@Ashpool Ahh, thank you for this response. I will go down this path and see what I can get going.

Thank you for this!!

Sadly the symlinks didn't work- I found out the hard way.

@mitu Good deal. Thank you for the backup assurance. I thought I would be good with that one even though I have no clue how to code sadly.

@mitu Ok i will look into the games and see what emulator is being used. Iv started building the cabinet, and am gonna go six button layout with one player and coin and two player and coin on the top face, then one button each side for pinball games. I see people have built them with another two buttons on the front side, but i dont know what they are for, so i will leave them for now. Its getting cold in the uk right now, so being in the shed is murder, i just wanna get the thing put together and get it in the house so i can figuer the rest out, without freezing hands and feet. thanks for your help though.

@windg This worked great! Thank you so much @windg!!

Ok, thank you for you patience. Even tho the idea with the Bookworm is interesting I probably won't try it, sorry.

@mitu ah I shall try that many thanks buddy:)

By default, you don't need any configuration - a RPI3 will enable the analog video/audio when no HDMI is detected.

enable_tvout is just for Pi4, which doesn't do the switch automatically.

When you're measuring the output, is the cable plugged in the Pi ? If the signal goes through, then maybe the issue is the TV - does it accept composite from other sources ? Do you have a PAL or NTSC TV ?

@franek1709 Thanks for that simple fix. I've been loving playing the old Amiga games but that issue with the mouse pointer had made it such a pain loading in the disk images. Works perfectly now :)

After trying a few times, and it crashed my pi, it finally just worked, and I was able to map the buttons in emulationstation. The light will always move from left to right at the bottom of the pad, but it seems to work fine (for now).

Perhaps this?

https://www.8bitdo.com/micro/

@twistednerd said in jusubb controller wont reconnect bluetooth:

Jusubb bluetooth controller https://tinyurl.com/xew8fzds

Your link is blocked by the my PiHole installation - can you post a direct link ?

can connect and configure controller but when I reboot it will not reconnect no matter the connection method used.

If you shut down the controller and start the Pi first, does it connect when you start it up again ?

@parkingmeter said in Fresh install on a pi b3+ fails to start emulationstation:

Are some resolutions not supported? What else would cause this to work on some screens but not others?

It depends on the list of resolutions reported by the display, but for a TV the usual NTSC/PAL 'resolution' are usually supported by it and by the Pi. A Pi 3b+ supports up to 1080p, if your display doesn't offer anything less (i.e. 4k only) then it's not going to work.
If you run from the terminal, after the error is shown, the command:

tvservice -m CEA tvservice -m DMT

what's the output ?

@wtstreetglow1 Just letting anyone in the future know that after my research. Final Burn Neo games still go in the fba rom folder and mame 078 go in the mame-libreto rom folder

I have the same problem i downloaded BleGamepad and it says same eror it dint connected even once

it's working! fantastic! thanks!

For people that end up seeing this in the future. I ended up using the below as my final solution for music- simple, has necessary features- just watch the install video at his website:

https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/25125/how-to-add-background-music-in-just-5-commands/2