@mrdowntempo no problem. Just remember one thing, linux is case sensitive so caps and lowercase are important. Even though if you are inside dosbox and you want to run say WOLF.EXE you can type wolf or wolf.exe, when you do it in a .sh file, even though it actually runs the commands inside of dosbox you have to have it say WOLF.EXE.

However, if you do it in a .conf file it doesnt matter.

@herb_fargus Being a long-time *buntu user, I'm absolutely with you on the root/sudo issue. A note may prevent some questions, though. Do as you please. :)

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.

@pjft sorry I didnt know i really wanted some help thank you

@glitchyboyhunter I didn't give you any 'codes', just pointed you to the file where Emulationstation might log any errors.
You just need to get the file from the Pi - you use a PC if you have one connected. You need to open the \\retropie\configs\all\emulationstation folder in Windows Explorer and you'll file the file I pointed out earlier in that folder. Upload the contents to pastebin.com and get the link here in the forum so we can better log at the log.

EDIT: Make sure that Emulationstation is not configured with Parse Gamelists only set to On (https://github.com/RetroPie/RetroPie-Setup/wiki/FAQ#why-does-shut-down-and-reboot-take-ages), otherwise any new game/rom added will not be shown. If you do, then turn it off, then restart Emulationstation.

@CYBERTUGAGAMER
Thank you. Probably you should add the system manually on the es_systems.cfg if you cant see it on the menu.

This sounds like it belongs in Help & Support.

Also, please read and post the details requested here:
https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/3/read-this-first

Once you create your usb with roms to copy(not as a supplemental drive) you can technically use it over and over on any Retropie system as it only copies from the USB to the sd card/drive.

@octopus3535 said in Which Station To Use?:

Also is there any where that describes what cores are best?

yes, retropie's defaults :) you can look at individual system wiki pages to see more information about what the different cores entail.

Hi Clyde,

Thanks for the reply. I've decided to test a few things out and see if I can get it going on my own. If I do, I'll post how I did it here. If not, I'll post the specific info you asked for above.

Thanks again.

@drake999 said in EmulationStation Consuming 65% CPU on Idle:

I'm finding that the EmulationStation process is consistently consuming about 65% of the CPU resources while idle on a stationary menu screen.

With or without videos? If the latter, did you enable the OMX player in Other Settings of ES' Main Menu?

@anasazi29 said in Arcade game service mode settings:

Do you think if I copied the game and the .nv file over to another Raspberry Pi with a new installation of Retropie that potentially those "service mode" setting would carry over, correct?

Yes.

Thanks for the info @Lupin !
I ended up finding this: https://www.raspberrypi.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=130294 and updated it with your information.
So this is my working setup:

In /etc/emulationstation/es_systems.cfg, add:

<system> <name>Media</name> <fullname>Movies</fullname> <path>/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/movies</path> <extension>.avi .avi .mp4 .MP4 .mkv .MKV</extension> <command>/opt/retropie/supplementary/runcommand/joy2key.py /dev/input/js0 kcub1 kcuf1 kcuu1 kcud1 0x70 0x71 & omxplayer -o hdmi %ROM% killall joy2key.py</command> </system>

Now create a folder called movies under /home/pi/RetroPie/roms/and place your video-clips in there.

Bonus: If you want to hide the text that shows up when skipping forward/pausing and so on, change to omxplayer --no-osd -o hdmi %ROM% in the code above

Well I got it working :-)

I have created a repo on git incase anyone else needs to do this:

https://github.com/bruceiow/rPiVolumeControl

It's not possible yet. Although @Zigurana is working on making the system carousel mechanic available in other views. Until then we only have text available as gamelists.
Unless you want a theme that only shows 1 image per game without any other elements.

ok I found a solution.
If I use 2 ps3 DUALSHOCK3 controller (exactly the same model) everything works well.

:)
Dani

Has anyone gotten this to work? I see there are video tutorials regarding getting art on systems however this is a "Collection" and could draw from multiple systems and emulators. When just adding a system with new art there are ROM folders for the ROMS...this won't have that. Anyone have a solution yet for this? (Im trying to add art to the Tronkyfrank themes "collections" but can't figure it out.