Just wanted to say a big thanks! I got an R40S Pro (basically the same thing, controls, features, rk3326). The package worked flawlessly (although had to make sure I unplugged the teensy when I booted)
This is awesome, just waiting for my r36s to arrive from Aliexpress (£32 delivered). I'm currently running M8 on an rg351v but I have the bad mono audio headphone out version so it's no good for click syncing.
So far it is. The only time I experience latency is when the battery is completely fully charged for some reason. But it fixes after the battery has discharged just a little bit and a reboot
Hey thanks for this, just tried the setup and works flawlessly but im not quite sure how to bring the audio setup window, can you explain this? im trying to do what i see you doing in the screen but im not getting there
I've just tried this on my r36s. Installed really seemlessly, but when connecting to the teensy I get significant delay when playing sound, like 500-1000ms. Any ideas what could cause this? Im just using the stock card that came with the device so might try a faster memory card...
Hi thanks A LOT. I’m using this image and having a lot of fun. One question, how can I get a WiFi driver added to it? I’m not sure if the image has enough stuff installed to build one from source
Any chance you could do a tutorial on how you made the image/custom fw? I have a RG353v, and I can’t get it to work. I finally have up to date M8C on ArkOS, but I’m not getting audio. There’s no way I can see to manage audio I/O. The image you shared doesn’t seem to be compatible with my device, either.
Thank you for keeping this up to date , already 1.3 ! A few questions : Does this version is based on the latest M8 firmware version ? - Can you change the volume level directly on the R36S ? Thanks again for your work i really need to buy an r36S to try your port .
Done and done! Thank you man! I've found that using L1 or R1 seems to crash the system, have you seen that? I may be wrong as the mouse pointer still functions but the screen is blank other than that
Great video! I've recently done this and am loving m8 so far. My only real issue is that i have pretty severe hissing when plugging in (decent) headphones. Did you find the same, or is that issue unique to me?
My r36s has a finicky headphone jack. The plug from my headphones is too short, which causes poor sound quality and keeps the speaker on. On the other hand, the plug from my in-ear monitors is too long, leading to a hissing noise and strange echoing. If your plug is too long, trying to pull it out of the device just a little bit might solve the problem. If it’s too short, an adapter like I have linked in the description might fix it.
I got a r36s and pretty much worked perfect! I had to transfer some files from the OG sd card but once I did that, seems to work well. Mind me asking why you removed support for analog sticks in M8C? I think it would be cool to use them live, was there some issue? Thanks for the hard work!
i follow the steps listed and flash the file to my sd but after i install in my rg351v it doesn’t show that particular sd card at all anywhere but with my to other operating system sd cards and my memory sd card they all show up fine . The sd card appears to be flashed correctly as it shows the files are on it when it’s plugged in my mac . i couldn’t get m8 headless to work on my ark os sd card either so maybe im just doing the steps wrong but my m8 headless tinsie works fine on my mac and pc laptops . im just never able to get it to work on my anbernic rg351v ever for some reason.
I had a bit of a trouble getting the image, and then after I finally got it I got a black screen when it booted. Turns out there are different versions of the hardware in these things. I had to copy the rk3326 file from the stock sd card and swap it out with the one in the image before booting. It seems to be working ok. The brightness seems kind of low is all. Not sure how to fix that. I wonder if this runs any better on any other OS.
I got a black screen so coppied the rk3326-r35s-linux.dtb file for the one from the SD card that came with my R36S and set this to load in boot.ini and this does make the screen work and I can play M8 BUT I cannot get any EDIT key to work (I am guessing it should be the B button?). So for PLAY I can use the X button and the Y (SHIFT) and A (OPTION) buttons work but without an EDIT button I cannot make it work properly!. Do you have a way to edit the button parameters so I can get the B button working as EDIT? By the way - my R36S has a file called R36S V5.txt in the R36-OS (16Gb) partition. I guess this means I have a version 5 R36S with yet another variant in hardware. Thanks for the good work you are doing!
Thanks for the feedback and your words of support. I just uploaded an update and added a folder called "m8c-settings" in the boot partition with an .ini file to configure m8c. The m8c config file uses SDL bindings for the gamepad input, figuring out which number corresponds to which button is was a bit of trail and error for me. I will look in to the different versions of the R36S. I'll probably add the different .dtb files for the other variants in future versions.
