muOS on the Anbernic RG35XX SP is AMAZING | Complete muOS Setup Guide
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I recently picked up the Anbernic RG35XXSP, and after a lot of tinkering I've nailed down my ideal custom OS to run on it. muOS unlocks even more emulation power on the RG35XX SP through the use of dedicated emulators like Mupen64 and PPSSPP, and offers fun features like theme customization, as well as very useful features like SFTP and a web-based file explorer. I also show how to copy over the great Anbernic GB/GBA bezels over to muOS - hope you find it helpful!
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0:00 Intro
0:35 Why choose muOS?
02:09 How to install muOS?
04:07 Re-map shared save/state directories
05:34 Connect to Wi-Fi and enable web services
05:55 Update N64 controller mappings
08:12 Get themes
08:52 Portmaster
10:37 How to change platform cores
11:13 muOS and emulator shortcuts
11:53 Make your own muOS themes
12:48 Make backups of your muOS SD card
13:43 Copy GB/GBA bezels from stock to muOS
16:14 Outro
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There were a few topics that I sped through for the sake of not making this an incredibly long video, *but I did just put together a written guide covering many of the video's topics for those who prefer it: coulterpeterson.com/how-to-setup-muos-on-the-anbernic-rg35xx-sp/
Didn't realise Justin Timberlake was into retro handhelds.
@19NOTAFOX91
23 күн бұрын
When the sp came out, he said bye, bye, bye to the rest of the world
@dabman9688
23 күн бұрын
He's bringing retro back
@STR82DVD
22 күн бұрын
Now that's funny. LMAO.
@X862go
22 күн бұрын
Dead 😂
@ASAN2042
21 күн бұрын
😂😅
The SP was always something the cool kids had growing up, so it's so cool seeing this beefed up version. The emulation options look solid!
Excellent vid, cheers for the instructions on how to apply the stock GBA SP bezel, worked a treat!
Really great video Coulter! Appreciated you talking about all your personal tweaks and setup experience hangups you hit, gave a really great sense of the OS and the setup processes
This is the first video on the sp that actually addresses all of my issues! You saved me a lot more headaches, subbed and liked👍
Oh yes, please do a video on Garlic OS running on this! I'm a big fan of the original RG35XX, and Garlic OS for that. I'd love to see Garlic OS 2.0.
@Forja97
24 күн бұрын
Yeah¡¡¡¡
@CoulterPeterson
24 күн бұрын
Got a couple requests on that so far so it's likely! 😁
Mine just arrived. Can't wait to dive in!
Thank you for immediately demonstrating why I might want to change the OS. Other vids almost take it as a given that I want to start a completely fresh OS just because
Portmaster has been my favorite part of owning an Anbernic. PC ports of GTA 3 and Vice City, what what! AM2R the fan made Metroid game works as does Stardew Valley.
Awesome vid!! ❤ And thanks for the shoutout hahah
Awesome. A lot of good information in this. Really appreciate the overlay tutorial.
@CoulterPeterson
23 күн бұрын
Thanks it was a lot of trial and error so I'm glad it was valuable 😅
This is the best advertising for MuOS I’ve seen. Had zero interest, and now I want to install and play around. Very slick vid man - appreciate the content!
TY for info restoring anbernic bezels.
really like your video and I'm gonna share this to our community. please keep up you great work.
@CoulterPeterson
24 күн бұрын
Thanks so much!
Thank you for the XP inspired theme! Can't wait to get all this set up once my SP finally gets through US Customs. 😅
Stock OS was surprisingly good imo. What made me instantly wanna switch though was when I saw the GbOS Color theme. It's so thematically perfect Also, Sonic Mania 👍
Mine arrived today :-) What a bargain for what it does. Grabbing muOS while watching this video. Looks like some tinkering will be needed but that's often part of the fun 😕
Thanks young lad. Super helpful. My two RG SP's arrive this week. I've my memory cards all setup. I also purchased a couple of heatsinks for the units due to the battery location on these critters. Thanks again kid.
I just got mine and I've decided to call it 🥁🥁🥁🥁 "THE BRICK SP"
The SFTP functionality is definitely the biggest hook for me vs other CFWs, but I'll probably wait for the SP specific firmware to be released. Still waiting for mine to be delivered, so this guide is very useful, especially the bezels.
