This repository is kept online for the knowledge regarding the configs, because the mouse can be a problem with CDI.
Alternatives to get Philips CDI working :
Use my project and install cdimono1:
On 21 Feb 2022 I added the knowledge as a patch from this script to above script :
https://github.com/FollyMaddy/RetroPie-Share/commit/3832dd8b8f008da27d664d92ce425cd3295aa13b
https://github.com/FollyMaddy/RetroPie-Share/commit/4df9e41769525342db9cb49148dd4d1fec680e22
Or use the @valerino fork :
Here you can read more about when the script stopped working :
https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/27387/cd-i-does-not-want-to-load-after-updating-retropie/20
I have added 2 programs.
Dependencies for both scripts :
These programs only works if RetroPie is installed on your computer.
Lr-mess has to be installed by the RetroPie-setup before using the scripts!
Lr-mess is installable trough the experimental packages as source ! (3,5 hours for compilation is not unusual)
After compilation mess_libretro.so is in /opt/retropie/libretrocores/lr-mess
Emulationstation is set to use this rom-map for lr-mess : /home/pi/RetroPie/roms/arcadia
Also make sure you have installed the desired python-modules if you want to use Retropie_Philips_CD-I_gamelist_creator.py
(sudo apt-get install python-tk)
Use :
This script is made to make it possible to run Philips_CD-I "*.chd" images in lr-mess through libretro-retroarch in RetroPie
It will set up the map structure to get philips cdi working in retropie with lr-mess
Philips_CD-I works on RPI-3 but is not very fast.
Philips_CD-I works best on RPI-4 or an X86 computer.
Notes :
VCD-video/DVC-video and VCD-games/DVC-games do not work ;
Extra info about creating .chd files and mouse settings (if possible) are in the script.
So carefully read the script !
added in 2020 Version :
*full-screen
*full mouse support and fixes are implemented
*joystick button associations for keyboard, mouse and eventually joystick
*creation of short-name files necessary to load cd-i .chd files
*short-named files contain info about the .chd files to be created (open as textfile)
*User Interface of lr-mess is turned off for Philips_CD-I
ps.
In addition, just using "mess" is also an option, but is too slow on Raspberry pi.
Perhaps raspberry pi 4 will do but is not tested for now.
After the last update all is working fine with lr-mess, so there is no need to make a script for mess.
Use :
Create Philips_CD-I gamelist.xml for Retropie from cdi.xml of lr-mame/lr-mess.
When you use lr-mess for running Philips_CD-I you make use of shortnamed link files.
This script converts the "good info" of cdi.xml from lr-mame/lr-mess to a useful retropie gamelist.xml.
For now, only the "shortnames with path" and the "longnames discriptions" are converted.
You can read the script to find out more.