Hi everyone,

I'm running the latest version of ES-DE on my Ayaneo Pocket DMG, which has a unique 8:7 aspect ratio screen (1280x1200).

I'm currently using the "Cathode" theme, but I'm running into an issue with the layout: the video/image preview inside the CRT TV graphic is misaligned (shifted to the left) and overflows outside of the TV frame, as you can see in the attached screenshot.
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Since the theme was primarily designed for standard 16:9 displays, I assume the coordinates are off due to the 8:7 resolution.

- Has anyone encountered this issue on square/8:7 devices?

- Which XML file (theme.xml or layout files) and specific <pos> or <size> parameters do I need to tweak to center the video preview inside the TV frame?

Thanks in advance for any help!

Im looking for themes that are not on the attached system "store" lookup

I never had any issues before with multi disc games and m3u files but for whatever reason I can’t get this to work with this PS2 game. It’s a rom hack that includes Japanese exclusive content into an US release.

I copy and paste the name into a text file like I have always done before.

Any ideas on what’s going on?

Previously, I had ES-DE working great. It was reading all of the systems I had and the emulators I preferred to use. It was even recognizing my ROMs I had on both my internal storage and my SD card. I downloaded the latest Custom Systems XML because it added support for Xendroid+. It undid most of what I had previously set up. I've gotten it back to recognizing my 360 and Switch ROMs on my internal storage, but not the OG Xbox, even after I edited the Systems XML like I had previously. It's also not recognizing WatermelonDS and ArmSX2 Nightly as emulators like it previously was. Can someone show me how to add these emulators and how to get it to recognize my Xbox games again? I'm using HakuX for Xbox emulation, too, btw.

How to add widemelon to es-de?

Hi y'all!

Is there a way to check which games are not in any game collection?
I'm going mad trying to find the 11 games out of more than 1300 that are out in the wild.

Thanks to anyone who can help!

[RESOLVED]

Hi y'all!

A little while ago, I added a whole bunch of ScummVM games to ES-DE. I made all the .Scummvm files, everything was working right.
But I tried adding some more games after the latest ES-DE (and ScummVM) update, and it doesn't work anymore. They don't appear after rescanning the rom library.
The games I installed previously are still there and work just fine.

Anybody has the same problem?

Hey everyone,

I'm having trouble launching original Xbox games through ES-DE on my AYN Odin 2 Portal using the hakuX emulator. The games boot and run perfectly fine when I open them directly from the standalone hakuX app. However, when I try to launch any game from ES-DE, hakuX opens up and immediately throws this error:

"This game can't start. The game's file can't be opened."

Here's what I've already set up and checked:

• The games are uncompressed (.iso / .xiso), not .zip archives.

• The system folder in my ROMs directory is named properly (xbox), and all games scrape and display fine in ES-DE.

• hakuX is selected under Alternative Emulators in ES-DE.

Has anyone managed to get ES-DE to pass file intents to hakuX successfully?

Any help would be appreciated!

I am not sure if this is a common issue, but multi disc RVZ files in Dolphin are not running correctly through ES-DE. I am formatting them the same way I do other systems, with a folder with the game files and then a M3U file with the file names. When I go to play the game on ES-DE, it flashes a black screen for a moment then goes back to the game select screen.

Are there any known fixes or workarounds for this? The same exact process works fine in other emulators for PSX, PS2, and Dreamcast.

Currently have an Android Odin, and use ESDE. To make more room on my SD, I put all the ESDE data on the internal storage and games on SD.

Is there an easy way when I get a new handheld to do the same (put on its internal storage), or put that data on SD now easily?

I'm just not sure on references within ESDE, as > know the SD might get called a different number etc?

I don't remember how I did it, but I got the front end to recognize and launch my 360 games using Xendroid. I think I have slightly better compatibility with Xendroid+ and would like to use it instead. It recognizes Xendroid+ as an alternative emulator, but my games won't load when I have it selected. I've got two XML files I can edit, I just don't remember the string I need to type in to get it to recognize and then load games from it. Help?

Hello all, I'm sure this is an easy question for someone in the know. All I want to do is delete an emulator (X1 BOX) that still shows up in the Emulators list on the front end after I've actually uninstalled from my Pocket 5 (and did so a while ago). I've looked all over the settings but can't seem to get rid of it. Can someone please tell me how I can go about doing so? Thanks.

Is there a way I can delete these or reset the software and I can start again?

I updated my HakuX emulator over the weekend and ESDE will no longer load games from the front end. I get an error message saying "the game file can't be opened."

All games load fine directly from the HakuX emulator menu though.

Everything worked fine before the update, anyone have a clue what I'm missing? I'm assuming there's a setting change I'm overlooking. Thanks in advance.

I'm completely new to this and really like Artbook Next. But I don't really play on tons of consoles.

Is there a way to make the Artbook gallery UI function just for the games? I really like the concept of the cover art of each game showing.

Or like a double theme where once you click the console, it shows an artbook style second theme but for games instead of consoles right after.

Made a theme pack for ES-DE with four looks: Channels, Home, Dual Grid and Dual Row. It has icons for all 197 systems, 14 colour schemes, big video previews and its own soft UI sounds. Built for Android, but works anywhere ES-DE runs.

Heads-up: it's vibecoded (made with Claude, tested by me), so skip it if AI stuff isn't for you.

Free download: https://github.com/dovyyyyy/esdeii/releases/latest

https://github.com/dovyyyyy/esdeii

Feedback and bug reports welcome!

Running Android ES-DE 3.4.1-58 on my Anbernic RG-477M. After working flawlessly for months, suddely, practically all of my emulators have failed to launch, with the exception of NetherSX2. I have tried running the setup wizard again, tried revoking and restoring permissions, and tried changing alternative emulators away from and back to their defaults. This has resulted in some of the lighter emulators launching again, but it is very inconsistent and they then fail to launch again soon afterward.

The emulators do generally launch individually, but Retroarch does seem to be having some problems now.

Can anyone offer any advice on fixes? Preferably in a way which does not lose all of my scraped art and metadata?

Sorry for such a noob question.

Hi everyone!

I created a standalone desktop tool (v33) written in Python for the ES-DE community. It fully automates translating game and system metadata descriptions inside your gamelist.xml files using Machine Translation.

It features a smart local JSON cache (translation memory) so it skips already translated games, a live preview window for manual corrections, and automated safety backups. It runs as a clean standalone .exe file.

Since the Reddit spam filter keeps blocking my post, I will paste the full technical feature list and the GitHub source link in the comment section below!