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Changes in the latest version of GarlicOs 1.3.5

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The latest version of the GarlicOs Custom Firmware, version 1.3.5, contains a substantial improvement in the system and with RetroArch, but on the other hand makes it incompatible with other things, which developers will have to solve in Ports and Apps. This is what the changelog indicates:

– The gamepad driver has been rewritten from scratch and now acts like a proper XInput gamepad (this fixes the double-keyboard input issue in all keyboard-based cores, the RA search dialog and several other RA text input menu points but will break ports & apps with hardcoded gamepad mappings, because of this, a mirror of version 1.3.4 will be kept up for a month to give port and app developers time to adapt to these changes).

For his part, the XQuader Developer has already done his homework, and has updated all his Ports and Apps to make them compatible with this latest version, so if you have already updated to GarlicOs 1.3.5, you should also update these Ports and Apps to continue to function as before.

Batocera Lite keeps getting better…

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The latest Batocera Lite update for the RG35XX is now available thanks to the developer Acmeplus, and you can download it from their github: https://ko-fi.com/post/Batocera-Lite-for-RG35XX-Alpha-Test-0- 3-P5P0JRWBZ.

Although there are still many things that do not work, many others have already been corrected, and thanks to the unlocked GPU, and other memory adjustments, things have improved a lot. To such an extent that they are watching videos of users who are already testing Dreamcast, Nintendo 64 and Playstation Portable games!!; Logically, the titles that it can run are the lightest and easiest to emulate, but it’s great news for everyone to see what our little console is capable of…

GMU Music Player

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     One of the things that crossed my mind the most when I had the RG35XX in my hands was the idea of being able to also use it to play music, just like I already did with my Miyoo Q20 Mini, in which I used the GMU application, which Today I present to you thanks to the help of the user XQuader, who has compiled the version for Anbernic and to whom I am eternally grateful.

     The application allows you to use various formats, among which are FLAC, MP3, OGG… and has many options to display the information on the screen, as well as to display the cover, or an equalization spectrum. You can manage your own playlists, random playback, and anyway, almost everything you can ask of a music player.

     One of the best features it has is being able to turn off the screen and lock the buttons to be able to carry it in a pocket and not worry about the playback being interrupted.

     To be able to use it, you just have to copy the files to the GarlicOs APPS folder, in ROMS and create the Media folder on your SDCARD and fill it with the files you want to play. (Although you can also create the folder where you want and call it whatever you want, and access it and the files it contains thanks to the application’s browser).

     Download the application from our APPS page for GarlicOs.

Video Player

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As we already advanced yesterday, Black Seraph added Play Videos functionality from GarlicOs Custom Firmware. This has been achieved thanks to Retroarch’s Core ffmpeg, which we already tried to make work without success, logically we are not as expert as him…

     Since version 1.0.6 of GarlicOs, this function is already available, and the way to use it is through a new folder in the ROMS directory, called VIDEOS, and where we will have to put our .mkv files, (since Black Seraph comments which in .mp4 has some kind of conflict). It also indicates some instructions to correctly encode the file, which we understand is through the command line using the ffmpeg app from your computer, which we leave below:
“ffmpeg -i input.mkv -vf scale=640×480 -vcodec libx264 -profile:v main -level 3.1 -preset medium -crf 23 -x264-params ref=4 -acodec libvorbis -movflags +faststart output.mkv”

     We have used the Handbrake application for many years to convert our videos, so we decided to give it a try, thanks to the information provided by the Reddit user raymodromero, and we have created a Preset to be able to use it when we need it. Here we leave the preset for you to import into Handbrake.

RG35XX GarlicOs Guide by RetroGameCorps

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RetroGameCorps is a very important source of information in the world of Retro emulator Handhelds. Its creator, Rus, reviews all the new systems that appear on the market on his YouTube channel of which we are loyal subscribers, RetroGameCorps. In addition, at the same time, he creates guides on his website where you can find much more information and tutorials on all these retro consoles, and he updates them quite often.

     Today he has made an update on his GarlicOs Guide for the RG35XX, and we have been pleasantly surprised to find ourselves forming part of his guide, in the Skins and Themes section for this Custom Firmware. We recommend that if you still need more information, take a look at its guide, which is one of the best you can find:https://retrogamecorps.com/2023/01/03/anbernic-rg35xx-starter-guide/

Official Firmware Update (And Backups)

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     Last night we discovered that there was already a new software update from the official page, dated 12-12-2022, but the download link did not work, and as it was already late we left it to try again today.
     When entering the firmware download page again, we have found a new update, dated 12-23-2022, and the link works correctly, so we will try to download it and test it, making a backup copy of the original that bring, in case something doesn’t go well…

     Here we leave you the download link in case you want to try it now, we will do it shortly and we will tell you what we have found:
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1HfGCxkratM_zYiYfGWCrHZ1AynO3hIwU?usp=share_link

     We have also made a backup in our MEGA account:
https://mega.nz/file/LE5BkaAZ#Oiul5Vx_04ZQd6HHAq8M_53fZEfyLiy2R74qAKza63I

     And in case anyone needs the one that originally brought the console:
https://mega.nz/file/3IJ2xBhI#VC75a8AiRx3oP22MZ9XU8jhBIczHAVrW9ePnj5dvRz0

Changelog:

2022-12-23 RG35XX software update V1.20221223

1. Slot 2 card can identify the background images and themes in the Skin folder.
Images called by numbers 0-19 are needed in the hdmi and lcd directories. (such as 0.jpg)

2. PS1 BIOSes can be added to your folder on card 1 or card 2.

3. Added subfolders to ROMS.

4. The collection has increased to 300.

5. The saves of each platform will now be in save of each platform.

6. Vertical arcade games (like 1941 and others) have a new function button, the Y.

7. Now you can change discs on PS1.

8. GBA, GB, GBC, FC have scaling and overlay function.

Changing the Boot Logo…

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     Before going to bed we couldn’t avoid tinkering around a bit, and although we’re not Hackers, we’ve changed the Startup Logo (although later it continues to show us Anbernic’s).
     Using a play on words, with great affection towards the console on which its design is based, we have decided to name it as MEGA BOY and this is the result:
We leave you here the .bmp file in case you want to use it. (You need to compress it to GZIP, with the name boot_logo.bmp.gz):

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