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    A few questons before buying raspbarry pie3

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    • AlexMurphyA
      AlexMurphy Banned
      last edited by AlexMurphy

      Why should anyone try and convince anyone of anything? Everyone is more than welcome to ask questions but if it sounds like a device that's not for you, then that is fine. Buy it or don't buy it @Deltax5 the decision is your's. If you do, then you have a great community to support you. If you don't buy it, then good luck with your choice.

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      • AlexMurphyA
        AlexMurphy Banned @Rascas
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        @Rascas As an aside. At what point are we going to admit that Kodi 17 is broken? I have jumped through all sorts of hoops and tried to make this work. There are major bugs with this 17.0 and 17.1 RC1 that are being ignored. Why will KODI no longer save my skin settings? It will a few times, but then randomly decides to restore default settings. Btw I am using a supported skin.

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        • mediamogulM
          mediamogul Global Moderator @AlexMurphy
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          @AlexMurphy said in A few questons before buying raspbarry pie3:

          Why will KODI no longer save my skin settings? It will a few times, but then randomly decides to restore default settings.

          That usually means that Kodi's not exiting cleanly and corrupting the preference file which is then created fresh on the next startup. I haven't had that problem myself since sometime before Frodo. Have you noticed if this is a widespread issue?

          RetroPie v4.5 • RPi3 Model B • 5.1V 2.5A PSU • 16GB SanDisk microSD • 512GB External Drive

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          • AlexMurphyA
            AlexMurphy Banned @mediamogul
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            @mediamogul Yes, A lot. Even using the Estuary skin. Random resets, but not all just certain parts of the skin settings. I have been trying to work it out for about since 17.0 was released to RetroPie. Feb 3rd, I think.

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            • mediamogulM
              mediamogul Global Moderator @AlexMurphy
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              @AlexMurphy

              I'm using OSMC here and obviously a different combination of addons, but my personal experience with Kodi 17 has been pretty positive, not counting the day or two... or three it took to get used to the new user interface.

              RetroPie v4.5 • RPi3 Model B • 5.1V 2.5A PSU • 16GB SanDisk microSD • 512GB External Drive

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              • RascasR
                Rascas @AlexMurphy
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                @AlexMurphy said in A few questons before buying raspbarry pie3:

                @Rascas As an aside. At what point are we going to admit that Kodi 17 is broken? I have jumped through all sorts of hoops and tried to make this work. There are major bugs with this 17.0 and 17.1 RC1 that are being ignored. Why will KODI no longer save my skin settings? It will a few times, but then randomly decides to restore default settings. Btw I am using a supported skin.

                The skins I use the most are the old Confluence, Aeon Nox and the new Estuary and never noticed something like that, either on Kodi 17 (or older versions) on PiPplware/Raspbian/Retropie (with the same Kodi versions) or x86 OSs. Seems like data corruption and that is generally caused not by software but some hardware problem.

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                • AlexMurphyA
                  AlexMurphy Banned @Rascas
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                  @Rascas Hmm. I don't think so. I have no other issues except for Krypton. Been running Kodi for a long time with no major issues. I have 2 set ups. 1 I held at 16, all good. The other I upgraded. Nothing but random issues and crashes and rests.

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                  • RascasR
                    Rascas @AlexMurphy
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                    @AlexMurphy I dont think it is a software problem, I compile Kodi for Raspbian since the release of the first Raspberry Pis and I think I never had a complain like that, at least that was not proven to be an hardware problem, like faulty/not suituable SD card, problems relative to the power supply or excessive overclocking.

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                    • AlexMurphyA
                      AlexMurphy Banned @Rascas
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                      @Rascas Again, I find it odd that I had zero issues going back to Frodo. Now I am suddenly having issues with Krypton. Anyway, I appreciate your replies but I have to have the last word. Something is broken in 17, it will eventually sort itself out but denying it is pointless. I have seen so many Kodi stalwarts say the same, with the same issues. It is NOT a user error.

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                      • obsidianspiderO
                        obsidianspider @AlexMurphy
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                        @AlexMurphy said in A few questons before buying raspbarry pie3:

                        I have to have the last word.

                        Do you?

                        📷 @obsidianspider

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                        • RascasR
                          Rascas
                          last edited by Rascas

                          If that happens to you again, please post your Kodi log, both the current and the old one, they are both at /home/pi/.kodi/temp/, it should state the problem. I became courious, because like I said, it would be something new to me, if there is really a problem not caused by 3rd party addons, I am sure that wouldn't be difficult to have it fixed ;)
                          Also, try with a clean Kodi config by deleting/moving /home/pi/.kodi

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                          • AlexMurphyA
                            AlexMurphy Banned @obsidianspider
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                            @obsidianspider No. I'm not that sort of person...

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                            • obsidianspiderO
                              obsidianspider @AlexMurphy
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                              @AlexMurphy OK

                              📷 @obsidianspider

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                              • AlexMurphyA
                                AlexMurphy Banned @obsidianspider
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                                @obsidianspider Thanks.

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                                • obsidianspiderO
                                  obsidianspider @AlexMurphy
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                                  @AlexMurphy no problem

                                  📷 @obsidianspider

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                                  • AlexMurphyA
                                    AlexMurphy Banned @obsidianspider
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                                    @obsidianspider Take care.

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                                      Deltax5
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                                      Well I did it I bout it, was $ 112.99 Canadian with the tax with free shipping for the complete one. DO i need a usb stick to. I have a usb keybord.
                                      It could of been worse, was thinking in getting the Analogue Nt and get it jail broken. that would of cost me alot more and no snes.
                                      Anyways any good usb nes controllers or adapters that are good. the one's on amazon.ca don't have good reviews. may stick with the snes controller if it works.
                                      I hope DBZ Hyper Dimension works for the snes.
                                      I seen a reviewer on youtube that said that scandisk ultra 32 gig card doesn't work for him. I have a 32gb ultra plus lying around is that good or better then the one that comes with it. Or is the sd card that comes with the kit good enough.
                                      Is 32gig enough for most of the non cd games with kodi. I may put some psx in there but not a hole lot.

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                                        Deltax5
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                                        I was checking my order and noticed that I didn't complete my order. Doe. For some reason the complete one doesn't have free shipping anymore so I ended up getting the ultimate since it was about $5 more then the complete with payed shipping.
                                        CDN$ 135.59 with free shipping and arrives Tuesday, March 28 .

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                                          Gosenbach
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                                          congrats! Let us know how it goes :)

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                                            Deltax5
                                            last edited by Deltax5

                                            im exited for RetroPie 4.2. Did they fix this video issue in this update you guys are talking about?
                                            Has anyone tried the satern emu yet?
                                            A reviewer said that newer neogeo games may have slowdowns is this correct like svc chaos and the newer king of fighters. Hope the metal slug games work good thou.
                                            I really need a good nes controller for nes and SMS.

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