Posts by scythefwd

scythefwd · recommendations for usb dac? scythefwd September 8, 2019 at 12:40 AM

I'e considered it.. Its an in car installation though, so limited space .

Edit - screw it.. Just grabbed a powered hdmi to rca converter.. Had 4 star review so this should work just fine (and actually cuts out 1 barrel connector I THINK I have enough room for it.. it's almost as big as the pi itself

scythefwd · recommendations for usb dac? scythefwd September 7, 2019 at 11:47 PM

I'm running a pi 3b+, libreelec 9.0.2.. It works perfectly for what I need.. so I wont be updating. My sound is crap coming out of the pi.. low volume and horrible noise in the background. I hear using a usb sound card is a reliable fix... but I cannot find what usb sound cards are supported... Anyone got a usb 2 channel sound card with 3.5mm output they can recommend?

Thanks

scythefwd · custom button maps for hame addins? scythefwd August 19, 2019 at 2:29 AM

I use my controller to nav the system. All is good on that front. Then i get to my nes games.. A and B are swapped. Is there a way to do custom layouts per emu?

scythefwd · wireless controller wont reconnect.. scythefwd August 18, 2019 at 3:58 AM

Found a suggestion to bash buttons during boot.. so I tried it. Seems that I have to hit a button while the system is booting up for it to recognize the wireless controller (works perfectly with my f310 wired controller .. same thing, different interface). So I guess I can call this resolved.

I'm even, against all conventional wisdom, running it off a 1.8A phone charger (its also putting out 4.9V, not a true 5V..). I get lightning bolts of course.. but so far no negative results. I'm running it with all the hardware I will be using in the car. Only additional piece of hardware that will be added.. is a pimoroni wide input shim (2A, which is why I'm testing with th 1.8). She also puts out 5V true, I've tested that already..)

scythefwd · wireless controller wont reconnect.. scythefwd August 18, 2019 at 2:51 AM

SPECS:

rpi 3b+

logitec f710 wireless game controller

latest libreelec image, downloaded 8/17/2019

pny class 10 sd card, 16gb

config.txt edits:

dtoverlay=gpio-shutdown

arm_freq=1100

arm_freq_min=600

sdtv_mode=0

sdtv_aspect=3

over_voltage=-1

Have a momentary button hooked to pinsc 5 (gpio3) and pin 6 (ground)

have a keyboard.xml for shudown vs menu on button press

I power on, and logitec connects perfectly. All mapped buttos work perfectly. I hit the shutdown button..it shuts down. I hit button again, and she powers up. My f710 no worky. I unplug its reciever and plug it back in... and it works. I havent tested from a full poweroff (my button wont work then will it??) yet. if i pull and reconnect power from the shutdown state, it appears to work fine.

Im at a loss here, any suggestions?

scythefwd · gpio-shutdown question scythefwd August 8, 2019 at 5:47 AM

I'm new to the whole linux thing.. mind going into a little more depth on what that does, and how it's modifying default behavior of kodi?

Thanks, btw.. I appreciate the info, just trying to understand what I'm reading here..

scythefwd · gpio-shutdown question scythefwd August 7, 2019 at 10:29 PM

Hello, new to libreELEC.. new to PI in general. I've gotten my pi zero wh to boot and work with LibreELEC 9. I'm able to use the gpio-shutdown overlay to shutdown.. BUT it only prompts to shutdown... which requires input from me. Is there a way to make it do a shutdown that doesnt prompt (and that would let me start it back up via shorting pin 5 and 6)?