How to Batocera a PC Inside a CRT/JAMMA Arcade Cabinet: Part Two - Software (UPDATE: PLEASE READ)
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- Опубліковано 18 січ 2025
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THIS VIDEO SERIES IS OUT OF DATE SO DON'T WASTE YOUR TIME. Unfortunately, due to this person / @amitentv abusing the hard work done by the Myzar team, the auto-download feature has been disabled to the public and requires a password. He has taken their image and while utilizing auto-download is fully loading hard drives and selling them for his own profit. I have removed the Myzar script and Telegram group links.
What does this mean for you now? Well, you can still get Batocera running on a CRT but this will have to be a manual process. I have a new channel and video up to explain how to get it started while getting Steam running on your cabinet. • Play Steam Games Throu...
Happy building you all!!!
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Welcome to part two of a series where I share how to build a PC rig that's meant to be played inside a CRT/JAMMA arcade cabinet. This has been quite a journey with various different iterations along the way, but now that I have done all the hard work, I'm ready to share the knowledge with you.
In this video, we will focus primarily on the software side of things as we install and properly run Myzar(a custom CRT Edition of Batocera) in a simple PC for any JAMMA arcade cabinet. By the end of this video you should be able to understand how to apply these principles with your very own setup and have you up and running your first game.
You will need:
PC setup from • How to Batocera a PC I...
2 separate hard drives + reader
Second monitor for BIOS access
External Keyboard
WiFi or Ethernet (preferred for speed)
music: The Beautiful Ones by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio
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This video assumes your PC is already configured to output the correct 15kHz signal to the GPU. Ensure you follow the necessary steps in this tutorial before powering on your arcade cabinet. This is crucial to avoid damaging your machine.
Make sure you fully understand your hardware before attempting this setup. Proceed at your own risk!
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This video is golden.
Thank you so much for making this video.
Awesome Video. Thanks for sharing the install
@@AaronKraten For sure. Hit me up if you need any help.
@@MikeyNightchilde Will do. Thank you very much.
Thank you for this. I originally watched your vewlix setup video and used some of the info to help me out with mine. I also have an Astro city that using a ras pi atm. I think I'll give batocera a go though as it looks fairly easy. Thank s for the videos.
That’s awesome!!! I just recently updated my Vewlix with a new beefed up PC and running Batoparrot. Good luck with your Astro City build and feel free to reach out if you have questions. I’ll try my best to have an answer.
Hey, thanks so much for this, great instructional video. Downloaded Myzar Batocera from link you posted and I get to 21:59 and try to get into the Myzar server via Ports->Download, however, my monitor just goes out of sync and doesn't return unless I reboot the computer, which isn't good. I'm running a WG D9200 with VGA (out of the 9200) to DVI converter to Nvidia HD7450. Batocera fires up fine into the main menu and looks great, however, I'm trying to get to the Myzar server scripts in order to set monitor, download bios, etc and the screen is just goes blank after going into the Download section. I'm wondering what my next steps should be. Looking for discord/telegram support perhaps and thinking of SSH'ing into Batocera to pull some logs and see what's going on. Any thoughts would be awesome. Super sweet gaming cave man, hard work paid off. Can't wait to get mine up and running again.
Hi @shoreRider2. I'm sorry to give this news but unfortunately, the auto-download feature was completely shutoff due to this creep www.youtube.com/@AmitenTV abusing the hard work done by the Myzar team by stealing/making profit from a 1TB hard drive he's selling of the image fully loaded. The Telegram sharable link to join the channel has been disabled as well. I do not own Myzar nor the Telegram channel. I will need to sadly update this video description and voice this is no longer available until further notice. Very sorry about the work you already put into this.
@@MikeyNightchilde Thanks for getting back to me. That's terrible how some people ruin it for everyone else. Unfortunate that we have to manually do this now, however, retro emulation is a tinkering hobby and we'll just have to go back to the good ol days of modifying cfg's and ssh'ing into the machine. Thanks again for your channel, you're a great teacher, keep the content going! Maybe an update on how to do this manually? subscribed!
