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ark_ader:
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--- Quote from: DeLuSioNal29 on October 17, 2014, 10:35:26 am ---That "MAME in a box" idea is pretty slick.
I see a mini display port. Can that be converted to: HDMI, DVI or D-sub VGA? How are you guys connecting it to your TVs? Any pics would be great.
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Right now, HDMI or HDMI to DVI for a monitor.
HDMI to VGA does work however you need either a powered convertor or one that specifically works with the pi or you need to do a voltage hack for the non-powered dirt cheap ones on ebay & amazon.
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Works pretty well actually as I had my adaptor working on a VGA monitor.
I picked this up on Amazon for $9.99. A bit of a wait for shipping but it works great with the projector (as mine has no HDMI) but you cannot watch Bluerays on it... but for anything else like the Pi, it is pretty decent and it requires no power.
mvolke1:
I have this one, which was $4.09: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B007KFVQXI/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
Like many of these things from China, it'll take a while. I ordered an inline power switch like a month ago. Still waiting :bang head:
But it was super duper cheap.
nitrogen_widget:
--- Quote from: sharpfork on October 18, 2014, 12:43:14 am ---
--- Quote from: nitrogen_widget on October 14, 2014, 11:26:06 am ---I don't care for emulationstation 1 or 2 all that much.
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Why not?
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emulationstation 1 has a bug in it that hangs the system in portrait mode.
Emulationstation 2 is still in beta and still doesn't have a proper screen saver.
Both require an XML file to find your ROMS which means If have to manually edit the file or re-scrape the emulator to add it.
That's another thing, I don't care to babysit the front end when it comes to scraping a large rom collection & I don't care to edit the XML when it scrapes the wrong rom data.
I'd rather use advanced menu.
I put my roms in a folder.
I put my snaps in a folder.
I tell it where to look & it works.
Plus it will at least do a slideshow of the games instead of just diming the screen.
I realize I sound like i'm complaining a lot.
I don't think it's a bad front end, It just isn't the front end for me.
Aceisback:
--- Quote from: nitrogen_widget on October 20, 2014, 04:30:52 pm ---emulationstation 1 has a bug in it that hangs the system in portrait mode.
Emulationstation 2 is still in beta and still doesn't have a proper screen saver.
Both require an XML file to find your ROMS which means If have to manually edit the file or re-scrape the emulator to add it.
That's another thing, I don't care to babysit the front end when it comes to scraping a large rom collection & I don't care to edit the XML when it scrapes the wrong rom data.
I'd rather use advanced menu.
I put my roms in a folder.
I put my snaps in a folder.
I tell it where to look & it works.
Plus it will at least do a slideshow of the games instead of just diming the screen.
I realize I sound like i'm complaining a lot.
I don't think it's a bad front end, It just isn't the front end for me.
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Doesn't sound like complaining, sounds like pointing out some facts or experiences ;D
I just finished setting up my first Pi system using the latest Retropie image. I don't understand your statement regarding the xml file to find the roms. I just copy my roms into the appropriate folder via SSH or filezilla and they show up in the menu for the appropriate emulator on the next restart of emulation station. I have not had to edit anything as the image was pretty much plug & play for my setup except for some xbox360 controller issues that I finally got worked out. Is the xml file something on older versions? I am still learning this stuff so I want to make sure I am not missing something, but so far, everything is going pretty smooth and am now trying to decide what kind of cab or box to put it in. I am making a micro or mini cab.
I do like the Advmenu if that is the one included in the PiPlay image. Only reason (so far) I did not use the PiPlay is that Stella opens in a small screen and I have not found any solution to make it full screen yet.
nitrogen_widget:
The gamelist.xml file was evil. :)
It is generated when you run ES the first time & relies on scrapping to populate it.
So even if you allready have snaps to go with your roms you can't use them without running the scrapper that insists on downloading them.
Which could take hrs depending on how many roms you had.
Or, if you want to manually edit the gamelist.xml for each rom you could use your own screen shots.
There are a few scripts you can run on the RPI forums to help you generate an xml that will also add the screenshot so you don't have to scrape but again it's kind of a pain on the RPI to do all that.
If something has changed since then i'd be interested in hearing.
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