2010-08-02, 08:46
I see you have been busy
Thats weird. On all systems that I tried until now it was ok to ignore the 720p folder. There is still no problem in Dharma on windows with it. I started developing on a 15" TV so I decided to make an 800x600 UI. Always wanted to fill the gap but had no time until now.
Planned for the next version (always NEXT version). I know, configuration is a pain atm but I will try to get this easier when I feel that the import, browse, launch workflow is stable enough.
About launching games:
1. Did you see that testdata.zip does not contain roms (at least no SNES because there are no freeware roms that I could ship with it)? There are just some empty placeholder files to get the import done and to show some artwork. Maybe your tests will work if you replace one of the files with a working rom with the same name.
2. There are two ways of launching: solo and non-solo mode (useEmuSolo in config.xml). Solo mode uses the applaunch.sh that kills xbmc, launches the emulator and then restarts xbmx (you need to make it executable, but it seems that you have already). I like the non-solo mode more because it just minimizes XBMC and launches the emulator side by side. I had trouble with this configuration with some emulators so I use both modes depending on the emulator.
If you are able to launch an emulator with a rom file on the command line the same line should work in RCB (replace rom file with %ROM% of course). If you think that escaping the command could be a problem you could try to disable it: escapeCommand in config.xml.
Thanks for spending so much time to get this up n running. I hope you won't regret it
Cheers,
malte
Quote:Ok. So it looks like Dharma wants includes.xml in skins/Default/720p - so I copied that over from another skin, and copied over the PAL files from rombrowser. It seems to be getting further.
Thats weird. On all systems that I tried until now it was ok to ignore the 720p folder. There is still no problem in Dharma on windows with it. I started developing on a 15" TV so I decided to make an 800x600 UI. Always wanted to fill the gap but had no time until now.
Quote:ok. Modified config.xml from the testdata and put it in the right place. Probably need to modify command lines for launching snes games. Then I need to figure out how to add more collections - is there a way to do that in RCB, or do I need to hand edit config.xml?
Planned for the next version (always NEXT version). I know, configuration is a pain atm but I will try to get this easier when I feel that the import, browse, launch workflow is stable enough.
About launching games:
1. Did you see that testdata.zip does not contain roms (at least no SNES because there are no freeware roms that I could ship with it)? There are just some empty placeholder files to get the import done and to show some artwork. Maybe your tests will work if you replace one of the files with a working rom with the same name.
2. There are two ways of launching: solo and non-solo mode (useEmuSolo in config.xml). Solo mode uses the applaunch.sh that kills xbmc, launches the emulator and then restarts xbmx (you need to make it executable, but it seems that you have already). I like the non-solo mode more because it just minimizes XBMC and launches the emulator side by side. I had trouble with this configuration with some emulators so I use both modes depending on the emulator.
If you are able to launch an emulator with a rom file on the command line the same line should work in RCB (replace rom file with %ROM% of course). If you think that escaping the command could be a problem you could try to disable it: escapeCommand in config.xml.
Thanks for spending so much time to get this up n running. I hope you won't regret it
Cheers,
malte