RetroPie PS4 Controller Tutorial How to Pair The DS4 To Your Raspberry Pi
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 14 ต.ค. 2024
- In this video, I show you how to pair/connect your PlayStation 4 controller with Retropie.
The ps4 controller is also known as the DS4 or Dual Shock 4 and it works with the Raspberry 3 running Retropie.
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Another great tutorial! Just ordered my PS4 controller last night. Thanks ETA Prime.
Followed this tutorial exactly multiple times and it won’t pair. Tried over 20 times but the pi never finds the controller.
Tutorial is great as usual, thanks for this.
For those managing to pair the controller but who are not able to use it once it is paired, just delete/uninstall the PS3 controller drivers and you'll be good to go.
From my experience so far, there is quite a bit of input lag. Performing a simple Hadoken in Street Fighter II was almost impossible. Once plugged in though, 0 input lag whatsoever with the PS4 controller. I suggest you use a charge/data cable with a USB extension for the best possible experience.
Exactly! Finally someone else who gets it! Using wireless on fighting games makes it hard as hell
This info might be useful to anyone having trouble. For me, the PS4 controller won't connect wirelessly if I have the PS3 controller's drivers downloaded. So try uninstalling them if you have them downloaded. Or maybe it could be some other drivers you've downloaded that's causing similar problems.
Thank you so much, after weeks of problems and playing with a cable I saw your comment, wish you a happy life bro :)
@@verstehenicht2525 No problem, happy it helped! :) It stumped me for a long time too, I was also delighted to figure out this fix.
PS. The downside to this though is that unfortunately you can't have both the PS3 and PS4 controller set up with the Raspberry Pi at the same time. However I think there are actually two different versions of the PS3 controller's drivers that you can download. One of them will cause this issue with the PS4 controller, but the other one won't. So it may be possible to have both controllers set up at the same time after all if you use the other drivers. I haven't tested this out yet though so I may be wrong on this.
Got a pie myself running retro pie only had a ps3 controller didn’t know you could use Xbox and PS4 well chuffed just watched few of your videos your a legend!!!
Hey ETA, as always thank you so much for all the effort you put into this community! I actually tried this on Retropie 4.6 with the Raspberry Pi 4 and it's not possible to connect my Dualshock 4 and I'm getting more and more frustrated. Is there any possibilty to get this work on 4.6? Greetings from Germany ;-)
It be helpful if it detects a playstation controller it got shapes instead of sticking with xbox button designations. It screws with ps1 game controls
landmind666 did you find a way to fix it ?
Thanks for your great video, I found it very helpful. After spend hours without a success I gave up trying to setup the Xbox One controller on my new 3B Pi. I decided to try the PS4 pad and then I found your video which was very easy to follow, strangely though my newish pad about a year old would not fully set up and continuedly gave an error, but the original PS4 pad work straight away. Thanks again.
If your ps4 controller shuts off exiting menu screen
Uninstall the PS3 drivers, they're not useful if you have a PS4. A Dualshock 4 will work without any additional drivers installed, just by normally pairing via Bluetooth
Options-> RPSetup-> Manage Packages-> Manage driver Packages-> ps3controller -> remove
10/17/2020
Thanks a lot!
My DS4 disconnects after a few seconds of connection via Bluetooth. Any idea why? Can I connect vis DS4 cable instead?
Hey Prime can you set up the touchpad in the center of the PS4 controller maybe as a trackball that was my only question see you in the next video
+Adam Dickinson I was thinking something similar, for example, in the (experimental DraStic) emulator for the Nintendo DS, that way you only need to have the PS4 controller connected, instead of using a mouse with it, and then just swipe a finger on the "Touchpad" to move the Stylus and click it in to act as tapping Stylus down!... :D :)
Having same issue as others. Controller works in the menus, but not in the games (NES, SNES)
EDIT: Figured it out. It wasn't set as my "player 1" controller. There is an option in Retroarch to change it. Awwww yea.
How exactly did you fix it? What were the steps thanks!
@@Jekyll_Island_Creatures in recalbox you can set what controller is set to player, i dont know how in retropie.
