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by mrchrister
Fri Jun 16, 2023 7:45 pm
Forum: Linux
Topic: MiSTer Super Attract Mode (SAM) is now available - the first game screensaver for your MiSTer!
Replies: 609
Views: 188562

Re: MiSTer Super Attract Mode (SAM) is now available - the first game screensaver for your MiSTer!

Thanks for all your testing, rhester! That must be a very old bug indeed. Never used the screensaver function of tty2oled, that's probably why I never noticed the bug... Some updates to the Video player: tty2oled: Videos will now have a countdown timer. tty2oled: Video will now display the title in tty2oled for archive and youtube No more blinking ...
by mrchrister
Thu Jun 15, 2023 6:21 pm
Forum: Linux
Topic: MiSTer Super Attract Mode (SAM) is now available - the first game screensaver for your MiSTer!
Replies: 609
Views: 188562

Re: MiSTer Super Attract Mode (SAM) is now available - the first game screensaver for your MiSTer!

Yes the blinking cursor problem! You can get rid of it by logging in to the terminal yourself (push f9 in the main menu) And then type setterm -cursor off You can also type chvt 2 to get a blank screen Unfortunately we don't have a way to automate this yet. If you would go through the YouTube links and help curate them, that would be much appreciat...
by mrchrister
Thu Jun 15, 2023 2:16 pm
Forum: Linux
Topic: MiSTer Super Attract Mode (SAM) is now available - the first game screensaver for your MiSTer!
Replies: 609
Views: 188562

Re: MiSTer Super Attract Mode (SAM) is now available - the first game screensaver for your MiSTer!

@lamer That probably means the iPad can't handle 640x480 resolution unfortunately and there is nothing that can be done to make it work. Maybe try connecting to another display to see if this would make it work? @rhester The YouTube list is not really trimmed down yet. It's just a random list with commercials i found. I definitely plan to curate it...
by mrchrister
Thu Jun 15, 2023 3:48 am
Forum: Linux
Topic: MiSTer Super Attract Mode (SAM) is now available - the first game screensaver for your MiSTer!
Replies: 609
Views: 188562

Re: MiSTer Super Attract Mode (SAM) is now available - the first game screensaver for your MiSTer!

Thanks for reporting these bugs. Both issues should be fixed now, hope it works!

by mrchrister
Wed Jun 14, 2023 9:43 pm
Forum: Linux
Topic: MiSTer Super Attract Mode (SAM) is now available - the first game screensaver for your MiSTer!
Replies: 609
Views: 188562

Re: MiSTer Super Attract Mode (SAM) is now available - the first game screensaver for your MiSTer!

Oh sorry, I only implemented mute settings for bgm.. Easy fix. It should respect mute after you update.

by mrchrister
Wed Jun 14, 2023 9:23 pm
Forum: Linux
Topic: MiSTer Super Attract Mode (SAM) is now available - the first game screensaver for your MiSTer!
Replies: 609
Views: 188562

Re: MiSTer Super Attract Mode (SAM) is now available - the first game screensaver for your MiSTer!

Hey guys, After a lot of work and testing, wizzo and I came up with a new feature for Super Attract Mode: Video Playback on MiSTer. You can use predefined lists with video game commercials (or anything you want) from Archive.org or Youtube. MiSTer_SAM.ini offers some further customization options. Please take it for a spin and let me know if it wor...
by mrchrister
Tue Jun 06, 2023 8:28 pm
Forum: Linux
Topic: MiSTer Super Attract Mode (SAM) is now available - the first game screensaver for your MiSTer!
Replies: 609
Views: 188562

Re: MiSTer Super Attract Mode (SAM) is now available - the first game screensaver for your MiSTer!

Yes, the frequency of data being sent to the display is not something the display can always handle. I'll set the default back to normal since i noticed this as well.

by mrchrister
Mon Jun 05, 2023 6:33 pm
Forum: Linux
Topic: MiSTer Super Attract Mode (SAM) is now available - the first game screensaver for your MiSTer!
Replies: 609
Views: 188562

Re: MiSTer Super Attract Mode (SAM) is now available - the first game screensaver for your MiSTer!

