# Core Manager for Plex Arcade **URL:** \ **Category:** Plex Labs\ **Tags:** arcade-gaming\ **Created:** [January 26, 2021, 5:18pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/core-manager-for-plex-arcade/682952 "2021-01-26T17:18:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![vanstinator](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/vanstinator/32/80946_2.png) [@vanstinator](https://forums.plex.tv/u/vanstinator)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2021, 5:18pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/core-manager-for-plex-arcade/682952/1 "2021-01-26T17:18:19Z")
#### Summary With the release of [Plex Arcade](https://www.plex.tv/blog/game-on-a-plex-blog-story/) today I’m personally releasing a utility for managing your emulation cores inside PMS on Windows and macOS. I’ll be regularly updating and polishing the tool over the next several weeks Get it here: [Welcome to Core Manager | core-manager](https://coremanager.app/) _Please keep general Plex Arcade questions in [Plex Arcade? - General / Plex Features - Plex Forum](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-arcade/682945/24)_ I’d prefer this thread be limited to questions specifically for Core Manager #### Troubleshooting If you’re in a state where a core hasn’t downloaded or the app isn’t loading correctly it’s helpful to me to get a log file included in any support requests to help me narrow down and fix the issue. You can get logs as follows: - Windows: - Open File Explorer and paste `%APPDATA%\core-manager\logs` into the address bar. - macOS - Open Finder and navigate to `~/Library/Logs/core-manager/ In the logs directory you’ll find a `main.log` file. Grab that and upload it with any support request. (In a future release I’ll make getting logs easier). ---
**Author:** ![chrisallen](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/chrisallen/32/309972_2.png) [@chrisallen](https://forums.plex.tv/u/chrisallen)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2021, 5:23pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/core-manager-for-plex-arcade/682952/3 "2021-01-26T17:23:25Z")
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**Author:** ![morpheus2n2](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/morpheus2n2/32/87439_2.png) [@morpheus2n2](https://forums.plex.tv/u/morpheus2n2)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2021, 6:41pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/core-manager-for-plex-arcade/682952/5 "2021-01-26T18:41:40Z")
What is this? This Plex arcade thing while seems like a good idea I am really staggering to understand how to get it working seems very poorly thought out and executed I am having to look here and reddit and peace information to greater to try and get it working not really the best way to implement a service you want to charge for TBH, until its better documented and implements I have cancelled it already and its only been an hour!!! ---
**Author:** ![anon18523487](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/49beb7/32.png) [@anon18523487](https://forums.plex.tv/u/anon18523487)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2021, 6:44pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/core-manager-for-plex-arcade/682952/6 "2021-01-26T18:44:27Z")
More information just went live. [https://support.plex.tv/articles/categories/features/arcade/](https://support.plex.tv/articles/categories/features/arcade/) “Core Manager” is an addon product to help with loading cores if you want to add your own games. ---
**Author:** ![morpheus2n2](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/morpheus2n2/32/87439_2.png) [@morpheus2n2](https://forums.plex.tv/u/morpheus2n2)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2021, 7:06pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/core-manager-for-plex-arcade/682952/7 "2021-01-26T19:06:36Z")
Umm ok, shame it doesn’t work though I clicked to download a Megadrive thing and it grabs something but nothing happens after that Plex still wont play the game, the core app thing becomes unresponsive not very helpful really ---
**Author:** ![vanstinator](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/vanstinator/32/80946_2.png) [@vanstinator](https://forums.plex.tv/u/vanstinator)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2021, 7:11pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/core-manager-for-plex-arcade/682952/8 "2021-01-26T19:11:22Z")
I’ll update the OP with some better instructions and where log files are located in a few hours. ---
**Author:** ![morpheus2n2](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/morpheus2n2/32/87439_2.png) [@morpheus2n2](https://forums.plex.tv/u/morpheus2n2)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2021, 7:14pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/core-manager-for-plex-arcade/682952/9 "2021-01-26T19:14:07Z")
Ok thank you ---
**Author:** ![drax86](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a5b964/32.png) [@drax86](https://forums.plex.tv/u/drax86)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2021, 7:24pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/core-manager-for-plex-arcade/682952/10 "2021-01-26T19:24:15Z")
Just tried this out, works great, managed to get my own roms working with this ---
**Author:** ![Chris48x](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/chris48x/32/126293_2.png) [@Chris48x](https://forums.plex.tv/u/Chris48x)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2021, 7:31pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/core-manager-for-plex-arcade/682952/12 "2021-01-26T19:31:15Z")
this tool is fantastic an simple but i have a few small questions after testing it 1, will this end up supporting cores with bios? i know its just libretro which does support it. 2, is there a known bug with the cores crashing? i got nes and snes working but cant get gba, gbc, or n64? wondering if a bug or issue with my hardware. thanks for this!.. ---
**Author:** ![zt67638](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/e8c25b/32.png) [@zt67638](https://forums.plex.tv/u/zt67638)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2021, 7:33pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/core-manager-for-plex-arcade/682952/13 "2021-01-26T19:33:37Z")
The download/plugin mentioned above works for me. Just select the right core for the game system you have Roms for. example: download the SNES core for the Super Nintendo roms. This is cool stuff. Been battling with provenance/Apple TV for years, this seems like a solid solution. ---
