Quickly Setup RetroARCH on Your AppleTV! FINALLY!

[@FamilyGeekery]

What's the first retro game you're going to test on your AppleTV???

[@DIOS_PRIMERO]

Super Mario Bros. + Duck Hunt For sure 👍🏽 😂😂😂

[@spirit_in_exile]

Cave Story! NXEngine core was added with the v1.18.2 update

[@passatl78]

donkey kong 2 and goldeneye

[@tymepilot8471]

how can you add more cores

[@tymepilot8471]

@@spirit_in_exile can you add cores from the Jailbreak version

[@t0mhann3n]

how do you stop the audio glitching?

[@zyax123]

Try changing TV setting for optimizing picture quality over HDMI. On my Samsung it was called HDMI UHD Color (something about 4:4:4 and 4:2:2). It was resolved by disabling it for me.

[@dominickmolyneaux5713]

Go into settings and video the click output and choose vulkan then go to audio and turn on synchronization

[@Fodder2]

mine was glitching too

[@Erozionist]

In my case, I solved the problem by selecting the video output frequency of 60 Hz in the Apple TV settings, instead of 50.

[@SuperPuzzle_]

How do you add mame 2003 plus. I tried adding it but the core doesn’t show

[@spirit_in_exile]

Presently (v1.18.2), the only arcade core available is still FBNeo. The Online Updater lists “system files” downloads for MAME2003-plus and other non-present cores, but these are not the cores themselves. There is no Core Downloader on iOS/iPadOS/tvOS, due to the way each core must be “signed” and included with the app distribution on this platform. Even sideloaded versions must have the cores signed and included before installation. That said, the aforementioned release included several newly added cores, including PRBOOM (Doom), DOSBox-Pure (DOS) and NXEngine (CaveStory) among others… so MAME2003-plus may get added in a future update, too?

[@DrDavelope]

@@spirit_in_exile What files would be compatible with FBNeo? MAME2003?

[@soleanna14]

this is crazy. literally a new retro game system

[@RickYkciR]

Finally a guide for apple tv !

[@juniordelgiorno5260]

Love the array of content, especially Apple products. I’ve got one for you: I have a 27” inch display port” cinema display and an 3rd gen 4k Apple TV connected via display port to HDMI adapter. Love having Apple TV playing off to the side in my office but here’s my issue, I can’t control the sound. The Apple TV remote has sound controls but it doesn’t control the cinemas sound, any suggestions?

[@FamilyGeekery]

Thanks for the message. Sometimes I feel my broad range of interests hurts the channel vs just sticking to one subject. I’m glad you enjoy the variety. As for your question, that’s a good one. I don’t think you can do anything about it on the screen itself. The only I can think of is to use a hdmi audio extractor and plug in some small amplified speakers with a volume knob. amzn.to/3Nqz62o

[@ray4us53]

Did that on the weekend I got psp running on my Apple TV 4K glad I got the 128G now lol 😂

[@joewozniak2231]

Me too. There was no point before haha.

[@ray4us53]

@@joewozniak2231 lol at one point I regret getting the 128 gigabyte but now I am happy 😃

[@moow950]

It would be nice if you can access network drives from the AppleTV to load games in RetroARCH

[@Mildly_Irreverant]

Wowser! Thanks so much for- this was remarkably easy!!!

[@mentalcoughdrops]

thanks for this video. taught me that u can open folders on the ftp browser lol... was struggling

[@mentalcoughdrops]

and the UI YASS

[@user-zc9zt2vl5s]

thats awesome! I never knew you can do this on the apple tv! thanks for sharing. Also, is there a mame core to play arcade roms? I don't see it on the list.

[@lorensims4846]

Thanks! I just installed RetroArch on my iPhone. Now I can disconnect my Atari from my TV!

[@DauntlessDamian]

Nice to have, but a little pointless until Apple removes the persistent storage restriction. Game files and saves could be deleted at any time without warning.

[@strangedays1984]

The fact your the only mentioning this means a lot of people are going to be very unhappy soon once they work it out

[@AlWirtes]

Thank you for the video. I'm stuck on trying to change the interface. it says "Restart required," yet I see no way to restart RetroArch. I restarted the AppleTV, and it didn't work. Anyone know how to make the new interface stick? Thanks.

[@eastdd8]

If you double tap the home icon on the remote (the one that looks like a TV), it will allow you to refresh apps. At that point, you can just scroll over until you find Retroarch, then swipe up to get rid of it (I generally don't do this for apps unless there is an issue and it needs a fresh start, like here). After that, navigate back to the home screen and re-open retroarch, and that should open it fresh with your new interface. Hope that helps! EDIT: I just tried this for myself and for some reason when I do restart it, the interface setting changes back to the original one instead of switching over. So I'm not sure why that's happening, but hopefully it'll work for you

[@SlowMovingSaddles]

Thanks so much!❤ really happy with your helpful video🙏🏼 Could make a video on how to create a library of games that show op in the menu without loading each game separately? That would be awesome😃

[@sneakerjawns]

Controller is using same button in-game and controlling Apple TV. So when I press B it’s taking me to Apple Home Screen but I need B in the game.