Yes, I was able to speed it up! I set the default speed to faster since I like it better as well. After updating you can set your speed in the ini

by mrchrister
Fri Jun 02, 2023 4:25 pm
Forum: Linux
Topic: MiSTer Super Attract Mode (SAM) is now available - the first game screensaver for your MiSTer!
Replies: 609
Views: 188562

Re: MiSTer Super Attract Mode (SAM) is now available - the first game screensaver for your MiSTer!

With setup I mean the way your game collection is set up. While we all use the same basic config (if you run update_all at least regularly), the game collections can differ widely. I recommend everdrive packs to use with SAM. Things to help you fix the problem: Make sure you have updated SAM with SAM's updater Enable debug under Settings -> Advance...
by mrchrister
Fri Jun 02, 2023 2:19 pm
Forum: Linux
Topic: MiSTer Super Attract Mode (SAM) is now available - the first game screensaver for your MiSTer!
Replies: 609
Views: 188562

Re: MiSTer Super Attract Mode (SAM) is now available - the first game screensaver for your MiSTer!

I can't really help you without knowing your setup, sorry. I have SAM running every day and don't experience this issue so the bug might be a localized problem. Try resetting all game lists, that could be the cause for it.

by mrchrister
Thu Jun 01, 2023 5:41 am
Forum: Linux
Topic: MiSTer Super Attract Mode (SAM) is now available - the first game screensaver for your MiSTer!
Replies: 609
Views: 188562

Re: MiSTer Super Attract Mode (SAM) is now available - the first game screensaver for your MiSTer!

Can you ssh into the system and check SAM monitor and see if it throws any errors at you? You can also select a single core through the menu. If you select Snes, what happens?

by mrchrister
Fri Apr 14, 2023 7:37 pm
Forum: Linux
Topic: Can I Update (Only) Midnight Commander in MiSTer?
Replies: 5
Views: 858

Re: Can I Update (Only) Midnight Commander in MiSTer?

You would have to compile the tool yourself, there is no linux package manager to use for MiSTer.
Here are some steps to setup a cross compile environment:
https://mister-devel.github.io/MkDocs_M ... ercompile/

by mrchrister
Thu Mar 30, 2023 5:51 pm
Forum: Linux
Topic: MiSTer Super Attract Mode (SAM) is now available - the first game screensaver for your MiSTer!
Replies: 609
Views: 188562

Re: MiSTer Super Attract Mode (SAM) is now available - the first game screensaver for your MiSTer!

If it's not a bug it's a feature, hey? ;) Regarding Amiga shared folder, it's no easy fix unfortunately... We can't change the current implementation which I will get into in a second, but basically we have to choose: Either limit write cycles to SD by mounting the whole shared folder. This means making sure the shared folder stays relatively empty...
by mrchrister
Mon Mar 27, 2023 5:44 am
Forum: Linux
Topic: MiSTer Super Attract Mode (SAM) is now available - the first game screensaver for your MiSTer!
Replies: 609
Views: 188562

Re: MiSTer Super Attract Mode (SAM) is now available - the first game screensaver for your MiSTer!

The reason for this behavior is that our main objective with SAM is to limit any unnecessary writes to the SD card. The way Mega AGS works with SAM is that the file ags_boot in the shared folder is updated every time a new game gets launched. This is how SAM communicates with Mega AGS. Also a file called ags_current will be updated with the current...
by mrchrister
Wed Mar 22, 2023 6:20 pm
Forum: Amiga (Minimig)
Topic: Amiga Vision (Formally MegaAGS?)
Replies: 26
Views: 4976

Re: Amiga Vision (Formally MegaAGS?)

