[LibreELEC] Bolt Ons! AceStream & EmulationStation + RetroArch/Libretro for S905/S905X devices!

[pinguy]

I wish Amlogic would release a better freaking kernel tho I think that is the main reason why the "community" is not as big as it should.

I think that might be due to their dirty little secret. That these run as 1.5GHz not 2Ghz. But that cat is out of the bag now. They should just release a better "more honest" kernel. These SOCs even running at 1.5GHz are still good chips.

[niabi]

Its pretty amazing what these S905's can do. I have no clue why anyone would stick with the Android software they ship with. This is a far better setup.

I wish Amlogic would release a better freaking kernel tho I think that is the main reason why the "community" is not as big as it should.

[pinguy]

Definitly the best platform in addition with kodi running estuary mod which permits to modify the left main menu to create a direct link to launch emulationstation.

All of that in a 40€€$ piece of hardware. Incredible.

Its pretty amazing what these S905's can do. I have no clue why anyone would stick with the Android software they ship with. This is a far better setup.

This is what the PI3 should of been able to do. It lacking 2GB of ram and not being able to do HEVC and 4K decoding was a huge missed opportunity.

[pinguy]

I only wrote samples to not overload but yes there are three to modify for each systems.

I also use only fba for both neogeo and arcade games. As I have the complete fba neogeo set of roms, I split fba in two, one for neogeo and one for arcade games.
It's a small mod from me as I definitely prefer using fba

Made the changes and is uploaded ready to download.

neogeo and megadrive are included. This is the new order:

• Final Burn Alpha
• NEO・GEO
• MAME 078
• Nintendo
• Super Nintendo
• Nintendo 64
• Game Boy
• Game Boy Color
• Game Boy Advance
• Sega Master System
• Sega Genesis
• Sega Megadrive
• Sega CD
• Sega 32X
• Sega Game Gear
• Playstation
• Playstation Portable
• Atari 2600
• ZX Spectrum
• TurboGrafx 16 (PC Engine)

[*Frisk*]

What order would you like the systems?

List them in the order you like and I will make the changes.

I have had a few thoughts.

I could do them by data of release.

Or group the systems (Nintendo, SEGA etc.)

Or by type of console (home, handhold, arcade, PC etc.)

It could be by brand and type, personaly I made like this :
- Neogeo
- fba with arcade theme
- mame for those who wants to use it

- sega (genesis/megadrive, CD, gamegear)

- nintendo (nes, snes, n64, gb, gbc, gba)

- psx then psp

the rest by orders, pc, atari, zx spectrum...

Definitly the best platform in addition with kodi running estuary mod which permits to modify the left main menu to create a direct link to launch emulationstation.

All of that in a 40€€$ piece of hardware. Incredible.

[niabi]

Thanks for this. Yeah I would love to keep this going with the cores and emus you have compiled.

The package is just so convenient. Due to the way it is put together it doesn't matter what LibreELEC version you are running. This means when there is a LibreELEC update, dropping it into the .update folder and updating the system won't have any effects on the EmulationStation/RetroArch setup.

EDIT#

Ever heard of batocera? It does sound like what you are after. There is a Odroid C2 version (that board uses the S905).

Yeah I heard of batocera, it does not work for Generic s905, even tho it works with the Odroid C2 (not sure why and I am not skilled enough to make it work)

Lakka+my changes to LE will work perfectly for me

[pinguy]

I only wrote samples to not overload but yes there are three to modify for each systems.

I also use only fba for both neogeo and arcade games. As I have the complete fba neogeo set of roms, I split fba in two, one for neogeo and one for arcade games.
It's a small mod from me as I definitely prefer using fba

What order would you like the systems?

List them in the order you like and I will make the changes.

I have had a few thoughts.

I could do them by data of release.

Or group the systems (Nintendo, SEGA etc.)

Or by type of console (home, handhold, arcade, PC etc.)

[*Frisk*]

If you want to create the es_systems.cfg how you would like (make sure to include the SD Card & USB) I will replace what I have. To be honest, not all that fussed about the order, but if you think people will prefer it I will use what you have.

Also I don't use meme. So all my arcade games including neogeo go into the fba folder.

Yeah I like the bilinear filtering. I think it makes NES games look better.

I only wrote samples to not overload but yes there are three to modify for each systems.

I also use only fba for both neogeo and arcade games. As I have the complete fba neogeo set of roms, I split fba in two, one for neogeo and one for arcade games.
It's a small mod from me as I definitely prefer using fba

[pinguy]

well..not sure why that would be, since most of them are using the same code. can you run a "ldd emulationstation" to see if its missing libraries?

I am thinking of continuing the LE 7 builds based on Alexelec since I am also having a few problems with LE 8, to be honest, my idea behind this was to make a system that was only emulation related (no kodi or anything else) but it seems at least from the feedback I've gotten not many are looking for that.

Also Lakka just released a version for S905 and S805 which I might use as the base for my new version, adding a few emulators and ES + Lakka sounds perfect for me and I am sure you can continue to get the binaries from there.

If you give me a list of cores and emus you need, when I get time I can compile them on LE 7 for you and see if they run on LE 8. I love this ad-don and I would like to help as much as I can but do note that I am very new to compiling things in Linux, and more so on LE so I still run into a lot of problems trying to compile things that otherwise seem simple.

BTW I updated AdvMame to v3.3 and it fixes the issue I was having with the screen not setting correctly for 1080p, unfortunately it doesn't play nice with ES

Thanks for this. Yeah I would love to keep this going with the cores and emus you have compiled.

