Large playlist is skipped
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Description
Description
Large playlists with a a few 100k entries are skipped when trying to select them by joystick or keyboard. They can only be selected by mouse click.
Expected behavior
Playlist is selectable by joystick or keyboard
Actual behavior
Playlist is skipped. The next playlist is selected always.
Steps to reproduce the bug
- Fill a playlist with a very large amount (400k) of entries.
- Navigate to the playlist in the main menu.
Version/Commit
- RetroArch: 1.17.0
Environment information
- OS: Debian stable
- Compiler: gcc
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Research direction
No files or tests are named. Reproduce with a playlist containing roughly 400k entries, then trace the main-menu playlist navigation path for joystick and keyboard input. Done means the large playlist can be selected by either input method instead of being skipped.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- c
- Domain
- frontend, performance
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100