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      nukeray @nukeray
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      @nukeray
      I have LEDspicer running. Everthing is setup using ledspicerd -e and -l. Not able to figure out how to LoadProfile command line test. More importantly though I would really like to know how to use the input code for MAME. I am running the latest version of SDLMAME not Retropie so OSD is working fine. Any help would be awesome!!

      Doug

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      • MeduZaPaTM
        MeduZaPaT @nukeray
        last edited by MeduZaPaT

        @nukeray Excellent, the first part is done, can you msg me throw FB so I can help you easily?
        https://www.facebook.com/LEDSpicer-2393969390678210

        LEDSpicer

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        • MeduZaPaTM
          MeduZaPaT
          last edited by

          New Release of LEDSpicer is out, 0.3.9
          this version includes:

          • Improves Pulseaudio plugin render.
          • New PulseAudio mode "Wave" (check video).
          • Adds new actor plugin FileReader, this plugin allows the user to create frames on an XML file, right now only RGBA format, more coming soon.
          • Lot of bug fixes.
          • Code improvement.

          LEDSpicer

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          • prozachP
            prozach
            last edited by

            This is awesome!

            How difficult would it be to add support for the howler?

            The software was written in C and the source is available on github already.
            https://github.com/wolfwaretech/Howler-Arcade-Controller-Firmware

            would love to be able to use the controller I have rather than have to buy a new one.

            Keep up the good work.

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            • WhoremoanW
              Whoremoan
              last edited by

              I'm trying to install LEDSpicer using the latest Retropieimage on a Raspberry Pi.
              I am at the part where it says
              ./configure CXXFLAGS='-s -O3' --prefix=/usr --sysconfdir=/etc
              it goes all the way through it OK but right at the end I get
              configure: error: tinyxml2 not found.
              Now I can see you need version 6, but I can only get version 4, so I assume that is why I'm getting the error?
              I can't figure out how to install version 6.
              I've been looking all over the net for a solution for hours and I'm completely stuck.
              My knowledge of Linux is pretty basic, so as detailed a response as possible would be much appreciated ;)
              TIA

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              • WhoremoanW
                Whoremoan @Whoremoan
                last edited by

                @Whoremoan
                Sorted it with the help of MeduZaPaT.
                I'm going to try to repeat what I did on my other Rpi to make sure I can replicate the fix and I'll document it and put it up here in case anyone else has the same issue I had.

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                • WhoremoanW
                  Whoremoan @Whoremoan
                  last edited by

                  @Whoremoan
                  OK here is what I did

                  Install tinyxml2 version 4, which is the newest version available in the repos of the pre-built Retropie v4.5.1 image.
                  You need this as none of the other versions bellow seem to install the tinyxml2.pc file

                  sudo apt install libtinyxml2-dev
                  

                  Now change the tinyxml2.pc file to match the version LEDSpicer is expecting

                  sudo nano /usr/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/pkgconfig/tinyxml2.pc
                  

                  Change version to 6.2.0
                  Ctrl X and save changes

                  Now download and install version 6a of tinyxml2

                  wget http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/pool/main/t/tinyxml2/libtinyxml2-6a_7.0.0+dfsg-1_armhf.deb
                  sudo dpkg -i libtinyxml2-6a_7.0.0+dfsg-1_armhf.deb
                  

                  This version does not update the tinyxml.h file, so install the version bellow which will install an updated version of this.

                  git clone https://github.com/leethomason/tinyxml2
                  cd tinyxml2
                  

                  Edit Makefile so that the lib files are installed in the directory LEDSpicer expects to see them.

                  sudo nano Makefile
                  

                  Change
                  prefix = /usr/local
                  To
                  prefix = /usr

                  Change
                  libdir = $(prefix)/lib
                  To
                  libdir = $(prefix)/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf

                  Ctrl X and save changes

                  Now install

                  make all
                  sudo make install
                  cd ..
                  

                  Finally delete the old version 4 library files and you should be good start the Installing section on the LEDSpicer without errors

                  sudo rm /usr/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libtinyxml2.so.4
                  sudo rm /usr/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libtinyxml2.so.4.0.1
                  

                  It is possible that not all of these steps are needed, but it's the process I went through to get it up and running and it only takes a couple of minutes to do all of this, so you might as well

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                  • MeduZaPaTM
                    MeduZaPaT @Whoremoan
                    last edited by

                    @Whoremoan this is really good, thanks for the update!