The package is just so convenient. Due to the way it is put together it doesn't matter what LibreELEC version you are running. This means when there is a LibreELEC update, dropping it into the .update folder and updating the system won't have any effects on the EmulationStation/RetroArch setup.

EDIT#

Ever heard of batocera? It does sound like what you are after. There is a Odroid C2 version (that board uses the S905).

[pinguy]

You should add neogeo to es_systems with fba :

<system>
<name>neogeo</name>
<fullname>neogeo</fullname>
<path>/storage/roms/neogeo</path>
<extension>.zip .ZIP .iso .ISO</extension>
<command>/storage/.kodi/addons/emulator.tools.retroarch/bin/emulationstation.sh fbalpha %ROM%</command>
<platform>neogeo</platform>
<theme>neogeo</theme>
</system>

and megadrive for european users (genesis means nothing for them ) :

<system>
<name>megadrive</name>
<fullname>Sega Megadrive</fullname>
<path>/storage/roms/megadrive</path>
<extension>.zip .ZIP .md .MD</extension>
<command>/storage/.kodi/addons/emulator.tools.retroarch/bin/emulationstation.sh picodrive %ROM%</command>
<platform>megadrive</platform>
<theme>megadrive</theme>
</system>

Systems are also in disorder, for example it's nice to have nes then snes then n64 at screen. A little tweak.

You set bilinear filtering by default, in my opinion it makes games blurry but it's just a matter of taste

If you want to create the es_systems.cfg how you would like (make sure to include the SD Card & USB) I will replace what I have. To be honest, not all that fussed about the order, but if you think people will prefer it I will use what you have.

Also I don't use meme. So all my arcade games including neogeo go into the fba folder.

Yeah I like the bilinear filtering. I think it makes NES games look better.

[niabi]

By the way niabi since you have moved over to the LibreELEC 8 base EmulationStation doen't work on 7 and some of the cores stop working (glupen64 was one not sure what the other was but it was more than one). But your pcsx_rearmed core compiled on LibreELEC 8 runs like a champ on LibreELEC 7. Its nice having a more up-to-date version working. The one I was using was compiled 5 months ago.

The system you built base on 7, all the binaries/libs work on 7 & 8. Your latest version many of the binaries are not backward compatible with LibreELEC 7. Not a huge issue for me as I get most of what I need from the AlexELEC build, but I was using your version of EmulationStation and a few of the cores that AlexELEC didn't have.

well..not sure why that would be, since most of them are using the same code. can you run a "ldd emulationstation" to see if its missing libraries?

I am thinking of continuing the LE 7 builds based on Alexelec since I am also having a few problems with LE 8, to be honest, my idea behind this was to make a system that was only emulation related (no kodi or anything else) but it seems at least from the feedback I've gotten not many are looking for that.

Also Lakka just released a version for S905 and S805 which I might use as the base for my new version, adding a few emulators and ES + Lakka sounds perfect for me and I am sure you can continue to get the binaries from there.

If you give me a list of cores and emus you need, when I get time I can compile them on LE 7 for you and see if they run on LE 8. I love this ad-don and I would like to help as much as I can but do note that I am very new to compiling things in Linux, and more so on LE so I still run into a lot of problems trying to compile things that otherwise seem simple.

BTW I updated AdvMame to v3.3 and it fixes the issue I was having with the screen not setting correctly for 1080p, unfortunately it doesn't play nice with ES

[*Frisk*]

You should add neogeo to es_systems with fba :

<system>
<name>neogeo</name>
<fullname>neogeo</fullname>
<path>/storage/roms/neogeo</path>
<extension>.zip .ZIP .iso .ISO</extension>
<command>/storage/.kodi/addons/emulator.tools.retroarch/bin/emulationstation.sh fbalpha %ROM%</command>
<platform>neogeo</platform>
<theme>neogeo</theme>
</system>

and megadrive for european users (genesis means nothing for them ) :

<system>
<name>megadrive</name>
<fullname>Sega Megadrive</fullname>
<path>/storage/roms/megadrive</path>
<extension>.zip .ZIP .md .MD</extension>
<command>/storage/.kodi/addons/emulator.tools.retroarch/bin/emulationstation.sh picodrive %ROM%</command>
<platform>megadrive</platform>
<theme>megadrive</theme>
</system>

Systems are also in disorder, for example it's nice to have nes then snes then n64 at screen. A little tweak.

You set bilinear filtering by default, in my opinion it makes games blurry but it's just a matter of taste

[pinguy]

Update:

Added new default theme to EmulationStation.

There is now 2 dark themes and 2 light ones.

Got the size of the package down to 73.6M by removing the systems in the themes not in use.

[pinguy]

By the way niabi since you have moved over to the LibreELEC 8 base EmulationStation doen't work on 7 and some of the cores stop working (glupen64 was one not sure what the other was but it was more than one). But your pcsx_rearmed core compiled on LibreELEC 8 runs like a champ on LibreELEC 7. Its nice having a more up-to-date version working. The one I was using was compiled 5 months ago.

The system you built base on 7, all the binaries/libs work on 7 & 8. Your latest version many of the binaries are not backward compatible with LibreELEC 7. Not a huge issue for me as I get most of what I need from the AlexELEC build, but I was using your version of EmulationStation and a few of the cores that AlexELEC didn't have.

[pinguy]

I can try and compile it, but not sure if they will work at good FPS

Getting Sega Saturn working would be cool. It may not have a huge amount of games for the EU/USA. But in Japan it has a LOT.