Awesome video thank u alot man
@@saeedalibinhanifa437 Thank you so much.
Thanks again for making this video. It would have been really cool if you showed how to install the nvme drive into the Optiplex 7040.
Thank you. Not sure how to set up nvme. I've set up multiple Optiplex 7040 and have never had to install any drivers. Are you running into issues?
@@MikeyNightchilde what I meant is that the Optiplex does not have an nvme slot and you probably need to get a PCIe adapter to install the nvme drive.
@@JohnDoe-te3uk The Optiplex 7040 SFF in the video has an M.2 slot that supports PCIe NVMe 22mm wide, 80mm long. No adapter needed. That is the hard drive I am using. www.dell.com/support/manuals/en-us/optiplex-7040-sff/opti7040_sff_om/specifications?guid=guid-f058d593-d332-479e-9d55-6c6031fa6cba&lang=en-us
@@MikeyNightchilde that is awesome! Thank you for sharing this. I would have not expected this. Does this pc pretty much allow you emulate everything in the 4:3 era? Naomi, PS2, Taito Type X?
@@JohnDoe-te3uk Totally!!! Those you listed, no problem. I've gotten even higher if you max out the RAM and GPU. I have PS3 and modern titles like Granblue Fantasy Raising Versus currently running. Not all though. I think GG Strife lags even at lowest settings. Still pretty awesome for what it can do.
Awesome! When is the video showing how Batocera’s EmulationStation UI looks on a candy cab?
Are you asking for a video of me filming the screen from a camera instead of my capture card?
I hope you do more videos on Batocera Linux if you have time. I run it myself. Put my optiplex 3020 into an ASUS AP201 case and one of the last EVGA NVIDIA cards that supports DVI-I. I don’t have a cabinet but I have my lovely CRTs.
Nice!!! Are you currently running the Myzar script?
Petition for a video like this but with Recalbox instead or other software, is very hard to find this types of guides for other OS options
That could be something if I ever get my hands on the Recallbox RGB Jamma pcb. I have a both MiSTercade Jamma and MiSTer JAMMIX I've been thinking about making videos on as well.
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W!ckid Setup Sir, Well Done.
@@MotownBatman Thank you. Appreciate it!!! 🙏🏻
If not using upscaler to capture card and just using monitor, will image be lost once it goes into 15hz
That all depends. If your monitor can accept 15khz, then the image will show. Setting up your PC BIOS does not require 15khz. However, the signal will be lost the moment Batocera finally loads in 15hkz.
Cool I got this working on my crt. I used a usb drive instead of M.2 ssd, is there any down side to that?
@@arcadiapark1992 That's awesome!!! Glad to hear you got it working. As far as your question, PCIe NVMe drives offer superior performance over USB. PCIe 4 can give 7,000 MB/s or more as opposed to the highest USB4 can only max at 2,500 MB/s. Hope this helps.
I'm hooked! Damn!
How can I get a cabinet in EU? 😅😅
@@andrescalapt_ There are a couple great FB groups that are Candy Cabinet, Vewlix or Sega related. I’ve seen these go on sale there a ton lately. Vewlix/Chewlix fans & Sega Naomi Candy Cabs are great starts.
Also, arcade-projects.com is a great forum with a Marketplace section. Hope this helps.
The 15khz and the CRT exploding, is that only related to when you use your screen capture hardware, or is that applicable if I am going to run a pc straight to the jamma harness?
Definitely PC straight to JAMMA harness will damage. In this video I am running a Y splitter from the DVI-I/VGA out of the PC. One is going directly to my CRT and the other to my upscaler which shows the current khz. I did this to not only be able to capture the PC video but to also demonstrate the actual frequency sent to your chassis & CRT. Keep in mind you do not have to worry about these issues if the VGA to JAMMA converter you own has Protection Mode like the jammaASD or JPAC. Those will gate all signals higher than 15khz to be sent into your chassis. Hope this helps.
Hey brother, the telegram invite link is broken! Also, thanks for the video, could not see it entirely yet, but will do it!
Sorry, about that. It looks like it has now been turned private and I do not have permissions to change it. 😔