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Will you upgrade to version 1.6.4 also the Retroarch of Gamestarter addon?
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I installed the Gamestarter add-on and I have a problem with the SNES game sound. Play the game through the advancedlauncher, which is part of the add-on. It's just that I just hear the unlucky cracking instead of the music ... Maybe the MegaDrive sounds OK. I use GameStarter v2.9 on LibreElec 8 and RPI3 connected to the older SHARP AQUOS TV. Thank you for your help
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Does this add on play nice with an existing Retropie setup? I've tried advanced emulator launcher and rom collection browser from Kodi (pplware flavor), using retropies runcommand.sh script to launch the emulators. All the emulators launch, but they launch behind the Kodi display, and kodi still has control focus.
I'd like to use gamestarter in the same way (using runcommand.sh, not installing any extra add-ons apart from AEL). Will this work?
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I decided to start with a fresh SD card and the latest LibreELEC image to try out your addon. I'm having trouble adding roms from a network source. I can browse the source in Kodi and even add it as a source in the file manager, but when I update the launcher to point to the same place, the scan doesn't pick up any roms. here's the tail
23:37:51.617 T:1318056864 ERROR: AEL INFO : No duplicated asset dirs found
23:37:51.617 T:1318056864 ERROR: AEL INFO : Removing dead ROMs ...
23:37:51.618 T:1318056864 ERROR: AEL INFO : Launcher is empty. No dead ROM check.
23:37:51.618 T:1318056864 ERROR: AEL INFO : Scanning files in \\HOMESERVER\Public\ROMs\Nintendo Game Boy Advance\Roms\
23:37:51.618 T:1318056864 ERROR: AEL INFO : Recursive scan activated
23:37:51.619 T:1318056864 ERROR: AEL INFO : Found 0 files
23:37:51.640 T:1318056864 ERROR: AEL INFO : ********** ROM scanner finished. Report **********
23:37:51.641 T:1318056864 ERROR: AEL INFO : Removed dead ROMs 0
23:37:51.641 T:1318056864 ERROR: AEL INFO : Files checked 0
23:37:51.641 T:1318056864 ERROR: AEL INFO : New added ROMs 0
I can add roms manually:
23:42:52.921 T:1286599584 ERROR: AEL INFO : _roms_add_new_rom() Added a new ROM
23:42:52.921 T:1286599584 ERROR: AEL INFO : _roms_add_new_rom() romID "7acf7a6bf0914351fef8b614aaeb10a4"
23:42:52.921 T:1286599584 ERROR: AEL INFO : _roms_add_new_rom() filename "smb://HOMESERVER/Public/ROMs/Nintendo Game Boy Advance/Roms/Advance Wars (USA) (Rev 1).gba"
23:42:52.921 T:1286599584 ERROR: AEL INFO : _roms_add_new_rom() m_name "\\HOMESERVER\Public\ROMs\Nintendo Game Boy Advance\Roms\Advance Wars (USA) (Rev 1)"
23:42:52.922 T:1286599584 ERROR: AEL INFO : No No-Intro/Redump DAT configured. Do not audit ROMs.
But trying to launch fails.