Great video, but I'm having problems pairing my dualshock 4 (PS4) controller. When I try to pair my controller during the bluetooth search I don't see a MAC address with "wireless controller". I get a bunch of other MAC addresses.|I tried pairing all of them but none of them seem to connect the controller. Is anyone else having this problem?
I’m having the same issue.. did you ever find a solution?
Brilliant video 👍👍 Finally got wireless controllers on the pi. Nice work.
I've followed the video to the letter and the controller connects but when I go to exit out to emulation station it disconnects and says I need to re-pair the controller. It will only connect in the retro pie menus not the emulation station.... What am I doing wrong? Please help 😟
PHANTOM-FX same issue here! An answer from ETA will be helpful.
same trouble here
did anyone solve the problem?
Raphael Fuchs doesn’t look like it
Uninstall the PS3 drivers, they're not useful if you have a PS4. A Dualshock 4 will work without any additional drivers installed, just by normally pairing via Bluetooth
Options-> RPSetup-> Manage Packages-> Manage driver Packages-> ps3controller -> remove
10/17/2020
Hi iv tried this and i get to the point where it finds the ‘ wireless controller’ then when i select ‘ displayyesno i get script error stating dbusexception:org.bluez.failed:host is down
When i exit the Bluetooth menu the Blue Light on the PS4 Controller goes out and Emulation Station doesn't detect it.
Same issue here!
Im usually Vmans 512gig image and i connected the controllers just as you did with no issues. But when I restart the pi4 to play another time the pi4 doesnt find them automatically.
I was stuck too and having the same problems as everybody else but I figured out a solution.
I had to reset my controller.
you do this by grabbing a needle and on the back of the controller, holding down the reset button for 10 seconds. It's that small little hole in the back.
I then went into the retropie settings and erased my configuration for the controller.
Once I rebooted, it detected two controllers. I simply used my PlayStation 4 controller to map out the buttons and there you go!
@Jiggy Gino Does the PS4 controller have to be wireless? Or can I attach it to the usb charging cable and connect that to the Pi's exterior usb controller port? If that works, I wouldn't need to pair it at all, it would just pair/connect automatically right? Also are PS4 controller working currently on Rasberry pi 4?
@@rebranded1248
I don't think it matters if it's wireless or if it's plugged in as long as it detects it. Try it wireless first, if that doesn't work then go plugged in.
I don't own a raspberry Pi 4 so I can't answer that question. I own a raspberry Pi 3b+
Thanks works great, perfect for my newly added ps1 emu :)
I can't seem to get it to vibrate over Bluetooth though? Any suggestions?
I'm unsure how to get back to main menu as quickly or taping o. Start and select(options/share)does not take me back to main menu
Great vid as usual. Wish you showed how to connect second controller as well for 2 player games. But I bet it shouldn't be too hard to figure out after watching this vid.
Is it possible to pair a generic PS3/PS4 controller.
None of the drivers seem to work with the generic ones.
Will this be affecting the pairing with my PS4 or will it work fine on both devices ? Thanks !
Hi! Does the Retropie charge the PS4 controller when connected or system is shutdown but plugged in? Reason for asking is that when I plug my PS4 controller to charge in the PS4, I have to pair the controller over and over.
Mine was fussy but it eventually worked. Should I use the update drivers option?
Hey, great video. Wondering if anyone else ran into this problem too..... But upon exiting the retro confi screen I get a notice that my controller's been temporarily interrupted to allow standard Bluetooth peripherals. And it tells me to re pair or disregard if I'm using another controller.... But after that point my controller won't reconnect when I get back to the home screen. Any ideas on how to fix that?
Hi ETA PRIME, can you use the touchpad for example on nintendo ds games?
Do we have to do it each time or is it remember onward ?
It is possible to use a PS4 and a PS3 wireless controller together?
Can you do a video on how to setup bluetooth headphones with the raspberry pi? Thanks.
No devices were found. Ensrue device is on and try again. But my phone pics up the bluetooth signal. But i am also trying to connet my ps4 cotroller with a ps4 controller that is connected with a USB-C cable. Maybe i have to enable bluetooth on my Pi first?