Yes this works! All buttons now working and I did not need to modify the m8c-config.ini file. I still needed to copy both DTB files (rg351mp-kernel.dtb and rk3326-r35s-linux.dtb) and change the boot.ini to reference rk3326-r35s-linux.dtb to get the screen working. Any chance of a brightness setting that can be added to the m8c-config.ini file ? 🙂 Thanks again - I do have an RG351V on order but while I wait this little R36S is great with your M8 "Arkos light" image.!
Thank you for this! Works great! For some reason the handheld doesn't starts if I leave the Teensy connected. Is there any way to fix this? I would love to fit the Teensy inside the R36s
Hi, thanks for all this hard work! I Do have an issue though, I can boot into M8 headless fine, but I am getting no response from the controls at all. From what I understand the correct inputs should already be mapped? Am I missing something simple here?
can you see the potential of having dual boot on this device or similar devices to switch between games and M8 headless? Do you think this is the best model for M8 headless? I'm trying to get one for Christmas.
I see how a dual boot setup could be useful, but I don't think I can handle the maintenance since it seems pretty complicated. The r36s has two SD card slots, so when I want to play games, I can just switch the cards. Mostly, though, I'm focused on making music! I'm not sure if the r36s the best option out there, but it's affordable and works well for M8 Headless.
I don’t think that it would work, but I only have a r36s so I can’t test it. Maybe if you copy all the .dtb files and config file from the /boot partition that came with your device and copy them to the /boot partition of arkm8c overwriting any files if prompted.
Hi, this is truly awesome job! I bought the teensy and R36S just for this setup! I have one problem though. I couldn’t figure out how to make audio work with headphones? It’s either speaker and headphones working at the same time or no audio at all. Is it possible to configure the audio so that there is no sound from speaker when the headphones are plugged in? Also, is it possible to save that configuration as default when console boots up? Thank you.
I think this is a hardware problem with the r36s sadly. I have the same problem with mine and my Koss headphones. The connector has a switch inside that needs to be pressed and held for the speaker to stop. I suspect some mini jacks are too short to fully press the switch. I had a small extension cable laying around in a drawer that solved my problem. Try some other headphones & mini jacks to see if the audio from the speaker stops.
hey roterodamus thanks great work i already have m8 headless working on my rg351v its ok but a little laggy , and i have a spare sd so i would love to see if your dedicated setup would have better performance, do you know if anyone has had any success with running your version on the rg351v, although the r36s is similar the rg351v theres a few differences like no right joystick, anyway if anyone has this working on rg351v let me know thanks.alternately i just saw a r36s on aliexpress for £23 that is the kinda price i like
I don’t think that it would work, but I only have a r36s so I can’t test it. Maybe if you copy all the .dtb files and config file from the /boot partition that came with your device and copy them to the /boot partition of arkm8c overwriting any files if prompted.
Awesome ❤ I did it, thanks a lot. But as usual, I want more - the original DW screen is touch-sensitive, could it be transferred to a joystick in the console?
Yes, someone created a version just like what you mentioned using a tool called aseqjoy. However, the joysticks have springs that push them back to their original position when you let go. I didn’t think it would be very useful to work that way.
I’m using this with a Maudio mini pro, bad keyboard but I can use the knobs to do the do effects etc, it’s fun. You need to connect the midi to m8c by using aconnect first and then hold the B button on an instrument parameter while turning the knob you want to use to map it.
HI Again, thanks for your image - I was almost able to get it running on a K36 device (kind of r36 clone which is locked to a specific kernel) it was a pain in the arse and have spent way too many days on it :D I got it running but the sound wasn't working unfortunately - I was wondering how you configured the audio, I found the jack script in home folder, but I couldn't get it to connect to jack server - not sure if it's using pulseaudio or just alsa - any tips? thanks!
I'm impressed that you managed to get it started at all! Have you checked if your device can play any sound? If not, the main issue might be related to the drivers. For instance, there are various drivers for the different types of LCD screens for the R36s, and it can be quite complicated. I believe audio is handled through ALSA, because I used the internal settings from M8C to set it up.