23:44:05.082 T:1378407328 ERROR: AEL INFO : _command_run_rom() romID 7acf7a6bf0914351fef8b614aaeb10a4
23:44:05.082 T:1378407328 ERROR: AEL INFO : _command_run_rom() romfile "\\HOMESERVER\Public\ROMs\Nintendo Game Boy Advance\Roms\Advance Wars (USA) (Rev 1).gba"
23:44:05.082 T:1378407328 ERROR: AEL INFO : _command_run_rom() rompath ""
23:44:05.082 T:1378407328 ERROR: AEL INFO : _command_run_rom() rombase "\\HOMESERVER\Public\ROMs\Nintendo Game Boy Advance\Roms\Advance Wars (USA) (Rev 1).gba"
23:44:05.082 T:1378407328 ERROR: AEL INFO : _command_run_rom() rombasenoext "\\HOMESERVER\Public\ROMs\Nintendo Game Boy Advance\Roms\Advance Wars (USA) (Rev 1)"
23:44:05.082 T:1378407328 ERROR: AEL INFO : _command_run_rom() romtitle "\\HOMESERVER\Public\ROMs\Nintendo Game Boy Advance\Roms\Advance Wars (USA) (Rev 1)"
23:44:05.083 T:1378407328 ERROR: AEL INFO : _command_run_rom() application "/storage/.kodi/addons/game.retroarch/addon.sh"
23:44:05.083 T:1378407328 ERROR: AEL INFO : _command_run_rom() apppath "/storage/.kodi/addons/game.retroarch"
23:44:05.083 T:1378407328 ERROR: AEL INFO : _command_run_rom() romext "gba|zip"
23:44:05.083 T:1378407328 ERROR: AEL ERROR: ROM not found "\\HOMESERVER\Public\ROMs\Nintendo Game Boy Advance\Roms\Advance Wars (USA) (Rev 1).gba"
The files are hosted on a smb share (Ubuntu Server), with open permissions. If I had to guess, it looks like its using the wrong slashes (\) instead of (/). But when I go into the advanced rom modifications in AEL, the address uses the correct smb:// address.
Do you have any thoughts?
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2017-09-01, 16:12
(This post was last modified: 2017-09-01, 17:27 by crono141.)
Ok, I solved the above problem by creating a permanent network mount in the /storage folder, so now AEL picks up the roms in the folder. New problem, when I go to launch I get a launch error. Here's the relevant log section.
10:11:08.652 T:1342890912 ERROR: AEL INFO : _command_run_rom() Launching ROM in Launcher ...
10:11:08.661 T:1342890912 ERROR: AEL INFO : _command_run_rom() Using Launcher standard arguments
10:11:08.661 T:1342890912 ERROR: AEL INFO : _command_run_rom() Sigle ROM detected (no multidisc)
10:11:08.661 T:1342890912 ERROR: AEL INFO : _command_run_rom() ROMFileName OP "/storage/roms/Nintendo Game Boy Advance/Roms/Advance Wars (USA) (Rev 1).gba"
10:11:08.661 T:1342890912 ERROR: AEL INFO : _command_run_rom() ROMFileName P "/storage/roms/Nintendo Game Boy Advance/Roms/Advance Wars (USA) (Rev 1).gba"
10:11:08.662 T:1342890912 ERROR: AEL INFO : _command_run_rom() categoryID 2b494a422afb2474f89a7b693328fe92
10:11:08.662 T:1342890912 ERROR: AEL INFO : _command_run_rom() launcherID c2b7de4d1f1ffc9e7eb09866d79a156e
10:11:08.662 T:1342890912 ERROR: AEL INFO : _command_run_rom() romID c7ce5667fec7738e3c2da1b4df077ce3
10:11:08.662 T:1342890912 ERROR: AEL INFO : _command_run_rom() romfile "/storage/roms/Nintendo Game Boy Advance/Roms/Advance Wars (USA) (Rev 1).gba"
10:11:08.663 T:1342890912 ERROR: AEL INFO : _command_run_rom() rompath "/storage/roms/Nintendo Game Boy Advance/Roms"
10:11:08.663 T:1342890912 ERROR: AEL INFO : _command_run_rom() rombase "Advance Wars (USA) (Rev 1).gba"
10:11:08.663 T:1342890912 ERROR: AEL INFO : _command_run_rom() rombasenoext "Advance Wars (USA) (Rev 1)"
10:11:08.663 T:1342890912 ERROR: AEL INFO : _command_run_rom() romtitle "Advance Wars (USA) (Rev 1)"
10:11:08.663 T:1342890912 ERROR: AEL INFO : _command_run_rom() application "/storage/.kodi/addons/game.retroarch/addon.sh"
10:11:08.663 T:1342890912 ERROR: AEL INFO : _command_run_rom() apppath "/storage/.kodi/addons/game.retroarch"
10:11:08.663 T:1342890912 ERROR: AEL INFO : _command_run_rom() romext "gba|zip"
10:11:08.892 T:1342890912 ERROR: AEL INFO : _command_run_rom() raw arguments "gpsp "%rom%""
10:11:08.893 T:1342890912 ERROR: AEL INFO : _command_run_rom() final arguments "gpsp "/storage/roms/Nintendo Game Boy Advance/Roms/Advance Wars (USA) (Rev 1).gba""
10:11:08.909 T:1342890912 ERROR: AEL INFO : fs_write_Favourites_JSON() File special://profile/addon_data/plugin.program.advanced.emulator.launcher/most_played.json
10:11:08.918 T:1342890912 ERROR: AEL INFO : _command_run_rom() Launcher is not Kodi Retroplayer.