Very good, could I make a video later, teaching to pair the Ipega 9068 control? in Retropie and Recalbox? because I have a difficulty still in this case, everything good Etaprime and until the next.
Yo will I have to set this up every time i start my rp4?
Hi @etaprime. Can you make a tutorial for pairing Xbox One S controller to Rasberry Pi? I'm having some issues.
This worked like a charm! Almost bought an adapter! Thanks
I realize I'm quite off topic but does anybody know of a good website to stream newly released tv shows online ?
@Kenneth Vivaan lately I have been using flixzone. You can find it on google :)
I don't have an analog controller to do initial setup. Fresh install RetroPie, keyboard and PS4 controller. I set up keyboard and get to OK button, then stuck/nothing. I can't return to the main menu to configure PS4 controller bluetooth and then controller input. I have ssh connection and using retropie-setup.sh I can use Bluetooth to successfully pair PS4, but reboot and No Controller Found.
I'll keep that in mind. Thanks.
The only issue with me now is that the controller stays on 24/7. Is there a combination of button I can press to turn on/off the controller on demand? Usually they poweroff by themselves due to PS4 settings, but that is not valid in this case as it is not connected to a PS4.
Can you connect two controllers for 2 player games?
What about setting up a second controller for player 2?
Worked perfectly. Many thx.
My PS4 controller works on the main menu, but not when I go to play games as player 2.
Could you make a video on how to add borders to your emulators
Sort of like the snes mini
Awesome video perfectly done.
Okay I downloaded a new image and the connect Bluetooth says to plug the controller in and then unplug and replug it... it connects but once I go to the configure inputs screen no buttons will begin the process of designating buttons.. before I got the new image, controller worked fine... is there a new method for the most recent version of ES or retropie?
I can get this part to work. I just can't get it to reconnect once the system is shutoff. The bluetooth info is saved even but I can't get it to pair back up. Unless I go in, delete the bluetooth device, and do this process over again everytime. Should it reconnect? I also cannot get a xbox 360 controller to pair and I followed all the tutorials. It does for like 10 seconds and shuts off. Really just struggling with anything wireless right now.
I'm having an issue not being able to pair my ps4 back up now, but when pairing to rpi3 it works great, just can't seem to pair it back to the ps4??
You will have to plug it back in with the usb cable to your ps4. And turn the ps4 on with another controller or manually first before it pairs.
All done now cheers buddy...=]
Hey Eta, so I'm having an issue. I have successfully paired my ps4 controller to my raspberry pi but I get a pop up that says it will disable my old ps3 controller. In parentheses, it says to disregard if using another controller to which I am. When I would then back out to main menu into controller configuration, my ps4 controller does not register after having been successfully paired. Is this a script issue? It's a newer ps4 controller too, bought around the same time your video was uploaded and not an original that came with my unit when the ps4 was released. Right now I just Uninstalled the ps3 drivers to see if that will help any. If need be I can get it back but I'm lost at the moment
I should also add that I'm using a keyboard to set this up as my primary device for configuration
DISREGARD I GOT IT!!!!! yes deleting the ps3 driver is what connected the ps4 via Bluetooth. YAY!!!
Another great & helpful video many thanks.
Do you have a link to get the rooms for the amiga 2496 games please
craig brown eta does not supply roms. Google and you shall receive.
Craven Moorehead fait enough only asking Google it is
craig brown
Look on the net. I got 14,000 roms preloaded on a micro sd card for $50... Set up with kodi , and attract mode. Insert micro sd card into pie, and turn on.
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I cant seem to get Saturn or Oddassey 2 (VideoPac) controls on any RP3 or Odroid. Got every other one working including Daphne. Using a PS2 with usb dongle.
