RasPlex along with RetroPie

Dev Community Apps & Creations
1

I am building an Arcade Style Unit into my kids bedroom that uses their TV mounted on the wall. I already have several RetroPie builds tested and working in various Pi. I know that you can install Kodi along side of RetroPie and even load Kodi from EmulationStation. I would like to run RasPlex on the same SD as the RetroPie build and Load it from EmulationStation. I will have two challenges ahead:

 

1. Getting RasPlex to run along side of RetroPie.

2. Using the RetroArch controls (GPIO Pins mapped to Arcade Buttons) to control it. I am actually okay to use a mouse and keyboard instead but it would be great if I could use the Arcade Controls.

 

Has anyone done this yet and if so can you lend a Novice Pi User some insight on how to do this?

 

Thanks!

2

RasPlex runs on OpenELEC, from what I can see RetroPie is based on a custom Raspbian, it won't co-exist on the same image.  You could use BerryBoot and switch between them though.

3

Or you could use PleXBMC plugin for kodi

1 Like
4

not knowing much about Linux or much of this stuff.

could we not install one of the builds from here https://forums.plex.tv/topic/87253-plex-home-theater-linux-builds/

(the debian one, since retro-pie is built on raspbian which is debian, but optimized for pi hardware)

could we then add an "emulator" on the Emulation Station console selector 
similar to how this guy adds Kodi to the selector. 
https://youtu.be/beBGRwjJI60



would emulation station be able to launch PHT build for Debian?

5

not knowing much about Linux or much of this stuff.

could we not install one of the builds from here https://forums.plex.tv/topic/87253-plex-home-theater-linux-builds/

(the debian one, since retro-pie is built on raspbian which is debian, but optimized for pi hardware)

could we then add an "emulator" on the Emulation Station console selector 
similar to how this guy adds Kodi to the selector. 
https://youtu.be/beBGRwjJI60

would emulation station be able to launch PHT build for Debian?

No.

For a program to run on the raspberry pi it needs to be compiled for arm (v6 for pi 1 and v7 for pi 2) processors.

6

i guess RasPlex is a full on Operating system and not a program.

so i guess the only way to get this is,  if whoever complied kodi as an experimental add on in retropie did it for rasplex?


edit: i just noticed this in the about page on RASPLEX. 

but there is a working raspbian port that just needs some time to be brought up to speed.

if this is true and is released, would it then be able to be added into RetroPie?

7

into my kids bedroom

:rolleyes: yeah, your "kids" bedroom.

8

You could try this it looks promising and allows easy live switching between RASPLEX and Emulation Station:

https://drive.google.com/uc?id=0B1ZwtIpB1lqZUXQ5eHZ0RGNuN1E&export=download

9

Its old and you will need to update everything after you burn the image, but you are welcome

http://www.multibootpi.com/category/builds/

10

I am looking into the same and just found this. It may be the dual boot solution that is needed to load both Emulation Station and PlexPi on the same image.
https://www.raspberrypi.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=120700