nekonokoe22]

May I ask what shaders are? How can I tell that a system has shaders? Thank you!

[@darkbulbs]

Is there any chance that the CrossMix card comes with Diablo/Diablo 2? 🙂

[@TheTallTanker]

Is there any way to fix the save failed when trying to make a hard save using this?

[@lifehackertips]

why fat32 when other install guides say exfat?

[@X91X-km7hp]

official crossmix os github page says fat32

[@Informaticoruna]

I just received mine today. I tried to follow the instructions, but on the original SD card, I cannot find the BIOS folder. Any ideas?

[@JoeysRetroHandhelds]

This should help: joeysretrohandhelds.com/guides/trimui-smart-pro-setup-guide/#Adding_ROMs_BIOS

[@Informaticoruna]

@ thank you

[@davidquaye]

Can you play arcadenand mame games on crossmix os?

[@mdr8615]

I've encountered an issue with this configuration: threaded video seems to be on by default. It is my understanding this should be off for anything below ps1. If you turn it off, retroarch quits out of the game and reloads with no rom loaded and threaded video still on.

[@justrightheightbear]

Any idea how I can get Pole Position gas pedal/accelerator working? I jave the smart pro from litnxt with Surwish

[@iankaycawte4754]

Hi I am loading the roms on right now. Do I put on all the files in the rom thingy including the empty folders at the top in each rom folder or just the roms

[@feinnurhisham9773]

Hi i hope you see this! If i already have a good sd card with games already installed and such, do i still need to format the sd card? Can i simply install crossmix without formatting the sd card?

[@sucodefuta]

sir you mind sharing your rom library? maybe upload it to google drive

[@ricebig]

How to resume stock os from cross-mix os?

[@shenol31]

what Emulator to select for "Arcade" folder?

[@Shiny3Teo]

where to download the games rom? does this OS come with games itself?

[@cheaddos]

do you use trimui smart pro often? if so, how do you feel about the quality of the product? do you feel the buttons are nice compared to anbernic or retroid?

[@The_Answer-e8z]

Amazing handheld for that price

[@JoeysRetroHandhelds]

Hey, you should check out my two reviews on the TSP, will answer your questions.

[@cheaddos]

@@JoeysRetroHandhelds I actually watched it when you posted it back then. I was asking if the buttons still feel good after using it since then.

[@JoeysRetroHandhelds]

@@cheaddos Yep! Still feels great to me.

[@davidquaye]

Hi, should I get the Trim UI pro or the RG40XX???? I can't decide...

[@JonathanRWY]

I tried both Cross mix and tomato and cross mix I did not like as well I had a bunch of video freeze up in Saturn and 3do. Even though cross mix will play turbo cd and tomato will not. I still like Tomato better because it will play over 100 additional Saturn games and 40 extra 3do games either os is still much better than the stock os. I am currently developing a 1tb card and have about 133 gb left. Right now working on Atari Jaguar it does run a bit slow rebooteroids runs nearly perfect on the other hand Alien vs Predator runs slow all running in retro Arch. Tried CDI will not boot. Still a work in progress. GBA video will work in Tomato and will freeze in Cross mix.

[@foxy5183]

Good build. I had a problem. Doesn't see some of the ROMs on Ps 1. Of course I updated ROMs. Deleted the cache from the ps1 folder. Rewrote ROMs, rebooted the console. This doesn't help, still only sees some of the ROMs :(

[@wynncastillo4890]

If i upgrade to crossmix os can i go back to the stock if i dont like it?

[@shah9762]

hey man, i did everything to my new sd card as in the video. However, after i inserted the new sd card with crossmix, my trimui screen wont on. sound and rgb is there but just a black screen. i have tried opening the console and then disconnecting the battery overnight and it still doesnt work. please help bro

[@midnightdumpster7000]

Hi Joey. Thanks for your help installing this! I'm having an issue that I hope you can help me with. My trimui has multiple snes cores, but I don't know how to switch them. I play smw romhacks, and the romhacks that use flux base rom don't work on the default core. Is there any way I can use these other cores? I can see them when I open retroarch, but I can't figure out how to choose to use a different one.

[@JoeysRetroHandhelds]

8:29 in the video

[@RAJNOVA784]

I'm having some trouble playing PS1 games on TSP. Before I could play them but now they won't work at all. It only shows a black screen when I try to load it. What is the solution to playing them again?

[@FilmTrekk]

Im confused on the BIOS files part. Do i just make a text file and copy the words to it?

[@costakleoni4033]

Same here buddy. Did you ever figure it out? From what I gathered he said it’s in the system folder on the original sd card. There are bios files in there but do you need to do the individually or just move the whole system folder.