I would infact be interested in seeing some Garlic 2.0 on the SP
@CoulterPeterson
24 күн бұрын
Got a couple requests on that so far so that video is likely! 😁
This handheld is on my radar, but I just got a Miyoo Mini Plus and am interested in their SP clone with the thumbsticks if it ever releases. If not, good chance I snag this.
Great XP theme, thanks.
You made a really cool & useful video! My device will arrive in a few weeks from Aliexpress. Want to use MuOS on this one, like on my RG35XX Plus.
@soaremicheledavid6020
14 күн бұрын
Any ideea how to fix the lag in NES games ? If i turn off shaders, because has that biliniar filter on, games lag so much you cant play, but if they are on, runs ok.
Stardew valley on the 35XXSP 👀 also great video!
This is a phenomenal resource, thank you for making this! I’m curious, I already bought a second SD card for my Roms, but was planning on purchasing another to install muOS so I could continue updating the OS without having to deal with the potential hassle of losing my save states by keeping Roms and OS on separate cards. Would dual booting the way you’ve set it up here also prevent saves from being lost if I update one of the OS’s since the files would be on both? If that’s the case, then I’d love to install muOS on my current card, then move the stock OS to the next card I purchase since stock cards are prone to fail eventually. But this is all still very new to me, so I’m not sure how viable this is. Either way, I’ll likely wait for muOS’s next update before deciding on how to approach dual booting this thing.
Have it in my hand right now. Finished Cadillac and Dinosaurs yesterday in- between work hours. Great fun. I would much rather have the KNULLI OS though that was not made for the SP, so the sleep function won't work. I hope the devs update it to work in that regard for the SP. It's much cleaner since its Emustation frontend.
Yes please do garlic. I hope you show us. 👍🏼😃
@CoulterPeterson
24 күн бұрын
Got a couple requests on that so far so it's likely! 😁
Is it possible to get retroacheivements on the standalone mupen rice emulator by editing the config? Or only in retroarch?
Was there any issue not having an analog stick in stardew? I think I use analog for like placing animals in barns
Hey man so two things number one your video su... nah I'm just fing with you man it's an awesome video do this video I'd say has to be one of the best probably guides I've seen in a long time I'm big into Retro Gaming I've owned at least six Chinese handhelds all different form factors and let me tell you that your presentation your video editing the quality of the videos the way you lay it out everything is fantastic dude you got a subscriber right here at this point now if you continue with the current level of quality and engaging material dude you're going to have a million subscribers someday No Doubt you can do it some Rando on the internet believes in you🎉
@CoulterPeterson
23 күн бұрын
Thank you so much! Means a lot, and I appreciate the support! 🙌
Do i need one new sd card to replace the slot 1 card and use tht for the os and the roms or should i use 2 separate sd cards , one for os and one for roms for slot 1 and 2 ?
I've been enjoying MinUI on my SP, but there's one annoying thing -- it mutes the audio when I fast-forward. Is there any workaround to enable audio?
is it possible for you to show garlic os in RG35XXSP? It's my favorite operating system :)
@CoulterPeterson
24 күн бұрын
Got a couple requests on that so far so it's likely! 😁
How did you get the analog to function on the D-pad for MUOS when using N64/PSP? For some reason I can’t get it to work on MUOS.
I have installed Fallout 1, 2 for MuOS on SP. But joystick is not available, so cant not move the mouse point to play the game. 😖
Hey by the way can you do a gameplay video for Nintendo 64 and maybe some DS games with the touch screen hacks enabled
can you show how to scrape boxart from the SD card without the roms since they are in the 2nd sd card?
Hey, Coulter! I have a question. I ordered mine with the included 128gb Sd cars that has more games on it. Would that be the card I used to install muOS? Also, when doing so, would it delete everything off of it?
@CoulterPeterson
23 сағат бұрын
In my case I installed muOS on a spare 8GB card and put the card Anbernic sent into the TF2 slot, and you'll see how I map to that card a couple of times in the video :) Your "roms" folder in the TF2 slot will get picked up automatically though!
new MUOS version with lid support for the SP is out today!
@CoulterPeterson
23 сағат бұрын
Video coming soon! 😁
I have been looking for this guide all day. What took you so long? Did you try out Knulli? I like that interface but I need a guide on it but I dunno if it's worth it. Your thoughts?
@CoulterPeterson
23 сағат бұрын
Knulli video is on the way 😎
Only video that showed me how to do the N64 button mapping. Can N64 C buttons be mapped to holding Y button and pressing direction on dpad, how would this be done?
