[Testing] Kodi 17.0 stable/final available for RetroPie!

[AlexMurphy]

@mediamogul It was easily sorted with a look at the log and a quick google but as you know not everyone will do that!

[Gustavo]

Hi guys, im new in this topic but i tried install kodi from binary and not working, it says 17.0 in update by method retropie setup but is non functional, my question is:: this method in page is only way to install? And my kodi not open after update and i tried reinstall but not sucess, it go back to ports screen😢😢!
If is possible help me to uninstall and install from correct method! Thanx for all and sorry my bad english😁😁

[EctoOne]

@mediamogul hmm, I just rebooted my OSMC and had no issues after that.
But whatever, after an hour of testing I can say that Krypton is not for me. In my setup the sound is worst than on Jarvis and so far I've not found a Skin that I like (I I really hate the big widgets on the Mimic Skin. They are covering my custom wallpaper).

[Rascas]

@AlexMurphy said in [Testing] Kodi 17.0 stable/final available for RetroPie!:

@Rascas Seems a lot of people including myself are getting a first run error on Krypton. Addons27.db is empty and needs to be deleted, then Kodi launches fine.

That is most probably an indication that you have problematic addons installed. Rebuilding the database may solve that problem in some cases. The log always helps ;)

[AlexMurphy]

@Rascas It did. Can you define "problematic"?

[zequico]

@Rascas OFFTOPIC: Viva Portugal!!!! Parabéns, o PiPPLWARE já se está a internacionalizar.

[FlyingTomahawk]

Device: RPi 3 (check my sig)
RetroPie 4.1.5
Kodi 17
Controller: iBuffalo USB SNES gamepad

I installed Kodi 16 at first and the gamepad worked fine. Now after upgrading to Kodi 17 I went to the input setup menu but no button click gets registered. I have the Kodi controller which looks like a xbox360 pad and I additionally installed the SNES pad but it just simply won't recognize any input. It says Press A and a push A but nothing. The countdown timer starts and ends the input registration phase.

Anyone having an iBuffalo gamepad with Kodi 17 up and running?

UPDATE!
Cannot setup any gamepad or joystick. Just tried my wireless 360 arcade stick. No luck. Right now only the keyboard works.

[AlexMurphy]

@FlyingTomahawk Yeah, my iBuffallo worked no problem. Did you hot plug the controller? Try rebooting with the controller attached and try again. (EDIT: Yeah, I saw that, sorry. -Did you add the SNES controller in the options?)

[FlyingTomahawk]

@AlexMurphy

Yes I did add the SNES controller from the get more option. Also rebooted a couple times. No luck.
Can I or do I have to edit an xml file somewhere?

[AlexMurphy]

@FlyingTomahawk File path: /home/pi/.kodi/userdata/addon_data/peripheral.joystick/resources/buttonmaps/xml/linux

File name: USB_2-axis_8-button_gamepad_8b_2a.xml

Content:

<?xml version="1.0" ?>
<buttonmap>
    <device name="USB,2-axis 8-button gamepad" provider="linux" buttoncount="8" axiscount="2">
        <configuration />
        <controller id="game.controller.snes">
            <feature name="a" button="0" />
            <feature name="b" button="1" />
            <feature name="down" axis="+1" />
            <feature name="left" axis="-0" />
            <feature name="leftbumper" button="4" />
            <feature name="right" axis="+0" />
            <feature name="rightbumper" button="5" />
            <feature name="select" button="6" />
            <feature name="start" button="7" />
            <feature name="up" axis="-1" />
            <feature name="x" button="2" />
            <feature name="y" button="3" />
        </controller>
    </device>
</buttonmap>

[Rascas]

@AlexMurphy said in [Testing] Kodi 17.0 stable/final available for RetroPie!:

@Rascas It did. Can you define "problematic"?

Some addons are bad programmed, others not updated for a very long time, etc. This can cause problems on Kodi updates. Most of what ppl call "Builds" can cause problems also.

@FlyingTomahawk In Kodi 17, you shouldn't need to edit xml keymaps, specially with that joystick which is confirmed to be working. Did you follow the configuration steps in the first post ? The log file may help to see what's your problem.

[xFlesk]

i just want to say: i hate the new look of kodi. i hate the new "funcionality". i hate it all, wish this update never happend :/

[Rascas]

@xFlesk Some people don't like the new look, but you can install the old Confluence skin. Or downgrade and hold Kodi packages.
When a change is big is difficult to please everybody I guess.

[mediamogul]

@xFlesk said in [Testing] Kodi 17.0 stable/final available for RetroPie!:

i just want to say: i hate the new look of kodi.

I thought I would like it more than I have. Right now, it feels like my hands are tied behind my back, but I'm learning to live in it bit by bit.

[xFlesk]

@Rascas said in [Testing] Kodi 17.0 stable/final available for RetroPie!:

@xFlesk Some people don't like the new look, but you can install the old Confluence skin. Or downgrade and hold Kodi packages.
When a change is big is difficult to please everybody I guess.

i dont like downgrades, i like to have all my software up-to-date. i think im goin to follow your idea and install the confluence skin (simply did not know its possible ;) ) thank you

[AlexMurphy]

@xFlesk I would recommend a skin called Xonfluence which is based on Confluence but includes a lot of customisation options (If that's your thing). Worth checking it out as an update for Krypton was released.

[xFlesk]

@AlexMurphy said in [Testing] Kodi 17.0 stable/final available for RetroPie!:

@xFlesk I would recommend a skin called Xonfluence which is based on Confluence but includes a lot of customisation options (If that's your thing). Worth checking it out as an update for Krypton was released.

thank you for a tip, for sure im goin to try this one

[AlexMurphy]

@xFlesk Here's the link to the repo github https://github.com/Helly1206/skin.xonfluence

[FlyingTomahawk]

@AlexMurphy said in [Testing] Kodi 17.0 stable/final available for RetroPie!:

File path: /home/pi/.kodi/userdata/addon_data/peripheral.joystick/resources/buttonmaps/xml/linux

Interesting, I am missing the folder structure after /home/pi/.kodi/userdata/addon_data/

/peripheral.joystick/resources/buttonmaps/xml/linux is simply not there. I created that folder structure and added the iBuffalo USB_2-axis_8-button_gamepad_8b_2a.xml file in there but still no luck. I am now uninstalling everything and will start from scratch again. Maybe something went wrong during the update from Jarvis to Krypton?

Oh and btw. I like the new interface. Kinda reminds me of bootstrap.

UPDATE:

Re-installed everything. Still no luck. This time it installed directly Kodi 17 Krypton, so no update was done.
Still no controllers work except for the keyboard.

[AlexMurphy]

@FlyingTomahawk That's very weird. Did you check the Kodi version after it installed that it was 17.0 compiled on Feb 3rd 2017?