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Re: Project: MAME arcade emulator in a box

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Will you add an external USB port to make adding new content easier?

This may actually be a good project to start with. I was considering a DIY garage door controller.
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Re: Project: MAME arcade emulator in a box

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GeekwithaGun wrote: Thu Jun 28, 2018 7:01 am
JakeTheSnake wrote: Thu Jun 28, 2018 6:10 am
GeekwithaGun wrote: Wed Jun 27, 2018 1:37 pm I have a Raspberry Pi 3 running links to my surveillance cameras - HDMI to my receiver and I can display on the TV by switching the input source on the remote. Pretty slick.
How are you accessing your cameras on the RPi? Just put together one and would be nice to be able to pull them up on the TV.
The cameras have a RTSP URL in the configurations (they are Ubiquti Unifi IP Cameras), the PI is running a script which was provided in the Unifi user forums by others that had done this. The Pi refreshes the live video stream using cron and is auto started if the Pi is restarted.

The feeds are displayed using the "omxplayer", because I have Unifi cameras, the tutorial on the user forum was useful for me, not sure if this would be accessible without registering, but here is the link to the specific thread. https://community.ubnt.com/t5/UniFi-Vid ... -p/1536448
Thanks for the info!
AndyC wrote: Fri Jun 29, 2018 8:10 am I may; I have one of those HDMI/USB pass-through cables arriving today which can be neatly installed but it's heckuva long, so I may not keep it.

Adding new ROMs via USB-stick or wireless will still be possible, of course.
Very cool project AC! Nice job!

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Re: Project: MAME arcade emulator in a box

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Nice, tight, compact and portable. Rather unique aesthetics and quite attractive at that. Well done, sir, well done! :tiphat:
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Does it throw out any heat? Fans/vent?
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So cool! Good job! I recently saw a few instructables on their website. I like your use of the book best but they have some fun gaming motifs as well.
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:cryin that’s my jelly face! Nice work! :txflag:
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Well done, Andy!
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AndyC wrote: Wed Jul 11, 2018 10:38 am Thank you - still some work to go ie. configuration, which is being a beast but I'll get there :) Once I have that nailed down, I'll get a larger sd-card so I can install the larger collection of games.

1456 games is not enough? :smilelol5: I'm going to have to look into that when I get time. I would much rather play old games than the ones they have now. Even though PS2 was the last gaming system I bought.
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