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    • BriganeB
      Brigane @Finhead
      last edited by Brigane

      @Finhead said in Attract Mode with RetroPie - Alternative to EmulationStation:

      @Brigane said in Attract Mode with RetroPie - Alternative to EmulationStation:

      Edit: Another thing is that AM seems a bit unstable, sometimes it just kicks me out in the terminal because of some error.

      Are you overclocked or have large video files loaded? I know the only time AM has ever kicked out was when I tried to overclock to high. And when it goes into screen saver mod and uses the grid saver with higher res videos, doen't like that.

      Yes I have an overclocked Pi and the crash does happen when AM is trying to show a ps1 game preview. the video files are about 10mb so should that really be the problem?
      I tried again with overclock off but with no luck.

      Systems: Raspberry Pi 0/2/3 Model B+
      Os: RetroPie 4.5
      Frontend: Emulationstation & Attract Mode

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      • FloobF
        Floob @Brigane
        last edited by Floob

        @Brigane As Finhead suggests, it could well be the video size. That does sound quite large compared to the snaps I tend to find. It seems that most, say from emumovies or progetto are closer to 1MB to 2MB. Perhaps thats it.
        Where did you get your snaps?

        Here is a related thread:
        http://forum.attractmode.org/index.php?topic=707.0

        Please read the Docs before asking a new question.
        RetroPie Help Guides: https://goo.gl/3gcNsT

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        • BriganeB
          Brigane @Floob
          last edited by

          @Floob I got most of my video snaps from here. But I will sure try to get them from emumovies in the future if the filesizes differs that much. Thank you for pointing that out to me.

          Systems: Raspberry Pi 0/2/3 Model B+
          Os: RetroPie 4.5
          Frontend: Emulationstation & Attract Mode

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          • FloobF
            Floob @Brigane
            last edited by

            @Brigane They all look like they are 480p, emumovies has access to 240p quality as well.

            Please read the Docs before asking a new question.
            RetroPie Help Guides: https://goo.gl/3gcNsT

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            • FinheadF
              Finhead
              last edited by Finhead

              I get all mine from here, but I'm dealing with only MAME stuff and Daphne so might not help you out.
              MAME snaps

              Did that help on changing the pointer to what you wanted?

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              • BriganeB
                Brigane @Finhead
                last edited by

                @Finhead said in Attract Mode with RetroPie - Alternative to EmulationStation:

                I get all mine from here, but I'm dealing with only MAME stuff and Daphne so might not help you out.
                MAME snaps

                Did that help on changing the pointer to what you wanted?

                Haven't had time to look at that just yet, but when I do I'll let you know. A smarter solution would be nice though. You could easily screw up the Layout.nut file :)

                Systems: Raspberry Pi 0/2/3 Model B+
                Os: RetroPie 4.5
                Frontend: Emulationstation & Attract Mode

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                • FinheadF
                  Finhead @Brigane
                  last edited by

                  @Brigane said in Attract Mode with RetroPie - Alternative to EmulationStation:

                  @Finhead said in Attract Mode with RetroPie - Alternative to EmulationStation:

                  I get all mine from here, but I'm dealing with only MAME stuff and Daphne so might not help you out.
                  MAME snaps

                  Did that help on changing the pointer to what you wanted?

                  Haven't had time to look at that just yet, but when I do I'll let you know. A smarter solution would be nice though. You could easily screw up the Layout.nut file :)

                  LOL your welcome. You'll have to ask someone else if I'm not smart enough. ;)

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                  • senkunS
                    senkun @Brigane
                    last edited by senkun

                    @Brigane said in Attract Mode with RetroPie - Alternative to EmulationStation:

                    @Finhead said in Attract Mode with RetroPie - Alternative to EmulationStation:

                    I get all mine from here, but I'm dealing with only MAME stuff and Daphne so might not help you out.
                    MAME snaps

                    Did that help on changing the pointer to what you wanted?

                    Haven't had time to look at that just yet, but when I do I'll let you know. A smarter solution would be nice though. You could easily screw up the Layout.nut file :)

                    Make a copy of the robospin directory or directory of whatever layout you want to tweak, rename it and in the gui select your cloned layout to use. Now you can go to town on it, make whatever changes to pointers or mess about to your hearts content. Screw up the .nut file as much as you like.

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                    • BriganeB
                      Brigane @Finhead
                      last edited by Brigane

                      @Finhead said in Attract Mode with RetroPie - Alternative to EmulationStation:

                      @Brigane said in Attract Mode with RetroPie - Alternative to EmulationStation:

                      @Finhead said in Attract Mode with RetroPie - Alternative to EmulationStation:

                      I get all mine from here, but I'm dealing with only MAME stuff and Daphne so might not help you out.
                      MAME snaps

                      Did that help on changing the pointer to what you wanted?