@CoulterPeterson
23 сағат бұрын
I definitely tried to setup N64 mapping where I could use a button combination, but even the admins in the Discord didn't think that was possible. I did paste my button mapping config in the new written guide linked in the description though
So this will theoretically work on the RG28XX?
Garlic, yeah!
My boot animation is still "game boy player" for the GBA is there something i did wrong? i copied the bios from Anbernic SD card
Is there any reason to go for 2 microsd card setup? The console itself is quite cheap but the price almost doubles often when you buy two generous, quality cards like 32+256. What size of single card would you recommend?
@notquitekeanu
24 күн бұрын
I wouldn’t recommend buying the 2nd SD card when ordering the device. You’re better off buying a Sandisk SD card and using it as a second card, I’ve seen many people say that the cheap SD cards that come with these devices eventually corrupt and need replacing.
What do you mean exactly when you were talking about N64 and you mentioned that we should use "rice"?
@godminnette2
24 күн бұрын
The emulator has various plug-ins you can use for additional functionality. A plug-in called "rice" is the best for this handheld (and maybe in general but I'm no expert on these plug-ins). So if you're editing config files as he is showing, you'll need to edit the one that says "-rice" at the end of the file name.
I want ArkOS, any chance in the future you think?
Hi, I installed muOS on the SP (with the possibility of switching to H for now since I also have that), I put the sd2 with the roms that I use with StockOs, but the roms of the MDCD and PCECD folders don't start. It sees the folders, it sees the roms, but when I click to start them, they don't start and it returns to the list of roms. What can it be? Is it possible that they need a different core than StockOS? And in this case which one? Because if these roms were placed in the wrong folders, the roms really shouldn't appear in these folders right? On Stock Os they go into these folders (MDCD and PCECD) and they work, but in muOs then which folder should they be placed in to work?
@CoulterPeterson
20 күн бұрын
Hmm I'd double check the bios folder location and maybe re-download those bios files. Needed a similar fix for the intro animations on GB and GBA 🙂
@_marta30_44
20 күн бұрын
@@CoulterPeterson The bios were all there and to be safe I had inserted them in both SD cards. I managed to solve it by pressing select while I was in the list of games and choosing the emulator to use! For MDCD it was quick because there was only one compatible one, while for PCECD I had to try a few because for PC Engine there were several compatible ones. In the end I managed to make them work :) The only thing remains that for these two folders I can't show the box art, because the appropriate folder is missing in the appropriate section (sd1 - MuOS - info - catalog) :(
Can we get muOs for trimui smart pro and r36s?
Honestly the portmaster stuff is blowing my mind. I wonder if celeste could be ported to this...
i noticed battery drains faster and more heat during idle compared to stock os
Hey, can you share the Mupen controller configuration? Your's sounds ideal but it looks like a headache to go and manually do it...
@CoulterPeterson
23 сағат бұрын
Added it to the new written guide linked in the description!
@lolight2
22 сағат бұрын
@@CoulterPeterson Do you happen to know if it works with the newest refried beans muOS update? Also, thanks! :)
Can you upload your muos sd card clone with all the setup, you can remove the roms for copyright purposes. That way we can just download the clone image and write it to our own sd card, we can add our own roms later.
@ItsGrey.
9 күн бұрын
that would be really helpful
@CoulterPeterson
23 сағат бұрын
I would if it wouldn't get out of date immediately haha, however I did just put together a written guide of my configs to make it faster to refer back to - linked in the description :)
Could I run newer rpgmaker games on this?
For the issue of the bad font, could you not just load up the SD on the computer, and remove the theme (or rename the folder so it cannot be found)? I would assume muOS would have a fallback theme. I don't have this device or CFW yet, so I don't know for sure... Just something I was thinking....
@CoulterPeterson
23 күн бұрын
Yea I did try that, but it looks like, when applying a theme, muOS extracts the selected .zip from the themes folder and copies it to areas of the linux filesystem, which is more tucked away on another partition of the SD card. I didn't have a linux box on hand to dig deeper so the re-flash seemed to be the fastest method. If you find a speedier way to force a theme change please let me know (in case I mess up again lol)!
what name is the site where you login to change your n64 mapping and do the bezzels
@alechemy
2 күн бұрын
":9090" they explain this in the video
My device came in with a line of dead pixles on it completely unusable so I send it back and they're telling me do I want to refund or another product and based off of their $20 shipping cost and they're 18-day waiting time I didn't want to do that again so I'm just getting my refund and it sucks cause i wnated a sp
I would try the latest Knulli CFW that just came out. It’s way more efficient for emulation but sadly doesn’t have the port master compatibility yet that MuOS has.
