I did some googling and found a (probably unsupported, but still) Python script: https://github.com/dillbyrne/es-cec-input I tried it, it worked, when I started it manually. There's noticeable input-lag, compared to the Kodi implementation, no way that would be useable in a game, but it does the job. Unfortunatelly, I couldn't make it reboot-proof, the @reboot statement in crontab worked, the script was running according to ps, but it did not work. Even more, running it via crontab resulted it in Kodi no longer accepting CEC input either. So I removed it from crontab and am no longer using it. Is there anyone around here with experience with that or a similar script? Thanks!

I can see a new entry on my TV saying "RetroPie ES", but the remote doesn't work OOTB neither is possible to configure it via "Configure Input". In either the pré-compiled one and the custom one. This is just to confirm if it is working or not, it can be my TV, although CEC works fine in other programs.

If you turn on the cec function on your pi and put on Anynet+ (on Samsung tv's) with auto power on, you can see if the TV turns on when you power your pi.

@mitu Alright sounds good to me i'll do that then. Thanks

Hello fellows. I would like to say thanks! The cec-utils package is pretty handy. The udev rules are perfect! The only addition I've made on my arcade build was adding a turn off monitor.sh script in RetroPie Menu. #!/bin/bash # turn off monitor.sh ################# # Actually puts the monitor on stand by mode. echo standby 0 | cec-utils -s -d 1

any luck with this? having never used or tested the script, i can only give some random thoughts for your troubleshooting consideration: did you try adding the script to crontab so it runs at boot time? crontab -e @reboot nohup ./home/pi/RetroPie/scripts/es-cec-input.py (note there is a typo in the script comment "hohup") double-check your locale & keyboard layout is correct: Raspi-Config > Localisation Options > Localisation Options Raspi-Config > Localisation Options > Change Keyboard Layout i had some strange effect from my keyboard until i set these correctly (en_US.UTF-8 / Generic Logitech Keyboard) what is the remote make/model, and how is it connected? should the vendor id/model match up with what is stored in?: /etc/udev/rules.d/40-uinput.rules make sure there are no unsupported keys mapped in /opt/retropie/configs/all/retroarch.cfg https://github.com/dillbyrne/es-cec-input#supported-keyboard-keys sorry if this wasn't very helpful, i'm just a measly end-user with not much experience

@dankcushions That's a good call. Supplementary would be my preference then, but @herb_fargus 's comment might actually settle it, then.

Thanks @Fruitybit , I forgot about that. That will work fine for me.

I am not aware of crashes because of CEC, but I know that some joysticks, in rare cases can make Kodi crash. Try running Kodi without any controllers attached and if the problem remains, post you Kodi log.