10:11:09.539 T:1342890912 ERROR: AEL ERROR: SingleInstance::__exit__() Unhandled excepcion in protected code
10:11:09.570 T:1342890912 ERROR: EXCEPTION Thrown (PythonToCppException) : -->Python callback/script returned the following error<--
- NOTE: IGNORING THIS CAN LEAD TO MEMORY LEAKS!
Error Type: <type 'exceptions.OSError'>
Error Contents: [Errno 13] Permission denied
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/storage/.kodi/addons/plugin.program.advanced.emulator.launcher/addon.py", line 39, in <module>
main.Main().run_plugin()
File "/storage/.kodi/addons/plugin.program.advanced.emulator.launcher/resources/main.py", line 248, in run_plugin
with SingleInstance(): self.run_protected(args)
File "/storage/.kodi/addons/plugin.program.advanced.emulator.launcher/resources/main.py", line 339, in run_protected
self._command_run_rom(args['catID'][0], args['launID'][0], args['romID'][0])
File "/storage/.kodi/addons/plugin.program.advanced.emulator.launcher/resources/main.py", line 6743, in _command_run_rom
self._run_process(application.getPath(), arguments, apppath, romext)
File "/storage/.kodi/addons/plugin.program.advanced.emulator.launcher/resources/main.py", line 6845, in _run_process
retcode = subprocess.call(exec_list, stdout = f, stderr = subprocess.STDOUT)
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/subprocess.py", line 168, in call
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/subprocess.py", line 390, in __init__
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/subprocess.py", line 1024, in _execute_child
OSError: [Errno 13] Permission denied
-->End of Python script error report<--
EDIT: I just tried to launch the same rom again, but this time there was no error. However the rom also did not launch. Here's the log:
11:24:26.538 T:1735791520 ERROR: AEL INFO : _command_run_rom() Launching ROM in Launcher ...
11:24:26.548 T:1735791520 ERROR: AEL INFO : _command_run_rom() Using Launcher standard arguments
11:24:26.548 T:1735791520 ERROR: AEL INFO : _command_run_rom() Sigle ROM detected (no multidisc)
11:24:26.549 T:1735791520 ERROR: AEL INFO : _command_run_rom() ROMFileName OP "/storage/roms/Nintendo Game Boy Advance/Roms/Advance Wars (USA) (Rev 1).gba"
11:24:26.549 T:1735791520 ERROR: AEL INFO : _command_run_rom() ROMFileName P "/storage/roms/Nintendo Game Boy Advance/Roms/Advance Wars (USA) (Rev 1).gba"
11:24:26.549 T:1735791520 ERROR: AEL INFO : _command_run_rom() categoryID 2b494a422afb2474f89a7b693328fe92
11:24:26.550 T:1735791520 ERROR: AEL INFO : _command_run_rom() launcherID c2b7de4d1f1ffc9e7eb09866d79a156e
11:24:26.550 T:1735791520 ERROR: AEL INFO : _command_run_rom() romID 2668bd2215f911d39f4b054d1004d089
11:24:26.550 T:1735791520 ERROR: AEL INFO : _command_run_rom() romfile "/storage/roms/Nintendo Game Boy Advance/Roms/Advance Wars (USA) (Rev 1).gba"
