http://commonmark.org/help/ (makes configs more readable if wrapped in a code block)

To answer my own question, looks like it doesn't matter what adapter Retroarch detects, you can simply map your inputs (Retroarch>Settings>Input) to the controller you're using and they should work in any Retroarch emulator.

Thanks for the response. Luckily I managed to work it out.

For some reason none of the Retroarch emulators downloaded (not sure why).

My pi came with Noobs pre installed so not sure if there was a conflict somewhere.

I flashed it just with Retropie in the end and everything works as intended.

One issue I did have was my ps3 controller didn't work in game (it worked fine it emulationstation). It turned out that my wireless keyboard was being picked up as the control method in game and not the controller. Once I unplugged the receiver then the ps3 pad worked.

So all in all everything is now working fine.

I've got to say, this is an awesome piece of kit! :)

Cheers.

@BuZz Reinstalling did it. Not sure when I removed the es_input.cfg but clearly I must've done! Thank you for your help.

@InsecureSpike said in Selph's Scraper add games from unsupported systems?:

oh damn, I was hoping for something that could be used on Mac or something on the pi....

Can't you use Wine on Mac?

@Cole_48 Check this out. Hurry only 2 left the last I checked. ION GO PAD Folding Computer Game Controller

@sk8ersublime said in Building an arcade machine! Joysticks?:

Still having some issues configuring the trackball and getting some of the games to run correctly.

Have you looked at this thread? You can get your trackball running tip-top using Advancemame. I have a trackball and two spinners in my cabinet and I can get them working perfectly. I am hoping lr-mame2003 will evolve to support these controls better.

@challenger2010 said in Trackball or spinners in libretro emulators:

Yes, confirmed. There are menu options for it in 2003, but it won't pick up any mouse movement when you try to change it. Hence, no trackball or spinner games will work properly. I would put this on the wish list for 2003 which just might make it the best emulator to use.

:( if you want, you could log an issue here: https://github.com/libretro/mame2003-libretro/issues

i'm not sure if it's an issue with libretro (the api), or mame itself. if it's the former, i think it's more likely to be fixed, but yeah!

Off topic, any chance of getting 2003 updated from Mame 78 to 84? More game support, and is known as the last stable build for Mame.

hmm, that would be tricky i think. perhaps if the source code is available somewhere we could see the differences.

@bisus well, if “save metadata on exit” option is active, it should write the xml when you exit ES...
maybe it's a config-folder permissions issue?
Have you tried scraping?

@mediamogul Thanks, I didn't think it was possible but thought that there may have been a sneaky way to get around it. I have no desire at this point to re-configure all my keys again (think that's taken the longest alongside managing roms). May just completely disable the quick save/load and play some of these games the traditional way - no saves!

@herb_fargus That's awesome, thanks! 😃

i redid the connection via the retropie bluetooth gui and now it stays connected.

But....

I put in a second controller and RetroPie sees both of them and both are connected (but both have the led light as player 1 controller). I can control the EmulationStation with either controller, but when i go into a game like Galaga or Phoenix within MAME both players have to use the same controller. Is there a way to have one set as one player and the other as 2 player?

@jmebd That kind of questions, it is better for you to ask them in the kodi oficial forum, or another forums more dedicated to that kind of subject. I have a PVR backend configured + some clients but I am no expert in this, it is a very simple setup and I don't use it much. My provider transmits the channels in h264, I never had stuttering problems or whatsoever, even on RPI 1. And this is a retrogaming forum, surely you will find better support for your doubts in more appropriate places.

in 3.6 I had no problems, but in 3.7 I had a similar issue, it seemed that my folder permissions had changed mid way through. I ended up putting the MicroSD into my Linux machine and completing the copy once I edited the folder permissions.

I just go my first Raspberry pi a few weeks ago, so I am no expert

never mind, was changed to work with a controller, not a keyboard. plugged my ps4 controller in and it worked right away.