Retroid Pocket 5 ES-DE Setup Tutorial (EASY)

[@SavingPrivateBob]

Excellent guide and your enthusiasm makes it very fun to follow!

[@RyanRetro1]

I'm so glad to hear that - thanks for the nice comment!

[@mauriciososa1879]

Getting my RP5 very soon and this video will be the first thing I follow. I've seen other launcher options and ES-DE is definitely the cleanest and more graphically appealing.

[@RyanRetro1]

I highly recommend setting this up first before anything else as it'll create all the necessary folders for your roms on the sd card so do this first and then drop all your games in the folders it creates after. That should stop you running into any issues of games being in the wrong places later on

[@JohnnySoulja88]

bro when I tell you this was an easy video to watch i mean it keep going man just got my Retroid Pocket 5 1 day ago and getting all my roms over and now doing the ES-DE Setup this thing is fire!

[@RyanRetro1]

Thanks I'll keep going and hope it helps you!

[@rainingblue2061]

YOU man are the goat. When i preordered my RP5 i started looking around for guides, and when i read some guides i got more confused than i was before. I had no idea on where to start for setting up my RP5, and then i found your videos. They are simple, complete, straight to the point. I love them and i owe you a huge thank you for your work!

[@RyanRetro1]

Thanks a lot for the kind words - I'm glad the videos are helping!

[@xarifab]

I just got an RP Mini and I love the damn thing. However, it would have been a nightmare without your tutorials! Thank you very much for uploading it. This is much appreciated! Instant sub!

[@RyanRetro1]

I'm so glad it helped! :)

[@Kuchenwurst]

Ah, so _that_ is the thing I keep seeing all the time! Finally there's a neat guide for it 😅

[@RyanRetro1]

This is the one!

[@harieth8]

Nice video, im coming from steam deck and no one had explained this in a video from what ive seen. Thanks

[@RyanRetro1]

You're welcome!

[@SlickOils]

I’m struggling with this thing and the other “guides” so I’ll give this guide a go!

[@RyanRetro1]

This guide is designed to be super easy so please let me know if you have any issues

[@tonyrosario1940]

Ryan, so many of your videos are informative and super helpful, thank you for taking so much time to provide these for the community! 🍻🤘🏼🔥

[@K아료스]

Thanks for the great video. The only reason I chose Daijisho over ESDE is that ESDE was not so easy for me to make scraping manually. As English is my second language, I would like to set game profiles in my mother tongue. (or some Japanese games in original language) Daijisho was easier for me on that. But ESDE is surely a great front end, and I would like to try again in future! This video will then help me even more!

[@RyanRetro1]

I haven't tried Daijisho yet but I'm glad you found something that works well for you! Are you Korean? I'll test out Daijisho soon!

[@K아료스]

Yes, I am a Korean. I hope you find Daijisho satisfying as I did. :)

[@christophergraff]

Thanks man super easy to set up I appreciate your videos keep up the good work!

[@RyanRetro1]

You're welcome!

[@TalonVI]

You likely have already looked into this further but if you check out Russ's video (retro game corps) his setup guide shows an app ES Launcher or something like that. It will allow you to have the android apps, android games, and emulator apps each in their own category in ES-DE. So nice to be able to launch into ES-DE and still have access to everything you need right there.

[@RyanRetro1]

Yeah I've been using that for a while. I heard there's a better one than that now so I'll look into it too and maybe make a follow-up video at some point. Thanks for the heads-up!

[@logan451]

Keep up the good work 🎉

[@suisiruy]

thank you very much! you made es-de kind of understandable :)

[@Mauritsklabamcodm]

Thank you so much i was looking for this!

[@RyanRetro1]

Glad to hear it!

[@jhkz]

Hey Ryan! Love your videos, I'm thinking of buying a RP5!

[@RyanRetro1]

Thanks for the comment! If you do buy one, please consider using my affiliate link :) And if you do buy one, I hope you love it!

[@dayla8634]

It's not the best solution, but there is another app that you can download to add an apps menu for ES-DE. Russ explains it all in his ES-DE video.