11:24:26.550 T:1735791520 ERROR: AEL INFO : _command_run_rom() rompath "/storage/roms/Nintendo Game Boy Advance/Roms"
11:24:26.550 T:1735791520 ERROR: AEL INFO : _command_run_rom() rombase "Advance Wars (USA) (Rev 1).gba"
11:24:26.550 T:1735791520 ERROR: AEL INFO : _command_run_rom() rombasenoext "Advance Wars (USA) (Rev 1)"
11:24:26.550 T:1735791520 ERROR: AEL INFO : _command_run_rom() romtitle "Advance Wars (USA) (Rev 1)"
11:24:26.550 T:1735791520 ERROR: AEL INFO : _command_run_rom() application "/storage/.kodi/addons/game.retroarch/addon.sh"
11:24:26.551 T:1735791520 ERROR: AEL INFO : _command_run_rom() apppath "/storage/.kodi/addons/game.retroarch"
11:24:26.551 T:1735791520 ERROR: AEL INFO : _command_run_rom() romext "gba|zip"
11:24:26.710 T:1735791520 ERROR: AEL INFO : _command_run_rom() raw arguments "gpsp "%rom%""
11:24:26.710 T:1735791520 ERROR: AEL INFO : _command_run_rom() final arguments "gpsp "/storage/roms/Nintendo Game Boy Advance/Roms/Advance Wars (USA) (Rev 1).gba""
11:24:26.740 T:1735791520 ERROR: AEL INFO : fs_write_Favourites_JSON() File special://profile/addon_data/plugin.program.advanced.emulator.launcher/most_played.json
11:24:26.753 T:1735791520 ERROR: AEL INFO : _command_run_rom() Launcher is not Kodi Retroplayer.
11:24:27.444 T:1735791520 ERROR: AEL INFO : _run_process() Process retcode = 0
11:24:28.539 T:1961852928 NOTICE: Storing total System Uptime
11:24:28.539 T:1961852928 NOTICE: Saving settings
11:24:28.566 T:1961852928 NOTICE: Saving skin settings
11:24:28.570 T:1961852928 NOTICE: stop all
11:24:28.571 T:1961852928 NOTICE: stop player
11:24:28.571 T:1961852928 NOTICE: ES: Stopping event server
11:24:28.711 T:1629639584 NOTICE: ES: UDP Event server stopped
11:24:29.091 T:1961852928 NOTICE: stopping upnp
11:24:29.243 T:1961852928 NOTICE: stopping zeroconf publishing
11:24:29.250 T:1961852928 NOTICE: CWebServer[8080]: Stopped
11:24:29.565 T:1961852928 NOTICE: stop dvd detect media
11:24:30.180 T:1961852928 NOTICE: clean cached files!
This is a GBA title, which I expected to launch in retroarch. But the argument gpsp makes me think that the AEL config is pointing toward something else. FYI, I used the bulk core download option in the addon settings. I did not go through the retroarch interface to download the cores.
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2017-09-01, 17:35
(This post was last modified: 2017-09-01, 17:36 by crono141.)
Tried again after chmod. Same behavior, though there are a few more lines in the log file. Not sure if you saw my edit or not above, but the second time I launched Kodi quit and restarted, but the rom didn't launch.
11:32:49.341 T:1359999904 ERROR: AEL INFO : _command_run_rom() Launching ROM in Launcher ...
