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Okay, I'm gonna toss something out of left field here.
This picture frame was given to me. It has an SD card slot. Long story short, I've been trying to copy over movie files to it(er, music videos), but I can't get a single video to play on it. It never likes the codec. Okay, fair enough. I fire up FFMPEG, convert it to a lesser format it likes, and boom, works, right? So far, no luck on any codec.
I looked through the manuals, but I'm not a codec expert to seemingly get the right command line parameters on ffmpeg to convert a file over.
Can anyone help?
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Nice, this Batocera ZIP file really saved me some work.
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Lego's been killing it with retro gaming sets lately.
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Anyone have any good close-up pictures of various angles of the PEB, dismantled & not? I'm trying to get a few details better.
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I got a wild hair, and started doing this in tinkercad.
Anyone else a pro with 3D modeling? I'm envisioning a 3D printable scale model of the PEB, but with cards you can mount & unmount, and a drive you can slide in & out. Why? Pure boredom.
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The modern reboot of K-Mart adventures would have a "Karen", complete with "I wanna speak to the manager!" special attack.
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After getting frustrated trying to get the paddle to work in Windows(works just fine in RetroPie), I made a quick tutorial to get the paddle working in Retroarch.
https://imgur.com/gallery/ZSXPqFY
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I went. I was a bit disappointed it was mostly a swap meet. A bit smaller than Midwest Gaming Classic and Portland Retrogaming Expo. It had the smallest of the arcades among the three. But we had fun anyways, since we have never been to Austin.
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After Midwest Gaming Classic several times & Portland's several times, I got kind of burnt out with shows. But this year it's Classic GameFest in Austin for the hell of it.
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I say we change the topic name from canceled to 2021 is on. Something positive.
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I'm on the fence on whether to fly or drive to this event. It would involve 17 hours of driving from Minnesota. I haven't hit a classic gaming convention(Portland's or Midwest Gaming Classic) in a few years, so I have that itch for a geeking-out weekend.
Still there's the concern of the covid mandates in effect at that time.
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I did some google searches, but found nothing.
I'm tired of the same ol notification tones on my phone. Surely there's a website with downloadable soundbytes I can use. Anyone got one?
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I love it. It's art we all collaborate on.
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Not on topic but...
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I'm looking forward to using this on RetoArch, as their resident 8-bit emulator doesn't work very well.
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Let's get some audio all up in this convention.
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Zoom needs some sort of way to add upcoming events to one's account. It makes little sense to not have it.
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This came up in a discussion I was having. Sure, the Amiga was used in later years for public access TV channels(weather, community news, school lunches), but was the TI ever used?
The only time I saw the TI used on TV was on an episode of The Price is Right.
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On 9/13/2020 at 11:00 PM, RJ said:
Did Retrogaming Roundup finally die off?
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I just ordered two Atari spinners, as they were local and 50 bucks each. Going to pick them up in a bit to see what happens.
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I'm looking to add a spinner to a MAME cabinet. What's a good choice? I saw groovygamegear's and that looks like the best option. Just fits into an existing button hole. Wondering what your take is. There aren't many options it seems.
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1 hour ago, scotty said:
Thank you for the picture. It tells me what I need to know. That is the Japanese style sicks. As you can see the top and bottom screws are a lot closer together than what they are top and bottom. Thanks again for posting it.
Adding those joysticks were not easy. The screws provided by the kit weren't exactly long enough, but still worked. You have to put the screws IN the screw holes, and then screw in from the other side(with finger pressure on the nut). So no washers, but it's holding.
I have two joystick sets. The first set was just a thin metal plate that worked, but the second set had a better thick plastic base.
Now only if I could have it auto-shut off the monitor on idle.
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On 9/2/2020 at 11:07 AM, scotty said:
Couple of questions on that cabinet....
1. is the control panel cut for Japanese (Sanwa) style buttons or American (Happ/IL/Wico)
2. I notice the back is angled a funny way. I am assuming it does not sit flat against the wall?
3. Is there room on the control panel to mount a 3rd joystick in the center, like where a trackball would normally go?
Thanks in advance.
1. Dunno, as the buttons I got in it, I'm not sure of. It's the screw-on-nut types. The friction-mount ones I used in my previous mame cab probably were not a fit. I gave up on those
2. It should sit flat against a wall, but I never ventured it. It's a pain in the ass to move on carpet.
3. Probably a trackball, but I would have to check clearances. There's a bit of an outer lip so that reduces real estate.
Either way, I finished it last weekend. I feel accomplished. It also was a nice break from repainting the house. Added a USB port to it.
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Wish I could get Google Podcasts to see it.
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Has this happened to you?
I'm on vacation. Went to Mikado, a lovely retro arcade in Tokyo. I saw a tourist speaking English(comes in loud & clear above the arcade noise) and heard "Angry Video Game Nerd". So we started talking about various retro gaming Youtubers and such. He's in DC, I'm in the twin cities, yet we both know people like Metal Jesus Rocks, and know the Pinball HoF game in Vegas is a total grumpster.
The retro gaming Illuminati is alive across the globe.
We need a secret handshake.