RetroELEC Kodi+Wayland+Emulationstation+RetroArch (x86/XU4/RPi)

dtw_2000 · March 27, 2018 at 2:53 AM

Quote from dtw_2000

Hey guys, I've updated to a pi3 and I've installed the latest build, and I'm having the quirky controller issue with retroarch again. In the past I was able to get it working, and I posted my vague instructions here. RomMon later came across the same issue and that same process worked for him; however, a bit later RomMon was discussing the issue again. TheCouchMonster and craigmillard joined the conversation #71028 and #71707.

A few months later RomMon posted his new fix and that worked for craigmillard , but that doesn't seem to be helping me.

RomMon menitoned copying his config files over

~/.config/retroarch/retroarch.cfg

~/.config/retroarch/autoconfig/udev/PLAYSTATION(R)3 Controller.cfg

Strangely, ~/.config/retroarch/autoconfig/udev/ doesn't exist. Could this be a change in the structure of the newest build or could it have something to do with me using the pi image rather than the generic one that RomMon and craigmillard are using? Anyway, I created the folder and copied everything but I'm still fighting this issue.

Basically if both a ps3 controller and keyboard are connected when I launch a game, no input works. If I shut off or unplug the ds3, I can then use the keyboard as normal ... I used the process I mentioned here to bind keys in retroarch for the ds3. Now, If I load a game with the keyboard in eS and then connect the ds3 afterwards, I can almost use the controller. d-pad right triggers the retroarch menu, which causes the keyboard/ps3 controller lock issue and I have to disconnect the ds3 in order to navigate retroarch.

For fun, I changed the emulator-frontend.conf to boot retroarch instead of emulation station, but I get the exact same issue.

If anyone has any ideas they'd like to toss out, please help.

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I got it working! Woohoo!

I did another fresh install using the newest pi build from 5schatten on my pi3. I copied RomMon config files. Then I setup my controller in kodi and eS. When I booted a rom. I got the exact same weird issues I described before. All buttons seemed to be working except D-pad right would trigger the retroarch menu and would lock up controls with the keyboard until I disconnected the controller. I poked around and I found under 'Input>hotkey binds>menu toggle' it was set to PS (i think) ... I reset that using the PS button, it's now registered as 10 ... all the problems seem to be fixed.

I copied my configs over to my pi2 running the latest pi build from escalade and its working beautifully! Thanks guys!

BlaBla1973 · March 27, 2018 at 4:45 AM

Quote from bc320

Mine says "default "hdmi:CARD=HDMI,DEV=1""

Tried to use putty but I could not login. I have no password set on the box yet but Putty would not let me bypass the "password" entry option. I tried disabling the SSH Password on the box under LibreElec Services but it did not work.

I opened the sample file and changed if first to match the default above. I saved it as a CFG file. I cannot seem to convert to CONF files and don't know what the difference is.

That did not work.

I tried changing the DEV=1

That did not work

I then went back to what mine said and changed DEV=0

I am pretty sure I could make all sorts of changes to this file right but they will not work without getting in via SSH and Putty.

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Default user/password is root/libereelec

bc320 · March 27, 2018 at 12:44 PM

Thanks.

Got in.

Have this

card 0: PCH [HDA Intel PCH], device 3: HDMI 0 [HDMI 0]

Subdevices: 1/1

Subdevice #0: subdevice #0

card 0: PCH [HDA Intel PCH], device 7: HDMI 1 [HDMI 1]

Subdevices: 1/1

Subdevice #0: subdevice #0

NUC:~ #

I tried first to change the 1 in the config file to 7. That cost me the sound on Kodi and did not get any on emulationstation. Then tried 3. Again, nothing.

Deleted file and now I have sound again on Kodi but not emulation station.