@@roterodamus haha thanks, I've been playing with it for weeks to be honest - I've tried various things - last night I got it running with sound but it was very crackly, so I changed the config a bit and sound was gone completely never to return :D currently I have a modified version of arkos which runs on k36 models, with your i3 config and m8c version - I had to recompile libserialport and remove the default installation - current issue is that m8c always loads ontop of i3, I guess it's for some reason not loading like it did in your distro - within the current space and resizeable.
@@roterodamus do you have any steps, for how you installed/configured i3 and xorg? this could really help to ensure I get the same setup as you - I was trying to copy/paste parts of the file system and checking config files etc but maybe I've missed something silly.
@@jasonb_ Happy new year! i3 should start m8c via the i3 config, that's how I set it up at least. I don't remember the details clearly, but I believe i3 starts by a systemd service, similar to how emulationstation did it originally on Arkos. However, using i3 isn't actually essential. I mainly use i3 to hide the mouse cursor while running m8c. I might create a tutorial on how to set everything up, but I also want to explore some other ideas first, so it could take some time.
@@roterodamushappy new year buddy! I managed to get it all running! It was not easy - the two main problems was that M8C was always forced to run full screen and no sound. In the end it only worked while using pulse audio with a loop back device setup. I think I blew the speakers on the device, while trying to get also configured with loop back. For some reason, audio just would not work out of the box. I’m curious if you had to configure anything audio wise or it just worked by default. I am using a different Linux distro now, an older ARkOs build but inspired by your setup with i3. It’s taken weeks for me to get this far and now only some minor tweaks to have it perfect 😂 I’ll also make some repo so those who buy the r36s fakes/clones which have trouble running ARkOs will also be able to make decent music with it 😅
Does this OS have the ability to record line-in or microphone? Does USB MIDI work? I have rg353v, I managed to run USB MIDI with firmware V3_0_4_HEADLESS but there are problems with sound delay. I'm thinking of buying r36s
The r36s only has 1 usb data port and doesn't have a microphone. Technically it should be possible with a usb-hub and a usb soundcard. But every soundcard is different and setting up a universal way to route the input to the teensy is a bit beyond the scope of my knowledge right now.
heyy i have anther question, turns out i messed with the analog sticks connection to the motherboard and now i get a drift whenever i turn the machine on, even after physically unplugging them so im wondering if there is a way to force the system to load without recognising the analog sticks? i only need them to setup the audio and a solution i found for that is to just plug a mouse
Maybe check the configs in the boot/m8c-settings. You’ll might be able to disable analog input in the m8c-config or disable antimicrox in the i3-config
@@roterodamus how do i access these files? when i mount the sd boot partition only shows me some files such as boot.ini some linux dtb files and a file without extension named uInitrd (im on windows)
@@roterodamus updated to the latest version but i cant find documentation about these config files to check if there is an option to disable analog stick and changing the threshold didn't help either. Disabling antimicrox leaves me without controls at all. Any clues?
@@hectorllanquinSdl dead zone is kind of weird the max number is 32767 or 32768. But I think the only way to completely disable the analog sticks is to change the definition of the controller in gamecontrollerdb.txt. To find its location you need to ssh -Y into the r36s or connect a keyboard and run m8c from the terminal. It should tell you the location of gamecontrollerdb.txt and which controller. I haven’t tried any of this but it’s my best guess.
Is there any way to adapt this image for the R33s that doesn't have analog sticks? The image works, but it can't be controlled because it doesn't have a function key and analog sticks.
I have disabled the analog sticks in the latest update. It seems that the R33S may utilize a different controller configuration, and I am unsure if it is recognized in the kernel. Unfortunately, I do not have an R33S to verify this. If possible, you might want to try using an older version.
@@roterodamus If you want, I can try to program a version for r33s, but I would need your experience to do it. Are you active on the Dirtywave Discord? To find an alternative way to communicate other than UA-cam. Thank you for your response.
Hey everyone! I just got a R36S, installed everything with success and M8 tracker is now running. Excellent guide! However, after M8 tracker runs, no button from the gamepad is working and I don't know how to edit the config file exactly; how to edit the key bindings? How do the numbers work exactly? Thank you in advance!
Fantastic work, many thanks, I've built a custom one piece, no glue, no screw, no 3d print case to hold the teensy in a grip so it's out of the way and easy to hold. But nevermind all that. Instead I have a question: do you have a github page or any other way of keeping an eye out for new updates?