How do I connect my toaster to my raspberry pi? I want to mac on s'more poptarts while retro gaming bro
Thanks,
-Pete
Put it in your microwave and push down the toast button. Then put your microwave on high heat and cook for 8 minutes. This only works if it's a red toaster though. Hope this helps :)
Mine connects fine and works great wirlessly, but if I touch the "touch pad button" it crashes/freezes my script/img running on my pie? I don't know why I posted this because I noticed you don't answer any questiohs on ANY of your videos
I have a third party PS3 clone controllers what was shipped with my retro box... I can’t seem to get the Bluetooth to pair with the controllers... any help would be greatly appreciated! Thanks
Can you do a video with the Bluetooth Xbox One S controller?
It would be much appreciated.
Did older versions of RetroPi have issues with DS4 connection? I'm asking because I couldn't connect a DS4 unless I had the extra Sony USB wireless dongle. I was trying to connect the same way in this video but it wouldn't recognize the DS4.
+NSXTypeRGTRLM What is a "DS4"? Did you just mean "PS4"?
*EDIT:* OH! Sorry, I forgot that the PlayStation controllers are called the DualShock... XD
I’ve managed to successfully add mine but everytime I switch the Pi off I have to link it again. Is there a way to save it so you don’t have to do this each time?
Also can you do a PS4 and PS3 pads at the same time for 2 player games?
I have the same problem. Anyone to the noob-rescue?
I've noticed input lag when using my ps3 controllers over Bluetooth. Any tips to get this fixed up?
My ps4 controller is so sensitive I cannot configre it, starts running in the mappimg menu in arbitrary directions. Is there a config file where malpimg could be done manually?
do i need to buy a bluetooth adapter to connect a PS4 controller to the Raspberry Pi 3B+ ?
What's the input lag like for the Bluetooth control though...🤔🤔🤔🤔
+iwonderifthisislegal For me, I haven't notice any with a PS4 Dualshock controller. I am usually sitting about 6 or 7 feet away, with nothing between me and my Raspberry PI 3 B+ (by the way, I am using the built in Bluetooth). The Raspberry Pi is in an a case with an acrylic top and bottom, with open sides, and bras stands in the corners to hold it.
Played for about a day. 0 lag from about 2m (6') away.
Will the built in speaker of the controller work on retropie ?
Mmmm nice Voice! Good instructions. Thx
Nice tutorial, thx.
This is all well and good.... but the controller doesn't work until you enter into retropie. When emulationstation boots on, you need something else to select RetroPie. So... that kinda sucks.
+firebirddude2 You can also manually configure it by connecting the Micro SD Card to your computer (or even another Raspberry Pi) with an SD Card reader, and then change the Config file.
Nope.
Hey, ¿What cheap Snes like controller would you recommend me to buy? I need one for emulation :c
+Zakromxd Why is your question mark upside down if the rest the text is in English?... o_O
y e s
My raspberry pi cant find the wireless controller over bluetooth
what do i do?
How do you turn on the raspberry pi on retroarch and have the Bluetooth connect to the control automatically? I do this process every time and it's a pain
Can you do a video showing how to setup an Atari joystick on retropie?
Would also like to see this since playing the paddle controllers would be nice.
will a fake ps4 controller connect to retropie? my fake ps3 works. thinking of buying cheap fake ps4 controller but not sure if it will work too.
Thank you SOO much!
Thank You So Much Dude
Is anyone having trouble saving on n64 with a ps4 remote. Everything else works but "select" and "right shoulder" won't save...
Thanks it works
I manage to pair the remote and then go to configure input and I see gamepad detected. But then I press any button on the PS4 to configure and nothing happens it doesn't go to the next step to configure the buttons
Which case was that with the Raspberry Pi?
You can use the same controller on PS4 and Retropie?
You'll need to sync with each other every time you switch. Bluetooth gamepads have memory to keep only one paired device at time.
Thank you. Your video walked me through everything i was needing to know
Thank u very helpful!
the controller is working in the menu but not in the game. can you help me ?
Same issue here. Any luck?
no.... still not working.
Same as problem as me too.
+Mike Bijl I know your comment is 5 months old, but what you have to do is go into the menu for your emulator.
Using a keyboard, to get to the menu, press the keys specified for the following systems:
GBA and GBC (Default Emulators) - You need to press "Hotkey" + the "M" key on the keyboard.
