[csbook]

Well I managed to work around the wminput problem. The error had to do with some python calls that I believe are for wminput plugins. More info here:
http://abstrakraft.org/cwiid/discussion/1/103

The workaround I'm using is to compile cwiid/wminput with the --without-python option. Now wminput start properly within xbmc.

[csbook]

I haven't had any speed issues, just no sound... though I've been using Mednafen for my NES emulator more than fceu but they both have the sound issues. ZSNES doesn't have the sound issues that either of those do.

I'm hoping it's a device setting somewhere. I'll post any solutions if I find any.

I got sound working with fceu. The solution works both when I launch fceu from within xbmc (still runs very badly) and when my script kills xbmc before launching fceu (fceu runs well). Sound in the emulator didn't work before in both cases.

It involves the combination of two workarounds:

The first step is to wrap the call to fceu in "aoss". Seems that this will cause audio it to go through the alsa software mixer instead of trying to directly access the only hardware playback channel, which I guess is busy when xbmc is involved. This is where I found the solution:
http://episteme.arstechnica.com/eve/foru...3004384831

I didn't have to do anything with asound.conf or .asoundrc to get it working, just using aoss was enough.

The second step was to add this really ugly hack of having mplayer always paused in the background. From this thread:
http://forum.xbmc.org/showthread.php?tid=34635&page=5

Rather then deal with python, I simply have this command in my startup scripts:
mplayer -nolirc -ao alsa -input file=/home/chris/scripts/mplayer.cmd /usr/share/xbmc/skin/Project\ Mayhem\ III/sounds/back.wav&

Where mplayer.cmd just contains "pause".

Let me know if that works for you. I'm hoping to clean up all the hacks I've done for emulator launching and post all the info together at some point.

[Gamester17]

I also find that fceu runs WAY slower from within xbmc and is pretty much unplayable. I don't see why it would be so slow because although my machine isn't fast, its just an NES emulator.

I don't want to take this off-topic but FYI; XBMC, being SDL (Simple DirectMedia Layer) based application on Linux, have been known to conflict with other SDL based applications.

Best would be to start new separate thread here in the forums for your issue as it is probably not likely related to the python scripting.

[leo2]

sorry.. fixed... nobody talked about modifying default.py (added by ajje).. finally fixed doing:



well... my "engine" does not run at all.. just simply kill out XBMC... I reffer to:



It is really a pain on the ass to run emulators through XBMC... nobody found a good way to do it... also there is no possibility to run them on fullscreen as I can read in other post.

I am considering programming my remote to shutdown XBMC and run by example gxmame... I can navigate and run games using my PSX Pad...

I Use xmame.x11 with "Launcher" plugin and it works fine.
Read more on "Launcher" here:
http://forum.xbmc.org/showthread.php?tid=35739

[feanorknd]

Completely yummy!! XD

Thanks so much for the advise!

I Use xmame.x11 with "Launcher" plugin and it works fine.
Read more on "Launcher" here:
http://forum.xbmc.org/showthread.php?tid=35739

[feanorknd]

Sure I am a bit lazy, but.... may you upload to megaupload or simillar a tar.gz with your laucher dir just to check the way you did it??

Thanks!

I Use xmame.x11 with "Launcher" plugin and it works fine.
Read more on "Launcher" here:
http://forum.xbmc.org/showthread.php?tid=35739

[leo2]

Sure I am a bit lazy, but.... may you upload to megaupload or simillar a tar.gz with your laucher dir just to check the way you did it??

