(2017-11-15, 08:26)Wintermute0110 Wrote:

(2017-11-14, 16:29)Solo0815 Wrote: Does AEL wiork with Retroplayer (Kodi18)?
I'd need AEL only for scraping and displaying Boxart
Thx

AEL should work out-of-the-box and without issues with Retroplayer/Leia. Just make sure you create a Retroplayer launcher. Any issue you have please post a AEL DEBUG log (and not Kodi debug log). Also, note that at the moment Retroplayer requires uncompressed ROMs and also TTBOMK you cannot use cores that require BIOSes.  

(2017-11-15, 19:40)Solo0815 Wrote:

Code:


...
18:34:40.150 T:1249280912   ERROR: AEL INFO : ROM path      "\\LIBREWETEK\INTENSO\roms\SNES\"
18:34:40.150 T:1249280912   ERROR: AEL INFO : ROM ext       "smc|sfc"
18:34:40.150 T:1249280912   ERROR: AEL INFO : Platform      "Nintendo SNES"
...
18:34:40.170 T:1249280912   ERROR: AEL INFO : Scanning files in \\LIBREWETEK\INTENSO\roms\SNES\
18:34:40.170 T:1249280912   ERROR: AEL INFO : Recursive scan activated
18:34:40.170 T:1249280912   ERROR: AEL INFO : File scanner found 0 files
...


(2017-11-15, 19:40)Solo0815 Wrote:

Code:


...
                                              File "/storage/.kodi/addons/plugin.program.advanced.emulator.launcher/resources/main.py", line 8171, in _roms_add_new_rom
                                                local_asset_list = assets_search_local_assets(launcher, ROMFile, enabled_asset_list)
                                            NameError: global name 'assets_search_local_assets' is not defined
                                            -->End of Python script error report<--


(2017-11-16, 17:54)yevaman44 Wrote: Hi Wintermute0110 !

I only use Kodi for your amazin Plugin.
I was wondering if there is a way to "boot" directly to AEL ?

python:
import xbmc

xbmc.executebuiltin('RunAddon(plugin.program.advanced.emulator.launcher)')

(2017-11-16, 18:35)zachmorris Wrote:

(2017-11-16, 17:54)yevaman44 Wrote: Hi Wintermute0110 !

I only use Kodi for your amazin Plugin.
I was wondering if there is a way to "boot" directly to AEL ?

I'd try this:  http://kodi.wiki/view/autoexec.py

With the contents of autoexec.py:

python:
import xbmc

xbmc.executebuiltin('RunAddon(plugin.program.advanced.emulator.launcher)')

Hi !!

Thx for the help !
But it doesn't work..  

(2017-11-16, 21:16)yevaman44 Wrote:

(2017-11-16, 18:35)zachmorris Wrote: I'd try this:  http://kodi.wiki/view/autoexec.py

With the contents of autoexec.py:

python:
import xbmc

xbmc.executebuiltin('RunAddon(plugin.program.advanced.emulator.launcher)')

Hi !!

Thx for the help !
But it doesn't work..     

python:
import xbmc, xbmcgui

xbmcgui.Dialog().notification('autoexec.py', 'Launching AEL')

xbmc.executebuiltin('RunAddon(plugin.program.advanced.emulator.launcher)')

(2017-11-17, 20:14)Drt1989 Wrote: Hi - Is it possible to advise on the argument required to run PS1 games using the ePSXe Emulator on windows?

Use Arguments:

-loadbin "$roms$" -nogui

xml:


<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" standalone="yes"?>

<advanced_emulator_launcher_configuration>

<launcher>

<name>PlayStation (Retroarch)</name>

<platform>Sony PlayStation</platform>

<application>E:/Retroarch/retroarch.exe</application>

<args>-L E:/Retroarch/cores/mednafen_psx_libretro.so -f -v &quot;$rom$&quot;</args>

<ROM_path>E:/AEL-ROMs/sony-psx/</ROM_path>

<ROM_ext>cue|iso|m3u</ROM_ext>

<ROM_asset_path>E:/AEL-assets/sony-psx</ROM_asset_path>

</launcher>

</advanced_emulator_launcher_configuration>

(2017-11-17, 20:14)Drt1989 Wrote: Also if it helps to make .LNK for Steam games;

Go to your steam.exe, right click, send to Desktop (Create Shortcut)

Now go into Steam Store, locate the game you need to link to For example - http://store.steampowered.com/app/552990/World_of_Warships/ and make a note of the app ID - which in this case is 552990

Now right click on your new Steam shortcut on the desktop. Add - applaunch number after the end " so it looks like: 

"C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\Steam.exe" -applaunch 552990 (the number being whatever the number is for your game)

Click Apply.

