#HOW TO SET UP RETROPIE TO STREAM MEDIA SERIAL#
#HOW TO SET UP RETROPIE TO STREAM MEDIA PORTABLE#
#HOW TO SET UP RETROPIE TO STREAM MEDIA CODE#

#HOW TO SET UP RETROPIE TO STREAM MEDIA PORTABLE#

If using one of our PiTFT displays (as most of our portable gaming projects do), another seven GPIO pins are out of commission: GPIO7-GPIO11 and GPIO24-25.

#HOW TO SET UP RETROPIE TO STREAM MEDIA SERIAL#

GPIO14 and GPIO15 are off-limits if using the TTL serial port (for example, with a serial console cable, or thermal printer).

GPIO2 and GPIO3 are off-limits if using any I2C peripherals (for example, most real-time clock boards).

Yellow pins may or may not be available for controls, depending what hardware features are enabled on the system:.

All of the green pins are fair game for connecting buttons.We have a nice assortment of arcade-style controls in the shop… Scrap plywood or a metal project box are viable materials (a cigar box works great too!), while a drill, hole saw, Dremel tool or wood rasp are all reasonable tools for making holes. I’m fortunate to have access to a laser cutter that can work with acrylic, but that’s a tall order for most. You’ll also need to build your control panel using the materials and tools best suited to your own skills. For everything else, you can still use a keyboard. Instead, pick a few favorites and devise a layout that handles the most frequently-used inputs well. There’s no One Right Way™ to arrange controls that can cover every game. This is where things take a creative turn. Making your own control box (or even a whole cabinet) is a satisfying DIY project! If the ready-mades meet your needs, fantastic. But maybe you want something simpler, or may have ergonomic preferences (I’ve always prefered right-handed joysticking, for example). They’re often a bit costly though…also, nearly all of them are laid out for 1990s fighting games. Just as there are USB console-style controllers, so too are there USB arcade-style setups. Let’s look at arcade-style controls first, since they’re physically larger and thus easier to work with… But it’s not the only one…RetroPie (and most other gaming OSes) collect several others for different situations.

#HOW TO SET UP RETROPIE TO STREAM MEDIA CODE#

RetroArch is among the broadest and most popular multi-platform emulators…this is the code that runs the actual games.

EmulationStation is a graphical front-end that lets you select among different emulators or games installed on the system, as well as configure gaming controls and other options.

Raspbian is the standard and most popular Linux operating system distribution for the Raspberry Pi it’s what most people start with when setting up a Raspberry Pi for “normal computer stuff.”.

In particular, we like the 3.8.1 release, as it includes some ready-to-run games such as Doom ( see all releases here)Ĭlick here to download the v3.8.1 release for Raspberry Pi 2 and 3Ĭlick here to download the v3.8.1 release for Raspberry Pi Zero and 1 Pi Zero, original Model A or B, A+ or B+ versus the multi-core Pi 2 and Pi 3) these are not cross-compatible be sure to start with the right version for your model of Pi! From the site’s Download page, there are separate versions of RetroPie optimized for single- and multi-core Raspberry Pi boards (i.e.

How to set up retropie to stream media