Just wanted to say a big thanks! I got an R40S Pro (basically the same thing, controls, features, rk3326). The package worked flawlessly (although had to make sure I unplugged the teensy when I booted)
Really cool! Amazing how many super affordable hand held devices there are now.
You're a legend! This is awesome, thanks so much for sharing your work. 👍
This is awesome, just waiting for my r36s to arrive from Aliexpress (£32 delivered). I'm currently running M8 on an rg351v but I have the bad mono audio headphone out version so it's no good for click syncing.
holy crap ! ver nice work , i may finaly try the M8
Woo , great work man ! and thanks for sharing. Everything is smooth with this setup ?
So far it is. The only time I experience latency is when the battery is completely fully charged for some reason. But it fixes after the battery has discharged just a little bit and a reboot
Hey thanks for this, just tried the setup and works flawlessly but im not quite sure how to bring the audio setup window, can you explain this? im trying to do what i see you doing in the screen but im not getting there
nevermind i got it
I was wondering that too! I’ve tried lots of combos, but still haven’t found it. Do you remember what it is?
the current download source for your arkm8c img has quota exceeded, is it possible to host it elsewhere?
Thank you so much! Would it be possible that you create a guide on how to update the m8c version on arkm8c?
do you think it works on the rg35xx plus as well ? it does not have the analog sticks
I've just tried this on my r36s. Installed really seemlessly, but when connecting to the teensy I get significant delay when playing sound, like 500-1000ms. Any ideas what could cause this? Im just using the stock card that came with the device so might try a faster memory card...
Same here unfortunately - but the stndbye and wake cycle seemed to .. eh ... clear it =) ?
Hi thanks A LOT. I’m using this image and having a lot of fun. One question, how can I get a WiFi driver added to it? I’m not sure if the image has enough stuff installed to build one from source
Any chance you could do a tutorial on how you made the image/custom fw? I have a RG353v, and I can’t get it to work. I finally have up to date M8C on ArkOS, but I’m not getting audio. There’s no way I can see to manage audio I/O. The image you shared doesn’t seem to be compatible with my device, either.
I’m thinking about making a guide on how to set everything up, but I’d like to look into some other ideas first, so it might take a while.
it works on R33S as well!
Thank you for keeping this up to date , already 1.3 !
A few questions : Does this version is based on the latest M8 firmware version ?
- Can you change the volume level directly on the R36S ?
Thanks again for your work i really need to buy an r36S to try your port .
Done and done! Thank you man! I've found that using L1 or R1 seems to crash the system, have you seen that? I may be wrong as the mouse pointer still functions but the screen is blank other than that
Great video! I've recently done this and am loving m8 so far. My only real issue is that i have pretty severe hissing when plugging in (decent) headphones. Did you find the same, or is that issue unique to me?
My r36s has a finicky headphone jack. The plug from my headphones is too short, which causes poor sound quality and keeps the speaker on. On the other hand, the plug from my in-ear monitors is too long, leading to a hissing noise and strange echoing. If your plug is too long, trying to pull it out of the device just a little bit might solve the problem. If it’s too short, an adapter like I have linked in the description might fix it.
@roterodamus Thanks for the suggestions! I've just tried with some cheap old headphones and there's far less hiss, so I think you're probably right.
I got a r36s and pretty much worked perfect! I had to transfer some files from the OG sd card but once I did that, seems to work well. Mind me asking why you removed support for analog sticks in M8C? I think it would be cool to use them live, was there some issue? Thanks for the hard work!
do you happen to have a list of the controls? like which buttons emulate which
D-pad = Navigation
B = Edit
A = Options
Y or L2 = Shift
X or R2 = Play
R3 + Up or Down = Brightness Up or Down
FN + Select = Shutdown
Great job with this project, bought an r36s just for this ❤
One question, is there any way to adjust the brightness of the screen?
R3 + dpad Up or Down
Is it possible to have the Teensy inside the unit so that you don't have to use a cable and expose the Teensy?
i follow the steps listed and flash the file to my sd but after i install in my rg351v it doesn’t show that particular sd card at all anywhere but with my to other operating system sd cards and my memory sd card they all show up fine . The sd card appears to be flashed correctly as it shows the files are on it when it’s plugged in my mac . i couldn’t get m8 headless to work on my ark os sd card either so maybe im just doing the steps wrong but my m8 headless tinsie works fine on my mac and pc laptops . im just never able to get it to work on my anbernic rg351v ever for some reason.
