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General / Re: [Feature Request] Alternatives to thegamesdb.net

« on: January 13, 2017, 05:28:45 AM »

*bump*

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General / Re: C.H.I.P. $9 computer and Attract mode

« on: November 24, 2016, 05:21:16 AM »

bumpitty bump bump.
C.H.I.P. now has GLES drivers.

going to compile attractmode on it this weekend I hope and see how it runs.

Any luck?

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General / [Feature Request] Alternatives to thegamesdb.net

« on: November 09, 2016, 04:28:19 AM »

Hi all,

I've found thegamesdb.net to be even slower than usual lately, I guess their servers are under constantly heavy load. There are now a couple of good alternatives which I think would be great to incorporate into Attract Mode when scraping game info.

Mobygames are alpha testing their api http://www.mobygames.com/forums/dga,2/dgb,4/dgm,231400/

Screenscraper.fr , although a French website, has an equally good selection of console games and even includes wheel art (!). This has been successfully integrated into Sselph's scraper, which is highly regarded within the RetroPie comminity.

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Themes / Re: Hyperspin themes in Attract-mode

« on: April 27, 2016, 02:35:14 PM »

Thanks Floob! Finally got around to begin the process of setting everything up using your image. Got GB looking perfect

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General / Re: raspberry pi 2

« on: February 26, 2016, 12:00:11 PM »

did you compile SFML first?
did you install all depends?

Are you in X when you compile?

Yes, SFML seemed to compile ok. Dependencies were ok (had to add one to the Wiki mind you).

I'm compiling via SSH, am I supposed to do it when on the X desktop?

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General / Re: RPI 1&2 Attractmode image

« on: February 25, 2016, 05:38:14 PM »

Also Diet-pi makes you pick whether you will use external storage or not at install & once you pick you can't alter it.
so...since I don't use external storage i choose no.

I use the network to transfer roms.

Not to worry, I'll just have to store the roms on the SD card    I am very excited for the new image, I still can't compile Attract successfully so you're my only hope lol

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General / Re: raspberry pi 2

« on: February 25, 2016, 05:35:15 PM »

Sorry to bump a really old thread, but I thought I would try to compile Attract from source (just for the fun of it really). I am, however, having real difficulties doing so, on both Jessie and Wheezy.

Following the Wiki instructions https://github.com/mickelson/attract/wiki/Compiling-on-the-Raspberry-Pi-%28Raspbian-Wheezy%29

and everything is fine until I get to:

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~/develop $ cd attract
~/develop/attract $ make
it says:

fatal:No names found, cannot describe anything

It then proceeds to build, or do something..

when I do the next step

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~/develop/attract $ sudo make install
I get:

fatal: No names found, cannot describe anything.
install -D -t /usr/local/bin attract
mkdir -p /usr/local/share/attract/
cp -r config/* /usr/local/share/attract/

then when I run "Attract" it says:

Starting Attract-Mode v2.0.0 (Linux)
Config file not found: /home/pi/.attract/attract.cfg, performing initial setup.
Failed to open X11 display; make sure the DISPLAY environment variable is set correctly
Aborted

I have tried compiling on both Wheezy and Jessie and yet I get the same errors, can anyone help?

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General / Re: RPI 1&2 Attractmode image

« on: February 25, 2016, 03:34:50 PM »

I tried this, what when I tried to change directory it kept saying it couldn't find the RetroPie-Setup directory.. I could see it using WinSCP but just wouldn't find it, and yes, I was spelling it correctly  I am also struggling to get my external HD to mount, it doesn't help that Diet-Pi has a different setup from Rasbian lol. I'll keep trying though 

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General / Re: RPI 1&2 Attractmode image

« on: February 25, 2016, 02:34:22 AM »

Thank for your reply  Sorry, in my rush to send the post I didn't quite word my question properly.

Basically, if I use your image, can I then use the RetroPie script to install new emulators onto it? For example, I didn't see a PPSSPP emulator within your image, but I've got one working on my RetroPie setup.

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General / Re: RPI 1&2 Attractmode image

« on: February 23, 2016, 03:26:44 PM »

I just wonder if the ffmpeg acceleration works on the rpi 1.
They are both the same GPU so it should.....

FYI guy's the retropie script included on the image does so many wonderful things.
You need to check it out.
you can install all these drivers NOW instead of waiting for me.
I have like one night a week (maybe) when I can take the time to sit down & putter around with my RPI's.

Yeah in that case ffmpeg acceleration is my biggest want (apart from the obvious upgrade from 1.5.2 to 2.0rc1!)  I'm sure it'll make the video snaps I have run much better on my Pi 2.

Forgive my ignorance, but can this particular RetroPie script be used to download new emulators to use with Attract Mode, or would they install to the "wrong" directory to be easily added (?). 

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General / Re: RPI 1&2 Attractmode image

« on: February 23, 2016, 01:48:42 AM »

hey nitrogen_widget, if you can get ffmpeg 2.8 or later on there built with the --enable-mmal option then attract-mode should be able to make use of the pi's hardware accelerated video decoding...

see: https://ubuntu-mate.community/t/tutorial-build-or-download-ffmpeg-libavcodec-with-mmal-support-hardware-acceleration-video-decoding/3565

Challenge accepted.

Yes please! and also +1 for "xboxdrv" as I would love to use my 2 Xbox 360 controllers 

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General / Re: Best themes for Raspberry Pi (NES, SNES, Genesis etc.)?

« on: February 22, 2016, 07:30:17 AM »

Thanks for the reply! I've browsed the Themes section but thought they looked very flashy and therefore probably would grind my Pi to a halt lol. I commented on one of your Youtube videos last night, the one with the NES cartridges showing the artwork in them (?), which theme of yours is that from? 

I really like your idea; I've been so used to Emulationstation's XML theming that I fear it's going to take a while to get used to AM's Squirrel language  so anything to make my life that little bit easier is going to be greatly appreciated 

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General / Best themes for Raspberry Pi (NES, SNES, Genesis etc.)?

« on: February 21, 2016, 04:28:28 PM »

Hi guys,

I've just downloaded the 1.5.2 pre-built image that was kindly uploaded to the forum and now I'm looking to get a nice set of themes installed.

I'm after something to run horizontally which won't be too CPU-intensive for my Raspi 2. Does anyone have any recommendations? If it helps, I don't have any MAME roms, purely console games 



Many thanks in advance for your help!

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General / Re: RPI 1&2 Attractmode image

« on: February 21, 2016, 04:26:05 PM »

No.
But I've been thinking of updating my images with retroarch/Libretro mame 2003 (.78) and the latest attract mode.
That version of mame has better compatibility than mame4all and it isn't hindered by the lack of sdl hardware acceleration under X like advanced mame is.

Gimmie a week or two & i'll get some new images done up in my spare time.

Looking forward to it!