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Gameshell Launcher Modify
https://github.com/canisminor1990/gameshell-launcher

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# GameShell launcher
This is the launcher for GameShell based on 320x240 resolution and D-Pad layout.
![Screenshot](https://github.com/clockworkpi/GameShellDocs/blob/master/screenshot.png)

# Create the necessary user and group
* User name: cpi
* Password: cpi
* Group ID: 31415 with group name: cpifav

```
sudo adduser cpi
sudo groupadd cpifav -g 31415
sudo adduser cpi cpifav
```

# Directory structure
```
/home/cpi/
├── apps
│   ├── emulators
│   └── launcher <-Here we are
│   ├── Menu
│   ├── sys.py
│   └── truetype
├── games
│   ├── FreeDM
│   ├── MAME
│   └── nxengine
└── music
```
## Create the necessary directories
```
mkdir -p /home/cpi/apps/emulators
mkdir -p /home/cpi/games
mkdir -p /home/cpi/music
```

# Dependent packages
* validators, numpy, requests, python-mpd2, beeprint, python-pycurl, python-alsaaudio, python-pygame, python-gobject, python-xlib, python-wicd
* wicd (For Wi-Fi)
* mpd (For music player)

## Install dependent packages
```
sudo apt-get -y install mpd ncmpcpp git libuser
sudo apt-get -y install python-wicd wicd wicd-curses python-pycurl python-alsaaudio python-pygame python-gobject python-xlib

sudo apt-get -y install python-pip
sudo pip install validators numpy requests python-mpd2
```

# Create “.mpd_cpi.conf” config

vim ~/.mpd_cpi.conf

```
music_directory "/home/cpi/music"
playlist_directory "/home/cpi/music/playlists"
db_file "/home/cpi/music/tag_cache"
log_file "/tmp/mpd.log"
pid_file "/tmp/mpd.pid"
state_file "/home/cpi/music/mpd_state"
sticker_file "/home/cpi/music/sticker.sql"
user "cpi"
bind_to_address "/tmp/mpd.socket"
auto_update "yes"
auto_update_depth "3"
input {
plugin "curl"
}

audio_output {
type "alsa"
name "My ALSA Device"
}

audio_output {
type "fifo"
name "my_fifo"
path "/tmp/mpd.fifo"
format "44100:16:2"
}

filesystem_charset "UTF-8"
```