https://github.com/SenkaWolf/Senkas-Retroarch-Setup
My collection of dynamic wallpapers for the RetroArch XMB menu option and icons.
https://github.com/SenkaWolf/Senkas-Retroarch-Setup
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My collection of dynamic wallpapers for the RetroArch XMB menu option and icons.
- Host: GitHub
- URL: https://github.com/SenkaWolf/Senkas-Retroarch-Setup
- Owner: SenkaWolf
- License: gpl-3.0
- Created: 2025-02-02T09:57:35.000Z (10 months ago)
- Default Branch: main
- Last Pushed: 2025-02-09T17:58:27.000Z (10 months ago)
- Last Synced: 2025-10-09T04:28:10.714Z (about 2 months ago)
- Topics: retroarch, xmb
- Homepage:
- Size: 49 MB
- Stars: 2
- Watchers: 1
- Forks: 0
- Open Issues: 0
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Metadata Files:
- Readme: README.md
- License: LICENSE
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README
# Senka's RetroArch Setup
My collection of dynamic wallpapers for the RetroArch XMB menu option and icons.
> [!NOTE]
> All titles, characters, and logos belong to their respective owners. I strive to provide proper [credit](#-Credit) in the [section below](#-Credit). If you would like something removed, please open an issue.
## 📥 Installation
### Wallpapers
All wallpapers are designed to work with the XMB menu option only!
- [Download](https://github.com/SenkaWolf/Senkas-Retroarch-Setup/archive/refs/heads/main.zip) this repo.
- Navigate into your root directory of your RetroArch install location and go to 📂 `[RetroArch Root]/assets/wallpapers/`.
- In another window open the downloaded repo and go to 📂 `RetroArch/wallpapers/` then select which dynamic wallpaper pack you wish to use.
- shakabello Preview [^shakabello]
- Copy the pack folder you selected into 📂 `[RetroArch Root]/assets/wallpapers/` folder.
- Launch RetroArch go to `Settings > User Interface > Appearance`.
- Scroll down and make sure the setting `Dynamic Wallpaper` setting is enabled.
- Then go back to `Settings > Directory > Dynamic Backgrounds`.
- Change the directory to 📂 `/assets/wallpapers/[pack-name]`.
> [!WARNING]
> The image names must match the playlist names. To verify this in RetroArch, navigate to `Main Menu > Show Desktop Menu` to view the playlist names. By default, they will match if you scanned your ROMs, unless you have manually created or renamed a playlist.
[^shakabello]: shakabello Preview    
### Icon Themes
- [Download](https://github.com/SenkaWolf/Senkas-Retroarch-Setup/archive/refs/heads/main.zip) this repo.
- Navigate into your root directory of your RetroArch install location and check 📂 `[RetroArch Root]/assets/xmb/custom` if the custom folder already has images within it please backup this folder else where then delete the contents. If the folder is empty then skip this step.
- In another window open the downloaded repo and go to 📂 `RetroArch/icon themes/` then select which icon pack you wish to use.
- sysdaite Preview [^sysdaite]
- Copy the images from the icon theme you selected into 📂 `[RetroArch Root]/assets/xmb/custom` folder.
- Launch RetroArch go to `Settings > User Interface > Appearance`.
- Scroll down further to `Icon Theme` and select the `custom` option.
[^sysdaite]: sysdaite Preview 
## ⚙️ Configuration
Change the following settings to get the cleanest look to suit the icon and wallpaper packs.