This is great, Will this work on other hand held game devices like the anbernic rg405m?
Sadly not
It works with rg351mp but of course you need to modify the dbt file
I had a bit of a trouble getting the image, and then after I finally got it I got a black screen when it booted. Turns out there are different versions of the hardware in these things. I had to copy the rk3326 file from the stock sd card and swap it out with the one in the image before booting. It seems to be working ok. The brightness seems kind of low is all. Not sure how to fix that. I wonder if this runs any better on any other OS.
Yo can change the brightness pressing the direction pad and volume up. Try different combinations, it works!
I had to do the same. I needed to copy over the file and rename it to match what was expected in the flashed boot.ini
I got a black screen so coppied the rk3326-r35s-linux.dtb file for the one from the SD card that came with my R36S and set this to load in boot.ini and this does make the screen work and I can play M8 BUT I cannot get any EDIT key to work (I am guessing it should be the B button?). So for PLAY I can use the X button and the Y (SHIFT) and A (OPTION) buttons work but without an EDIT button I cannot make it work properly!. Do you have a way to edit the button parameters so I can get the B button working as EDIT?
By the way - my R36S has a file called R36S V5.txt in the R36-OS (16Gb) partition. I guess this means I have a version 5 R36S with yet another variant in hardware.
Thanks for the good work you are doing!
Thanks for the feedback and your words of support. I just uploaded an update and added a folder called "m8c-settings" in the boot partition with an .ini file to configure m8c. The m8c config file uses SDL bindings for the gamepad input, figuring out which number corresponds to which button is was a bit of trail and error for me. I will look in to the different versions of the R36S. I'll probably add the different .dtb files for the other variants in future versions.
@@roterodamus Fantastic - will look now and give it a go. Thanks for your work and the speedy response!
Yes this works! All buttons now working and I did not need to modify the m8c-config.ini file. I still needed to copy both DTB files (rg351mp-kernel.dtb and rk3326-r35s-linux.dtb) and change the boot.ini to reference rk3326-r35s-linux.dtb to get the screen working.
Any chance of a brightness setting that can be added to the m8c-config.ini file ? 🙂
Thanks again - I do have an RG351V on order but while I wait this little R36S is great with your M8 "Arkos light" image.!
Thank you for this! Works great! For some reason the handheld doesn't starts if I leave the Teensy connected. Is there any way to fix this? I would love to fit the Teensy inside the R36s
Hi, thanks for all this hard work! I Do have an issue though, I can boot into M8 headless fine, but I am getting no response from the controls at all. From what I understand the correct inputs should already be mapped? Am I missing something simple here?
can you see the potential of having dual boot on this device or similar devices to switch between games and M8 headless? Do you think this is the best model for M8 headless? I'm trying to get one for Christmas.
I see how a dual boot setup could be useful, but I don't think I can handle the maintenance since it seems pretty complicated. The r36s has two SD card slots, so when I want to play games, I can just switch the cards. Mostly, though, I'm focused on making music! I'm not sure if the r36s the best option out there, but it's affordable and works well for M8 Headless.
Is it possible to use headless with anbernic 280v? Or 351m? I got both but hasnt seen any tutorials on them
The 351m is the exact same as the 351v (which has a lot of support) the only difference being shaped and size
@@ashrub4991 yeah i got to install it onto 351m and it works well but i couldn't change hotkeys
Looks really nice, just a question is this image also compatible whit other similar consoles like the Anbernic RG353V/VS?
I don’t think that it would work, but I only have a r36s so I can’t test it. Maybe if you copy all the .dtb files and config file from the /boot partition that came with your device and copy them to the /boot partition of arkm8c overwriting any files if prompted.
Hi, this is truly awesome job! I bought the teensy and R36S just for this setup! I have one problem though. I couldn’t figure out how to make audio work with headphones? It’s either speaker and headphones working at the same time or no audio at all. Is it possible to configure the audio so that there is no sound from speaker when the headphones are plugged in? Also, is it possible to save that configuration as default when console boots up? Thank you.
I think this is a hardware problem with the r36s sadly. I have the same problem with mine and my Koss headphones. The connector has a switch inside that needs to be pressed and held for the speaker to stop. I suspect some mini jacks are too short to fully press the switch. I had a small extension cable laying around in a drawer that solved my problem. Try some other headphones & mini jacks to see if the audio from the speaker stops.
