Please Test: Adding support for "All", "Favorites" and "Last Played" systems

Hex

@TMNTturtlguy As more code is added to ES the compiler has to keep that many references in memory while linking. The pi is already at its limit with rpSwap 512. This causes slower sd cards to take a long time to compile and results in unnecessary writes to SD. There is nothing that can be done other that thinning the functionality of ES or discarding features which are not required. I am sure many would oppose this but it will be necessary soon as more code gets added to ES.

pjft

@TMNTturtlguy hi! I know, I hope you're not overly busy with work and can at least have some time off every now and then.

@Hex kind of summarized it already, though there's a separate factor here which seems to be that compiling via RetroPie-Setup is optimized for speed, and will start two compiler processes in parallel. While that will speed things up, it will also increase memory by 2x - meaning that for each necessary increase in memory to compile ES, by running two processes at the same time that's double the amount.

So right now there are two options - either increasing the swap, or making it not parallel. When we compile manually via git clone and make, it will succeed.

Hex

@pjft Do you mean 2X for Pi zero too? It makes sense to have it for Pi3 though

pjft

@Hex I don't know, sorry. I wasn't reading the code, just profiling processes and memory usage on my Pi3.

Hex

@pjft I did this in my script


# Find how may processors we can spare for compilation. If running on faster than dual core use 2 less
proc=$(( `nproc` >= 4 ? `nproc`-2 : 1 ))

make -j $proc

pjft

@Hex Thanks.

On a separate note, I just tested your latest build and I do confirm that the description scrolls, as well as long game names on the game list!

The game names seem to stop at the end, which is the same as in the main ES.

I won't oppose, then, if the description stops at the end as well so you only scroll once, though ideally I'd be supportive of both stopping at the beginning, and not permanently looping. But that can be a separate change.

But we can probably discuss this further on the power savings thread :)

Hex

@pjft Agreed. Congrats on getting this merged.

pjft

~~Redacted~~

It's now available via Update from Binary in RetroPie-Setup. Thanks @BuZz - I had compiled the code earlier in the day and it was still 2.3.2 so I didn't know it was updated to 2.4.0.

Thank you!

pjft

@Hex Thank you! Looking forward to getting yours merged as well :)

BuZz

@pjft Is that build different from main ES master ? ES binaries are up to date (v2.4.0)

pjft

Everyone: it's now available via Update from Binary.

Thanks @BuZz - I had compiled the code earlier in the day and it was still 2.3.2 so I didn't know it was updated to 2.4.0.

I have removed that link - it was the same binary, but before the commit to update the version.

Thank you.

TMNTturtlguy

@pjft I am excited about this new update, i apologize for not being able to help test. I know you are very busy and I plan to read through a bunch of the posts when i have time to find out how everything works, but i was wondering if you have or if you will create a wiki for how to use the new features? No rush on any of this as it will probably be a few weeks before i even get to test this stuff out!

EDIT: Never mind, as i put my shoes on to exit the house i realized this is for Lastplayed/favorites/all games and does not yet include the custom collections :)

pjft

@TMNTturtlguy Well, I really should document that on the Wiki, even if it's only All / Favorites / Last Played. You're right. :)

I also dropped a ball a bit on the video screensaver and OMX Player wiki. I suppose I'll need to get to that.

First let me finish the custom collections bit, and then I'll pick that up.

Thanks!

cyperghost

I just created new thread: Which theme is ready for virtual system (3) and custom-collections (1)
Please help to collect date which theme is ready and which means maintance

red2blue

@pjft as mentioned 3 times earlier, i killed ES.

killall emulationstation in putty

there was something wrong with the source. because it froze numerous times.

red2blue

Glad to see its updated to binary! after hours and hours trying to get this to work with @cyperghost i can finally run latest build

red2blue

Expletive... It wont let me update from Binary. i'm getting git pull error. and its telling me something about theme.xml .....
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pjft

@red2blue Well, ES seems to have updated anyway. You're getting an error updating ES Themes. Did you per chance edit it on your end?

As mentioned, by the way, you'll need either to update to the latest Carbon version via RetroPie-Setup, or use any of the other supported themes.

Best.

red2blue

@pjft yes i manually edited carbon to add ratings in gamelist. i tried bringing it back to normal but no avail. ..... its under /etc/emulatiosntation/themes/carbon correct??? should i just uninstall carbon first? then install? then install binary?

Im also using comic book theme right now and i didnt touch the theme on it so idk whats going on =/

red2blue

Okay uninstalled carbon and reinstalled, and it updated.

Okay now my current problem. im under the gamelists and I cannot press a button to favorite a game.