I concur with Jim P. Fictional! This is a great curated list of Amiga games!

by mrchrister
Mon Mar 20, 2023 5:27 am
Forum: Linux
Topic: MiSTer Super Attract Mode (SAM) is now available - the first game screensaver for your MiSTer!
Replies: 609
Views: 188562

Re: MiSTer Super Attract Mode (SAM) is now available - the first game screensaver for your MiSTer!

I believe either way should work. If it doesn't work, SAM has likely not added the custom path to it's game list. There is an option to reset gamelists on the menu that might help

by mrchrister
Tue Mar 07, 2023 12:29 am
Forum: Linux
Topic: MiSTer Super Attract Mode (SAM) is now available - the first game screensaver for your MiSTer!
Replies: 609
Views: 188562

Re: MiSTer Super Attract Mode (SAM) is now available - the first game screensaver for your MiSTer!

@rhester72
Not sure what the issue could be... do you have top300 image working?
You might want to ask flynnsbit through discord. We're also working on supporting Top300 image as a screensaver image for SAM atm

by mrchrister
Tue Mar 07, 2023 12:21 am
Forum: Linux
Topic: MiSTer Super Attract Mode (SAM) is now available - the first game screensaver for your MiSTer!
Replies: 609
Views: 188562

Re: MiSTer Super Attract Mode (SAM) is now available - the first game screensaver for your MiSTer!

I did some changes to the horizontal and vertical filter and have talked to the admin of the mame database to remove certain games that are not horizontal or vertical. Please make sure to have the newest version of SAM, this should make those filters work much better. SAM also supports path filters. You can create a directory under /media/fat/_Arca...
by mrchrister
Sat Mar 04, 2023 11:54 pm
Forum: Linux
Topic: MiSTer Super Attract Mode (SAM) is now available - the first game screensaver for your MiSTer!
Replies: 609
Views: 188562

Re: MiSTer Super Attract Mode (SAM) is now available - the first game screensaver for your MiSTer!

Did you set the corelist to ao486 as well? You can also open SAM's menu and go to the single core selection mode to only select ao486.

by mrchrister
Wed Feb 15, 2023 10:30 pm
Forum: Linux
Topic: MiSTer Super Attract Mode (SAM) is now available - the first game screensaver for your MiSTer!
Replies: 609
Views: 188562

Re: MiSTer Super Attract Mode (SAM) is now available - the first game screensaver for your MiSTer!

TTY2OLED Updates: Text in the upper line doesn't bounce back and forth anymore but instead runs through continuously SAM Menu got restructured Updated roulette mode Updated category only mode Pushing the start button now let's you play the current game, any other button returns to the MiSTer Menu. This was working before thanks to wizzo but wasn't...
by mrchrister
Sun Feb 12, 2023 12:21 am
Forum: Linux
Topic: MiSTer Super Attract Mode (SAM) is now available - the first game screensaver for your MiSTer!
Replies: 609
Views: 188562

Re: MiSTer Super Attract Mode (SAM) is now available - the first game screensaver for your MiSTer!

Some quality of life updates: Sam will now create a new gamelist if you add new roms. Sounds trivial but the reason it wasn't implemented so far was to minimize SD card writes. We found a way to only update lists if necessary Kids safe filter received other improvements and a menu selection Sam will soon be updated completely through update all wit...
by mrchrister
Fri Feb 03, 2023 1:55 am
Forum: Linux
Topic: MiSTer Super Attract Mode (SAM) is now available - the first game screensaver for your MiSTer!
Replies: 609
Views: 188562

Re: MiSTer Super Attract Mode (SAM) is now available - the first game screensaver for your MiSTer!

Update: ao486 is now supported. Place screensaver vhd's under /media/fat/games/ao486/screensaver (USB or SD works) You can find the vhd's in archive under ao486_screensavers UPDATE flynnsbit is currently working on a way for SAM to launch random games directly from the top300 image! SAM now has a kids_safe ini setting. This will download white list...
by mrchrister
Sat Jan 21, 2023 11:23 pm
Forum: Linux
Topic: MiSTer Super Attract Mode (SAM) is now available - the first game screensaver for your MiSTer!
Replies: 609
Views: 188562

Re: MiSTer Super Attract Mode (SAM) is now available - the first game screensaver for your MiSTer!