@GrimMeNaCe
24 күн бұрын
Knulli does have port master if that's what you mean.
@listenin007
24 күн бұрын
@@GrimMeNaCe it does have port master, BUT the compatibility is far less. A lot of PC ports that work on MuOS from my experience so far don’t work on Knulli. I’m confident this will change fairly soon as they continue to progress and update!
The best CFW for playing 16bits and 32bits only ?
Apparently somebody on reddit said theirs exploded. That makes me very concerned now that I ordered one
whenI try to connect to the device via wifi as described, I get "this address took too long to respond." anyone know what i might be doing wrong?
My saves are not appearing with muos
This device would be so cool if only it had analogue sticks. They could be flat like the circle pad on the 3DS.
how does the muOS handle lid close sleep?
@CoulterPeterson
23 күн бұрын
Right now it does nothing but there's an SP-specific version on the way that will handle it, according to the lead dev on their Discord :)
Does your clock in MuOS have an issue? Mine seems to turn fast after a while.
@CoulterPeterson
24 күн бұрын
I leave it on network time so haven't noticed any problem :)
@Red-in4fx
24 күн бұрын
@@CoulterPeterson i have network time sync or whatever that's called enabled but I still have encounter such an issue. Apparently it's called clock drift by some discord members.
So far Botacera 40 takes my win on my RG35xxsp
/streets of rage remake? garlic os? am2r? video out in depth?
Awesome vid but man you go so fast through those menus I cannot keep up. Please slow that part down a bit for us noobs who do not know anything! LOL
@CoulterPeterson
23 сағат бұрын
Totally fair! Just added the written guide version to the description if you prefer!
Good video but I'm still not convinced this OS is better than stock currently.
@masterduelcentral
21 күн бұрын
Honestly I'm not even considering a different OS until I see sleep mode when I flip down the device. that option is a must for this thing imo.
hey guys I need a little help, I've followed all the steps in the last part for the GBA bezels how ever I cannot get the GBA start up screen to show after copying over the GBA bios files the game just starts up without the GBA start screen. Has anyone else had this issue?
@CoulterPeterson
22 күн бұрын
I sure did 😅 I would first grab fresh bios files meant for mgba from the internet, and then, while you have a GBA game running, open the Retroarch settings and head to the directories settings to see what folder your bios files are set to, then make sure your new files are in there 🙂 It can be changed for each system which tripped me up haha
@staylow5
12 күн бұрын
@@CoulterPeterson thank you this worked!
Is the sp stronger or have better specs than the rg35xx H
@zachcarmichael699
23 күн бұрын
It's identical. Just a clamshell with missing sticks
How do you go to the I.P address of my device on you browser that will bring up the muOS login menu to connect my device to wifi to my computer? You never showed that step, you just said a bunch of numbers assuming that the viewer will get it. 😅 I have no idea what to do and I am stuck.
@SopranoMoose
11 күн бұрын
SAME!
@Monroestevens306
11 күн бұрын
@@SopranoMoose As I find. I'm going to try to make an " inexperience guide" video. For those of us who know close to nothing when it comes to retro gaming devices. I am working on it now. But I'm still learning. 😅
@CoulterPeterson
23 сағат бұрын
Thanks for the note I realized that - covered finding the IP and connecting to the web interface in more detail in the written guide linked in the description!
@Monroestevens306
18 сағат бұрын
@@CoulterPeterson Thank you for the reply. I'll definitely check it out.
Justin trousersnake is it 😅
Do you know how to connect usb controller on muOS?
@CoulterPeterson
23 сағат бұрын
I believe you need a "USB C OTG adapter" that converts USB C to USB type A
Auto subscribe, like and follow. It's Justine Timberlake!
This is so frustrating for a newbie. @6:19 When you get to the Wifi connection part. You bring things up on your PC. You might want to show what you actually did. I was lost after you said, Go to your web browser and type in some numbers. You never show what you typed or where to find the MuOS login. So am just lost looking at a window menu for MuOS login that I have no idea how to get to. Because you quickly said it, but never showed it. This is the 3rd video I had to go to (outside the additional info I had to look up. Now I have to find another video that actually goes over the steps (step by step) for new people who really have no idea what any of this is. And actually show the steps, instead of talking about the 5 steps they left out of the video. I've noticed that in a lot of these videos, the creator talks to the viewer like they already know many of the computer/tech terms or the websites or systems they are using. Which is super frustrating.
