[zachmorris]

Thank you Zack for an amazing add-on! On the Internet Archive I have found GameCube, Nintendo DS, and Wii games and thought they would be a great addition to IARL.

Thanks for the links. I think those will remain out of IARL to avoid conflicts. In addition, such archives are removed frequently.

[trinib]

Hey Zack LOVE your work man..Does anyone know how to use an different emulator for each game folder...What do i enter in command line if i want to use Snes9x+ app from playstore instead of retroarch ?

You can set emulators per archive, settings info can be found here.

Command line for a lot of non-retroarch emulators is included (see some examples here). It doesn't look like I have SNES9X+, but I can add it if you can verify this works (I copied the command from this thread).

Select the archive of interest and update external launch command, choose 'Manually entered command line' at the very bottom, then copy this command in:

Code:

/system/bin/am start -n com.explusalpha.Snes9xPlus/com.imagine.BaseActivity -a android.intent.action.VIEW -eu Uri "file://%ROM_PATH%"

Still no luck ..Snes9x+ wont launch ..Did you got it working for you
I typed word for word

[zachmorris]

Hey Zack LOVE your work man..Does anyone know how to use an different emulator for each game folder...What do i enter in command line if i want to use Snes9x+ app from playstore instead of retroarch ?

You can set emulators per archive, settings info can be found here.

Command line for a lot of non-retroarch emulators is included (see some examples here). It doesn't look like I have SNES9X+, but I can add it if you can verify this works (I copied the command from this thread).

Select the archive of interest and update external launch command, choose 'Manually entered command line' at the very bottom, then copy this command in:

Code:

/system/bin/am start -n com.explusalpha.Snes9xPlus/com.imagine.BaseActivity -a android.intent.action.VIEW -eu Uri "file://%ROM_PATH%"

Still no luck ..Snes9x+ wont launch ..Did you got it working for you
I typed word for word

I haven't tried this one yet, I'll see if I can give it a go. Just some google searching suggested this also may work (although you may need to be root):

Code:

/system/bin/am start -n com.explusalpha.Snes9xPlus/com.imagine.BaseActivity --user 0 -a android.intent.action.VIEW -eu Uri "file://%ROM_PATH%"

You may also want to give snes9x2005 libretro core a try. Performance wise it's much faster, although there are more glitches present (less accurate).

[trinib]

You can set emulators per archive, settings info can be found here.

Command line for a lot of non-retroarch emulators is included (see some examples here). It doesn't look like I have SNES9X+, but I can add it if you can verify this works (I copied the command from this thread).

Select the archive of interest and update external launch command, choose 'Manually entered command line' at the very bottom, then copy this command in:

Code:

/system/bin/am start -n com.explusalpha.Snes9xPlus/com.imagine.BaseActivity -a android.intent.action.VIEW -eu Uri "file://%ROM_PATH%"

Still no luck ..Snes9x+ wont launch ..Did you got it working for you
I typed word for word

I haven't tried this one yet, I'll see if I can give it a go. Just some google searching suggested this also may work (although you may need to be root):

Code:

/system/bin/am start -n com.explusalpha.Snes9xPlus/com.imagine.BaseActivity --user 0 -a android.intent.action.VIEW -eu Uri "file://%ROM_PATH%"

You may also want to give snes9x2005 libretro core a try. Performance wise it's much faster, although there are more glitches present (less accurate).

It WORKED !! ...Thank you so much , your the man ..So this command will be the same for other emulators in playstore ??.. Obviously i need to change the package name and activity name , But there is a part in the command I'm concern about cause I see on this page has a slightly different commands for other android emulator like for example the PSXe (PS1) has /system/bin/am start --user 0 -n com.epsxe.ePSXe/.ePSXe -a android.intent.action.MAIN -c android.intent.category.LAUNCHER -e com.epsxe.ePSXe.isoName "%ROM_PATH%"

[zachmorris]

Still no luck ..Snes9x+ wont launch ..Did you got it working for you
I typed word for word

I haven't tried this one yet, I'll see if I can give it a go. Just some google searching suggested this also may work (although you may need to be root):

Code:

/system/bin/am start -n com.explusalpha.Snes9xPlus/com.imagine.BaseActivity --user 0 -a android.intent.action.VIEW -eu Uri "file://%ROM_PATH%"

You may also want to give snes9x2005 libretro core a try. Performance wise it's much faster, although there are more glitches present (less accurate).

It WORKED !! ...Thank you so much , your the man ..So this command will be the same for other emulators in playstore ??.. Obviously i need to change the package name and activity name , But there is a part in the command I'm concern about cause I see on this page has a slightly different commands for other android emulator like for example the PSXe (PS1) has /system/bin/am start --user 0 -n com.epsxe.ePSXe/.ePSXe -a android.intent.action.MAIN -c android.intent.category.LAUNCHER -e com.epsxe.ePSXe.isoName "%ROM_PATH%"

Other emulators are going to have a different command, but they'll all start with /system/bin/am start. ePSXe should already be listed in the external command list (near the bottom). The commands in the database were copied directly from this thread.