[@mrtadashi3899]

Im selecting psx core than load an psx 1 game and its opens scumV and says its game not found

[@hubertkowalski3803]

Hi I can’t set up resolution I don’t have this options in settings

[@LuiiMisfit]

Thanks for the hotkeys help.

[@victorromero8010]

Got some great arcade games working as well as great multiplayer console games from N64 and will put PS1 and Saturn games too. How do Saturn games perform?

[@VicViperT301Pilot]

Of all the core/emulators on retroarch I can’t get (beetle) saturn to work on retroarch for apple tv. I can get n64, ps1, psp and ds games, 32x and all the rest but not saturn. Not sure if this is an exclusive apple tv retroarch issue; from my experience it seems to be. I have the bios file saved in the right spot (retroarch/system) but it won’t work no matter what I try. Can anyone else get it to work?

[@victorromero8010]

@@VicViperT301Pilot Do you have the correct bios files? I got Saturn games to boot in CHD format, but I haven’t done any proper play testing.

[@VicViperT301Pilot]

@@victorromero8010 I have the bios files but yeah it just won’t load, I keep getting “failed to load content” when trying to play bulk slash. I was able to add it to playlist but not actually getting it to run. I’ve tried bin/cue format as well as chd for the rom and nothing works. I’m about to give up on beetle saturn at this point unless someone can confirm it works on apple tv.

[@VicViperT301Pilot]

@@victorromero8010 I just got it to boot today after almost giving up. What I learned is the Beetle Saturn core on retroarch for apple tv prefers .chd format for roms (never could get it to work with bin/cue) and was looking for system bios files not in the retroarch system folder but the downloads folder so all I had to do was move the saturn bios files to downloads. Not sure if I did something to make it this way or if it’s this way by default but long story short it’s up and running now.

[@victorromero8010]

@@VicViperT301Pilot Interesting how I got the bios files in the system folder and it boots up for me. Glad you got the games working for you though!

[@MIXEL1234]

When I enter a game on Apple TV, I get the touch controls on the TV screen, do you know how to clear the controls from the screen?

[@spirit_in_exile]

Settings > User Interface > On Screen Overlay > Hide Overlay When Controller Connected

[@MIXEL1234]

@@spirit_in_exile thanks

[@MIXEL1234]

How do you choose another game without closing the entire application, with the PS4 controller?

[@FamilyGeekery]

You should be able to set a hot key for the quick menu. I showed that in the video. Let me know if that doesn’t work.

[@developerfriendly]

is it possible to play dos games?

[@spirit_in_exile]

Updated version 1.18.2 for iOS includes DOSBox-Pure core. Update and check if tvOS version does as well!

[@perfectdelsol]

I can’t connect to either addresses is tells me…

[@FamilyGeekery]

I had to make sure the Apple TV was turned on and awake. It doesn’t seem to connect while asleep.

[@perfectdelsol]

@@FamilyGeekery seems to be on I see the LED on and the app is on my screen. Seems like I’m missing a step 🤔

[@cerebralhawks4544]

@@perfectdelsol Apple TV and device with web browser both need to be on, and on the same WiFi network. The first address is simply the local address given to your Apple TV by your router. You should be able to access it from another device. The second one is a friendly one the Apple TV has provided to your router that lets other devices access it in a more friendly way. But they both go to the same place. Also do not use the address shown in the KZbin video. You would need to use the one shown by RetroArch on YOUR Apple TV. These are local addresses and they would not work outside the network.

[@frumpycrust]

@@perfectdelsol I bet your phone is on the cell phone network and not on your home Wi-Fi network

[@perfectdelsol]

Was able to get it to work. Weird part is that it only work on LAN and not WiFi 🤔

[@thanhxuanpham9644]

I have no idea why my Xbox Controller working normally with AppleTV, but really lag when playing RetroARCH . Anyone has same problem ?

[@hevertpineda6193]

When i try to play a game it doesnt show any cores why?

[@VicViperT301Pilot]

Typically that means the file you’re trying to load is in a format that no core can read, perhaps a compressed file format such as 7z. You might want to check and if compressed uncompress it and check the core to see what the format the file it will read has to be in (ex. .bin/.cue/.chd etc.) for it to run. There’s a guide on libertos (I think I spelled that right) for each core that tells you what the file formats are that it can read.

[@1000ouija]

So no two player games? Can’t get it to work.

[@mr.peguin9376]

I don't have online updater

[@jesseshaw5774]

Donkey kong country. Thanks for the video

[@FlintG]

Holy crap this is unreal, I have a apple tv 4k and this is really cool being able to make it into a game console. I hope that the psp emulator is going to be on it soon and others.

[@ray4us53]

I use RetroArch to play psp games, not all games work well but I got 15 working amazing the god of war 4x resolution fight for New York😂 an much more

[@sebastiankozowski5812]

How to restart retroarch ?

[@reyrodrigues]

@6:00 I feel seen

[@siddhantkothari3965]

Video showed nothing about actually setting up the system, what files you need and where to get them, nothing.

[@EddieStarr]

Not a helpful video for me , I needed full help and not a quicke

[@johntube8898]

I can’t load ps1 games it says missing bios can someone help me