This will correctly launch the games .exe via steam. 

This is the corerct way to get the .lnk to work

By default steam creates its own shortcuts to games as .url

(2017-11-17, 20:14)Drt1989 Wrote: Another note -

How to I get AEL to scrape for artwork. I can do it manually, but can't figure out how to do it Automatically - to scrape online?
EDIT - I had to correctly setup AEL, then removed the launcher, re-added and it re-scrapped the games.

I should note that I've turned this on via the Addon on settings but it doesn't scrape.

(2017-11-19, 09:58)Wintermute0110 Wrote:

(2017-11-17, 20:14)Drt1989 Wrote: Hi - Is it possible to advise on the argument required to run PS1 games using the ePSXe Emulator on windows?

Use Arguments:

-loadbin "$roms$" -nogui

Why you don't use Retroarch? Mednafen PSX core works great. Here you have a XML configuration file you can load in AEL settings, "I/O tab", "Import category/launcher configuration". Change <application>, <args>, <ROM_path>, and <ROM_asset_path> paths to suit your needs. If you make a mistake you can edit the XML and reimport.

xml:


<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" standalone="yes"?>

<advanced_emulator_launcher_configuration>

<launcher>

<name>PlayStation (Retroarch)</name>

<platform>Sony PlayStation</platform>

<application>E:/Retroarch/retroarch.exe</application>

<args>-L E:/Retroarch/cores/mednafen_psx_libretro.so -f -v &quot;$rom$&quot;</args>

<ROM_path>E:/AEL-ROMs/sony-psx/</ROM_path>

<ROM_ext>cue|iso|m3u</ROM_ext>

<ROM_asset_path>E:/AEL-assets/sony-psx</ROM_asset_path>

</launcher>

</advanced_emulator_launcher_configuration>

(2017-11-17, 20:14)Drt1989 Wrote: Also if it helps to make .LNK for Steam games;

Go to your steam.exe, right click, send to Desktop (Create Shortcut)

Now go into Steam Store, locate the game you need to link to For example - http://store.steampowered.com/app/552990/World_of_Warships/ and make a note of the app ID - which in this case is 552990

Now right click on your new Steam shortcut on the desktop. Add - applaunch number after the end " so it looks like: 

"C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\Steam.exe" -applaunch 552990 (the number being whatever the number is for your game)

Click Apply.

This will correctly launch the games .exe via steam. 

This is the corerct way to get the .lnk to work

By default steam creates its own shortcuts to games as .url

Thanks. Maybe somebody will find this info useful.

(2017-11-17, 20:14)Drt1989 Wrote: Another note -

How to I get AEL to scrape for artwork. I can do it manually, but can't figure out how to do it Automatically - to scrape online?
EDIT - I had to correctly setup AEL, then removed the launcher, re-added and it re-scrapped the games.

I should note that I've turned this on via the Addon on settings but it doesn't scrape.

Read AEL Metadata and Asset scrapers demistified. After reading, if you have questions feel free to ask. 

(2017-10-21, 21:50)illinx Wrote: Thanks, everything seems in order now!

Also, I may have noticed a bug (on linux at least). I use the minimize/make kodi a window option in order to prevent kodi from capturing input from my gamepad. With 0.9.7-beta1, when I launch a rom from Collection->Launcher (the regular way), this works great. However, when I launch a rom from the favorites menu, it seems to skip this step and doesn't put kodi into windowed mode. 

(2017-11-19, 12:13)Drt1989 Wrote: Thanks,

I've normally used EMU's on Android, and haven't come across RetroArch until finding your Plugin.

I think I shall use it, I was just so use to ePSXe as it works very well.  But I'll definitely check out retro arch. 

(2017-11-20, 06:06)TorontoPaul Wrote: Can someone explain in laymens terms what this does or what any emulator does?

Thank you

• Video game console emulator
  
• MAME
  

• As a general launcher, AEL is able to launch any application in your operating system from within Kodi. For example, you can launch a web browser, a PDF document viewer, a software for watching digital TV, etc. The possibilities are countless. You may think of AEL as the "Start" button on Windows, where you are presented the applications you have in your computer and you can launch any of them by selecting it.
  
• As an emulator front-end, AEL has many features in the particular case that the launched application is a video-game or computer emulator and you have a collection of ROMs you want to play. ROM files are typically ZIP archives and are the contents of the cartridges, cassetes, floppy disks or arcade boards in the form of a PC archive. The emulator is capable of running this ROM files exactly in the same way the original hardware would do.