Sync Roms and Saves Between Devices Easily
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 4 ก.ค. 2024
- Looking to sync your roms and saves between multiple devices? Then look no further. In this tutorial I'll show you how to use the free open-source, multiplatform and cloudless file-sharing program, SyncThing, to seamlessly transfer your retro gaming goodness from device to device, so you can easily game on the go!
In this video, we will cover the following:
1) Installing SyncThing on a Windows PC and Anbernic RG552 Android gaming handheld.
2) Setting up folders and sync settings for our saves, savestates and rom collection in Windows.
3) Setting up folders and sync settings for our saves, savestates and rom collection in Android.
4) Testing everything out and taking a brief look at how awesome it is to be able to transfer your roms and saves across all your devices!
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Music courtesy of: www.bensound.com
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Video Chapters
Intro 00:00
Windows & Android Setup 00:30
Testing Savestates 06:50
Testing SRAM Saves 07:17
Some Things to Keep in Mind 07:49
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I've always wanted to do this! Thank you for the video
Glad it was helpful to you! Thanks for leaving a comment :)
Great video! I will try it later, as I want to sync my saves between my desktop, Steam Deck and Retroid Pocket 3+
Thanks! Sounds like a pretty awesome trio to game on. If you get the opportunity, I'd love to here how it goes :)
Really helpful video, some weeks ago i also set up syncthing on several devices. However, i am not syncing states, only native saves across Odin, RP3plus and batocera x86 machine
@@hadouken2123 Thanks, I appreciate it! I'm still waiting on my RP3plus and I've heard nothing but good things about the Odin. Sounds like a great setup you got there :)
How did it work for you with the steamdeck?
It's nice today we have options for syncing across platforms, not only limited to specific OS or cloud products from big companies. Thanks to brought this topic to gamers audience, so they are aware of this options.
Agreed and thanks for the comment! I think it's only a matter of time before even more elegant solutions become available.
Wow! Works great between my Retroid Pocket 3 and my computer. Wanna get it working with my RetroPi
Awesome! I Haven't tried it on the RetroPi yet, but would love to hear about it if you get it up and running.
Great video dude! Absolutely love it!!!!!
Glad you found it helpful and thanks for the comment!
very good it worked, thank you a lot
very help full
Great to hear that! Thanks for leaving a comment :)
Next video could you do how to setup themes with dynamic backgrounds I see some on TH-cam but none for a pc version but man they look amazing
Thanks for another great suggestion! I'll also add this one to my to do list :)
And not just retroach but I think this would also work with dolphin, yuzu and citra as well. Thanks for the video man
Great vid! Not sure whats wrong on my end but my saves/states aren't transferring from my phone that I've been playing on to my PC that I want to play on.
Same cores, same roms, everythings up to date, followed the steps perfectly.
Thanks for leaving a comment! You might try force stopping and starting the app on your phone and PC. On occasion, I've had instances where my files weren't syncing and this usually gets things moving again.
I've gotten the actual in game saves to work but not the states, so progress lol. I'm going to watch the vid again and completely re-do everything in a few days, maybe I missed something important with permissions or settings.
@@heckadankgangster Progress is definitely good :) If the game saves are working then your devices are talking to one another, so there likely is something in the syncthing settings for the savestates that needs adjusting. If you have any questions as you look it over, feel free to let me know.
In the video you used save states could in game saves work as well.
theres just a problem, Im currently on android 13 and it seems like when im at this part 5:17 I cannot access my android/data folder it seems like the file manager syncthing uses is having a trouble on newer android updates causing conflicts on navigating the android data folder
Hi! I have a macbook and was wondering if the process would be similar. Im playing on a lemuroid emulator on android and desmume on my computer.
Would this be as accessible as something like the cloud based save syncing that EmuDeck now has built into its platform. Allowing you to choose Dropbox, Google Drive, etc as a storage space that can then be accessed by other EmuDeck devices such as a Windows Desktop etc? Looking for an option that RetroArch, Dolphin, etc can access across Windows and Android that swaps out the most recent version of the save file seamlessly. Or is SyncThing still the best option? Presuming both devices have to be on the same network and turned on to do this.
does this work for the linux-based handhelds that don't have Anroid? like the Anbernic devices that don't have dual-boot to Android? would love a vid on that side of it!
Great video! Do you think this would work between a Steam Deck and Miyoo Mini Plus?
Thanks my friend, appreciate the feedback. Versions of SyncThing are available for both the MM+ and Steam Deck, so I believe it should work. I don't have a Deck, so I can't personally try it. A couple of links I found though that might be helpful:
www.reddit.com/r/MiyooMini/comments/13v02t6/syncthing_app_for_miyoo_mini_tested_with_onionos/
www.reddit.com/r/SteamDeck/comments/tkqxnu/share_files_to_and_from_steam_deck_with_syncthing/
If I could install syncthing on my so that would be incredible
Does this go both ways and if so how does that work when a device is turned off. For example if i play on my handheld on the go while my pc is turned off will it be able to sync my handheld save back to my PC when i turn it on again? Or does it only take saves from PC to android
Will this work to sync save files from my steam deck to my retroid pocket 4 pro?
