OGU (ODROID Go Ultra) Batocera v40 Quick Setup Guide

In this video, I'm providing a quick set up guide on how to install Batocera v40 on my OGU (ODROID Go Ultra).

Batocera v40 quick setup steps:
• Download the (current version) v40 image/package for the Odroid Go Ultra (20240802 – zipped file) here: https://batocera.org/download
• Unzip/extract the downloaded zip file to get the disk image file
• You need to flash the image onto your eMMC (not on a micro-SD card)
• Turn on your OGU while simultaneously holding the L2+R2. Keep holding L2+R2 until you see the Linux penguin and the ‘recovery mode’ in red
• Connect your device to your PC with a USB-C cable. Open balenaEtcher or Rufus (I use Rufus), select the extracted image, select the OGU as the target device
• Once done, disconnect/remove your device from your PC, reboot your OGU (F3+F6 – press bottom right right & left left together), it will boot into Batocera, shutdown
• Before copying the roms & bios, you need to format the micro-SD card, insert the micro-SD card in your device (label facing up), go to ‘system settings’, make sure the ‘storage device’ is on ‘any external’ (which is your micro-SD card), then go to ‘frontend developer options’, click on ‘format a disk’, chose your micro-SD card size (that will show) in ‘device to format’, choose ‘EXT4’ for ‘file system’, and click ‘format now’, reboot so Batocera can create the rom folder structure on your micro-SD card
• When you insert your micro-SD card back in your Windows PC, Windows will not read/recognize Linux files (Batocera), therefore, we will not be able to transfer the roms and bios files from your Windows PC to your micro-SD card, instead we will use WinSCP app (FTP/SFTP client) to access your micro-SD card via your Wi-Fi network
• Before copying roms and bios, make sure your ‘storage device’ shows your micro-SD card (size)
• Set up a new session in WinSCP (while your device in on), write your device’s IP address (you can get it from the ‘network settings’ on your device) in the ‘Host name’, write ‘root’ for username and ‘linux’ for password, click ‘log in’ and say ‘yes’ to the ‘warning – potential security breach’
• Once you are inside your device (wirelessly), go to the ‘root directory’, then to ‘userdata’, where you can find your ‘roms’ & ‘bios’ folders to transfer/copy your roms and bios
• To add more themes, go to Updates & Downloads – Themes (download as many as you wish)
• To add box art, you can use Scarper (you need to set up a Screen Scraper account)
• To exit a game: start+select

Batocera website: https://batocera.org/

Batocera Wiki: https://wiki.batocera.org/

Adding roms/bios to Batocera: https://wiki.batocera.org/add_games_b...

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