[quote=103898]I’ve been playing with this setup/configuration for a few days and I wanted to share my experience thus far.

– FIRST: HUGE thanks to smithers for laying out a “packaged” groundwork for this. Not only does it take time to understand how to use NOOBS, creating the images, but the Skinning of both OpenELEC and integration with Retropie is also time consuming. That said, smithers has provided the basis for anyone to take this model and adjust it to their needs.

For example: I’ve created my own images of OpenELEC and Retropie for backup purposes using NOOBS. As smithers mentioned, this is quite powerful because it allows you to restore to essentially any SDCARD (provided it meets the minimum space needed) without running into sizing issues (not all 16GB cards are the same size for example) as you would with a typical block-type backup/restore using Win32Imager. Also this method allows you to easily restore/install to a larger size SDCARD (and potentially a smaller one )

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That was my intentions entirely with the usb build yes so I am glad you have jumped onto it! It is really the icing on the cake for me and was worth the many hours of investigating and compiling the build! Hopefully it will inspire others to create other dual or perhaps triple boot custom builds as you have all you need to do it at your fingertips.

Thanks for writing up a guide. I personally do all my work on a dedicated Linux laptop (Linux Mint Cinnamon 64) and would highly recommend others to install it too. It will even set up a dual boot function if you already have windows installed!

Hi all.

Sorry for delay in replying.

[quote=103802]Hi, i have some questions:

in first thanks a lot for this amazing job

1 – it’s possible install jdownloader under kodi and autostart when kodi running ? ( to download my stuff when i see my movies.

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I really have no idea Im afraid. I will say though that anything that works with the regular build of OpenELEC should work in my build – I have made no fundamental changes that would affect normal functionality in either OS.

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2 – how can i connected my ps4 dualshock controller for retropie via bluetooth ? i tried without success in retropie forum. I don’t know if someone get it.

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I really can’t help here I’m afraid as I don’t have a ps4 controller. Perhaps someone else could chip in if they have had success?

[quote=103802]3 – same issue with controller vie bluetooth in kodi. but here i can see the controller via bluetooth and i can connected the controller ( blue light ), but nothing works, maybe i need to setup something ?
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As far as I am aware, OpenELEC does not support navigation via control pad? I briefly investigated this myself and that was the answer I found – I did not pursue any further into it .

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I have RPI2 overclocked to medium, but anyway i see that the movies have a little slow framerate sometimes, i don’t know why.
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I dont know why either? I generally don’t over clock OpenELEC and it runs great for me. Is it perhaps poor stream sources that you have been watching, or maybe your TV is not syncing with the pi correctly?

Hi all.

Here is a ‘Vanilla’ build of RetroPie / OSMC:

https://www.dropbox.com/s/swgen48306ko3v1/RetroPie_OSMC_Vanilla_DualBoot_v1_SS.zip?dl=0

Both OS’s are standard in every way other than my scripts to switch between OS’s. OSMC will prompt you with its normal ‘First Setup’ steps after install and RetroPie will ask for controller setup as normal. I have not modified either system in any other way so they will act and perform as the standard builds would.

This build allows installing via the normal SD card method OR using a USB stick to store the OS’s on. If you use the USB stick method then you will only lose around 125MB to install files, whereas using the normal SD card method you will lose around 800MB. I recommend using USB!

Full instructions in the normal ‘README’ file. I’ve tested it a few times and it works great but please let me know how you get on!

I will look into RasPlex next as a ‘Vanilla’ build then work on ‘full’ builds for both, which should allow time for RetroPie v3 final to arrive! :)

As for the OpenELEC build – I’m not sure what to do for the best. I like the stability of KODI v14 but if that has SD card corruption issues then I don’t want to package it up and release it for fear of creating problems for folk. As for the v15 release candidate – it seems to me like it has some bugs that cause it to crash quite a bit. I think I would rather wait for v15 final than use any other Betas, but not sure when that will be. :/

Anyway – Hope this helps someone. I’ve never used OSMC before but some people seem to prefer it so here it is.

All the best.
Steve

p.s. I forgot to mention, I have created a separate ‘OSMC’ theme, instead of using the normal KODI theme. So that is another change to the RetroPie build, but nothing major. Let me know what you think of the theme!

[quote=103735]I literally just registered to say thanks for all your work smithers!
I have been following and lurking since your first post!

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Thanks – I appreciate it!

[quote=103721]Just wanted to add.

I came here from Reddit and, despite spending most of the day setting up Kodi within Retropie through another method, I decided to ditch my work and go along with this image.

I should have used this one from the start. Effortless setup, great to look at and all the best add-ons already pre-installed.

Simply amazing work.

One wee addendum, though. I had trouble getting my Dualshock 3 recognised via Bluetooth and had to delve into the settings to individually pair the controller. Just thought I’d share my method here in case anyone else is having trouble.

Just go here – https://github.com/RetroPie/RetroPie-Setup/wiki/Setting-up-a-PS3-controller
and follow the instructions. Worked like a charm.

Thanks again. You’ve made my life so much easier. I owe you a beer!