Any idea between pc/anbernic and a modded wii? Copy/paste on the sd card in wii doesn't work! They are not recognised on wii
Hey, i seem to be having an issue where my saves file from the phone will overwrite any saves from the computer back to where the phone was, is there a way to make the most recent changed file the one that stays?
Are the synced folders on both your phone and computer set to both send and receive? Also, are the date and time setting on both your computer and phone accurate? Those are two of the things I find that usually cause errors with older files overwriting newer ones.
Hey there my RetroArch Guru. Another good video. I have a question for you not related to your video. I am using a core called "pocketcdg_libretro" that does old karaoke cd+mp3 files. I am able to get them to work well in both PC & android, but I can't find a way to scrape any type of artwork. Any ideas? (BTW, current pocketcdg_libretro core isn't working, having to use cores from a yr or so back as RA is aware of current core not working)
I was completely unaware that core existed. Sounds pretty neat. It seems like there would be some way outside RA to scrape the album artwork. Let me give this some thought and I will let you know if I come up with something.
@@otggaming3180 I've been racking my brain on it, I have close to 1/4 million karaoke song, can get them working in android and PC, even LB/BB, but no artwork makes them pretty blah. I might see if I can modify a scraper used in kodi or something. I bet you can find an easier way Mr. Guru....🤔
Am I able to use this method between two mobil devices?
Hey man thanks for your elegant solution. So guys I'm using the same core mGBA (for gameboy advance) on both pc and android. but for some reasons the follwoing is happening: Save file only goes from android to pc not the other way around. and states are fine when I save on android and want to load on pc, but again not the other way around. I check it the files are synced from pc to android, but the android version just wont read them. when I load the same state I saved on pc on my android, it just doesn't do anything. any one have any solution?
Thanks in advanced.
Same issue for me or vice versa
same
Hope this works with different emulators...
Could you do a video on linking up a Linux device like the 353M?
I haven't tried it on a Linux device yet as it's a bit more involved. If I can figure it out I'll be sure to do a video :)
@@otggaming3180 I'd love to see how to set up syncthing with a Batocera handheld install, like the Anbernic RG35 series with cusrtom batocera firmware.
Anyone got a way to sync PS2 on RP4 to windows,? Preferably with the same emulator. Aether uses the android folder and I'm not root.
Is this the same for iPhone
I wonder, would it be easier to just use OneDrive? Im not even sure that it's possible but you could have the emulator load/save to the same OneDrive folder on both devices and that might avoid the periodic issue where it doesn't save
I use OneDrive between my laptop and desktop for launchbox. Works like a champ.
Do you know any way to play random roms automatically?
iPhone delta to steam deck?
Do i need to have exact cores , versions of reteoarch anf all? Or it doesnt matter?
no just need to have the exact same rom im pretty sure. core might matter but version of retroarch shouldn't
Yes, as far as I know Retroarch version shouldn't matter as long as you're not using a really old version on one of your devices. For cores, I try to have the most updated version on both devices as sometimes savestates will break between different core versions of the same emulator. For SRAM saves though, you'll rarely have a problem, so I try not to rely solely on savestates, especially for games where I've made a lot of progress.
Can you use something like Google Drive or Dropbox for this?
I think so, because games, savings and states are stored as files.
Does the syncing work both ways and what happens in case of conflicts
Yes, it will work both ways. Also, you can modify the settings so that you have options in case of a conflict, such as giving one device priority over the other, or keeping a copy of both files so that you can examine them. I've used Syncthing on a number of my devices for quite awhile, and not just for gaming, but for personal and business. Thankfully, there's only been one or two times when I needed to sort out a conflict and it was easy to do.
and for the switch?
Hope to incorporate a similar setup soon for Switch. If I can find a viable solution I will definitely put a video up.
@@otggaming3180 nice thx bc i settet all up to the switch and want play my games/saves on phone from time to time im not home ^^
Whats the name pf your handheld device?
It's the Anbernic RG552. It's a pretty good device but a little spendy and also a bit underpowered. I've since switched to the RG505, which I like pretty well.
You wrote "andoid" in the chapters
Thanks for that! Fixed it.
you are welcome@@otggaming3180
So save states dont work in sync you have to actually SAVE in the game? This is kinda pointless esp using NES games bc they have no actual save in game lol
Not everyone's retro console uses android.... this was a waste of time.
The only wasted time here were the precious moment's in which your mom decided not to swallow.
Would this be possible while using an emulation frontend like Launchbox on both pc and android?
I believe it should be. I don't use Launchbox on Android so I'm not entirely sure how it's configured there. But I do use it on PC and it doesn't really make any configurations changes to the emulators it uses. So I think the process would be the same - just sync the save and savestate folders for each emulator between your PC and Android device and you should be good.
@@otggaming3180 Woah that's great! Hopefully it actually works.
how did that go? any luck?