I’ll try some extension cables. Thanks!@@roterodamus
@@alumiel I found the adapter I use on AliExpress: bit.ly/43hYwXj
hey roterodamus thanks great work i already have m8 headless working on my rg351v its ok but a little laggy , and i have a spare sd so i would love to see if your dedicated setup would have better performance, do you know if anyone has had any success with running your version on the rg351v, although the r36s is similar the rg351v theres a few differences like no right joystick, anyway if anyone has this working on rg351v let me know thanks.alternately i just saw a r36s on aliexpress for £23 that is the kinda price i like
where is the m8 download link? in need that
Can i run it on rg35xx h?
I don’t think that it would work, but I only have a r36s so I can’t test it. Maybe if you copy all the .dtb files and config file from the /boot partition that came with your device and copy them to the /boot partition of arkm8c overwriting any files if prompted.
I wonder: can you run version 4 of the headless on that? Cause I have on complaints on my device (another Anbernic) apart from that.
From what I can tell from the m8c releases page, m8 firmware 3.1.0 is the most recently supported version which was added in m8c v1.5.1
I’m using v4 with it and it’s fine
Awesome ❤ I did it, thanks a lot. But as usual, I want more - the original DW screen is touch-sensitive, could it be transferred to a joystick in the console?
Yes, someone created a version just like what you mentioned using a tool called aseqjoy. However, the joysticks have springs that push them back to their original position when you let go. I didn’t think it would be very useful to work that way.
I’m using this with a Maudio mini pro, bad keyboard but I can use the knobs to do the do effects etc, it’s fun.
You need to connect the midi to m8c by using aconnect first and then hold the B button on an instrument parameter while turning the knob you want to use to map it.
amazing! will this work on rg353v?
HI Again, thanks for your image - I was almost able to get it running on a K36 device (kind of r36 clone which is locked to a specific kernel) it was a pain in the arse and have spent way too many days on it :D I got it running but the sound wasn't working unfortunately - I was wondering how you configured the audio, I found the jack script in home folder, but I couldn't get it to connect to jack server - not sure if it's using pulseaudio or just alsa - any tips? thanks!
I'm impressed that you managed to get it started at all! Have you checked if your device can play any sound? If not, the main issue might be related to the drivers. For instance, there are various drivers for the different types of LCD screens for the R36s, and it can be quite complicated. I believe audio is handled through ALSA, because I used the internal settings from M8C to set it up.
@@roterodamus haha thanks, I've been playing with it for weeks to be honest - I've tried various things - last night I got it running with sound but it was very crackly, so I changed the config a bit and sound was gone completely never to return :D currently I have a modified version of arkos which runs on k36 models, with your i3 config and m8c version - I had to recompile libserialport and remove the default installation - current issue is that m8c always loads ontop of i3, I guess it's for some reason not loading like it did in your distro - within the current space and resizeable.
@@roterodamus do you have any steps, for how you installed/configured i3 and xorg? this could really help to ensure I get the same setup as you - I was trying to copy/paste parts of the file system and checking config files etc but maybe I've missed something silly.
@@jasonb_ Happy new year! i3 should start m8c via the i3 config, that's how I set it up at least. I don't remember the details clearly, but I believe i3 starts by a systemd service, similar to how emulationstation did it originally on Arkos. However, using i3 isn't actually essential. I mainly use i3 to hide the mouse cursor while running m8c. I might create a tutorial on how to set everything up, but I also want to explore some other ideas first, so it could take some time.
@@roterodamushappy new year buddy! I managed to get it all running! It was not easy - the two main problems was that M8C was always forced to run full screen and no sound. In the end it only worked while using pulse audio with a loop back device setup. I think I blew the speakers on the device, while trying to get also configured with loop back. For some reason, audio just would not work out of the box. I’m curious if you had to configure anything audio wise or it just worked by default.
