Very cool. We are also working on one on our github page.

https://github.com/ssilverm/pimame-menu

Good luck and good code! :)

;)

operation is simple :

First you need to generate a csv file and put the rom name in first folowing the coma and the name script used to launch the rom.

Ex with 1942 and mame ... : the ROM_CONFIG_FILES.csv will be like this :

1942,MAME

Then you have to edit a new script in BIN wich name will be MAME.sh (like in the ROM_CONFIG_FILES.csv ) .

So in fact every binarry wich could be used with command line parameter could be used in the FE.

Are all the games mixed together or do you have them separated by platform? Can you move from platform to platform like in Hyperspin?

new version : PYRHARCKADE_0.6a.tar.bz2 was successfull tested on RPI :)

i m working on it. :) but it s the first time i code something in python ... so i modifiy a lot of thing a long a find new stuff :)

PiMAME is great, especially with EmulationStation. It caters to everyone in 1 blow.
However, making it personal, how do I remove some of the choices of Emulators? Example, I will not be using the LinApple.

and a new intro movies :) :

I clan do that but it s a vidéo make with magisto.com ;) i just take a vidéo of space invader on YouTube and add somme music ;)

i made a little video tuto :

Does this always have to run from X or just the initial setup?? I haven't gotten around to updating and trying on my cabinet, however worried about performance issues. Currently running from console on the rev 2 board (512mb RAM) I haven't had a need to over clock and everything runs good.

pygame does work on the console. no X required.

you have to modify your script in BIN ans replace the path of the ROM directory ans the bin path. The script have to ne named like in the config file :

Ex

1942,MAME -> MAME.sh


#!/bin/bash

ROM=$1

cd /home/pi/EXPORT/MAME/roms/
/home/pi/mame4all-pi/mame $ROM
#and add this 2 line in your script in the end
cd /home/pi/PYRHARCKADE
./start.py YES

See you ;)

Last version ... : all works realy fast :)

thanks :)

Une expression française pour dire que tu parle mal le français :) chapeau
... :)
so if you want to start it on boot you haev to do that :

edit a new file in /etc/profile.d/XandPYR.sh ...

vi /etc/profile.d/XandPYR.sh

and that line :

#################
#!/bin/bash
sudo X
export DISPLAY=:0
cd /home/pi/PYRHARCKADE/
./start.py
#################

Dont forget the "chmod 777 /etc/profile.d/XandPYR.sh"

For the configuration of the emulateur, all of them have to be configured one by one and the scripts in PYRHARCKADE/BIN/ too (but it s not realy difficult)

hi , thanks to try it ;)

to launch it you have to use the X server :

try with this commande :

sudo X &
export DISPLAY=:0
cd /home/pi/PYRHARCKADE/
./start.py

the first menu is slow but the game selection menu should not be slow. it still in dev. The next version i think i'll delete the left and right menu preview if the emulator menu. my RPI is overcolcked to 900Mhz/1Ghz to make it work. don't forget that python is an interpreted langage not as closed as other machine langage like C. so ... it's more slow :)

To overclock used the raspi-config bin. if it s ventiled you can go to 1 ghz ... it s working without probleme like in the videos IRL i've done.

For the X log please paste me the end of you log file :

tail -n 50 /var/log/Xorg.0.log

after lanuching PYRHARCKADE

In the curent WE i'll erase all my SD card and restart the installation of PYRHARCKADE to make a real complete documentation : install, configuration ...

See you ;)

This is a log file...