Did command speaker-test, didn't hear anything from box but got this on screen

Playback device is default

Stream parameters are 48000Hz, S16_LE, 1 channels

Using 16 octaves of pink noise

ALSA lib /storage/http://LibreELEC.tv/build.LibreELEC-Generic.x86_64-8.2-devel/alsa-lib-1.1.5/src/pcm/pcm_dmix.c:1099:(snd_pcm_dmix_open) unable to open slave

Playback open error: -2,No such file or directory

**5schatten** · March 27, 2018 at 7:22 PM

Quote from dtw_2000

I got it working! Woohoo!

I did another fresh install using the newest pi build from 5schatten on my pi3. I copied RomMon config files. Then I setup my controller in kodi and eS. When I booted a rom. I got the exact same weird issues I described before. All buttons seemed to be working except D-pad right would trigger the retroarch menu and would lock up controls with the keyboard until I disconnected the controller. I poked around and I found under 'Input>hotkey binds>menu toggle' it was set to PS (i think) ... I reset that using the PS button, it's now registered as 10 ... all the problems seem to be fixed.

I copied my configs over to my pi2 running the latest pi build from escalade and its working beautifully! Thanks guys!

I had many problems too using DS3 controllers and finally switches to 8bitdo SF 30 PRO. I'm not sure if it's the reason but vanilla LE has some additional DS3 patches for bluez included:

LibreELEC.tv/packages/network/bluez/patches at master · LibreELEC/LibreELEC.tv · GitHub

and those are missing at escalades build:

LibreELEC.tv/packages/network/bluez/patches at le82 · escalade/LibreELEC.tv · GitHub

I couldn't test them anymore since my last DS3 controller is sold but maybe those patches make things easier.

BlaBla1973 · March 27, 2018 at 8:03 PM

Quote from bc320

Mine says "default "hdmi:CARD=HDMI,DEV=1""

Tried to use putty but I could not login. I have no password set on the box yet but Putty would not let me bypass the "password" entry option. I tried disabling the SSH Password on the box under LibreElec Services but it did not work.

I opened the sample file and changed if first to match the default above. I saved it as a CFG file. I cannot seem to convert to CONF files and don't know what the difference is.

That did not work.

I tried changing the DEV=1

That did not work

I then went back to what mine said and changed DEV=0

I am pretty sure I could make all sorts of changes to this file right but they will not work without getting in via SSH and Putty.

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aplay -L and not aplay -l ....

LibreELEC:~ # aplay -L

null

Discard all samples (playback) or generate zero samples (capture)

hdmi:CARD=HDMI,DEV=0

HDA Intel HDMI, HDMI 0

HDMI Audio Output

hdmi:CARD=HDMI,DEV=1

HDA Intel HDMI, HDMI 1

HDMI Audio Output

hdmi:CARD=HDMI,DEV=2

HDA Intel HDMI, HDMI 2

HDMI Audio Output

hdmi:CARD=HDMI,DEV=3

HDA Intel HDMI, HDMI 3

HDMI Audio Output

hdmi:CARD=HDMI,DEV=4

HDA Intel HDMI, HDMI 4

HDMI Audio Output

hdmi:CARD=NVidia,DEV=0

HDA NVidia, HDMI 0

HDMI Audio Output

hdmi:CARD=NVidia,DEV=1

HDA NVidia, HDMI 1

HDMI Audio Output

hdmi:CARD=NVidia,DEV=2

HDA NVidia, HDMI 2

HDMI Audio Output

bc320 · March 27, 2018 at 10:16 PM

Does case matter?

Apparently it does.

Tried:

pcm.!default {

type plug

slave.pcm {

@func getenv

vars [ ALSAPCM ]

# Device name can be found using the command 'aplay -L'

default "hdmi:CARD=PCH,DEV=0"

}

And it works.

I don't have the clicks on Kodi (not that I care) but movies and games seem to work for sound.

Thank you for helping a noob

slacker666 · March 28, 2018 at 6:47 PM

Quote from bc320

Does case matter?

Apparently it does.

Tried:

pcm.!default {

type plug

slave.pcm {

@func getenv

vars [ ALSAPCM ]

# Device name can be found using the command 'aplay -L'

default "hdmi:CARD=PCH,DEV=0"

}

}

And it works.