I am using a different Linux distro now, an older ARkOs build but inspired by your setup with i3. It’s taken weeks for me to get this far and now only some minor tweaks to have it perfect 😂 I’ll also make some repo so those who buy the r36s fakes/clones which have trouble running ARkOs will also be able to make decent music with it 😅
Does this OS have the ability to record line-in or microphone? Does USB MIDI work? I have rg353v, I managed to run USB MIDI with firmware V3_0_4_HEADLESS but there are problems with sound delay. I'm thinking of buying r36s
The r36s only has 1 usb data port and doesn't have a microphone. Technically it should be possible with a usb-hub and a usb soundcard. But every soundcard is different and setting up a universal way to route the input to the teensy is a bit beyond the scope of my knowledge right now.
Awesome! 😊
Epic!!
heyy i have anther question, turns out i messed with the analog sticks connection to the motherboard and now i get a drift whenever i turn the machine on, even after physically unplugging them so im wondering if there is a way to force the system to load without recognising the analog sticks? i only need them to setup the audio and a solution i found for that is to just plug a mouse
Maybe check the configs in the boot/m8c-settings. You’ll might be able to disable analog input in the m8c-config or disable antimicrox in the i3-config
@@roterodamus how do i access these files? when i mount the sd boot partition only shows me some files such as boot.ini some linux dtb files and a file without extension named uInitrd (im on windows)
@@hectorllanquin assuming you have the latest version, there should be a folder called arkm8c-settings in the boot partition
@@roterodamus updated to the latest version but i cant find documentation about these config files to check if there is an option to disable analog stick and changing the threshold didn't help either. Disabling antimicrox leaves me without controls at all. Any clues?
@@hectorllanquinSdl dead zone is kind of weird the max number is 32767 or 32768. But I think the only way to completely disable the analog sticks is to change the definition of the controller in gamecontrollerdb.txt. To find its location you need to ssh -Y into the r36s or connect a keyboard and run m8c from the terminal. It should tell you the location of gamecontrollerdb.txt and which controller. I haven’t tried any of this but it’s my best guess.
does it have audio input as well to sample stuff ?
Also looking for info about that. For now I can't make anything to work for input audio (r36s and pc version)
Is there any way to adapt this image for the R33s that doesn't have analog sticks? The image works, but it can't be controlled because it doesn't have a function key and analog sticks.
I have disabled the analog sticks in the latest update. It seems that the R33S may utilize a different controller configuration, and I am unsure if it is recognized in the kernel. Unfortunately, I do not have an R33S to verify this. If possible, you might want to try using an older version.
@@roterodamus If you want, I can try to program a version for r33s, but I would need your experience to do it. Are you active on the Dirtywave Discord? To find an alternative way to communicate other than UA-cam. Thank you for your response.
@@djStrombo Yes, I'm on Discord. You can find me using the same name, roterodamus.
@@roterodamus ok, I sent you a friend request
Did you ever get this figured out on the r33s?
My latency is pretty bad. Is that normal ? Something in the region of 40-60 ms.
Put your device to sleep by pressing the power button, then wake it up. Wait for a couple seconds for m8c to respond. Latency should be fixed.
Is it runs on rgb30?
Thank you
Can this be installed on RG353V or RG353VS?
Ping :)
Hey everyone! I just got a R36S, installed everything with success and M8 tracker is now running. Excellent guide!
However, after M8 tracker runs, no button from the gamepad is working and I don't know how to edit the config file exactly; how to edit the key bindings? How do the numbers work exactly?
Thank you in advance!
I tried it on rgv351v it starts butis unresponsive. What firmware are playing on m8? Is anyone running the latest firmware 4.0?
From what I can tell from the m8c releases page, m8 firmware 3.1.0 is the most recently supported version which was added in m8c v1.5.1
@kaijuskithedreamcaster thanks a lot for your answer i ll give it a try.
@@ugofosco8377were you ever able to get this working?
Did you ever get this working?
It starts but is unusable, i tried many firmwares with no luck.
Fantastic work, many thanks, I've built a custom one piece, no glue, no screw, no 3d print case to hold the teensy in a grip so it's out of the way and easy to hold. But nevermind all that. Instead I have a question: do you have a github page or any other way of keeping an eye out for new updates?
I’ll look into it!
Interested in this teensy case, have you shared it anywhere?
What even is m8? The r36s is an amazing affordable device.
So you can't play games on it anymore?
you can keep your original card and swap if want to play games.
How’s battery life?
+/- 1.5h
@@roterodamusdang it there’s always a deal breaker
@@roterodamusdang it there’s always a deal breaker
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For this I bought an R36S🥲