**Key: ${\color{lightgreen}On/Change}$ / ${\color{yellow}Optional}$ / ${\color{red}Off}$**
1. `Settings > User Interface > Show Advanced Settings` ${\color{lightgreen}On}$
1. `Settings > User Interface > Menu` ${\color{lightgreen}XMB}$
1. `Settings > User Interface > Appearance > Show Scale Factor` ${\color{lightgreen}1.00x}$
1. `Settings > User Interface > Appearance > Background Apacity` ${\color{lightgreen}1.000}$
1. `Settings > User Interface > Appearance > Dynamic Background` ${\color{lightgreen}On}$
1. `Settings > User Interface > Appearance > Icon Theme` ${\color{lightgreen}custom}$
1. `Settings > User Interface > Appearance > Primary Thumbnail` ${\color{red}Off}$
1. `Settings > User Interface > Appearance > Secondary Thumbnail` ${\color{lightgreen}Boxart}$
1. `Settings > User Interface > Appearance > Show Title Header` ${\color{red}Off}$
1. `Settings > User Interface > Appearance > Title Margin` ${\color{lightgreen}0}$
1. `Settings > User Interface > Menu Item Visibility > Show History` ${\color{red}Off}$
1. `Settings > User Interface > Menu Item Visibility > Show Images` ${\color{red}Off}$
1. `Settings > User Interface > Menu Item Visibility > Show Music` ${\color{red}Off}$
1. `Settings > User Interface > Menu Item Visibility > Show Videos` ${\color{red}Off}$
1. `Settings > User Interface > Menu Item Visibility > Show Netplay` ${\color{red}Off}$
1. `Settings > User Interface > Menu Item Visibility > Show Contentless Cores` ${\color{red}Off}$
1. `Settings > User Interface > Menu Item Visibility > Show Explore` ${\color{red}Off}$
1. `Settings > User Interface > Menu Item Visibility > Style of Date and Time` ${\color{yellow}DD/MM/YYYY HH:MM}$
1. `Settings > User Interface > Menu Item Visibility > Date Separator` ${\color{lightgreen}/}$
1. `Settings > User Interface > Menu Item Visibility > Show Core Name` ${\color{red}Off}$
1. `Settings > User Interface > Menu Item Visibility > Show Menu Sub-labels` ${\color{red}Off}$
1. `Settings > Playlists > Manage Playlists`
- Go through every playlist and change `Label Display Mode` to ${\color{lightgreen}Remove\space ()\space and\space [] }$
## 📋 Playlist Organisation
RetroArch playlists are ordered alphanumerically by default. To change them you just need to rename the playlists found in 📂 `[RetroArch Root]/playlists/`. Below are some examples of how you could organise your playlists.
> [!WARNING]
> If you rename playlists and use dynamic wallpapers, you need to update the image names to match the new playlist names.
### Year of Release Method
Renaming your playlist to have the year of release at the begining will organise it by the date.
> [!NOTE]
> Japan, North America, Europe and Australasia have some variation for when a device was released. My release years are based on Europe.
E.g.
- `1990 - Nintendo - Game Boy.lpl`
- `1995 - Sony - PlayStation.lpl`
- `1998 - Nintendo - Game Boy Color.lpl`
- `2001 - Nintendo - Game Boy Advance.lpl`
- `2002 - Nintendo - GameCube.lpl`
- `2005 - Sony - PlayStation Portable.lpl`
### Type (Console/Handheld) - Manufacturer - Release Year Method
You could go a step further and organise by the type of device followed by the manufacturer and year. Using the table below to abbreviate you can end up with some of the examples.
| Abbreviation | Description |
|:--------------------------:|:-----------------------------------------------------------:|
| H | Handheld |
| C | Console |
| SEG | Sega |
| NIN | Nintendo |
| SON | Sony |
| MIC | Microsoft |
E.g.
- `CNIN2002 - Nintendo - GameCube.lpl`
- `CSON1995 - Sony - PlayStation.lpl`
- `HNIN1990 - Nintendo - Game Boy.lpl`
- `HNIN1998 - Nintendo - Game Boy Color.lpl`
- `HNIN2001 - Nintendo - Game Boy Advance.lpl`
- `HSON2005 - Sony - PlayStation Portable.lpl`
## 💜 Credit
- shakabello wallpaper pack - A combincation of [lipebello](https://github.com/lipebello/Retroarch-XMB-Retrorama-Theme) and [Shakalakka's](https://archive.org/details/shakalakka-dynamic-wallpapers) wallpaper packs.
- sysdaite icon pack - This is a combination of the default systematic and daite icons packs.