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Thanks – appreciate it. I see someone else has issues with PS3 controllers too – hopefully your link will sort them out, thanks!

To follow on from the controller issues people face – I have had luck with PS3 pads in the past but have turned to a different style of controller (Thrustmaster Mini T Wireless). I fully intend on going back to the PS3 pads and would be happy to share my controller configs for folk to l when I do make the switch. I would also do the same for other controllers, if I had them. In sure I could borrow an XBOX pad for a while to work on it, but this is all in the future, if people were interested.

Ok so now that I have had time to play with OpenELEC Isengard RC1, I must say I’m a little disappointed with the stability of it. Normally it is rock solid but it’s crashed out on me a few times and I get a constant nag about an ‘extended info’ script needing to be installed. I’m sure any such issues will be ironed out when Isengard is ready for final release but for now, I’m going to move away from it.

So what I intend to do is release different flavours of my build, to allow full choice to you, the end user. I will work on adapting a build of OSMC and Rasplex that can be optional installs.

I have never used either of these OS’s, but user @agrasan messaged me saying you can directly link to scripts within OSMC so that may make life easier (thanks for the heads up, agrasan!) Rasplex on the other hand – I have no idea, but will investigate! (unless anyone experienced in Rasplex could advise on if this is possible or not from the outset?).

Vanilla build is still my first priority! Expect it soon (how many times can I say that until you get annoyed waiting for it? Haha).

All the best,
Steve

[quote=103649]Thanks 4 the build

A link to RetroPie_KODI_DualBoot_V4_SS.zip on Uptobox: RetroPie_KODI_DualBoot_V4_SS.zip – 934.3 MB

My wireless 360 controller, keeps flashing, anybody got that same problem? maybe a solution?

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Many thanks fro re-uploading the file! :)

As for the controller – I have seen this mentioned a few times in the forums and I know there is a fix for it. Have a check in the ‘Controller’ section of the forum and you should find your answer there.

@mayki – is there any added benefit in using the Amber skin over Aeon?

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arkanoid wrote:

Hi

First of all, thanks a lot Smithers for your image, it´s the perfect media center with the perffect an emulator system on it.

I have a simply question. Playing with the config.txt, I have change the original Smithers overclocking settings from the original image. Could anyone tell me those overclocking settings?. Playing N64 games without any overclocking it´s really difficult.

Thanks

Anyone?

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Hi. Sorry, I must have missed your question! Here are my overclock settings:

arm_freq=1067
core_freq=533
sdram_freq=483
over_voltage=4

Please use with caution as they are quite aggressive settings and your pi may not re-act well to them

. I would strongly advise using something less aggressive first then increase in increments. Something like below:

arm_freq=1000
core_freq=500
sdram_freq=450
over_voltage=4

The reason I say this is because overclocking can corrupt your SD card if the Pi doesn’t like it and crashes out.

Good luck!
Steve

OK then – time to share my new build! I am taking a different approach in that I’m sharing a folder instead of a direct link this time – Let me know if that doesn’t work out for you (I will post a direct link too at the end of this post).

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/ughxu46mu4wy61g/AAC7RzLRXvPwVmsbqU4xLt-Ka?dl=0

So this is v4. I have included a full changelog in the readme file, but in a nutshell:

* Re-built OpenELEC from scratch again, based upon Isengard RC1 (v15). This fixes potential SD card corruption issues (see earlier posts in this thread)
* Re-enabled Apple II, Macintosh and PC and themed them all
* Fixed Atari Lynx emulation by reverting back to an older binary
* Fixed Gameboy theme (and changed it, along with a couple of others)
* Changed the look of KODI – using the same Aeon theme (its not an option to change), but I have changed the backgrounds and added a few extra menu items in.
* Added my own slide in the NOOBS install, instead of using the default OpenELEC slides

So it all seems stable, Ive fixed all bugs / annoyances that I have introduced, so that’s cool, and I have installed the latest KODI beta. First impressions of Isengard are that it runs nice and fast. I haven’t seen any major issues, but I have seen a few little niggles, mainly when installing addons (a persistant box pops up telling you that an extra resource needs to be installed but it never installs itself?), and also the ‘zoom’ animation in iVue is no longer smooth. I decided these weren’t show-stoppers and of course we need to remember this isn’t a final release of Isengard, but everything else seems fine.

So please download, install, let me know what you think! :)

I will work on the ‘vanilla’ build over the weekend and upload it.

All the best,
Steve

p.s. here is a direct link to the new build if the folder share above didn’t work:

https://www.dropbox.com/s/qpksky7sjozswqf/RetroPie_KODI_DualBoot_V4_SS.zip?dl=0

To put a Dual Shock 4 controller into pair mode you need to press PS + Share button.

