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Adafruit Bluefruit EZ-Key -12 Input Bluetooth HID Keyboard Controller?
if you are going wired, use the gpio. There are several great libraries out there that make it super simple. You could also go with the teensy++ 2.0 which is a usb module. (http://www.pjrc.com/teensy/) the ++ version has 46 input/output pins, which…

Comment by mholgatem January 2015 permalink
Adafruit Bluefruit EZ-Key -12 Input Bluetooth HID Keyboard Controller?
I haven't used it, but I would trust it. Adafruit is pretty good. While it won't be 'competition' responsive (they only trust wired controllers). It should still be quite responsive. If you are using for just one player, then yes…

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Rom list navigation
if you want to hide any items, you can edit /home/pi/pimame/pimame-menu/config.yaml. just change the 'visible' property for each item.

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Key bindings
in the piplay main menu, press the 'tab' key. Go down to the bottom and select 'Controller Config'. It will walk you through the rest.

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Final Burn roms not loading in piplay 0.8.0 beta 7?
while I can't tell you where to find the neogeo.zip file (per forum rules), I can tell you that all you need to do is put the file in with your roms. final burn alpha and mame will automatically look for the parent file that is needed.

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Theme issue
I'm not sure what happened, but there is probably a problem in your theme file. The best thing to do, would be copy this file to /home/pi/pimame/pimame-menu/themes/default/theme.yaml

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Rom list navigation
I just got the code implemented so that you can now flag specific roms as 'favorites'. now I just need to build a place for them to be listed.

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Final Burn roms not loading in piplay 0.8.0 beta 7?
that file is just a reference so that you can figure out which games should be working. It will also tell you if that file requires a parent file as well.

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Mapping xin-mo arcade buttons to exit to pimame menu.
in the main menu, there is only controller setup for the emulators, not piplay itself. You need to edit /home/pi/pimame/pimame-menu/controller.yaml in order to change those settings

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Theme issue
If you can post the entire end portion of the error, I can trouble shoot it for you. When it gives you an error like that, it will post each function call up until the error. I just need the last section of that.

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Share your Build Pics
Nice! looks good!

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NES ROMs don't load !
nah, mine are all unzipped. My guess would be there's an error in the cfg file. can you upload your config file somewhere? or email it to me at holgate.mark1@gmail.com. the file is located at: /home/pi/.fceux/fceux.cfg (remember that .fceux is…

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NES ROMs don't load !
I'm not sure that you have to, but have you tried extracting the roms so that they aren't zipped?

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Rom list navigation
ahh... gotcha. yeah, I think it wouldn't be too hard to add that. I'll look into it.

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Share your Build Pics
awesome build @Draven_x! I like it a lot. I plan on building a full size 'classy' case like yours. I think that I'm going to add some copper plating scratch guards around the joystick and buttons though. Welcome to the fold!

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Rom list navigation
@loosegoose - I am currently building a giant database that contains all of the game info. With that, we will be able to sort by title, publisher, manufacturer, release date, number of players, co-op, rating, and esrb. You will also be able to filte…

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MAME4LL and ROMS - I need clarity
Glad to help!

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MAME4LL and ROMS - I need clarity
ok, so here's the deal. .37b5 and .106 are versioning controls. So most of the time, they will have very similiar (if not the same) files. The thing that you need to look at is also the 'romof' section in your snippet. That is the pa…

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Happy New year!!
Happy Day After The First Day of the New Year!

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ps1 emulator
you need to find the bios for the ps1 emulator and include it in your roms folder. The most commonly needed one is called scph1001. Ps1 comes with a generic bios, that does a decent job, but it can't handle all of the games.

Comment by mholgatem December 2014 permalink
I Need your help!
@Campo, Thanks for this! But I've already salvaged what I can from there.:)

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Feature Requests: What do you want to see in PiPlay?
@djwink, you can do that, just check the forums.

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I Need your help!
Thanks @Dave. With all of the retro gamers out there, I don't know why it's so hard to find these sets.

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Turning on Monitor
@fsa317, what model lcd is it? Does it support CEC? If it does, you can enable cec and pair it with your pi to get your pi to turn on and off your monitor.

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Freezing
yeah, you can make a backup image of your whole system and put it onto another card (as long as that card is the same size or bigger than your current card). I really recommend putting your roms on a usb thumb drive or externally powered hard drive.…

Comment by mholgatem December 2014 permalink
Freezing
there isn't really much caching that goes on behind the scenes in piplay (just a list of your roms). you may want to just try re-formatting your sd card and writing a fresh image to it. But honestly, if you are having problems and haven't …

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Share your Build Pics
that is great! very professional looking!

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Final Burn roms not loading in piplay 0.8.0 beta 7?
advmame, mame4all, and FBA all support what are called 'parent files'. They are just bundles of files that are required for certain games to work. Sometimes they are bios files (neogeo), sometimes they are actual games, that other games ar…

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iBuffalo Controllers
ok, so each of your buttons is assigned a number. In your case, the 'select' button is number 6 (check under player1/select), but you also had your quit button assigned as 6. I'm guessing that you tried to map start+select as quit, bu…

Comment by mholgatem December 2014 permalink
iBuffalo Controllers
down at the bottom of your config file. change 'QUIT=6' to 'QUIT=999'. That effectively disables your quit button, but pressing start+select is hard coded into the emulator, so you will still be able to quit that way.

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