RetroArch Network Control Interface

Purpose

Network Commands allow the control of certain parts of RetroArch over UDP.

Enabling

Enable network commands in the settings menu, or ensure that network_cmd_enable = "true" is set in retroarch.cfg.
RetroArch will listen on port 55355 by default.

Sending commands

On Linux, network commands may be sent from the command line like so:

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echo -n "QUIT" | nc -u -w1 127.0.0.1 55355

Commands

The following commands are supported: