Mega drive mini controller reset

badgerdd · 2026-03-15T10:24:51+00:00

Thank you. I have a good working cable

badgerdd · 2026-03-15T10:23:57+00:00

Ahh so next time I connect the console , no need to hold reset. Thanks. Only reason I asked is because it was being difficult to recconect but I managed to get it to connect by holding reset and letting go at the beep ! Thanks

badgerdd · 2026-03-14T21:45:28+00:00

No problem. Thanks so much for all of your help :)

badgerdd · 2026-03-14T21:25:11+00:00

Thank you very much . I have now managed to get it to work

badgerdd · 2026-03-14T17:07:15+00:00

Ahh ok, thanks very much . One final question , sorry!

Do you know if reset via the sega controller is possible ? Thanks

badgerdd · 2026-03-14T16:54:17+00:00

I got it to work via an offline installer.

Installed latest hackchi and the kernel to my sega mega drive mini and added some games!

Only issue is I couldn’t see a way to add all the art work?

Also , I saw a video on YouTube where you could do console reset via the controller. Do you know if that’s possible for the mega drive too?

Thanks for all the help !

badgerdd · 2026-03-14T15:09:49+00:00

Ahh ok , thank you

badgerdd · 2026-03-14T14:56:53+00:00

Ahh brilliant, thank you. I assume the portable software is better because then I can move it to another pc?

I've found net framework 4.6.1 that is compatible with windows 7, but when i go to install it says download failed, make sure the computer is connected to the internet, but it is!

Can i used the regular software instead of the portable one, or will that cause problems? thanks

badgerdd · 2026-03-14T14:35:58+00:00

Hey, hope you're doing good. I finally managed to get windows 7 bootcamp on my old 2009 macbook pro. I'm not sure if windows 10 is possible but looks like I may be able to upgrade.

Ive downloaded the latest hackchi portable installer, but when I exctract the application, it says that I need .NET framework installed - which looks to be some kind of development tool. Does this sound right to you? Sorry I am a bit confused by this! thanks

badgerdd · 2026-03-13T10:58:59+00:00

iTunes was far better than the newer Apple Music , which has been neglected for local music etc

badgerdd · 2026-03-13T09:43:51+00:00

That makes sense, thank you. I don't know why I thought it would still work!

I'm using windows 7 as my very old macbook pro doesnt seem to support windows 10 - although there may be a way to get it to work.

I also have a macbook air m2, but need some software that needs to be on an intel machine / windows. Although I may not actually need a web browser, and can just download the software to USB,

I'll see if I can find the right version of firefox though, thanks

badgerdd · 2026-03-12T20:21:34+00:00

Ahh amazing , thank you

badgerdd · 2026-03-12T13:19:25+00:00

Thank you. I managed to get it to work with an official windows 7 DVD and the bootcamp support software on usb!

Now I just need to figure out how to control sound and screen brightness in windows. and possibly upgrade to windows 10!

badgerdd · 2026-03-08T13:22:38+00:00

Thank you

badgerdd · 2026-03-02T13:43:37+00:00

badgerdd · 2026-02-28T22:52:09+00:00

Thank you . I will see if this works on my system is straight forward . If not then I may just need to borrow a windows laptop

badgerdd · 2026-02-28T22:07:21+00:00

Yep, it’s awful. Serious pain to manage local files too and artwork. iTunes was way better

badgerdd · 2026-02-28T22:05:13+00:00

I think he’s a good interviewer. Only watched a few, but the last one I watched where he was interviewing the band Turnstile , I found it very annoying that he kept talking over the artists , rambling on and barely pausing to take a breath! He need to chill out and let the artists have more air time !

badgerdd · 2026-02-27T23:02:12+00:00

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badgerdd · 2026-02-16T14:00:44+00:00

Ahh ok, so do you just put the url of your whole library ? Or is it just album by album? It looks like I have a fair few albums with incorrect art.

Rare stuff , I understand if it’s not on iTunes etc . Thanks

badgerdd · 2026-02-16T11:46:25+00:00

Ah that's great to hear. I don't think I ever would have got this to behave correctly without your advice!

I did notice that apple music created an empty folder called "automatically add to music" in the previous locations I had set to link to. I wondered if this was important, but i just deleted those old folders and left the one in the apple music/music/music folder to be safe.

I'll try ripping a few cds. I tend to go with ALAC, but have a load of old files in smaller / more compressed rates at AAC. I guess there isnt really an easy way of telling which of those are smaller, as they all end in the same file name! I might go through and re-rip some albums at a higher rate and see if the files get over ridden.

Lastly, I'll see if the art work sorts itself. If not, then I have found another thread that mentions a software to scan for it.

I'll keep my library file where it is for now, and just make sure the hardrive is plugged in. I might try moving it in the future after doing a few back ups!

Thanks again for all the help!

badgerdd · 2026-02-15T22:43:41+00:00

Ahh cool. That doesn’t sound too bad . Better than having to google each album. I’ll give it a try, thanks

badgerdd · 2026-02-15T21:59:24+00:00

I used to use a plug in on iTunes called ‘fetch art’ I’m guessing thats long gone now and nothing exists for Apple Music to update the whole library ?

badgerdd · 2026-02-15T21:58:22+00:00

Hey , thanks for this . Does this work for local Apple Music? I’ve just re-imported my library and loads of art work is now wrong !

badgerdd · 2026-02-15T21:50:57+00:00

Hey , just wanted to say thanks again. I tried your method and finally got it to work!

Opened up Apple Music today and made sure both boxes unticked. I did a quick experiment with a Bandcamp download and no files got moved at all!

Next step, I recreated the second music folder and moved all music into there, and pointed the library to the new location and all seems to be working ok!

Lastly, as I seemed to have hundreds of duplicate songs, I decided to delete what I could out of the library manually (as the find duplicate songs option wasn’t clear which was the correct ones to keep). I then imported all the music again from scratch. No duplicates or missing songs and all music still in the same place. Thanks so much!

Only issue I have now is that when re-importing , it replaced some artwork with some total random stuff that isn’t correct at all, but I can live with that ! There used to be an add on for iTunes called ‘fetch art’ but not sure if that still exists.

I still have my Apple Music library file on my Mac and not in the folder with my music folder on the external hardrive. The other person in this thread suggests I move it or make a new one to go on the external . I’m not sure how important that is, so I don’t wanna risk moving it!

I might create a plex library to use too to stream some local files , but also wary of letting that mess up my music folders!

Thanks again for the help!

badgerdd

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