Play Games on LinuxMCE - part1

Enabling The Game Player

To use the Game support, you must enable the Game Player. The Game Player adds support for all the above game systems to a Media Director at once, and you must enable the Game Player on each Media Director you wish to be able to play games.

Quick Instructions for those Familiar with LinuxMCE

1. Go to http://dcerouter/ (the web admin)
2. from the Top menu, go to Wizard > Devices > Media Directors
3. Find the media director on which you wish to enable Game Support.
4. Press the [ Edit ] Button next to Software Modules
5. Find the Game Player. Select it by checking its box.
6. Press [ Save ]
7. Watch your nearest orbiter for messages. You should see installation messages.
   1. When asked, Press Quick Reload Router
   2. When the Orbiter re-appears, it will ask you to regenerate orbiters. Regenerate all orbiters in the house.
8. The Games Button should now be visible under Media

Step by Step Instructions

Go to http://dcerouter/

For information on Logging into the Web Admin, go here: LinuxMCE Admin Website

Go to Wizard > Media Directors

The Wizard > Media Directors Page provides everything you need to adjust the operation of each media director in the house. For each system you wish to be able to play games, you need to do these instructions.

Press the Edit button next to Software Modules

The Software Modules page allows you to select software that can easily be installed into LinuxMCE To be installed onto each media director. We want to select the Game Player.

Find and Select the Game Player and press Save

If you wish to uninstall the Game Player at a later time for this media director, simply uncheck the box, and press Save.

Watch your orbiter for Installation Messages

Your Orbiter should emit many messages relating to the installation of the software. If this is the first media director you are installing onto, the Core will also need to install the Game PlugIn so that it can manage the different Game Player instances throughout the house. The installation of the Game PlugIn also installs data packages which provide metadata and images for game ROMs to make the automatic game cataloguing process possible. This process of installing the Game PlugIn the first time can take a long time. Please Be Patient. Subsequent installations do not take as much time. We will improve this installation time significantly in future releases.

Reload Your Router

Once the installation process is complete, the system will ask you to reload the router. You must do this so the system can use the Game Player. Press Quick Reload Router This process should take approximately 15 seconds.

Regenerate Your Orbiters

Once your router is reloaded, and the system finds the new Game Player running, it will ask to regenerate all your orbiters in the house so that the Games button will be visible. This process should take approximately 2 minutes, per Orbiter on average.