Android App and Nvidia Shield Pro Crashing

[Kyle Forde]

I have an Nvidia Shield Pro (so high spec for an Android) and constantly have crashing when importing (merged) Mame  0.229 folder. Tried 2 usb storage options to make sure it isn’t a drive issue. 

I have installed this fine on a Windows device using an internal storage drive. 

Both are fully licensed. 
 

some assistance would be great thank you

[faeran]

3 hours ago, Kyle Forde said:

I have an Nvidia Shield Pro (so high spec for an Android) and constantly have crashing when importing (merged) Mame  0.229 folder. Tried 2 usb storage options to make sure it isn’t a drive issue. 

I have installed this fine on a Windows device using an internal storage drive. 

Both are fully licensed. 
 

some assistance would be great thank you

Sorry to hear. While I don't have a Shield Pro to test this with right now, there's a few things you can keep in mind. Don't import a merged set. That set specifically is the one that will not work properly on a device like Android. The reason is because Android requires that a file is present to be sent to the emulator, and with merged sets that's not the case. You'll want a non-merged for the least problematic.

Also, something to keep in mind is that the Nvidia Shield TV Pro, while it used to be a really nice high end Android TV option hasn't been updated in a very long time and it's running on technology that's around 6 years old at this point, and even when that last refresh came out in 2019, I remember being disappointed that they decided to only refresh the old chipset that was in it (from 2015) instead of doing a complete upgrade. All this to say that there's a huge hole in the Android TV market that's just waiting for a company to take advantage of.

[Kyle Forde]

Thank you very much for your help @faeran it is much appreciated. Any recommendations for a decent Android device which is used for arcade?