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

escalade I installed the new img and restored the backup from the old image.

RetroELEC (community): devel-20200430025740 (RPi4.arm)

Still the same behaviour.

"I have added new psx games (.bin + .cue) to the corresponding roms folder but ES doesn't update the games list. Is there a service I have to restart manually to prompt the re-scan? ES detected all games of the initial scan right."

here are the logs, but I'm not sure, if they help, but just in case...

EDIT

Please disregard - don't want to waste your time. I did a clean-install without restoring the backup and it works. THANKS

Hi Escalade I’ve installed retroelec but i have no sound I’ve switched between options in audio output but still no sound is there a fix for this please many thanks the option for ALSA HD nvidia hdmi doesn’t seem to be included in this version as in stock libreelec many thanks once again

Quote from Nobby123

Hi Escalade I’ve installed retroelec but i have no sound I’ve switched between options in audio output but still no sound is there a fix for this please many thanks the option for ALSA HD nvidia hdmi doesn’t seem to be included in this version as in stock libreelec many thanks once again

Check escalade 's post here where he explains on pulseaudio vs alsa. In that very post you'll also notice a workaround for adding ALSA to Kodi.

Quote from Nobby123

Hi Escalade I’ve installed retroelec but i have no sound I’ve switched between options in audio output but still no sound is there a fix for this please many thanks the option for ALSA HD nvidia hdmi doesn’t seem to be included in this version as in stock libreelec many thanks once again

What device are you using?

In other threads I found out that newer NUC's have issues with newer builds of LE (and I think also RE). Changing a BIOS settings makes the audio work better ...

Hi escalade,

I have tried several distros on XU4 trying to get the best experience with kodi, gaming etc. This distro is by far the nicest.
One thing is stopping me however and it is getting my bluetooth gamepad to work. I have connected, paired and trusted in both kodi and bluetoothctl.

I have the following rule in storage/.config/udev.rules.d:
SUBSYSTEM=="input", ATTRS{name}=="PG-9118", KERNEL=="event*", MODE="0666", ENV{LIBINPUT_IGNORE_DEVICE}="1"
SUBSYSTEM=="input", ATTRS{name}=="PG-9118", KERNEL=="event*", MODE="0666", ENV{ID_INPUT_JOYSTICK}="1"

Tried with and without the first line, which is suposedly needed for kodi18.

It is not present in /proc/bus/input/devices
There is no device in /dev/input either js0 or eventX

It is showing as PG-9118 in bluetoothctl
I know it is yet another noob cant connect his gamepad, but any help is greatly appreciated.

The gamepad does work and I have been succesfull in testing with jstest in the standard latest ubuntu for xu4


Thanks.

Thanks,

It worked right out of the box on ubuntu so I assumed it was xpad.

It would be good to get xboxdrv though.

I'm also a bit confused in how to identify the driver.

I can spin up the ubuntu image and try and find out.

Howdy escalade

So I'm revisiting this now with some "udpated" hardware. Now running with an i5-4460, but with the same GTX 1650 GPU. Since I do have onboard video, I will try this with said onboard. However, in the meantime, I just wanted to confirm what I see.

Firstly, I'm using the latest build out of the skylake folder as I see nothing in haswell.

That said, the sway process is pretty well pegged, causing the overall system to essentially hang. I'm guessing it has to do with what had been mentioned previously in that my GPU is "too new."

I'm guessing that I should be able to simply test via removing said GPU and see what the result is. Just wanted to confirm here that it's most likely the case and whether I can do anything on my side to confirm.

I've looked at the last few pages for references to this and it seems to be the case.

Thanks...

EDIT:

And sure enough, that seems to be the case. I've also changed to the latest generic build with the same issue. The onboard GPU seems good to go.

I guess nothing I can can do but wait for appropriate drivers for said GPU?

C'est la vie!

HEVC does not play on RetroELEC-RPi4.arm-9.2-devel-20200430025740.