@CoulterPeterson
23 сағат бұрын
Totally fair! Just added the written guide version to the description if you prefer!
4:56 Bro you gotta slow down on the fast forwards, even with slow playback, I keep getting lost what you're actually doing.
@CoulterPeterson
23 сағат бұрын
Super fair - just added the written guide version to the description if you prefer!
god, I am such a tech-idiot i can't even figure out how to launch my games on mu os. I hit retroarch, then i hit load core, then i try to select mgba, and it just boots me back to the previous screen, nothing selected. I can't find anything except "ports" under explore content. for some reason it just will not look at anything in my second sd card slot, though i just swapped over the stockOS microsd i was using, like the guide suggests.
@CoulterPeterson
23 сағат бұрын
Sounds like you need to add your roms to the roms folder muOS makes on the SD card, or the ROMs folder on your second SD card, if you're using one
Hello where to find this muOS please ??
@CoulterPeterson
24 күн бұрын
Just added the link to the description 🙂
Garlic please!
Can you guys run Donkey Kong 64 smoothly????
@CoulterPeterson
Күн бұрын
Sure can! I'm doing a playthrough of the game on the SP with muOS right now actually 😁
@CoulterPeterson
Күн бұрын
I had to use the Rice variant of Mupen though, which can be changed with Select when hovering over the game
muOS worst now my device not working only black screen
could you stick your n64 remap in the description or something? easier than trying to visually copy from a video great vid overall btw edit: i think i got this copied properly. cleaned up a bit, removing unused joystick axes. pasted this section after the "Rumblepak switch ..." line A Button = "button(4)" # B B Button = "button(5)" # Y Start = "button(10)" L Trig = "" R Trig = "button(8)" # R1 Z Trig = "button(7)" # L1 DPad U = "hat(0 Up)" DPad D = "hat(0 Down)" DPad R = "hat(0 Right)" DPad L = "hat(0 Left)" X Axis = "hat(0 Left Right)" Y Axis = "hat(0 Up Down)" C Button U = "button(6)" # X C Button D = "button(3)" # A C Button L = "button(13)" # L2 C Button R = "button(14)" # R2
@CoulterPeterson
23 сағат бұрын
Nice! Yea I just added my config to the new written guide linked in the description 👍
I like the video in general but you fast forward through a lot of the specifics and don't explain them (like where to remap folders, how to remap for standalone, etc.)
@CoulterPeterson
14 күн бұрын
Thanks for the feedback yea still finding the balance between a slow-paced guide and a decent-paced overview video with some guides tossed in lol - I'll keep this in mind 😊
@BrandonFenty
11 күн бұрын
@@CoulterPeterson any chance you might post a written guide somewhere? I'm interested in getting this working but didn't have enough information from your video to do so. Or if a good written guide already exists, that would be appreciated. I'm glad to see that it works so well though :)
@CoulterPeterson
11 күн бұрын
@@BrandonFenty I've actually been considering writing a guide for larger videos like this which cover a lot of ground - thanks for the suggestion! Any other topics that you'd like to see covered there (whether they were mentioned in this video or not)?
@CoulterPeterson
23 сағат бұрын
Written guide has been created and is linked in the description!
Stock os is the best i find it funny 🤣 making ur device worste to play 1 or 2 games alittle timy bit better lmfao
You skip through the options too fast. I'm trying to follow you but I have to drop the video speed down to 50%. Just to see what you are doing
@CoulterPeterson
23 сағат бұрын
Haha yea - just added the written guide version to the description if you prefer!
You should include the links, the setup part of your setup video was also way too fast
@CoulterPeterson
23 сағат бұрын
Just added the written guide version to the description if you prefer!
Don't bother showing garlic. It's still glitchy at this stage and hasn't been good since the original rg35xx
I'll pass, the D-pad and buttons are cheap and flimsy.
the tutorial is way too fast for someone not familiar with retroarch.
@CoulterPeterson
23 сағат бұрын
Fair - just added the written guide version to the description if you prefer!
So complicated lol
@CoulterPeterson
23 сағат бұрын
Yea haha - just added the written guide version to the description if you prefer!
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