@mediamogul Thanks for the reply. Yes I tried remap the keys in emulation station. But when I play the keys arent what I mapped them.when I use a keyboard the keys are ok but I want to play with xbox controller.
Edit: I reintalled the retropie and now everything including the keys work ok. Thanks.

I think you could just disable gamepad support for kodi in Kodi settings under System-Input.

@UDb23 no problem. Glad to help.

If you have lag, it is likely related primarily to your screen - There are other posts on the forum, and make sure your screen is in Game mode if it has one.

@herb_fargus Thanks, I had a feeling it's one and the same but I couldn't quite get a grasp on how things were configured/running, at least I've got more of a handle on how things interact now.