Full logs attached.

2020-05-13 20:43:05.139 T:2551341904   ERROR: CMMALVideo::Open : Video codec unknown: 173
2020-05-13 20:43:05.139 T:2551341904  NOTICE: CDVDVideoCodecFFmpeg::Open() Using codec: HEVC (High Efficiency Video Coding)
2020-05-13 20:43:05.143 T:2551341904  NOTICE: Creating video thread
2020-05-13 20:43:05.144 T:2451366736  NOTICE: running thread: video_thread
2020-05-13 20:43:05.144 T:2551341904  NOTICE: Opening stream: 1 source: 256
2020-05-13 20:43:05.144 T:2551341904  NOTICE: Finding audio codec for: 86018
2020-05-13 20:43:05.162 T:2551341904  NOTICE: CDVDAudioCodecFFmpeg::Open() Successful opened audio decoder aac
2020-05-13 20:43:05.162 T:2551341904  NOTICE: Creating audio thread
2020-05-13 20:43:05.162 T:2527064912  NOTICE: running thread: CVideoPlayerAudio::Process()
2020-05-13 20:43:05.162 T:2551341904  NOTICE: Opening stream: 2 source: 256
2020-05-13 20:43:05.164 T:2451366736  NOTICE: CDecoder::Open - fmt:188
2020-05-13 20:43:05.173 T:2527064912  NOTICE: Creating audio stream (codec id: 86018, channels: 8, sample rate: 48000, no pass-through)
2020-05-13 20:43:05.366 T:3002267216   ERROR: eglSwapBuffers failed (EGL_BAD_DISPLAY)

Hi All,

I really hate to write this one...!!

Not sure, if I should post here, or open a new thread.

It is regarding pairing my 8Bitdos which after hours of google search still does not work.

So I might be too stupid and need help

While pairing the gamepads with RertroPie (RPi 3b+) works very well, I am struggling with RetroELEC on x86 Hardware.

I have a ASrock J5005 with a Intel AC 3165:

Intel® Dualband-Wireless-AC 3165 89450

My gamepads are SF30 Pro and AP40 (relabelled N30 Pro)

I could manage to get the SF30 Pro paired with Kodi once. However, while I was configuring the gamepad with EmulationStation, the connection was lost all of a sudden and re-connecting did not work anymore (Host-Down Error).

Could anyone here pair 8Bitdo gamepads with RetroELEC successfully?

Logs:

http://ix.io/2m6L

I have also attached a screenshot of bluetoothctl which I was trying as well.

I have used the udev rules from RetroPi and put them to path:

/storage/.config/udev.rules.d/99-bluetooth.rules

Rules are:

SUBSYSTEM=="input", ATTRS{name}=="8Bitdo SF30 Pro", MODE="0666", ENV{ID_INPUT_JOYSTICK}="1"

SUBSYSTEM=="input", ATTRS{name}=="8Bitdo AP40 GamePad", MODE="0666", ENV{ID_INPUT_JOYSTICK}="1"

Glad if anyone could help! Thank you

EDIT:

forgot to mention, that I tried every input. (B, X, A,Y) and that I have the latest Firmware and the SF30 Pro.

I made a fresh install and retroelec now works great. But Tvheadend service doesn't start because libvdpau.so.1 is missing. Will this be fixed in a future retroelec build?

Re PG9118 controllers above, Im confused about the question about the driver

In ubuntu this just comes up as a hid. Once connected and paired with bluetoothctl it creates a /dev/input/event* and a /dev/input/js*.

In retro elec (using kodi or bluetoothctl) I can pair, trust and connect, but no entries in /dev/input are created.

If anyone could advise what to look at to report back here, then I would be gratefull.

escalade OMG, did you just get Steam to run on your RetroElec build?! Amazing work!

How's performance? Does it use Proton and can you run Steam's Big Picture Mode from it?