                    LEDSpicer

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                      12ale
                      last edited by 12ale

                      I am having a problem with the command:

                      sudo service ledspicerd start
                      

                      It responds with this error:

                      Job for ledspicerd.service failed because the control process exited with error code.
                      See "systemctl status ledspicerd.service" and "journalctl -xe"
                      

                      When I view journalctl -xe this is the error I am greeted with:

                      -- Unit ledspicerd.service has begun starting up.
                      Feb 06 15:26:49 retropie LEDSpicer[9229]: Set interval to 100ms
                      Feb 06 15:26:49 retropie LEDSpicer[9229]: Opening USB session
                      Feb 06 15:26:49 retropie LEDSpicer[9229]: Reading /usr/share/ledspicer/.xml
                      Feb 06 15:26:49 retropie LEDSpicer[9229]: Program terminated by error: Unable to read the file /usr/share/ledspicer/.xml Error=XML_ERROR_FILE_NOT_FOUND ErrorID=3 (0x3) Line number=0: filename=/usr/share/ledspice
                      Feb 06 15:26:49 retropie systemd[1]: ledspicerd.service: Control process exited, code=exited status=1
                      Feb 06 15:26:49 retropie systemd[1]: Failed to start LEDSpicer a LEDs controller and animation daemon that will handle LEDs of different devices..
                      -- Subject: Unit ledspicerd.service has failed
                      -- Defined-By: systemd
                      -- Support: https://www.debian.org/support
                      --
                      -- Unit ledspicerd.service has failed.
                      --
                      -- The result is failed.
                      Feb 06 15:26:49 retropie systemd[1]: ledspicerd.service: Unit entered failed state.
                      Feb 06 15:26:49 retropie systemd[1]: ledspicerd.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'.
                      Feb 06 15:26:49 retropie sudo[9157]: pam_unix(sudo:session): session closed for user root
                      Feb 06 15:27:00 retropie sudo[9591]:       pi : TTY=pts/0 ; PWD=/home/pi ; USER=root ; COMMAND=/bin/journalctl -xe
                      Feb 06 15:27:00 retropie sudo[9591]: pam_unix(sudo:session): session opened for user root by pi(uid=0)
                      

                      It looks like I am missing the file with this directory

                      /usr/share/ledspicer/.xml
                      

                      Thanks in advance.

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                      • WhoremoanW
                        Whoremoan @12ale
                        last edited by

                        @12ale

                        Have you tried running ledspicerd -d
                        This should tell you if any of the .xml files are missing or if there is an error in the .xml files.

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                        • MeduZaPaTM
                          MeduZaPaT @12ale
                          last edited by MeduZaPaT

                          @12ale you need to set the ledspicer.conf file, that error is maybe the missing colors file.
                          you can check the logs also like this:

                          cat /var/log/syslog | grep ledspicer
                          

                          Use sudo if you get access denied.

                          LEDSpicer

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                            12ale @Whoremoan
                            last edited by

                            @Whoremoan @MeduZaPaT

                            Part of the issue was the missing color files.
                            I still get this:

                            Job for ledspicerd.service failed because the control process exited with error code.
                            See "systemctl status ledspicerd.service" and "journalctl -xe"
                            

                            When I run ledspicerd -d I get this message:

                            Program terminated by error: Missing attribute 'port' inside root
                            

                            Thanks for the help.

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                              12ale @12ale
                              last edited by

                              @12ale said in LEDSpicer, LED animation controller for Linux.:

                              @Whoremoan @MeduZaPaT

                              Part of the issue was the missing color files.
                              I still get this:

                              Job for ledspicerd.service failed because the control process exited with error code.
                              See "systemctl status ledspicerd.service" and "journalctl -xe"
                              

                              When I run ledspicerd -d I get this message:

                              Program terminated by error: Missing attribute 'port' inside root
                              

                              Thanks for the help.

                              Disregard the previous post. I was able to get everything to work.
                              Thank you for the help.

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                                SigmaX
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                                I was kind of giving up hope I would get my Howler working on my Pi3. Is there a retro pi image that I can download that will have everything set up? I'm really new to all of this, and I'm also dyslexic so the amount of reading I have to do is pretty daunting.

                                I'd love to find an image I can just put on my SD card and start going.

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                                • MeduZaPaTM
                                  MeduZaPaT @SigmaX
                                  last edited by

                                  @SigmaX what OS are you running in the Pi3 ?

                                  LEDSpicer

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