                      Haven't had time to look at that just yet, but when I do I'll let you know. A smarter solution would be nice though. You could easily screw up the Layout.nut file :)

                      LOL your welcome. You'll have to ask someone else if I'm not smart enough. ;)

                      Thanks for your help of course, I didn't mean to offend you in any way. But of course you already knew that :)

                      Systems: Raspberry Pi 0/2/3 Model B+
                      Os: RetroPie 4.5
                      Frontend: Emulationstation & Attract Mode

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                      • Z
                        zerojay
                        last edited by

                        I attemped to get runcommand working through this, but without any luck. If I use the script raw, it sits there waiting forever (but does appear to get the right parameters). If I attempt to open the script in an xterm, it just returns right away.

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                        • FloobF
                          Floob @zerojay
                          last edited by

                          @zerojay I haven't had much luck either. Its as though the inputs arent reaching it. Or at least its not accepting them.
                          As you say, it appears on the screen fine, and shows the correct values, but doesnt seem to listen to input.

                          Please read the Docs before asking a new question.
                          RetroPie Help Guides: https://goo.gl/3gcNsT

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                          • FinheadF
                            Finhead
                            last edited by

                            Curious if anyone that has tried out Attract Mode has setup AdvanceMAME yet?
                            I've been trying to get it running with no sucess, Emulation Station runs the ROMS for it perfectly so I know they work.
                            If anyone has the Executable and Command Arguments they use that would be fantastic. :)

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                            • InsecureSpikeI
                              InsecureSpike
                              last edited by

                              ok having some shitty issues with the latest release....
                              tried to generate a game list for my neo geo stuff, says it finds them all, but shows none??
                              added some snes roms had the same issue, nw the damn thing won't go any further than the login screen, just goes black screen

                              running on a pi b+ 2, 8gb kingston class 10 card

                              RPi 3 - RetroPie + 500gb HDD [consoles] + Razer Onza Tournament
                              RPi 3 - RetroPie + 32gb USB [computers] + Keyboard
                              both with AttractMode + FuzzBoxx Layout

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                              • FinheadF
                                Finhead
                                last edited by

                                Wanted to put this here since someone else my try and run AdvMAME as well.
                                "advmame has SDL issues with hardware scaling on x-windows. "
                                So it's broken and does not work, no point messing with AdvMAME for Attract Mode"

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                                • InsecureSpikeI
                                  InsecureSpike
                                  last edited by

                                  ok, i'm starting with a fresh img,

                                  I WANNA START THEMEING!!!!!!

                                  or whatever its called

                                  RPi 3 - RetroPie + 500gb HDD [consoles] + Razer Onza Tournament
                                  RPi 3 - RetroPie + 32gb USB [computers] + Keyboard
                                  both with AttractMode + FuzzBoxx Layout

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                                  • FinheadF
                                    Finhead @InsecureSpike
                                    last edited by

                                    @InsecureSpike said in Attract Mode with RetroPie - Alternative to EmulationStation:

                                    ok having some shitty issues with the latest release....
                                    tried to generate a game list for my neo geo stuff, says it finds them all, but shows none??
                                    added some snes roms had the same issue, nw the damn thing won't go any further than the login screen, just goes black screen

                                    running on a pi b+ 2, 8gb kingston class 10 card

                                    Did you setup your display after generating your list? It needs to all be setup after you get your roms list built.

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                                    • InsecureSpikeI
                                      InsecureSpike @Finhead
                                      last edited by

                                      @Finhead said in Attract Mode with RetroPie - Alternative to EmulationStation:

                                      @InsecureSpike said in Attract Mode with RetroPie - Alternative to EmulationStation:

                                      ok having some shitty issues with the latest release....
                                      tried to generate a game list for my neo geo stuff, says it finds them all, but shows none??
                                      added some snes roms had the same issue, nw the damn thing won't go any further than the login screen, just goes black screen

                                      running on a pi b+ 2, 8gb kingston class 10 card

                                      Did you setup your display after generating your list? It needs to all be setup after you get your roms list built.

                                      Ahhh, that may well be it! i'm glad, theres peeps who know about these things! many thanks

                                      RPi 3 - RetroPie + 500gb HDD [consoles] + Razer Onza Tournament
                                      RPi 3 - RetroPie + 32gb USB [computers] + Keyboard
                                      both with AttractMode + FuzzBoxx Layout

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                                      • A
                                        AceGrace
                                        last edited by

                                        I don't suppose anyone has done an img with it all set up including a theme (but no roms obviously) with instructions on where to put each set of roms have they? :-)

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                                        • FinheadF
                                          Finhead @AceGrace
                                          last edited by

                                          @AceGrace said in Attract Mode with RetroPie - Alternative to EmulationStation:

                                          I don't suppose anyone has done an img with it all set up including a theme (but no roms obviously) with instructions on where to put each set of roms have they? :-)

                                          You put your ROMS in the same place you do RetroPie, in fact it's running ontop of RetroPie.
                                          If you watch the video Floob posted it goes through everything on how to get it all running and setup.

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                                          • InsecureSpikeI
                                            InsecureSpike
                                            last edited by InsecureSpike

                                            ok, is anyone currently theming?
                                            i've currently started, i'm just stuck on one thing....
                                            adding system logos

                                            RPi 3 - RetroPie + 500gb HDD [consoles] + Razer Onza Tournament
                                            RPi 3 - RetroPie + 32gb USB [computers] + Keyboard
                                            both with AttractMode + FuzzBoxx Layout

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