Okay, for some reason, the screen command needs an sh after the -L on a Raspbian-based Retropie. sh starts a new shell with the script in it. On my Desktop PC running Kubuntu Linux 18.04, the command works without the sh, but on my Raspberry Pi running Retropie, it needs the sh to work as intended.

Whatever, please try this with an sh behind -L:

screen -S bezelproject -L sh /home/pi/RetroPie/retropiemenu/bezelproject.sh

Thanks ... this worked!
So < /dev/null inits a EOF in file input, never saw this. Is this a common method?
mpg123 is the clear prefered mp3 player, very small footprint - no stucks in sound during loading. Perfect.

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@mitu That's beyond my expertise... For another day perhaps.

@MaMikee Or this one
two thoughts auto boot retropie into a game or into a slideshow
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@Hanky42 said in Retropie and Libreelec:

Wouldn't KODI want media added to it's library?

yes?

you add files to the library over network without moving the actual files or you can just play them directly from the source.

personally i use mysql (alltho a bit slow) to avoid having to recreate the library and remember which movies i watched on all devices using kodi in my home.

if you want something easier, you can look up plex media center, but i belive a "dedicated" server is required for that, i am unsure if it will run both a player and a server on one raspberry.

@bananapi761 the -dev package is always a source install, otherwise the package would not the latest version.

@bc320 It doesn't work.

@barbudreadmon yeah, think you are right, it was just a thought i had whilst planning what i needed to buy. will go for a 3bplus as at least i already have very good images so it should be an easy install

@mitu Power switch as in "shut down gracefully?"

I also want to boot right into this one game and am not sure you still use E.S. when you implement this way. Was saving that for another search/question.

You should try out the xpadneo driver: https://github.com/atar-axis/xpadneo

see the section under install. This is specifically designed to work with the bluetooth xbox one controller model 1708.

@kingfrankbob Your last post doesn't seem to fit to this topic. Wrong thread?

@stoney66 Ha! Yep, I've become spoilt and I like instant gratification!

Yeah I like the keyboard one better, but maybe someone has some advice if this is still possible with the joystick type. I would think it would be but who knows ;)

@tobas Are you using a Raspberry Pi or a PC?

@Comm64WTB if you are using vice, you just press f12 then add the second disk etc to drive 8 when it asks for it. If the game supports multiple drives then you can pre add drives 9 to 11 with those disks. Most games afaik though didn't support multiple drives (Ultima 4 supported two drives)

All sorted guys. I have found that editing the actually config file for the roms is an easier approach for some reason. Thank you for your help.

@mitu success - I'm now in. Thank you so much for your help - much appreciated and sorry for my daft questions

@mitu Ah, I like that. I actually do have everything in the rom folders because I keep the files on an SSD, so I think that will be way easier than my idea. Actually I'll try both because I'm curious if they'll both work, and I'll tell my results here in case it helps anyone else in the future that gets themselves in a bind like I did.