Nintendo DS (DraStic Emulator) - You need to press the "M" key on the keyboard.
Any RetoArch Core (for the Original PlayStation in my case) - Press "Hotkey" + the key you have bound for "X".
over00lord Unknown what do you do once you get into the menu???? I can’t get hotkey plus m to work on gba but I can get hotkey plus x. Anyone have any luck with it???
So strange. So my connection timed out, but I also saw there were like 50 Bluetooth devices to choose from, and I don’t connect to anything via Bluetooth. So I removed them all, and now I never get a wireless device anymore, but all 50 of the other devices keep showing up.
I’m just wasting my time with this it seems.
Can u use more then one ps4 controller?
Thatd be great but its not picking mine up when its in pairing mode
Can you connect two of them?
Does vibration work with this?
If it doesnt you can most definitely make it work.
I've a question for anybody using this. If I pair the ps4 controller to my rpi3b+, and I want to play with my PS4, have I must to re-pair with my console?. And the most important issue: when I want to play again with raspberry pi 3, have I must to repeat all the procedure?
Thank you in advance...
Just buy another controller and you won't have to worry about it lol
@d kell Its because you have to remove it from the pi
Will it reconnect if you turn it off then turn it back on? Or would you have to restart the whole process
Rick Sanchez C-137 there is a way to configure it so that it connects as soon as you boot retropie
How
Rick Sanchez C-137 it's somewhere in the Bluetooth settings for retropie
Dont listen to nicholas dude. After pairing all you gotta do is "wake up" your ps4 control by hitting the ps button as u usually would and itll connect
David Clark Yes that’s how you connect it but there’s a setting a retro pie that you can configure to select when it connects, either on boot or anytime retropie is running and you hit the button.
Does the rumble function works?
Doesn’t work, keep getting error message
Your controller probably timed out half way through pairing. After the bluetooth search is complete, put your controller back into pairing mode and then select it. Should connect instantly. That's what happened to me.
I had that problem also, then I decided to use a usb cable then reboot the device. Works like a charm now, I don't trust Bluetooth it can be unreliable at times!
Could you just plug in the Playstation controller and do all of this at one time?
👍
yeahh i gave up on the bluetooth for my ps4 controller i just plug n play now lol
Any way to update controller firmware without a ps4?
How many controllers can I connect via Bluetooth?
Very good question.
Is it possible to setup a timeout?
Your voice is very robotic. You are like an AI who gonna make people his slave in the future :D. Anyway, great video, thanks!
Great just ordered 2 controllers
How do i pair my ps4 back to the controller?? Please help with this as im now Not able to use my ps4. Thanx
fleebleflam attach the USB that you use to recharge your PS4 and hit share and PS4 bottom and that should work
All sorted now thanx dude..=]
mine doesnt pair up i get
an error occurred connecting to the bluetooth device(creating device failed:
org.bluez.error.authenticationfaild:authentication faild)
i dont have a clue what that means. im using the pi3b+
Your raspberry pi more than likely doesn't have Bluetooth.
You messed up the configure button layout
what is the configuration layout?
SINKY right so it’s
X=B
O=A
SQUARE=Y
TRIANGLE=X
then everything else is the same, so in the menus when you are selecting games you will use CIRCLE as your go button and X as your back button but when you get into a game it will be how it normally is on a PS1/PS2/PS3/PS4
SINKY hope that helps if you get confused let me know and I’ll try to help and explain it a bit better
@@seanwilliams5848 thanks i got it now. i just got it yesterday and its been doing my head in. im using a venom fight stick so ill have to adjust the shoulders and triggers because most of the games i play are on the snes and it only had 4 buttons and 2 shoulders. thanks though i appreciate it.
ty @@seanwilliams5848 this works perfectly
2:05 DOESN'T WORK the led is stuck for 2-3 second and then TURN OFF...... I'm the ONLY ONE getting this problem I can't find the solution anywhere
can i connect just through usb though?
Moon Games yes you can
Can you use 2 ps4 controllers with pasbery pi?
I want to know this too.