[@ioclaud]

Alla prima accensione dobbiamo premere solo il tasto power?

[@ZombieKiller6905]

How do I add cheats to retroarch for Pokemon games?

[@MarioBalotelliZell57]

So i need to install crossmix on thé sd 128go card with thé console ? I ordered thé trimui smart pro... And can you enable achivements with portmaster games on retroarch too? 😂

[@chaossb3040]

I don’t know if I’m the only on have this but my roms other then N64 and GBA show all the other ones don’t any ideas on what it might be??

[@keepitshort4208]

Weird question, which is better modded switch lite, rp4 pro or odin pro mini ? Maybe Linux handhelds more better, I want bit of everything like old school low end PC games. I'm more of a tinker So kinda confused, need help there are so many options.

[@costakleoni4033]

I’m having trouble with the roms and bios transfer. Does anybody have a video that’s a little bit slower? it’s hard to keep up. I’m confused 😂

[@LePro24]

👍👍👍

[@JiggityJiggity]

👍👍👍👍

[@frankcavazos5263]

So, if I ordered one today, it should come with this update, right? I ordered off of Amazon.

[@el_blaxicano2]

no

[@knock090]

Kind of hate that I bought it MSRP but this will replace MinUI on this device for me but i'll probably leave it on the small trimui

[@MarioHolland]

I used Rufus. Non Bootable, largefat32. And now my pc doesn't recognize the card anymore.. What am I doing wrong?

[@BIPUStheTHIRD]

Wait moonlight streaming is on it?

[@JoeysRetroHandhelds]

Yep, been there for months now!

[@BIPUStheTHIRD]

@@JoeysRetroHandhelds damn im gonna buy now , are there any vids showing it

[@nabukodonosor777]

I couldn't start any rom, in any system. Then I found an info on Reddit that you need to copy the Cores folder from the tomato os to the .retroarch folder. The Cores folder was empty. I really don't understand why was that the case. And why there is nothing in the instructions about that.

[@JoeysRetroHandhelds]

Because that's not the case and something else went wrong with your install.

[@PanZurekWielki]

Heya, I have a question. I'm getting my Trimui tomorrow, do I have to update the original firmware, and then install Crossmix, or I can go straight to installing Crossmix on the sd card? Thanks.

[@JoeysRetroHandhelds]

Straight to Crossmix, it updates it for you.

[@PanZurekWielki]

@@JoeysRetroHandhelds Cool, thank you!

[@gregellis935]

Is it a pain to upgrade to Crossmix on a MacBook? It doesn’t recognise the Trimui SD card on a Mac (PC is fine).

[@Cahcartibih]

i'm having a problem does anyone know why when I try to load into a game everything pauses for a sec then nothing happens. it doesn't load me into the game or anything.

[@zo52a46]

Do you think it’s alright if I use 64g gbs sd card?

[@denjr10]

Yes. You just might have to be picky PSP, PS1, and dream cast roms. Should still get huge library of SNES, Genesis, GBa, nds, etc on a 64g card

[@ChxrryBlvssom]

Can i connect my trimui to pc with a usb c or do i need to take the sd card out and use a usb adapter ?

[@dhawkes5096]

you can connect it with a USB cable. You just need to activate the transfer mode under apps (the green icon with the SD card on it)

[@QifwZ]

Hi mate ! Can I just copy & paste all the files from the old SD card and save them on the computer before set-up a new sd card for crossmix-os?

[@DarthTinderalla-qm9zw]

I think you may have to copy as a disk image. I'm pretty sure Rufus or balena etcher could copy a drive as an image. Been forever since I cloned a drive tho

[@fraserg3803]

Do you need a card reader for this or can i just plug directly into the system

[@bruciekibbutz2947]

It would probably work but I wouldn't recommend it. May have unforseen consequences.

[@byronkobialko3442]

which is better the crossmix or the tomato os?

[@JoeysRetroHandhelds]

Crossmix.

[@Eeveeguru]

where do i put my nes/snes games? im having a lot of trouble navigating the rom folders honestly

[@JoeysRetroHandhelds]

github.com/cizia64/CrossMix-OS/wiki/Emulators

[@Chuchbaby]

hello i was wondering if u had like a sd card dump? i accidentally placed some files inside the wrong folder so now my trimui doesnt work i do wanna upgrade to crossmix ak=lso i dont kno what to do should i do a fresh install of crossmix?

[@JoeysRetroHandhelds]

Yep, fresh install is best.

[@Einerausvielen]

Hallo, is it in german Language too?