[@epucineli]

es_applauncher on github....

[@RyanRetro1]

Thanks for the heads-up! Russ's videos are super in-depth and definitely well worth a watch , so anyone who finishes my video and wants more info should definitely head his way!

[@nashptv]

ES AppLauncher

[@shuflie]

@@RyanRetro1 The app is ES Applauncher, works great, can decide which installed android apps, games and emulators that get installed to the ES-DE interface, if you don't think you'll need an app just tick the box to exclude it.

[@odysseyYT647]

I really hope they add this officially, it's the one thing holding me back from using ES-DE, daijisho's app integration is a necessity when you want a front-end to be the default home app in Android.

[@martin_from_sweden]

3:00 I think you can just create a shortcut from your folder and name i nds. That way the ES-DE can find the games and you don’t have to move the games.

[@roderixdekaper]

First one here, thanks for the video!!

[@RyanRetro1]

Thanks for the comment!

[@robwalker4329]

Great Video yet again! That launcher dose look really nice. Very tempted to try it. What dose the default Retro Pocket one look like?

[@BeBoe69]

Thank you so much 😊

[@RyanRetro1]

You're welcome!

[@Wonk1971]

Great guide Ryan - I’m going keep this handy for when my RP5 arrives - hopefully soon! Thanks for showing how to set es-de as the default home I was hoping that could be done. Do you know what size SD card the RP5 can manage? I can’t find on the Retroid site

[@RyanRetro1]

I'm glad it's useful! I'm not sure but most devices are usually in the region of 2TB. I'm using 1TB and I've heard of people using 1.5TB.

[@Wonk1971]

@@RyanRetro1awesome thanks

[@hatchimatchi69]

Hey Ryan, I am having an issue where almost every emulator doesn't work in ES-DE it just takes me to the emulator and I have to do it manually. Also in the dolphin App my roms will not show up and they say there aren't the correct file type. But if I go to the file and start it manually the games work. I have already checked that the folder names are correct and its should be pulling the data from the right place. Any advice would be greatly appreciated!

[@LuisBlasco-w6f]

Hello! Thank ypou so much for the tutorial. Question, I dont know why, all my Neo Geo and mega drive games goes to mame, how can I separate it so I can see them under my Mega Drive emulator?

[@johnchiluiza2841]

Can you make a video about setting up controls for Wii Mario galaxy 1&2. Please.

[@leonboy9388]

Can you show a saturn emulator walkthrough? My buttons are all messed up😅

[@retrostashrepairs]

My retroid pocket 5 isnt showing any games at all for the psp when I can clearly go to the standalone app and play the games. And the psp info doesnt even show up on ESDE like it did in your video? 🤔

[@RyanRetro1]

Is the folder your games are in named 'psp' in all lower-case?

[@RyanRetro1]

Check they are .iso files. If they are zip files, extract them

[@retrostashrepairs]

Yes to both, under file name psp all lower case and they are iso files. I have a few chd, but that shouldnt matter cuz its not show neither of them "/

[@UltimateDailga12]

For some reason I can't get ESDE to recognize Lime3ds, I can select it from the Emulators folder but it's not part of the carousel with the other systems.

[@ErmapashitoGamer]

Hi Ryan! Thank you so much for your videos, they are helping me to get ready for when my RP5 arrives! I have a question. Would it be possible to play games like pokémon, Mario Kart and other multiplayer games between two RP5s?

[@RyanRetro1]

You'll have to do some research as I can't really discuss that here but basically that has been possible over the years but those kinds of online services constantly get shut down and new ones emerge so I'd suggest searching Google and Reddit for the specific systems you want to try and see what's available at the time - sorry I can't be more helpful!

[@ErmapashitoGamer]

@@RyanRetro1 that's more than plenty enough! Thanks a lot!

[@BeaconLauncher]

can you do one for Beacon launcher too?

[@RyanRetro1]

I've never tried Beacon so I absolutely will compare the competition!