I don't have the clicks on Kodi (not that I care) but movies and games seem to work for sound.

Thank you for helping a noob

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linux is case sensitive (unlike Windows), so yes it matters a lot good thing you got it working tho!

**escalade** · March 28, 2018 at 9:47 PM

I've spoilt myself with an LG OLED and I gotta say this is a gamechanger. As you can direct play 4k HDR files through Plex I'm not sure what I need Kodi for anymore. Probably not going to worry about rebasing on LE9 any time soon. Just a heads up

andersos · March 30, 2018 at 7:21 AM

escalade - that would be too bad for us others if there wont be an LE9 remix. I really hope that you can get back to us when the LE9 betas start.

**escalade** · March 30, 2018 at 12:34 PM

AFAIK there isn't anything interesting coming in Kodi 18. I've been using Kodi/XBMC/XBMP since the early XBOX days, back then there was no media players or PC's you could hook up to the TV. Today we have smart TV's that can hardware decode the media themselves. Unless Kodi can do a better job, then there's really no need for it. Plex uses an elegant solution, letting the TV do the work and presenting the UI through a web app. I can control the UI with the LG magic mouse, subs are downloaded automatically by PMS and most importantly there is HDR

Just the fact that Kodi still requires you to manually update and clean the library shows how obsolete it is (yes I know there'as addons for this functionality but in the past they sucked). Now they added support for running libretro cores inside of Kodi, which IMO seems like a terrible idea as RetroArch will always be superior and better maintained.

Basically, I need(ed) Kodi to present my media and play it in the best way possible. Now there's better options, at least for the time being. We will see what happens, but HDR for Intel or AMD is still far off I think. Up until now I had a 3D capable TV but Kodi still does not support MVC so I never got to enjoy that (except for inferior SBS or OU). Plex could direct play the content but the interface sucked on my older TV. Times change and I'm done missing out.

End of rant, we'll see what happens but the future doesn't look very bright. Unless you got an LG OLED of course

andersos · March 30, 2018 at 12:50 PM

Which LG did you get? Well LE and Kodi are still great for live TV and PVR.

**escalade** · March 30, 2018 at 1:02 PM

I got the 65 inch B7V. Live TV and PVR is made obsolete by streaming

andersos · March 30, 2018 at 1:05 PM

Isn't B7 last years model? I don't like streaming vs. Blu-ray discs and I want live TV and PVR for sports programmes.

**escalade** · March 30, 2018 at 1:40 PM

Indeed, I never buy the latest as they are half the price year after. This year's model's don't bring much new either from what I heard.

I meant streaming opposed to live tv, of course bluray is preferrable quality wise for any other media (I mostly have HEVC remuxes). Did you ever try playing a blu-ray under Kodi?

andersos · March 30, 2018 at 1:50 PM

I can watch Finnish TV on apps, but not Swedish TV due to regional limitations (don't want to muck about with proxies). I need PVR so I can record when Björgen is skiing 😁 Yes, I have some region A Blu-rays that I play with LE. It works. Some TV series discs can be a pain to find episode order though. BTW. did you update the MakeMKV addon?

BlaBla1973 · March 30, 2018 at 6:17 PM

Quote from escalade

I've spoilt myself with an LG OLED and I gotta say this is a gamechanger. As you can direct play 4k HDR files through Plex I'm not sure what I need Kodi for anymore. Probably not going to worry about rebasing on LE9 any time soon. Just a heads up

It is a pity that you will no longer make any updates, how do you use the emulators now?

gwilly7 · March 30, 2018 at 7:04 PM

I just want to thank you for the help you have provided while I have been using your build. Your hard work is greatly appreciated.

**escalade** · March 30, 2018 at 11:37 PM

Quote from BlaBla1973

It is a pity that you will no longer make any updates, how do you use the emulators now?

I will most likely continue making updates, just at this point I'm not sure to what degree I will focus on Kodi if at all. I still consider LibreELEC as the perfect JeOS for emulators

RetroELEC Kodi+Wayland+Emulationstation+RetroArch (x86/XU4/RPi)

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