[Solved]Getting Moonlight to run without..

Exmix

I have gotten Moonlight installed and it works nicely other than gettting the controller setup, but I can get that on my own. Right now, my main issue is the only way I can get moonlight to run is by going into the RetroPie menu, choosing "File Manager" and typing in the command "moonlight stream [My IP address]. I'd like to somehow get it so I can select it under the category PORTS so that I don't have to go and type in that command in the file manager everytime, being as down the line I may not have a keyboard connected to it.
SO can anyone help me get this working the way i'd like?
Thank you! Much appreciated.

Solution:

You HAVE TO MAKE the Moonlight.sh while on the RetroPie, not make or edit in on your PC/MAC computer.
Follow the steps @mediamogul posted below here.

2a. When making the Moonlight.sh, your second line should be:
/usr/bin/Moonlight.sh stream [Your IP Address]

since /usr/bin/ is where Moonlight was installed.

2b. I had to run:
sudo chmod +x /home/pi/RetroPie/roms/ports/Moonlight.sh
Had to give it sudo permission.

Optional If your Keyboard isn't using US Language, you may want to follow what @herb_fargus said in his video. If it asks for model, I used "Default 105".

mediamogul

@Exmix

The ports menu accepts and displays shell scripts, so you should be able to simply create one with the command you're already using and then give it a file name, like 'Moonlight', that will look nice in the menu. I don't think you'd need to do anything further.

Edit: To expand on that for you or perhaps others who come along in the future, that would involve dropping to the command line from Emulation Station by pressing the 'F4' key and typing:

nano /home/pi/RetroPie/roms/ports/Moonlight.sh

From here you would type the following at the very top:

#!/bin/bash

Next, type in the command that is normally used to launch moonlight in a separate line below. When finished, press 'ctrl+o' to save, 'enter' to confirm and 'ctrl+x' to exit. To then make the script executable, you would type:

chmod +x /home/pi/RetroPie/roms/ports/Moonlight.sh

Lastly, you would type:

emulationstation

Press 'enter' and wait for Emulation Station to load, where you should now be able to see and launch the script from the 'Ports' menu.

Exmix

@mediamogul
I tried this but may have messed it up. As of right now i have Kodi in there, no issued. I take the shell script and see this:
#!/bin/bash
"/opt/retropie/supplementary/runcommand/runcommand.sh" 0 PORT kodi

So I thought i'd do the same thing and try this:
#!/bin/bash
"/opt/retropie/supplementary/runcommand/runcommand.sh" 0 PORT moonlight stream [My IP address]

But it comes up saying permission denied.
So, if there's anything i'm missing please let me know or let me know what i'm doing wrong. :X

mediamogul

@Exmix

I thought my comment was possibly too vague. I was editing the post while you were responding. Let me know how it works now.

Exmix

@mediamogul
I changed my SH file to match what you put above, followed the rest. only problem now is, when I run Moonlight, I get the error saying it's not found.

mediamogul

@Exmix

Paste what you have in the Moonlight.sh you made. There could be a subtle syntax error somewhere. Also, knowing the exact error phrasing might help as well.

Exmix

@mediamogul
What I have in my Moonlight.sh is:
#!/bin/bash
moonlight stream [My IP address]

The exact error is:
sh: 1: /home/pi/RetroPie/roms/ports/Moonlight.sh: not found

mediamogul

@Exmix

Try adding the full directory path to the moonlight executable in your script.

.../.../.../moonlight stream [My IP address] rather than moonlight stream [My IP address], of course with the actual directory names replacing the ... examples.

Exmix

@mediamogul
Tried. New code:
#!/bin/bash
/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/ports/moonlight stream [My IP Address]

Still says it's not found, with the same error.
It's weird. like I said I can get it to run when I use the "File Manager' from the RetroPie menu. When in there I just use:
moonlight stream [My IP Address] and it boots up no problem.

mediamogul

@Exmix

Based on what you wrote there, something tells me your path is not correct. The path you have above leads to the ports directory where the shell script was created. Is that really where the Moonlight executable resides? Remember, the shell script we created is different than the actual Moonlight executable. The path needs to point to the latter.

Exmix

@mediamogul
I THINK it's under /usr/bin
Lemme try that.

Edit:
Nope. I tried to change the path to:
/usr/bin/moonlight stream [My IP Address]
That is my Moonlight.sh

It's still telling me:
sh: 1: /home/pi/RetroPie/roms/ports/Moonlight.sh: not found

mediamogul

@Exmix

Just for clarity, I have to ask if the /usr/bin/ location was a guess or did actually check to see if it was there first?

Exmix

@mediamogul
xD I checked. I'm still looking through my other folders, but thats where I see moonlight.
If you have any form of IM to make this quicker i'm ok with that. Just let me know what you have.

Edit:
Just tried running that moonlight from the /usr/bin folder and that is the right path

mediamogul

@Exmix

~~Based on the ability to run the command as you originally listed from the file manager without doing anything more, you might want to try:~~

Edit: Well, I have to admit, I'm at a bit of a loss. I'm probably missing something because it's late. I'll continue to think on it, but in the mean time, if anyone else out there can see what the barrier might be, feel free to chime in.

Exmix

@mediamogul
Right. I didn't think of using the origional path but I don't know what's going on either. Figured a simple script should fix this.
All good. If you think of anything, i'll check this as often as I can to see if anythign works.
I just cant figure out why it says it's not found.

mediamogul

@Exmix

After some more thought, I still don't have much as to why this isn't working. The error you're getting reports that the problem is with line 1 of the script, so my only advice is to examine it closely for any potential issues.

Exmix

@mediamogul
I have been. No idea what's going on. I guess i'll just have to type it in through the File Manager if I wanna use it.
Thanks for all your help though. I appreciate it.

mediamogul

@Exmix

Is it at all possible that the script has even temporarily been on a Windows/Mac drive or been through Windows/Mac software?

Exmix

@mediamogul
Yeah. I have it saved on the RetroPie, but I opened and edited it through Samba and use Notepad++, save it, then reload emulationstation.
Only reason I did that is because for some reason when I try to type a poun sign(#) on the command line on the Pi, I get the symbol for a Euro. xD or well it looks like a Euro symbol.
I can always SSH into it and do it that was it that would work since it's still creating it on the Pi itself.

herb_fargus

@Exmix