[@BeaconLauncher]

@@RyanRetro1 that's awesome can't wait to check it out

[@TheRealAlpha2]

Wait. You have to _buy_ ES-DE on android? Uhhh hey, I've always been curious about Daijisho. My tight wallet aside, very detailed guide, keep up the great work!

[@RyanRetro1]

Daijisho also looks great! Thanks for the comment!

[@just_delightful]

Isn't there a free version too? It's just the pro version that is pay, and it can be a one time fee.

[@strikelight]

There's no free version, but it's a one time fee, and having used dajisho, dig, launchbox (paid), and few other lightweight launchers, es-de is worth it. Not perfect, would prefer they find a better way to integrate touch, but it's the most elegant and beautiful of all the solutions.

[@Edwinschuur]

If you have money for an RP5 what this guide is for, then you can spare another 5 dollars I think. If you can't spare 5 dollars, you shouldn't buy an RP5 and get your priorities straight first.

[@TheRealAlpha2]

@Edwinschuur my priority is: not to give a rats ass about what other people think I should spend my money on. It's mine, not yours.

[@MichaelJSNeves]

Question could I have both ES-DE and Daijisho or can you only have one installed. Thank you For the video

[@RyanRetro1]

They're just apps so you can install as many as you want

[@fullsend4976]

Still waiting on my rp5, but just got my microsd card. Other than roms, anything else I need to download on my sd card?

[@Kuchenwurst]

If you'd like to play the Secret Mysterious Console, I hear you need some additional files. If this is indeed the case, you could prepare them beforehand. Otherwise, think of it as a brand-new android device you can move into. Is there any software, a personal music or video collection you'd like to find when booting the retroid up for the first time? Favourite holiday photographs you would like to take with you? This would be the best of times to shovel those treasured files onto your sd card.

[@RyanRetro1]

Great recommendations! Yes, for Secret Console, PS1 and PS2 you're going to need to find some extra files. Firmware and Keys for the Secret Console, and BIOS files for the PlayStations. Other than that you should be good to go!

[@dbrett02]

I dont see why I would pick this over Daijisho. What are the pros/cons?

[@RyanRetro1]

If you already like Daijisho then stick with it - no need to waste money

[@dbrett02]

@RyanRetro1 Cool. I have been loving your videos BTW and it is great you take the time to reply to comments. I really hope your channel grows - you deserve it

[@RyanRetro1]

@@dbrett02 thank you so much!

[@Stevanvel]

It does look nice but after setting up my own rom folders on the sd card it's really tiresome to move them once again. Daijisho has an option to point to custom paths where are the roms for each system. Grid and list view is also one button away and cover arts are scrapped automatically.

[@RyanRetro1]

If you're going to use ES-DE I'd recommend setting it up first before anything else and then it'll be very convenient to keep all your games in those created folders. Daijisho is also good!

[@Stevanvel]

@@RyanRetro1 I will definitely try it out one day because I already paid for one month patreon subscription to get it.

[@NostalgicSlushie]

Is it a one time purchase ?

[@cerezo88]

Ryan one question, to fiddle settings to eqch emulator such as resolution, drivers etc. we still need to do it on the emulator app itself? Or can be done from the fron end? Thanks mate

[@RyanRetro1]

As far as I know you need to change all the settings in the emulators/RetroArch themselves. ES-DE only launches games and doesn't do much outside of that.

[@partoftheproblem4899]

How do you exit back to android.....can't seem to find an option.

[@williamadams516]

I noticed I have not seen any video of the 3DO being emulated? Does it not work at all, I figured if the gamecube, and ps1 games can be played, for sure 3DO games should work.

[@RyanRetro1]

Honestly I've never even heard of that console 😂

[@Guckkasten85]

How did you know that I just received my Odin 2 Mini and wanted to set up ES-DE on it today? Thank you!

[@RyanRetro1]

You're welcome!