Thanks!

here's my launchers.xml file

Code:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" standalone="yes"?>
<launchers>
    <launcher>
        <name>Mame</name>
        <application>/home/mc/mame</application>
        <args></args>
        <rompath>/media/Media/Games/Mame/Roms/</rompath>
        <romext>zip</romext>
        <thumb>/home/mc/.xbmc/userdata/Thumbnails//Mame.jpg</thumb>
        <wait>true</wait>
        <roms>
            <rom>
                <name>Qbert</name>
                <filename>"/media/Media/Games/Mame/Roms/qbert.zip"</filename>
                <thumb>/home/mc/.xbmc/userdata/Thumbnails//qbert.png</thumb>
            </rom>
            <rom>
                <name>Aladdin</name>
                <filename>/media/Media/Games/Mame/Roms/aladbl.zip</filename>
                <thumb>/home/mc/.xbmc/userdata/Thumbnails//Aladdin.gif</thumb>
            </rom>
            <rom>
                <name>Puyo</name>
                <filename>"/media/Media/Games/Mame/Roms/puyo.zip"</filename>
                <thumb>/home/mc/.xbmc/userdata/Thumbnails//puyo_1.png</thumb>
            </rom>
            <rom>
                <name>Pbobble2</name>
                <filename>"/media/Media/Games/Mame/Roms/pbobble2.zip"</filename>
                <thumb>/home/mc/.xbmc/userdata/Thumbnails//pbobble2.png</thumb>
            </rom>
            <rom>
                <name>Pbobble3</name>
                <filename>"/media/Media/Games/Mame/Roms/pbobble3.zip"</filename>
                <thumb>/home/mc/.xbmc/userdata/Thumbnails//pbobble3.png</thumb>
            </rom>
            <rom>
                <name>Pbobble4</name>
                <filename>"/media/Media/Games/Mame/Roms/pbobble4.zip"</filename>
                <thumb>/home/mc/.xbmc/userdata/Thumbnails//pbobble4.png</thumb>
            </rom>
            <rom>
                <name>Simpsons</name>
                <filename>"/media/Media/Games/Mame/Roms/simpsons.zip"</filename>
                <thumb>/home/mc/.xbmc/userdata/Thumbnails//simpsons_2.png</thumb>
            </rom>
            <rom>
                <name>Pang</name>
                <filename>"/media/Media/Games/Mame/Roms/pang.zip"</filename>
                <thumb>/home/mc/.xbmc/userdata/Thumbnails//pang_1.png</thumb>
            </rom>
            <rom>
                <name>Mk2</name>
                <filename>"/media/Media/Games/Mame/Roms/mk2.zip"</filename>
                <thumb>/home/mc/.xbmc/userdata/Thumbnails//mk2.png</thumb>
            </rom>
            <rom>
                <name>Pbobble</name>
                <filename>"/media/Media/Games/Mame/Roms/pbobble.zip"</filename>
                <thumb>/home/mc/.xbmc/userdata/Thumbnails//pbobble.png</thumb>
            </rom>
            <rom>
                <name>Qbertqub</name>
                <filename>"/media/Media/Games/Mame/Roms/qbertqub.zip"</filename>
                <thumb>/home/mc/.xbmc/userdata/Thumbnails//qbertqub.png</thumb>
            </rom>
            <rom>
                <name>Tws96</name>
                <filename>"/media/Media/Games/Mame/Roms/tws96.zip"</filename>
                <thumb>/home/mc/.xbmc/userdata/Thumbnails//tws96_1.png</thumb>
            </rom>
        </roms>
    </launcher>
    <launcher>
        <name>Firefox</name>
        <application>/home/mc/Root/usr/bin/firefox</application>
        <args></args>
        <rompath></rompath>
        <romext></romext>
        <thumb>/home/mc/.xbmc/userdata/Thumbnails//FireFox_Sea-1600.jpg</thumb>
        <wait>true</wait>
        <roms>
        </roms>
    </launcher>

here is /home/mc/mame file

Code:

xmame -gm -skip_gameinfo -jdev /dev/input/js -jt 1 -rp /media/Media/Games/Mame/Roms/ -video-mode 1 -fullscreen $1

I hope it helps.

[feanorknd]

I hope it helps.

Sure it will........... thanks thanks thanks so much for sharing your exp... XDDDD