Fixed something that was long overdue: Bootsleep. Let me explain, on boot SAM would wait a hard coded 60s to wait for a network to become available. The reason is that the files SAM creates will have a date stamp of January 1st, 1970 (if you don't have rtc addon) right after boot. Once network connection becomes available the date will change to to...
by mrchrister
Tue Jan 10, 2023 7:22 pm
Forum: Linux
Topic: MiSTer Super Attract Mode (SAM) is now available - the first game screensaver for your MiSTer!
Replies: 609
Views: 188562

Re: MiSTer Super Attract Mode (SAM) is now available - the first game screensaver for your MiSTer!

Yes, you can change this in the menu under settings -> enable play current game (make sure you update since the menu structure has changed). This is also standard behavior when you do a fresh install of SAM. Screenshot-9.png You can view the game playing through ssh as well. No way to do onscreen display besides tty2oled currently, sorry. In other ...
by mrchrister
Tue Dec 20, 2022 2:53 pm
Forum: Linux
Topic: MiSTer Super Attract Mode (SAM) is now available - the first game screensaver for your MiSTer!
Replies: 609
Views: 188562

Re: MiSTer Super Attract Mode (SAM) is now available - the first game screensaver for your MiSTer!

Two small SAM issues I've noticed recently: SMS doesn't work at all because it pops up the configuration menu when the core starts and then just sits there...any way to prevent this? [Edit: This behavior has changed slightly, see below...it now starts the specified random game, but plays underneath the OSD popup] PC Engine CD-ROM used to auto-star...
by mrchrister
Tue Dec 20, 2022 2:44 pm
Forum: Linux
Topic: MiSTer Super Attract Mode (SAM) is now available - the first game screensaver for your MiSTer!
Replies: 609
Views: 188562

Re: MiSTer Super Attract Mode (SAM) is now available - the first game screensaver for your MiSTer!

SAM should not be starting when update all is running. Here is the code preventing SAM from starting when update all is detected: https://github.com/mrchrisster/MiSTer_SAM/blob/e5ab0495d6acd8006a22190ac49e38620629a18f/.MiSTer_SAM/MiSTer_SAM_MCP#L62 I'll look into it after the holidays. You could help me fix it by starting update all and pasting the...
by mrchrister
Sun Dec 11, 2022 5:15 pm
Forum: Linux
Topic: MiSTer Super Attract Mode (SAM) is now available - the first game screensaver for your MiSTer!
Replies: 609
Views: 188562

Re: MiSTer Super Attract Mode (SAM) is now available - the first game screensaver for your MiSTer!

They should work, yes. I won't be able to help you any further with your rom pack though.

Two things to try:
1 During game list creation something might have gone wrong with snes. In the menu go to reset -> delete gamelist and try SNES again
2 You can try unpacking them into the SNES folder.

by mrchrister
Sun Dec 11, 2022 6:22 am
Forum: Linux
Topic: MiSTer Super Attract Mode (SAM) is now available - the first game screensaver for your MiSTer!
Replies: 609
Views: 188562

Re: MiSTer Super Attract Mode (SAM) is now available - the first game screensaver for your MiSTer!

On CRT you can't access SAMs menu so yes, this is the recommended way to start SAM in this case.

You can also start SAM by just idling in main menu for 2 minutes or using menu through ssh.
Are you using Everdrive packs for SNES? Best to use Everdrive since that's what I use for testing.

by mrchrister
Fri Dec 09, 2022 12:36 am
Forum: Linux
Topic: MiSTer BGM - Background Music for the MiSTer Menu
Replies: 97
Views: 35789

Re: MiSTer BGM - Background Music for the MiSTer Menu

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[playlist]
NumberOfEntries=1
File1=http://server5.radio-streams.net:8001/live
Length1=-1

This is the stream Super Attract Mode is playing when enabling BGM.