(2021-01-12, 22:03)programmkino Wrote: Hi all,

I'm new to AEL. I'd like to use it for launching firefox on OSMC.
I've configured a simple launcher with the name and path to firefox (which is installed, of course).

When starting that launcher following error is shown in the log.

Launching blocking process subprocess.call()
Process retcode = 1
(see https://paste.kodi.tv/evudicecay.kodi for more lines)

Do you have any idea about it? Googling about it didn't really help.
Thanks a lot.

(2021-01-16, 23:50)MrSliff Wrote: Hey mate,

since the RC1 of kodi 19 is out now, what do you think how long will it take to get a release of the launcher addon?

(2021-01-19, 22:27)capewrath Wrote: Hi! I've been using AEL for a while and I absolutely love it. However, I would like some help on a small annoyance that I found. I have an old but somewhat gaming capable PC that I use on my living room as a "console replacement", the OS is currently ubuntu 20.04 with KDE and the kodi version is 18.9. Now, what happens is that if a game for whatever reason changes the screen resolution when being launched, kodi "steals" the screen focus and reappears on top of the game that just launched. Even if the game eventually returns to 1920x1080, as is the case with GTR2, the intro cinematic plays at 640x480 and so it switches the screen resolution causing kodi to appear on top. I know it sounds silly and I'm pretty sure it's more of a kodi thing than an AEL bug, but it does mean that I have to find a keyboard and alt-tab to the game again. While alt-tabbing out of kodi is of course not hard to do, it kinda breaks the whole "sit down, grab a controller, play the game" experience, especially for the kids.

(2021-01-19, 22:27)capewrath Wrote: Does anyone know a fix for this?

(2021-01-19, 22:27)capewrath Wrote: Is linux/KDE causing it?

(2021-01-19, 22:27)capewrath Wrote: Maybe there is a "not steal focus" setting for kodi that I missed or something.

(2021-01-20, 06:48)Wintermute0110 Wrote: One possible solution is to create a shell script to use a program like xdotool. With xdotool you can control the windows from the command line. If you get into trouble use sleep to wait some time between commands, sometimes if the commands execute very fast you run into race conditions.

(2021-01-20, 21:56)capewrath Wrote: Well, maybe that's not exactly what you had in mind, but I had my standalone games as a .sh anyways since most of them needed to be launched from wine, so I simply added a line on the launch script to start the problematic game, wait 2 seconds, call xdotool keydown alt and tab, wait 2 seconds, then release alt. Not sure if it's the best way to do it but hey, works for me! Turns out this xdotool is really cool, I'm now thinking about using the search function on libxdo to automatically close steam/uplay/random DRM client after I close a game so it doesn't keep eating those 200 MB of my RAM for no reason at all. Thanks for the help mate!

(2021-01-17, 16:14)Wintermute0110 Wrote:

(2021-01-16, 23:50)MrSliff Wrote: Hey mate,

since the RC1 of kodi 19 is out now, what do you think how long will it take to get a release of the launcher addon?

That's the million dollar question. The quick answer is that AEL working in Python 3 is not going to happen any time soon.

The long answer is: currently I am working on some big changes about how AEL deals with platform artwork (which will allow to create themes like in other frontends like EmulationStation), add more metadata fields including game region and game languages, and support more artwork fields for ROMs. The main motto is to create something that is close to what could be a future Kodi Games Database. You can see the progress of my ideas on the following document, keep in mind that is very work in progress. On the other hand, me and Chrisism have been working for a while on a new version of AEL that includes a lot of new features. This new version of AEL is currently on the master branch and only works on Python 2. Upgrading the master branch to Python 3 will take some time, plus adding the new features will require even more time. With this coronavirus thing I have a lot of free time, however it is difficult to concentrate and code. So... in the best case it will take several months to see an AEL version running on Kodi Matrix.

(2021-01-31, 18:23)bakito Wrote: Hello everyone, how can I run game with rocket launcher ? What are the arguments must i put?
trying with cemu and rpcs3 and.. it work with rocketlauncher but how does it work under ael ?
I used to do it with advanced launcher but it was a time ago...
thx in advance !

(2021-02-04, 06:03)bakito Wrote: Find a way through shortcuts ( one by game) ...and make a launcher via LNK launcher...But I still don't know why cant I make rocketlauncher work directly with AEL
with just one parameter line to rule them all

(2021-02-04, 10:05)Wintermute0110 Wrote:

(2021-02-04, 06:03)bakito Wrote: Find a way through shortcuts ( one by game) ...and make a launcher via LNK launcher...But I still don't know why cant I make rocketlauncher work directly with AEL
with just one parameter line to rule them all

Because AEL is a multiplatform addon that works in Windows, Linux, Android and Apple and Rocket Launcher is a Windows specific app?

(2021-01-21, 09:52)Wintermute0110 Wrote: Rule #1 of UNIX: If it's works then it's the best way.

cpp:
/usr/bin/wine /home/kodi/bin/cemu/cemu.exe -g "Z:\home\kodi\AEL-ROMs\nintendo-wiiu\MarioKart8\code\MarioKart8.rpx"

(2021-02-08, 04:56)the_stag Wrote: I must be daft. I'm on v0.9.9 and I can't find the option to manually add roms. Is that still a thing?

I ask because when I try to scan for Wii U, most of the roms are incorrect. And the ones that have update files in addition create duplicates. Maybe my issue is I'm scanning the wrong info (.rpx extensions). Thanks!

xml:
 <argstr type="string" length="4096">Mario Kart 8.rpx</argstr>