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smithers wrote:

So I think I may as well just upload v4 since there have been no calls for changes / improvements / bugs – what do you think?

a while ago I tried recalbox ( http://www.recalbox.com/diyrecalbox ) and while it is a stripped down retropie (e.g. some emulators are missing) there are some things I would love to see in your image:

-) in recalbox when you configure a controller in emulationstation you are being asked for a special key as well… this key is being used to enter the retroarch menu (and probably some other emulator configurations as well)… so you don’t need to remember any button combinations to enter the emulator configuration

-) I have a wired xbox 360 controller and a (wireless) PS3 controller and so I installed the xbox 360 and the sixaxsis driver in retropie… I ended up having the xbox 360 controller being the player 1 controller and the PS3 controller being the player 3 controller… I really had a hard time to fix that – and I finally did by removing a (not connected) second xbox controller (from /etc/run.local) so the PS3 controller was the player 2 controller again… in recalbox there’s a nice menu in emulationstation where you can define what player is being controlled by what controller

-) in recalbox you can select your language, so you don’t need to use english if you aren’t a native speaker (like me)

best regards

MJFox

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Ahh… I should have probably worded my post a bit better – I can’t tweak things like that (I have no coding skills). All I can offer is tweaks to existing functionality Im afraid. Or adding ports that are not included in the Retropie setup script as standard. The requests you have (which would be very useful), would need to be made by the developers of RetroPie Im afraid. Not sure if its something thats on the radar already?

Sorry for any misunderstanding! :o

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lozzajp wrote:

I was about to report the filedropper link would time out after about 10-50mb downloaded each time and had an unfinished corrupt zip file to show for it.

Sorry guys, this is my mestake
I didn’t expect such problems with filedropper anyway…
@fuzzylogic, thank you for right link.

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No worries man – thanks for taking the time to upload in the first place! :)

So I think I may as well just upload v4 since there have been no calls for changes / improvements / bugs – what do you think?

Or is there a certain game port that you want to see on there as standard but can’t get it to build etc? I’m open to suggestions so fire away if you have any.

Also, my area has FINALLY got fibre broadband and mine is getting activated on the 6th of this month – Happy days! That means uploading builds will no longer be a chore and I may even make it a regular (ish) thing if and when I get any requests through. I really don’t mind tinkering with things in my spare time and I know not everyone has the time to do that so I’m happy to help out where I can.

All the best.
Steve

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I have uploaded it to mediafire here:
http://www.mediafire.com/download/lb7fe34ggi5sfdv/RetroPie_KODI_DualBoot_SS.zip

I’ve got an account with them, so it should not expire.
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Many thanks ‘fuzzlogic’ – it is much appreciated by others I am sure too!

[quote=103355]So i am pretty new to all of this, is there a way to update the Kodi image to the latest version without having to start all over? Once Isengard is stable for pi’s i would want to update to that.
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Yes – so because KODI is set up on its own partition it means that it can be tweaked however you want and it won’t affect RetoPie at all. As for updating – it will tell you when an update is available then you can just go to ‘OpenELEC Config’ in the ‘System’ section on the home screen and update inside that menu. There is no need to start all over, everything should perform as it should as if it were on its own dedicated SD card. Same goes for RetroPie updates via the RetroPie Setup Script.

p.s. KODI is fully up to date as of a few days ago (an update came through just before I uploaded the image and it all went smoothly).

p.p.s. reading your question again I think you are maybe referring to the Raspbian installer version of KODI which was (last time I checked) still in BETA form. I don’t use that version in my build, I use OpenELEC and it is very stable compared to the Raspbian installer version of KODI, so don’t worry so much about the updates – it runs perfect as-is right now (I haven’t found any issues at all).

Hope this helps.

Cheers.
Steve

chkdisk has come up clean so it remains a mystery and probably will forever. I have moved away now and ordered a pi for myself and will start fresh with smithers dual boot image I think. Thanks for all the help guys.

[quote=103299]If smithers don’t mind
I’m posting this link to everybody who wants to download last image from smithers
http://www.filedropper.com/retropiekodidualbootss1

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Hi kamovsky. I don’t mind at all – thanks very much for re-upping the file. :)

I am awaiting any reports of bugs before uploading a modified build (see posts above), but could you recommend ‘filedropper’ as a reliable host for my future uploads?

[quote=103139]What happens if you dont specify the joypad buttons in the system specific retroarch.cfg and instead use the auto controller file in /opt/retropie/configs/all/retroarch-joypads/ ?

If you just put the single SNES usb port in the top left usb port, dos it see both and assign them as player 1 and 2 (indicated by the yellow retroarch writing)?

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Thanks for the reply! I’m actually using a USB Hub (the Plugable 7-port USB 2.0), but I have now bypassed it, and plugged the single SNES usb port into the top left usb port on the pi. This works! I reenabled input_autodetect in the global config file, and removed everything i added to the snes-specific config file. It assigns one port of the adapter to Player 1 and the other port to Player 2. I can unplug and plug in controllers between the two ports, swap them, and everything works as it should.

But what about my other adapter? I have the Playstation adapter plugged into the second usb port in the Pi. Is there a way for me to tell the Playstation emulator to ignore the SNES adapter plugged into the first port, and use the PS controllers? Perhaps could I specify a controller type? In configs/all/retroarch-joypads the Playstation cfg file is called “WiseGroup.,LtdMP-8866DualUSBJoypad.cfg”. Can I somehow point to this in the Playstation specific config file?

Thanks so much for your help.