I'm a launchbox user, and I love everything about it. I didn't want to hijack a thread, but this has gone from HS to LB to Retro FE. So I am looking for a bit of advice, and this seems like a good place to ask.
I did read somewhere on the Hyperspin forum, that it might eventually be ported to other android chipsets, so here's hoping!! So I'm in the (slow) process of setting up Advanced Emulator Launcher for KODI (my Android boxes frontend), which can use most of hyperspins assets, and is nicely integrated with the KODI GUI. Setup each emulator (install RetroArch & cores first) and go with default settings and point it to the systems ROMS and it'll scrape the artwork and metadata. If I had known that Hyperspin worked on Android, I might have splashed out for the ShieldTV!Īs it is I have a cheap Android box and am using ArcBrowser which is very nice to set up. (My ProBox2 does indeed have OpenGL drivers, but I guess they won't work being AmLogic.)
It seems that you need to have the nVidia OpenGL drivers, not just any OpenGL. I just popped over to the Hyperspin forums and the Android thread. It was developed by a guy who worked on the shield team. I've never tried RetroFE but have heard good things about it as well. The integration with Emumovies makes GameEx and Launchbox both good choices. Lately, LaunchBox has been my primary FE as it's super easy, looks great, runs stable, and has a lot of support/development. I tried to stick with HS for awhile and it was definitely a fun project but I kept finding myself going back to GameEx because it is so much easier. I mean, I saw the latest poll and is still second, far from the third (which is also commercial IIRC).Īt least LaunchBox seems to be getting what they (seem to) deserve. Or is it just that HS was so much spread (was it?) that people just can give it up because they are used to it?
I don't get it.Īre there not, way more modern (and full of "bling") front-ends? Only now because of huge bandwidth increases, there are ready made sets. RetroFE is F/OSS, so I welcome any and all help.
One of the users was working on a configuration tool, but I haven't seen an update there in a while, so I should probably check what the status is there. We're currently on better documentation though, so hopefully we'll have more answers for people soon. That way if people don't want the hassle of setting things up for themselves, they can just download the packages I provided. I had to put something in the default launcher configurations, and since any path in there would unlikely match what a user has set up already, I figured I might as well use the same configuration I used for the modular set up. It's not ideal, but it's the best I can provide at the moment. I've asked for some help, but so far I don't have a good alternative (yet). :) While I agree that the new site isn't great, it's the best I can do with my limited knowledge of web design. Well, I am that guy, and the answer is simple: Emb hasn't been active for quite some time, and doesn't react to my emails either, so I'm just waiting for the domain to expire at the moment.