I have isolated the issue, while it generates an error code, I am not sure that it is really causing any issues except populating the log. In my theme i do not use the <feature supported="video"> to include video into my theme. Instead I simply create view named <view name="md_video"> similar to any image view. What this has allowed me to do is have the video show if a video is present in the games list, and an image show if no video is available. When i put the "Feature" into the theme, I no longer get an image if a video is not present. I get a black screen, or i can point to a single file as a <default>file.mpv</default> I tested this theory on the recently updated carbon theme and replicated the exact same results. I am going to start a new thread in the themes topic to see if there are any thoughts on this, now that i don't actually have an issue that needs resolved here. Thanks

Thanks for your reply.
Indeed, I will check this evening.

I remember seeing something about a splash screen option somewhere in the config menus ...

Stephane

Updating Retropie returns sounds to TVs via HDMI that never use to work.

you might notice sound is then lagging and Retropie crashing. if this occurs uninstall pulse on Raspian.

Curious if you ever resolved this?

@zmanz It doesn't support the hotkeys you might have setup for retroarch emulators, but there is definitely a way to map the EXIT command to two buttons. You need to open up the MAME GUI menu (TAB) and edit the Inputs (General) then scroll down to UI Cancel which is usually mapped to Esc. Hit enter on this item, then press your two buttons at the same time. Wait a moment, and it should register a "1 5" for that function.

What you are doing is called a <CODE AND> boolean key map by pressing both buttons at the same time you are telling MAME you want the function to trigger only when both are pressed. If you don't move to another function, you can map another key, say for example that you want to also keep ESC mapped, you can add that one right after. If you move away to another mapping function and come back, it will be replaced.

You can do some pretty nifty stuff with <CODE AND> mapping as well as <CODE NOT> mapping (in which you double-tap a button to exclude it). With AND and OR and NOT combinations, it is possible to make a single joystick move a tank that would normally require two tank sticks.

It turned out that I was just using a cheap ass micro USB cable, when I replaced it with a quality one the issue stopped happening, thanks anyways guys

@supoc said in NES multicard:

Everyone has his thing and taste.

I collected 8-Track tapes in the nineties as a novelty and that has got to be hands-down the worst audio duplication and distribution format of all time, so I can indeed relate to inexplicable nostalgia.

@AlexMurphy You are a bloody legend, yasssssssss it worked, thank youuu so much brutha

Good news, full format overwrite erase with SDFormatter did the trick, SD card is now working fine and was able to test the kodi install with it, i didn't do the second one for now since it took forever to format, but at least it worked for that one.

Thanks again for your help.

@tombot2000

is there a way to press 2 keys to simulate a different key? e.g.. press A+B together = an X key?

The only way to get the type of global functionality you're looking for is with external controller mapping software. I favor xboxdrv and have put together a guide here relating directly to RetroPie, but there are a few other solutions also, such as Linux Joystick Mapper.

@DigitalMonkey That worked! I tried a few different ones just to check that and nothing worked but Etcher did! Thank you so much for the help!

Yes there seems to be differences with these cheap china dongles. Well, I got refunded all money for the dongle and did not have to return it. Will order Micro$oft genuine one next. But, if somebody has tips how can i get that cheap dongle working, i am open for suggestions. Thanks backstander for the help earlier :)

So, that cheap dongle has something wrong with it, win10 does not make the usb connection sound and is not recoqnized with device manager. But, light is lit and blinking when button is pressed. Also, RPi does not show it in lsusb list.

My guess is that the best way to do this is to install Linux (e.g. Ubuntu 16.04) to a USB drive and make it bootable.
Then boot into Linux from that USB stick, and install Retropie following the instructions on the RetroPie website for x86/64 Ubuntu.

When you want to enter the world of RetroPie, simply boot the USB stick from the computer UEFI/BIOS boot menu.

I imagine that you'll want to use a fairly large USB stick to hold all the ROMs you wish to use.
64GB or even 128GB would almost certainly get you the bulk of the decent emulators.

press the button that you have assigned to start, then choose the configure input option.
It took me a fair while to find that :)

kodi-peripheral-joystick
kodi-inputstream-adaptive
kodi-inputstream-rtmp

already in unstable ppa for zesty 17.04
https://launchpad.net/~team-xbmc/+archive/ubuntu/unstable/+index?batch=75&memo=75&start=7599

@Ladyslayer0160 sorry to bring this up. I just got the same problem. I can't use the keyboard or joystick up and down after update. but works fine in terminal. Have you resolve this issure yet? Thanks!

@Al2017 you also have to copy the bios file to the USB drive.

Yes, the buttons have been working fine with jstest. After a few hours of hopeless resetting and deleting button configuration files, I tried a different port. Problem solved!

I still can't explain why a different port would let L & R work on ES while the actual inputs were detectable...

Now my only issue are phantom inputs, as discussed here: https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/8598/buffalo-controllers-phantom-inputs