[garbear]

1. How do I disable the joystick from controlling kodi, only having them control the games. I keep having the rom name and time pop up at the top of the screen. I've tried setting a joystick.xml with 'noop' for the keys, but it doesn't see to take. Any thoughts?

Kodi actions are controlled by joystick.xml. Setting "noop" for keys should work, I'll look into this. But the real problem is that the ROM name and time staying at the top of the screen. I've also seen this issue with the volume indicator open.

I think I know the root cause. I'll look into this. Thanks for reporting!

2. I also am having issues with the name rewinding unexpectedly when playing games. I believe it is related to the above, so maybe we can ignore it for now.

Yes, this is related to the above.