mholgatem

Audio problems...
in /boot/config.txt you can try adding this line hdmi_ignore_edid_audio=1 you can also force audio through the audio jack using sudo raspi-config I believe that it is under advanced options->audio->force 3.5mm I'm not near my pi right no…

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Downloadable Themes?
@UltraSaucy - I have been trying to get others to make more themes, but so far I haven't had anyone take me up on the offer.

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How to configure the boot secuence
yep, let me know if you have any other questions

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Scummvm games
@Lunchbox, I don't believe that you can use a controller with the games because they all use different keyboard keys for things like opening inventories or maps. You could potentially write or find a script that would convert joystick to mouse …

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How to change an emulator path?
it was done that way to simplify the piplay code and emulator troubleshooting. Every emulator requires a specific way to run a game (full path or not, file name, extension or not). You can just change the command for nes from fceux to retroarch, the…

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NES and Atari not working
it mostly depends on your monitor. I haven't been able to figure out why some resolutions work and others dont. usually just try the resolutions closest to your screen resolution.

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How to configure the boot secuence
@trmsalcedo - the main piplay application gets launched from /home/pi/.profile if you want to check the commands for running different emulators, follow these steps: on a separate computer, in a browser, type in the ip of your raspberry piselect da…

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NES and Atari not working
ok, that's what I figured. I don't know what it is that nes is trying to look at when it's trying to set the resolution, but anytime that there is a converter involved, it messes up. you need to do: sudo nano /boot/config.txt then …

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NES and Atari not working
I can't speak for atari, but I know that NES has been finicky ever since they updated raspbian for the rpi2. Most people have been able to fix it by specifying a screen resolution in boot config. How is your pi connected to your monitor? (hdmi,…

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[SOLVED]USB Joystick not working on PiMame but working on AdvMame emulator (Mayflash joystick)
Thanks for the update Calde!

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Display by release date not working.
huh, that's a new one. I'll have to look into that. when you say that the emulators won't run, do you mean that you can't get to the rom list for each emulator? or do you mean that when you select a game it, the emulator itself w…

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Keyboard config
nah, it's all good man! It's a good reminder of how far we have come!

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mame4all still think roms there after being deleted
so, there is a file watcher, that waits to see if files have been added/deleted, then it runs the scraper in the background if changes have been made. It's still a work in progress, and sometimes it gets interrupted. 1) If you just run the sc…

Comment by mholgatem June 2015 permalink
Keyboard config
@Billgod, nes is under /home/pi/.fceux Have you used the builtin controller config? In the piplay main menu, press 'tab', then go to 'controller setup' (advmame and fba both get configured under 'arcade', everything el…

Comment by mholgatem May 2015 permalink
Boot directly to C64 emulator
the command for c64 is just x64 just add that to your .profile (make sure that you comment out the launchmenu.py line) You can change the intro movie or remove it. If you remove it, you will just be watching boot text. just rename (or replace) /hom…

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Control config for NES
ok, so fceux (nes emulator) is an odd duck. for some reason, it only allows keyboard entries for quit. This is something that I plan on fixing in the future, i just need to find some time to edit the source code for the emulator.

Comment by mholgatem May 2015 permalink
piplay with xbox 360 controllers - not working for me
yes, 'tab' in the piplay main menu will give you a popup with several extra options (one of them near the bottom is the controller config). If you are using mame4all though, then you will want to use the config options that are found insid…

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SNES9x / Pi2 any Plans on updating?
let me know if you have any questions on it.

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piplay with xbox 360 controllers - not working for me
which mame? mame4all or advmame? If it's advmame, you need to make sure that you run the controller config inside of the piplay main menu. press 'tab' to open the popup->controller setup->arcade if it's mame4all, you need …

Comment by mholgatem May 2015 permalink
Control config for NES
you should just use the builtin configuration tool. In the piplay main menu, press 'tab' or button 3 to bring up the popup menu, then choose 'controller setup' then choose the emulator that you want to configure.

Comment by mholgatem May 2015 permalink
SNES9x / Pi2 any Plans on updating?
We have talked about writing some code that would download more capable emulators when piplay is installed on a pi2, but that generally means a lot of modification and tweaking to the emulator itself for optimum performance on a wide array of config…

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Managing ROMS - clrmamepro
The datfile defines if you can split/fully merge sets. you need to use a dat file that defines the parent/clone relationships. yes, mame4all does support them.

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Managing ROMS - clrmamepro
you will want to use 'merge' sets when running clrmame pro. That will create 'parent sets' that contain the main game along with all of the clones in one file.

Comment by mholgatem May 2015 permalink
Mame Roms that actually work
yes, the pi can handle an external hard drive. For decent performance, it needs to either be self powered, or plugged into a powered usb hub, or use a 64GB thumb drive. You just use fstab to mount the drive.

Comment by mholgatem May 2015 permalink
Mame Roms that actually work
sorry, I wasn't very clear earlier, I was kind of in a rush. You will use those dat files for clrmamepro. It looks at them, then compiles the roms based on what the dat files say.

Comment by mholgatem May 2015 permalink
Mame Roms that actually work
@Steve_W, the roms that you have will probably work after you've run them through clrmamepro The two versions of mame that you need are: (dat download links are both pointing to http://www.progettosnaps.net/dats/) advmame - 106.dat mame4all - 3…

Comment by mholgatem May 2015 permalink
DGen ROM loading
I just tested them and I'm getting a black screen as well, so at least we know it isn't just you. It's my kids' birthdays this weekend though, so I won't have time to do any trouble shooting until early next week.

Comment by mholgatem May 2015 permalink
Samples for AdvanceMAME?
it's under /home/pi/.advance

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[solved] Boxart not showing up, any advise? [solved]
@Claudius - Glad you got it working. Deleting the database entries should have worked, not sure why it didn't. As for the size, any width and height can be used, piplay will auto resize them when it goes to display them, but it has to load them…

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[solved] Boxart not showing up, any advise? [solved]
ok, some things about the scraper: - make sure that the images are located in a folder called 'images' inside of the rom folder that you are scraping. so the default for snes would be /home/pi/pimame/roms/snes/images - the file format …

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