**Author:** ![vanstinator](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/vanstinator/32/80946_2.png) [@vanstinator](https://forums.plex.tv/u/vanstinator)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2021, 7:34pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/core-manager-for-plex-arcade/682952/14 "2021-01-26T19:34:06Z")
> [@Chris48x](#): > > 1, will this end up supporting cores with bios? i know its just libretro which does support it. I’ve considered it. I’m not looking to host or distribute anything myself. So if they’re available on libretro’s buildbot server I’ll look at building that out. If not I could, at minimum, include some sort of helpful info in the UI. ---
**Author:** ![anon18523487](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/49beb7/32.png) [@anon18523487](https://forums.plex.tv/u/anon18523487)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2021, 7:34pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/core-manager-for-plex-arcade/682952/15 "2021-01-26T19:34:50Z")
> [@bbubulka](#): > > I have a couple questions: This thread is for this tool. If you have general questions on the gaming feature, please post in [Plex Arcade? - #59 by dmaker-plex](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-arcade/682945/59). ---
**Author:** ![zt67638](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/e8c25b/32.png) [@zt67638](https://forums.plex.tv/u/zt67638)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2021, 7:42pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/core-manager-for-plex-arcade/682952/16 "2021-01-26T19:42:59Z")
Well, spoke too soon. It works on the Mac with the Web server, but I get a Parsec Client error on the Apple TV that I’m wanting to play this on. Error code (-12007) ---
**Author:** ![jethrobrewin](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/jethrobrewin/32/87402_2.png) [@jethrobrewin](https://forums.plex.tv/u/jethrobrewin)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2021, 7:51pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/core-manager-for-plex-arcade/682952/17 "2021-01-26T19:51:01Z")
Hi, first off thanks for working so quickly to get something up and working to help easily extend Plex Arcade. I realise I’m probably an edge case here; I have plex installed to the root of my p:\ drive, and Core Manager for Plex Arcade doesn’t find the installation; yes, I know, installing to the root of a drive is just silly, but still… 🙂 Looking forward to a future update when it recognises or allows setting custom installation locations! ---
**Author:** ![ustijoz](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/ustijoz/32/210505_2.png) [@ustijoz](https://forums.plex.tv/u/ustijoz)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2021, 8:35pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/core-manager-for-plex-arcade/682952/18 "2021-01-26T20:35:00Z")
any guide for bios based platforms for now? where can i put the bios? ---
**Author:** ![Dan0780](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/dan0780/32/798_2.png) [@Dan0780](https://forums.plex.tv/u/Dan0780)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2021, 8:40pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/core-manager-for-plex-arcade/682952/20 "2021-01-26T20:40:16Z")
Looks like the links for N64 are broken, your core manager just downloads an empty zip file. I think this is because they are not found on libretro site but hopefully there is another option. Great application, really makes it easy to manage your cores. ---
**Author:** ![drax86](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a5b964/32.png) [@drax86](https://forums.plex.tv/u/drax86)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2021, 8:43pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/core-manager-for-plex-arcade/682952/21 "2021-01-26T20:43:04Z")
I had no issues with the N64 ones ---
**Author:** ![vanstinator](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/vanstinator/32/80946_2.png) [@vanstinator](https://forums.plex.tv/u/vanstinator)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2021, 8:51pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/core-manager-for-plex-arcade/682952/22 "2021-01-26T20:51:19Z")
> [@Dan0780](#): > > Looks like the links for N64 are broken, your core manager just downloads an empty zip file. I think this is because they are not found on libretro site but hopefully there is another option. Great application, really makes it easy to manage your cores. I’m working on handling those cases better but ran out of time before the launch. I should have an update out soon that hides cores missing for a given architecture. > [@ustijoz](#): > > any guide for bios based platforms for now? where can i put the bios? You can put the bios files alongside your game roms and they _should_ be picked up when you start a game. ---
**Author:** ![elan](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/elan/32/5_2.png) [@elan](https://forums.plex.tv/u/elan)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2021, 8:51pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/core-manager-for-plex-arcade/682952/23 "2021-01-26T20:51:44Z")
Hmm, that seems to be `NETWORK_ERR_BG_TIMEOUT` via [All Error Codes – Parsec](https://support.parsec.app/hc/en-us/articles/360022720351-All-Error-Codes) so maybe something about your network? 🤔 ---
**Author:** ![zt67638](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/e8c25b/32.png) [@zt67638](https://forums.plex.tv/u/zt67638)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2021, 9:31pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/core-manager-for-plex-arcade/682952/24 "2021-01-26T21:31:38Z")
That’s possible. I’m able to stream 4K movies just fine on our network, so bandwidth doesn’t seem like the culprit. I wonder if there is a handshake issue with Parsec and the Apple TV/IPhone? When I launch a game, I get a blank screen for about 1 minute and then the error code. Launches on the mac/web server just fine [Next page](https://forums.plex.tv/t/core-manager-for-plex-arcade/682952.md?page=2)