[trinib]

Thanks i got it !! ..One more thing is there any way to get ps1 games working and getting rid of zip error ..Or do i need to wait on next update ?

[jdig4240]

Hey Zach, before the next update, can you see if you can get an archive with working NES Super Mario games? Thanks!

[trinib]

I got Mupen64Plus FZ app working perfectly with the command you guided me with for Snes9x+

Code:

/system/bin/am start -n org.mupen64plusae.v3.fzurita/paulscode.android.mupen64plusae.SplashActivity --user 0 -a android.intent.action.VIEW -eu Uri "file://%ROM_PATH%"

But for some reason I can't get two sega emulator to run the game but only launches emulator and does nothing

1. GENPlusDroid

Code:

/system/bin/am start -n ca.halsafar.genesisdroid/.MainActivity --user 0 -a android.intent.action.VIEW -eu Uri "file://%ROM_PATH%"

2. gGens(MD)

Code:

/system/bin/am start -n com.goodgorgon.gamegens/com.emulator.emucommonlib.EmuComActivity --user 0 -a android.intent.action.VIEW -eu Uri "file://%ROM_PATH%"

I also tried for GENPlusDroid

Code:

/system/bin/am start -n ca.halsafar.genesisdroid/.MainActivity --user 0 -a android.intent.action.MAIN -c android.intent.category.LAUNCHER -e GAMEPATH "%ROM_PATH%"

BOTH app just launches but does not run the games.Is there something I'm missing??

>>>>>EDITED<<<<<<<
I used MD.emu app and it runs sega games perfectly ..

[trinib]

I don't know y i am getting trouble with dream cast games saying error converting..If i log username and password the games does not even download.it does nothing..Does any1 have Dreamcast up and going ??

[rvas18]

Is there a way I can add an entry to launch RetroArch directly from IARL?

Technically, yes. IARL will send whatever external command you want.
Non-technically, there is a better addon to do what you want: AEL. You should be able to create a 'launcher' within Kodi to launch RetroArch.

However, I can understand the desire for a 'one stop shop' for launching. If you do want an example for launching with IARL let me know and I'll whip up a few examples.

I already have AEL setup for that. I do think it would a nice addition to the settings menu or addon to have a place to launch retroarch directly for updating cores, configuring setting and whatnot. I run kodi on ubuntu through an openbox-session so there is no desktop to make it easy to launch apps. AEL has been great, but i would be nice to be able to launch and configure retroarch directly from IARL and not install another addon. I guess this is more a feature request.[/u]

[flipside101]

HI

I've done a brief search o Amiga, and I don't think this has been mentioned.

I've been trying to access the best of Amiga list for a while, and it kept failing, Id assumed external issues, but I had a look today and the content of the two XML files shown below from .kodi\userdata\addon_data\plugin.program.iarl\dat_files Didn't match the names .i.e the Atari one had Amiga content and vice versa. I swapped the names and its all working

Atari_800_ZachMorris
Amiga_Bestof

EDIT: I may have spoken too soon as the list opens but the content isn't correct

EDIT 2: Nope it died and after an update won't open, failing on copying the 7zip.Android file

[trinib]

When you hide an archive ..how do you get it back ?...
>>>>Edited<<<<
Silly me , i now saw and deleted the word hidden in category line in archive.xml file.

[trinib]

hey zack does this method work for uploading our own rom on oure google drive?? .. I cant seem to get it to work

[zachmorris]

HI

I've done a brief search o Amiga, and I don't think this has been mentioned.

I've been trying to access the best of Amiga list for a while, and it kept failing, Id assumed external issues, but I had a look today and the content of the two XML files shown below from .kodi\userdata\addon_data\plugin.program.iarl\dat_files Didn't match the names .i.e the Atari one had Amiga content and vice versa. I swapped the names and its all working

Atari_800_ZachMorris
Amiga_Bestof

EDIT: I may have spoken too soon as the list opens but the content isn't correct

EDIT 2: Nope it died and after an update won't open, failing on copying the 7zip.Android file

Not sure I understand what the issue is. 7zip shouldnt have anything to do with those archive lists. A few people have noted issues with xml corruption, but thats more a Kodi issue that I'm not sure I can fix. If you think thats what happened, you can manually replace the xml files with the ones located here.

[zachmorris]

When you hide an archive ..how do you get it back ?...
>>>>Edited<<<<
Silly me , i now saw and deleted the word hidden in category line in archive.xml file.

Wiki to the rescue!