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    Screensaver in ES

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    • theWinterDojerT
      theWinterDojer
      last edited by

      I checked the Wiki and searched the forums but I couldn't find any recent topics on this. I know some updates have been made to enable video screensavers recently which plays random video snaps, but is it possible to set a dedicated screensaver that's just a video file saved on my Pi?

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      • HurricaneFanH
        HurricaneFan @theWinterDojer
        last edited by

        @thewinterdojer I haven't done any testing of the screensaver stuff, but I believe this was the original post about it:
        https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/6332/video-screensaver-in-emulation-station

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        • theWinterDojerT
          theWinterDojer @HurricaneFan
          last edited by

          @hurricanefan I saw that earlier, but reading through it seems like it's still just about playing random video snaps and not a video of choice. I guess it's not something that can be done as of yet!

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          • HurricaneFanH
            HurricaneFan @theWinterDojer
            last edited by

            @thewinterdojer Good news is there is work still being done on screensaver stuff.

            Adding slider for video screensaver timeout
            https://github.com/RetroPie/EmulationStation/pull/196

            Add image slideshow screensaver mode
            https://github.com/RetroPie/EmulationStation/pull/207

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            • theWinterDojerT
              theWinterDojer @HurricaneFan
              last edited by theWinterDojer

              @hurricanefan Sweet. I don't have any video snaps loaded currently and it doesn't look like the video one supports a custom directory but the image one is exactly what I was looking for, thanks!

              Edit: I realize this isn't really a support question. I apologize and will post in the correct forum next time.

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