EmulationStation does not know (nor care) how the controller is connected, so there's nothing to configure there.

You can however pause the RA software during gameplay and resume it afterwards using the onstart/onend scripts for runcommand - see here.

@breadncup There is a new version of Kodi, but with my limited technical knowledge, basically, many of the older apps on it won't work on it.

@mitu
I can delete files from my PC, but they re-appear when i mount it again. So broken SD card.

Thanks for the help. I would never thought of that.

Set your default video resolution at 720x576i or 720x480i and switch to 240p when running a game, using the Runcommand onstart script - https://retropie.org.uk/docs/Runcommand/#runcommand-onstart-and-runcommand-onend-scripts.

@mitu over the repository

There is some configuration that can be done by modifying the ALSA configuration file ($HOME/.asoundrc), but looks complicated and there's no 'one-size-fits-all' solution (depends on the devices present on the system).

You could try installing PulseAudio and configure the module-combine for simultaneous output.

Hey it WORKED!

~/.config/openbox/autostart

gnome-terminal --full-screen --hide-menubar -- bash /home/pi/autostart.sh

and
~/autostart.sh (chmod +x)

#!/usr/bin/env bash kodi-standalone sleep 2 emulationstation

So on boot, Kodi launches. On first Kodi exit, the script will launch ES. From then on, ES does what it does when launching Kodi and returning to itself on exit.

Thanks for your help @mitu!

@cyber said in RPI4: Kodi version update, N64 stuttering, no rumble pack:

I have selected there now the first one (lr-mupen64plus-next).

I cannot find any config files "lr-mupen64plus*" - thats why I took now pictures of the settings which I can see with the retroarch core menu:
https://1drv.ms/u/s!AnFpCl7HpNVtg9s3sr_EwOEzchjJRw
https://1drv.ms/u/s!AnFpCl7HpNVtg9s2ejenqrrrORMhew
https://1drv.ms/u/s!AnFpCl7HpNVtg9s10tfvMXtuttTlPA
https://1drv.ms/u/s!AnFpCl7HpNVtg9s0Up0aFFn_PBBQ7A

i don't think there's much point testing lr-mupen64plus-next as it's going to be slower than standalone, but there's a few settings you can change:

native resolution factor = 1x Overscan = Disabled

be mindful to change only these, and exactly these. some others are named similarly.

graphical issues: compared with mupen64plus-gliden64-highres I have e.g. in the menus black lines: https://1drv.ms/u/s!AnFpCl7HpNVtg9s4IPgzfQ90i32wrQ

comparing what to what? please be specific. if it's to lr-mupen64plus-next, again this is not optimal. use mupen64plus-gliden64

Glad you got it fixed. You can try now to apply the overclock back, though I'd recommend you give it a try without it and see how the system performs. The Pi4 should be powerful enough for most systems.

They are sorted by type, then alphabetically.

So emulators, libretrocores, ports, supplementary.

Post the Kodi log file from $HOME/.kodi/temp/kodi.log to pastebin.com, maybe we can spot the error.
Also, please fill in the info asked in https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/3/read-this-first.

@ramco That's weird, I never saw a TV/Remote who shuts down Kodi or the Raspberry, the power button is never assigned to o CEC button, it should only turn off the TV.
Probably it is your TV brand, never heard about that one. Each TV brand as it's own CEC implementation and name, yours might be one of the weakest.
You said you are running Kodi 18.2, Kodi is currently in version 18.8, update it and check, although I doubt it will fix your problem.

@Marco-G gpu_mem=320 is pretty much essential if you want to play high bitrate 4k hevc. You don't need as much if you don't play this kind of media.
About hdmi_ignore_cec_init=1, what it does is to not switch (the TV) to the Raspberry Pi/Retropie source when it is started or rebooted. It has no effect in anything else.

@gorrie06 full log here :

https://pastebin.com/ZeVUAU31

Isn't it cleaner to use systemd / services in order to do so ?

It is explained here how to cycle between 2 services:
https://forum.kodi.tv/showthread.php?tid=288584

For kodi.service (configured as a user service not system wide service contrary to the above link) :

[unit] ... Conflicts = emulstation.service ... [service] ... ExecStopPost = /usr/bin/systemctl --user start emulstation.service ...

And for emulstation.service

[unit] ... Conflicts = kodi.service ... [service] ... ExecStopPost = /usr/bin/systemctl --user start kodi.service ...

Emulstation and kodi should not be services enabled/start by default at boot but rather
autostart.sh start the first service by something like:

systmctl --user start kodi.service

if kodi is configured to be the first one.

To go further we can also think about replacing the autostart script by a retropie service which is enabled at boot time. At start, it launches the first configured service. At stop it ensures that emulstation and kodi are stoped.

If the service is run as pi user (which is more secure), the pi user must be lingered to enable autostart of the service at boot even if the user is not logged in.

loginctl enable-linger pi systemctl --user enable retropie

Advantages:

All the services could be controlled, inspected, logged through the systemd tools Not need for automatic login It could be easily extended to any number of services not just 2.

@jbsapp Unfortunately, no. I stopped searching for a solution after awhile, since it doesn't bother me that much. Actually, I came to appreciate that the beautiful Comic Book Theme is shown from time to time this way.

A friend of mine who is an electrician suggested to short-circuit the port in question by sticking a piece of wire in both sockets. I never got around to do this unbelievably complicated operation, though. 😇

probably a question to better ask at the KODI forums. https://forum.kodi.tv/

I would definitely like to see this option come to EmulationStation, since I have several items I would want to move out of ports into their own separate items on the carousel.

Aha!

So it works, thank you very much for your guidance, Rascas!

So, for future Googlers who may be having this same issue (Missing the PVR's in Kodi on Retropie), here's the full solution:

Install Retropie, then install Kodi via the "Optional Packages" in the configuration menu.

When you're in Retropie, press F4 on your keyboard to open a Terminal window.

Enter the following commands one at a time (to install the "IPTV Simple PVR"):

apt-cache search kodi-pvr

sudo apt-get install kodi-pvr-iptvsimple

Once complete, type "exit" (without the quotation marks) to get back into Retropie.

Scroll to Ports then choose Kodi.

In Kodi, DO NOT go to PVR's. If you do you will see it is blank and will get angry and think what you did in fact did not work.

Instead, go to "Add-Ons" then "My Add-Ons" and view "All" and you will see the IPTV simple client. Go to it and then Enable it as most likely it will be Disabled to begin with.

Voila!

If you know how to use IPTV then go ahead and set it up.

Take Care!