11:32:49.349 T:1359999904 ERROR: AEL INFO : _command_run_rom() Using Launcher standard arguments
11:32:49.350 T:1359999904 ERROR: AEL INFO : _command_run_rom() Sigle ROM detected (no multidisc)
11:32:49.350 T:1359999904 ERROR: AEL INFO : _command_run_rom() ROMFileName OP "/storage/roms/Nintendo Game Boy Advance/Roms/Advance Wars (USA) (Rev 1).gba"
11:32:49.350 T:1359999904 ERROR: AEL INFO : _command_run_rom() ROMFileName P "/storage/roms/Nintendo Game Boy Advance/Roms/Advance Wars (USA) (Rev 1).gba"
11:32:49.351 T:1359999904 ERROR: AEL INFO : _command_run_rom() categoryID 2b494a422afb2474f89a7b693328fe92
11:32:49.351 T:1359999904 ERROR: AEL INFO : _command_run_rom() launcherID c2b7de4d1f1ffc9e7eb09866d79a156e
11:32:49.351 T:1359999904 ERROR: AEL INFO : _command_run_rom() romID 2668bd2215f911d39f4b054d1004d089
11:32:49.351 T:1359999904 ERROR: AEL INFO : _command_run_rom() romfile "/storage/roms/Nintendo Game Boy Advance/Roms/Advance Wars (USA) (Rev 1).gba"
11:32:49.351 T:1359999904 ERROR: AEL INFO : _command_run_rom() rompath "/storage/roms/Nintendo Game Boy Advance/Roms"
11:32:49.352 T:1359999904 ERROR: AEL INFO : _command_run_rom() rombase "Advance Wars (USA) (Rev 1).gba"
11:32:49.352 T:1359999904 ERROR: AEL INFO : _command_run_rom() rombasenoext "Advance Wars (USA) (Rev 1)"
11:32:49.352 T:1359999904 ERROR: AEL INFO : _command_run_rom() romtitle "Advance Wars (USA) (Rev 1)"
11:32:49.352 T:1359999904 ERROR: AEL INFO : _command_run_rom() application "/storage/.kodi/addons/game.retroarch/addon.sh"
11:32:49.352 T:1359999904 ERROR: AEL INFO : _command_run_rom() apppath "/storage/.kodi/addons/game.retroarch"
11:32:49.352 T:1359999904 ERROR: AEL INFO : _command_run_rom() romext "gba|zip"
11:32:49.403 T:1359999904 ERROR: AEL INFO : _command_run_rom() raw arguments "gpsp "%rom%""
11:32:49.404 T:1359999904 ERROR: AEL INFO : _command_run_rom() final arguments "gpsp "/storage/roms/Nintendo Game Boy Advance/Roms/Advance Wars (USA) (Rev 1).gba""
11:32:49.438 T:1359999904 ERROR: AEL INFO : fs_write_Favourites_JSON() File special://profile/addon_data/plugin.program.advanced.emulator.launcher/most_played.json
11:32:49.452 T:1359999904 ERROR: AEL INFO : _command_run_rom() Launcher is not Kodi Retroplayer.
11:32:50.125 T:1359999904 ERROR: AEL INFO : _run_process() Process retcode = 0
11:32:51.223 T:1962553344 NOTICE: Storing total System Uptime
11:32:51.223 T:1962553344 NOTICE: Saving settings
11:32:51.239 T:1778381728 NOTICE: PLEX.kodimonitor -> Kodi OnQuit detected - shutting down
11:32:51.242 T:1778381728 NOTICE: PLEX.downloadutils -> Request session stopped
11:32:51.243 T:1778381728 NOTICE: PLEX.service -> ======== STOP PlexKodiConnect ========
11:32:51.250 T:1962553344 NOTICE: Saving skin settings
11:32:51.255 T:1962553344 NOTICE: stop all
11:32:51.256 T:1962553344 NOTICE: stop player
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According to the new log, AEL launchs /storage/.kodi/addons/game.retroarch/addon.sh.
When you launch addon.sh in theory Kodi stops, Retroarch shows up, and when Retroarch finished then Kodi starts again. If the permissions of addon.sh were wrong maybe the premissions of the Retroarch executable are wrong, execution of addon.sh is interrupted and then Kodi is not restarted. I'm not sure... but maybe there was a problem when you installed Gamestarter and the permissions got wrong and that is causing trouble. I guess bite_your_idols is the guy to answer this.