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So far so good.  So now after I get this run, I need to compile retrofe and move the program over to the \\192.168.1.8\configs\all\retrofe folder?  Then how do you tell it to launch retropie be default instead of emulation station?

Thanks so much!

Edit:  I compiled it and threw it in the retrofe folder and ran it and it didnt have my retorspin theme.  Need to futs with it more.  Let me know if I am doing something silly.  Thanks again.

More info would definitely be helpful.  Can you attach your install log?  I believe it can be found at ~/RetroPie-Setup/logs.  If you aren't sure which one contains the errors, you can view the zipped contents directly using the 'zcat' command (no need to unzip).  Thanks!

Log started at: Sun 27 Aug 02:27:51 UTC 2017

RetroPie-Setup version: 4.2.18 (549d284)
System: Linux retropie 4.9.35-v7+ #1014 SMP Fri Jun 30 14:47:43 BST 2017 armv7l GNU/Linux

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Installing dependencies for 'retrofe' : RetroFE emulator frontend
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Did not find needed package(s): libmagickcore-extra. I am trying to install them now.
Hit http://archive.raspberrypi.org jessie InRelease
Hit http://mirrordirector.raspbian.org jessie InRelease
Hit http://mirrordirector.raspbian.org jessie/main armhf Packages
Hit http://archive.raspberrypi.org jessie/main armhf Packages
Hit http://mirrordirector.raspbian.org jessie/contrib armhf Packages
Hit http://mirrordirector.raspbian.org jessie/non-free armhf Packages
Hit http://archive.raspberrypi.org jessie/ui armhf Packages
Hit http://mirrordirector.raspbian.org jessie/rpi armhf Packages
Ign http://archive.raspberrypi.org jessie/main Translation-en_GB
Ign http://mirrordirector.raspbian.org jessie/contrib Translation-en_GB
Ign http://mirrordirector.raspbian.org jessie/contrib Translation-en
Ign http://archive.raspberrypi.org jessie/main Translation-en
Ign http://mirrordirector.raspbian.org jessie/main Translation-en_GB
Ign http://mirrordirector.raspbian.org jessie/main Translation-en
Ign http://archive.raspberrypi.org jessie/ui Translation-en_GB
Ign http://mirrordirector.raspbian.org jessie/non-free Translation-en_GB
Ign http://mirrordirector.raspbian.org jessie/non-free Translation-en
Ign http://archive.raspberrypi.org jessie/ui Translation-en
Ign http://mirrordirector.raspbian.org jessie/rpi Translation-en_GB
Ign http://mirrordirector.raspbian.org jessie/rpi Translation-en
Reading package lists...
Reading package lists...
Building dependency tree...
Reading state information...
libmagickcore-6.q16-2-extra is already the newest version.
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Could not install package(s): libmagickcore-extra.

Log ended at: Sun 27 Aug 02:28:22 UTC 2017
Total running time: 0 hours, 0 mins, 31 secs


The latest version of my RetroFE install module for RetroPie is attached.  Copy this file to ~/RetroPie-Setup/scriptmodules/supplementary/

To install, run sudo ~/RetroPie-Setup/retropie_setup.sh , then go to Manage packages | Manage experimental packages | retrofe (should be near the end of the list).

Once installed, the full set of RetroFE configs is accessible via RetroPie's "config/all/retrofe" samba share for easy management.

This is a pretty substantial upgrade over the previous version:
- Build dependencies fixed, with different packages depending on platform (Raspbian vs Ubuntu)
- Launchers created for all systems supported by RetroPie, using runcommand.sh
- RetroPie Menu collection created (thanks Progets for the inspiration)
- Settings updated to use the RetroPie rom directory
- Default collections renamed (and reconfigured) to use the standard RetroPie system naming convention

It would be great if some folks could test this out and provide additional feedback.

I did a fresh 4.2 retropie image.  Put the retrofe.sh in place.  It installed with one error on lib-magiccore_extra or some such module.  Rebooted.  config/all/retrofe was not there.  Going to run all the updates on the OS now and tested running the install again to see if I get same error.

Interesting idea.  How would one setup a layout for all those ratios?  Would be separate artwork per ratio?

I think I fixed it. Problem was that fonts were reloaded every time the objects were cleared (which happens rather regularly). They only need to be reloaded when unloadSDL is true and a game has been launched. Video performance is a lot better now (I was right: video performance was lacking since the pi was too busy doing other things: reloading fonts for printing text).

Nice work!  Bet that wasnt too easy.

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So I got gstreamer1.0 installed.  Got it installed. I am testing my theme RetroSpin - Static 16x9.  I added Atari 7800 just to test.  I need to play with it more but videos are not playing at all atm.

my path to them in my setup is here:  /home/pi/RetroFE/collections/Atari 7800/medium_artwork/video

The Atari 7800 Settings.conf has media.video path :  media.video           = %BASE_MEDIA_PATH%\%ITEM_COLLECTION_NAME%\medium_artwork\video^M

The main settings.conf has VideoEnable = yes

So not sure what gives on that.

Seems kind of pokey still since the last time I played with it.  Like everything is half speed.

Boxes and carts slide on and off slower.  Wheel is slower.  Maybe the videos are playing and they are just off the screen, maybe I will disable videos and see if it speeds up next.  Thanks 

So sorry if this seems like a linux n00b question.  I ran the command:

bash <(curl -s https://bitbucket.org/phulshof/retrofe/raw/default/Scripts/Raspi2/install.sh)

but i am afraid I do not have a retrofe program to run.  I type

./retrofe/Artifacts/linux/RetroFE/retrofe to start and doesnt exits.  Checked the folder too.

./root/retrofe/Artifacts/linux/RetroFE/retrofe is the path on my pi.  Anyway help is appreciated I am close to testing.