[@Sabelisthewarrior]

Hello, Is it possible to add cemu? I'm having issues as the Wii U is in ES-DE but there is no way to point to the cemu app

[@tico481]

Dolphin will not load for me through ES-DE. The games list loads but the games won't. works just fine in the standalone app

[@RyanRetro1]

Push the Start button to bring up settings and navigate to Other Settings -> Alternative Emulators -> change 'GC' or 'Wii' to 'Dolphin [Standalone]'. If it says only 'Dolphin' that means it's going to launch in RetroArch using the Dolphin core. If you haven't installed RetroArch and the Dolphin core, it'll just give you a black screen. So make sure it says 'Dolphin [Standalone]'

[@tico481]

@RyanRetro1 holy moly that did it! Thank you so much!!

[@RyanRetro1]

You're welcome!

[@ericitchyd2311]

How do I quit standalone emulators such as dolphin, and ppsspp without using the touch screen? How do I get my android games into ES-DE.... should've watched the whole video!

[@signasmilk]

Hi so when I play dolphin on default it works but when I try on standalone the games crash immediately. Is there any solution?

[@flppac]

So you created the ES-DE folder in the internal memory. Why don't you put it on SD Card? And what about BIOS folder actually?

[@RyanRetro1]

The ES-DE folder only contains some data and information which are tiny file sizes so I'm fine with those being on the internal storage. I just keep BIOS in my Downloads folder because I only have maybe 3 BIOS files in total. You can be more organized than me for sure haha

[@xMcNuggetBuddy]

Does this not support PS2? I’ve gotten every other emulator to launch from ES-ED no problem. Except no matter what I do. I can’t get it to launch nethersx2 to play my playstation games. It just goes to a black screen and sits there. I tried looking for ps2 cores on retro arc but there doesn’t seem to be any??

[@veckmobile]

I have a question I use ESDE on my PC and I use batocera on another PC and I use ESDE on the retroid can I use the same roms folder for all of them

[@RyanRetro1]

Where are the roms stored? If they're on a USB stick or SD Card and you're going to move it between devices then sure it should work!

[@veckmobile]

@RyanRetro1 yeah a sd card oh and I saw a video if I had batocera stored on a sd card since android uses a Linux kernel I could use the batocera rom folders as my ESDE roms folder too right? Thanks in advance

[@RyanRetro1]

Oh I haven't had a chance to play around with that so I'm not sure but I hope so!

[@veckmobile]

@@RyanRetro1 your next video should be about batocera on the rp5

[@shalindelta7]

How do Java mobile games look on this thing ? Make a vid with maybe Gangstar : crime city if u can

[@MayasMotivation]

What kind of micro sd card would you recommend? What's the max amount can the Retroid detect?

[@RyanRetro1]

I'd recommend a 1TB V30 card. I'm using Sandisk Extreme. I had a 512gb one but filled it up so just switched to a 1TB yesterday!

[@MayasMotivation]

@@RyanRetro1 Thanks! Will take a look.

[@just_delightful]

What is a good SD card speed to use? Is XC1 A2 V30 good?

[@TheRealAlpha2]

If I recall correctly: XC1 suggests the card is of a certain size so maybe a 1gb or higher? A2 just means it supports a spec of memory management (this might help the card last longer) and V30 I think means it can read 30mb per second which is good enough to watch 1080p video (and maybe some 4k video depending on the bitrate.) That said, it's probably fine for retro gaming (you could probably get higher numbers though.) That's pretty much what I use in my steamdeck so it should be fine for this.

[@RyanRetro1]

Those specs are the same as my Sandisk Extreme cards which I use for all gaming devices so they'll be good.

[@just_delightful]

​@@TheRealAlpha2thank you, I appreciate the detailed response - good stuff

[@just_delightful]

​@@RyanRetro1once again a tender response from a tender man

[@jarrodcollins4994]

Can you run cemu with es de

[@RyanRetro1]

It doesn't work natively because I believe the Android version of CEMU doesn't support the scripts to launch games from external apps but some people online seem to have gotten it working by modifying various configuration files so I'll try to look into this soon!