root@raspberrypi:~# tail -n 50 /var/log/Xorg.0.log
[ 1661.741] (--) evdev: Logitech USB Keyboard: Vendor 0x46d Product 0xc31c
[ 1661.742] (--) evdev: Logitech USB Keyboard: Found absolute axes
[ 1661.742] (II) evdev: Logitech USB Keyboard: Forcing absolute x/y axes to exist.
[ 1661.742] (--) evdev: Logitech USB Keyboard: Found keys
[ 1661.742] (II) evdev: Logitech USB Keyboard: Configuring as mouse
[ 1661.742] (II) evdev: Logitech USB Keyboard: Configuring as keyboard
[ 1661.743] (**) Option "config_info" "udev:/sys/devices/platform/bcm2708_usb/usb1/1-1/1-1.3/1-1.3.3/1-1.3.3:1.1/input/input1/event1"
[ 1661.743] (**) Option "xkb_rules" "evdev"
[ 1661.743] (**) Option "xkb_model" "pc105"
[ 1661.743] (**) Option "xkb_layout" "us"
[ 1661.745] (II) evdev: Logitech USB Keyboard: initialized for absolute axes.
[ 1661.746] (**) Logitech USB Keyboard: (accel) keeping acceleration scheme 1
[ 1661.747] (**) Logitech USB Keyboard: (accel) acceleration profile 0
[ 1661.747] (**) Logitech USB Keyboard: (accel) acceleration factor: 2.000
[ 1661.747] (**) Logitech USB Keyboard: (accel) acceleration threshold: 4
[ 1661.838] (EE) FBDEV(0): FBIOBLANK: Operation not permitted
[ 1669.404] (EE) FBDEV(0): FBIOBLANK: Operation not permitted
[ 1674.499] (EE) FBDEV(0): FBIOBLANK: Operation not permitted
[ 1679.628] (EE) FBDEV(0): FBIOBLANK: Operation not permitted
[ 1684.773] (EE) FBDEV(0): FBIOBLANK: Operation not permitted
[ 1689.870] (EE) FBDEV(0): FBIOBLANK: Operation not permitted
[ 1695.408] (EE) FBDEV(0): FBIOBLANK: Operation not permitted
[ 1702.439] (EE) FBDEV(0): FBIOBLANK: Operation not permitted
[ 1707.463] (EE) FBDEV(0): FBIOBLANK: Operation not permitted
[ 1712.556] (EE) FBDEV(0): FBIOBLANK: Operation not permitted
[ 1717.585] (EE) FBDEV(0): FBIOBLANK: Operation not permitted
[ 1722.624] (EE) FBDEV(0): FBIOBLANK: Operation not permitted
[ 1727.665] (EE) FBDEV(0): FBIOBLANK: Operation not permitted
[ 1732.720] (EE) FBDEV(0): FBIOBLANK: Operation not permitted
[ 1737.760] (EE) FBDEV(0): FBIOBLANK: Operation not permitted
[ 1742.821] (EE) FBDEV(0): FBIOBLANK: Operation not permitted
[ 1748.053] (EE) FBDEV(0): FBIOBLANK: Operation not permitted
[ 1753.127] (EE) FBDEV(0): FBIOBLANK: Operation not permitted
[ 1758.191] (EE) FBDEV(0): FBIOBLANK: Operation not permitted
[ 1763.234] (EE) FBDEV(0): FBIOBLANK: Operation not permitted
[ 1768.319] (EE) FBDEV(0): FBIOBLANK: Operation not permitted
[ 1773.367] (EE) FBDEV(0): FBIOBLANK: Operation not permitted
[ 1778.416] (EE) FBDEV(0): FBIOBLANK: Operation not permitted
[ 1783.495] (EE) FBDEV(0): FBIOBLANK: Operation not permitted
[ 1788.699] (EE) FBDEV(0): FBIOBLANK: Operation not permitted
[ 1793.778] (EE) FBDEV(0): FBIOBLANK: Operation not permitted
[ 1798.979] (EE) FBDEV(0): FBIOBLANK: Operation not permitted
[ 1804.052] (EE) FBDEV(0): FBIOBLANK: Operation not permitted
[ 1808.090] (II) evdev: USB OPTICAL MOUSE: Close
[ 1808.090] (II) UnloadModule: "evdev"
[ 1808.090] (II) evdev: Logitech USB Keyboard: Close
[ 1808.091] (II) UnloadModule: "evdev"
[ 1808.091] (II) evdev: Logitech USB Keyboard: Close
[ 1808.092] (II) UnloadModule: "evdev"
[ 1808.182] Server terminated successfully (0). Closing log file.

Salut! Thanks for your reply. I downloaded and tried your program which looks great but is a little slow at the moment - I know that it's somethig you're working on. :)

I decided to go with the pymame menu for its simplicity as I think my brother-in-law would have struggled to edit files every time he loaded a ROM onto it.

However, I have to thank you as I looked at your source code and it helped me to add joystick functionality to the pymame menu! Merçi beaucoup pour ça! :)