Let's try this again...

RetroFloppy08

Taking a look, it seems like the DVD drive is automatically mounted, at least in Pixel Desktop mode. Can someone point me toward a script that launches the given game?

RetroFloppy08

@RetroFloppy08 Found a method to make a custom collection. It now reads from the directory that the disc contents can be found in (/media/pi/DISCNAME)... but I still need to mount it, as it only does it automatically in the Pixel Desktop.

kiro

@RetroFloppy08 Hi, sorry if this has already been mentioned, but have you considered /etc/fstab ?

Crush

@RetroFloppy08 said in Let's try this again...:

Taking a look, it seems like the DVD drive is automatically mounted, at least in Pixel Desktop mode. Can someone point me toward a script that launches the given game?

Before you think about launching the game, you'd need to think about a script that identifies what system the game is for that you've put in the drive.

RetroFloppy08

@kiro I actually have not. I'll check as soon as I can.
@Crush The custom category already semi-does this.

RetroFloppy08

@Crush I tested it with a dummy folder, with a Genesis ROM. It works great. There's no script for detection yet, but if you could point me towards a good command for it (right now, my best bet is mount) that would be awesome.

RetroFloppy08

@kiro Checking now, is it a file or folder?

RetroFloppy08

oh my god. i've done it.

RetroFloppy08

@RetroFloppy08 aaaand it broke itself. Great. One moment it works, the next it doesn't.

kiro

@RetroFloppy08 it's a file, where you tell the operating system what to mount at boot, it should automatically mount anything that is in there as lon as the syntax is correct.

RetroFloppy08

@kiro Did a little fiddling with it, and now it reads from /dev/sd0 instead of the UUID. It's done. After 2 years, I did it.

RetroFloppy08

Little update for the very little people who still look at this thread;

I wrote a .sh file that remounts the DVD after a swap, so you don't have to reboot the entire system. You do, however, need to restart EmulationStation.

RetroFloppy08

@RetroFloppy08 Another update: Added two more lines to the script so EmulationStation reboots itself.