[@jarrodcollins4994]

@ thank you love the channel and the RP5

[@harieth8]

Maybe a stupid question, but i was used to emudeck and it was like all emulators fixed in one system. But from the videos i see ppsspp being used instead of only one app. So what would be better, if they use same driver and bootfiles? So I dont have to buy ppsspp gold if it just runs fine by buying this one.

[@RyanRetro1]

I've used the free version of PPSSPP for years and never even looked at the gold version so you'll be fine with the free one

[@shuflie]

PPSSPP Gold is exactly the same as the standard free version, only buy it if you want to support the work of the dev.

[@just_delightful]

Can you only use standalone apps if they are installed on the device separately?

[@RyanRetro1]

You'll need them installed yes. ES-DE is basically just a pretty overlay on top of everything else, it doesn't have any emulators built into it

[@just_delightful]

​@@RyanRetro1 You're the best

[@alekjwrgnwekfgn]

Problem is (and its a deal breaker for me) is you cant direct it to scan your own rom folders, so you can only use either the micro SD card or internal storage- not both. It would just be better if you could direct it to you own folders and skip the generated folders.

[@RyanRetro1]

I heard about that and it's a shame. I like to keep all of my roms in one place so it isn't an issue for me but that's really unfortunate and I hope they'll update that in the future!

[@harieth8]

Rp5 is 128gb as far as i know, so as soon as it gets here im using 1 tb sd card, so the 128 ill be using for idk android games or keep it at least 30% empty so that it doesnt slow the device. I dont see a huge problem in that. 512 gb sd aren't thay expensive. 1 tb does.

[@LuisPerez-5]

Is this better than Daijisho?

[@RyanRetro1]

I haven't tried Daijisho yet but many people say this is better

[@elisons]

no! , es-de not working yuzu

[@mondherbouazizi4433]

Hello, I am a bit late to the party. I am encountering an annoying problem that I haven't figured out how to solve. I "properly" downloaded NetherSX2 and use it to run PS2 games. It works fine when I run it from the NetherSX2, however, when I try to play the games from ES-DE, it keeps telling me that the game file was not found. Do you have an idea what is the cause of this problem?

[@RyanRetro1]

Did you let ES-DE create the game folders for you? Check that the games are in the 'ps2' folder. Also for ps1 games check they are in the 'psx' folder.

[@mondherbouazizi4433]

@@RyanRetro1 You are absolutely right! The problem turned out to be about capitalization. I created the folder myself and called it "PS2" when in reality it should be "ps2" with small letters. All I did was rename the folder (I had to rename it to "ps22" then "ps2" because windows won't change the folder name if all you changed is capitalization. After that, I went to the app "NetherSX2" and cleared its cache and temporary files. I had the same issue with the Wii and Dolphin. Now I am facing an issue with the Dreamcast. Flycast doesn't recognize CHD files. But, I'll figure it out eventually. BTW, your channel is great, and I can't wait to see it grow to cover other systems in the future. Your humour is also are always on point.

[@mash4489]

ES-DE vs. Daijishō? (Whether it’s free or not doesn’t matter)

[@RyanRetro1]

I haven't tried Daijisho yet! That's definitely on my agenda in the next couple of weeks!

[@retroman--]

Has anyone tried lunchbox for android?

[@RyanRetro1]

Is that a food delivery app?

[@kobexxballer]

Menu doesn’t look that good I’ll skip paying

[@RyanRetro1]

There are lots of menus to choose from to suit your style but also free alternatives like Daijisho if you don't want to pay :)

[@wwedbzguy]

I don’t think I’ve heard “PPSSPP” enough times!

[@RyanRetro1]

By the end of the recording I couldn't even say it anymore 😂

[@thatonegamer2709]

Does this use micro sd or regular sd cards?

[@RyanRetro1]

Micro sd :)

[@ProcyonAlpha]

God this thing is such an absolute ball ache to setup. Had it for one day and thinking of selling and going back to my simple TSP, android emulation is just not for me.

[@RyanRetro1]

Haha fair enough!

[@ProcyonAlpha]

@RyanRetro1 but thank you kindly for the guides!

[@RyanRetro1]

@@ProcyonAlpha You're welcome!