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    • alphatoanantA
      alphatoanant @C hicaned
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      @c-hicaned can you let me know what resolution screen you are running retropie on?

      If you are viewing it on a 16x9 monitor (1280x720, 1920x1080) the default theme out of the box should work just fine

      If you are on say a 4x3 screen (1024x768,640x480) then you will need to edit the root theme file to reference the 4x3.xml (see first post for more details on this)

      If you are on a 16x10 screen I don't have direct support built for that yet

      My RetroPie Themes:
      Art Book https://github.com/anthonycaccese/es-theme-art-book
      Art Book Next https://github.com/anthonycaccese/art-book-next-retropie
      TFT https://github.com/anthonycaccese/es-theme-tft

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        bebez71 @alphatoanant
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        @alphatoanant
        It works!
        I've updated EmulationStation from source, and now videos working.
        They are in mp4 format.

        Many thanks.
        If you need again the xml, tell me.

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          C hicaned @alphatoanant
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          @alphatoanant Hi :-)

          So in Raspi-Config I went to advanced and the resolution is set to default. I've forced to to CEA mode 31 which is 1920 x 1080 50Hz 16:19 which is the resolution for my Samsung TV but still the issue persists.

          Here are a couple of photos just to be clear of the issue:

          1_1502127908531_crt2.jpg 0_1502127908531_crt1.jpg

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          • alphatoanantA
            alphatoanant @C hicaned
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            @c-hicaned thank you for the details and photos! That gives me enough to go on. I'll try to figure it out tonight.

            My RetroPie Themes:
            Art Book https://github.com/anthonycaccese/es-theme-art-book
            Art Book Next https://github.com/anthonycaccese/art-book-next-retropie
            TFT https://github.com/anthonycaccese/es-theme-tft

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            • alphatoanantA
              alphatoanant @C hicaned
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              @c-hicaned I think I sorted it out (size of the gamelist was off just a tiny bit). Latest changes are up on github so you should be able to update from es-themes to get the latest.

              Please let me know if that works and thank you for trying out the theme.

              My RetroPie Themes:
              Art Book https://github.com/anthonycaccese/es-theme-art-book
              Art Book Next https://github.com/anthonycaccese/art-book-next-retropie
              TFT https://github.com/anthonycaccese/es-theme-tft

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                C hicaned @alphatoanant
                last edited by C hicaned

                @alphatoanant That is spot on :-) Many thanks for the quick update! That issue had been irking me for some time. Should have mentioned it sooner ;-)

                Thanks again!

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                  joenck
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                  Hi!

                  I have my theme working fine, 4x3 format in a real crt TV, but I have some games where the videos have a different size, like Strider (Arcade), and the video goes outside the bezel. I think that if the video has a wide screen format it goes outside the bezel.

                  Is there anything I can do to make these videos show right?

                  Thanks.

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                    pjft
                    last edited by

                    You can probably edit the theme to force a reasonable max horizontal size as well.

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                    • alphatoanantA
                      alphatoanant @joenck
                      last edited by

                      @joenck I'll try to take a look tonight. Might be a bug in my sizing definitions.

                      My RetroPie Themes:
                      Art Book https://github.com/anthonycaccese/es-theme-art-book
                      Art Book Next https://github.com/anthonycaccese/art-book-next-retropie
                      TFT https://github.com/anthonycaccese/es-theme-tft

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                        joenck @alphatoanant
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                        @alphatoanant Some pictures to show you the problem. Thanks!

                        2_1503935210762_20170828_123936.jpg 1_1503935210762_20170828_124005.jpg 0_1503935210762_20170828_124038.jpg

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                        • alphatoanantA
                          alphatoanant @joenck
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                          @joenck Thank you! And to double confirm - you are using the 4x3 version right? I think I know what's up based on the images.

                          My RetroPie Themes:
                          Art Book https://github.com/anthonycaccese/es-theme-art-book
                          Art Book Next https://github.com/anthonycaccese/art-book-next-retropie
                          TFT https://github.com/anthonycaccese/es-theme-tft

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                            joenck @alphatoanant
                            last edited by joenck

                            @alphatoanant Yes, 4x3.xml

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                              joenck @alphatoanant
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                              @alphatoanant Not all the videos looks like the pictures, just ones. Almost all are ok.

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                              • alphatoanantA
                                alphatoanant @joenck
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                                @joenck I tried a few different things last night and wasn't able to recreate. Wondering would you be able to send a link to the strider video file so I can test with that? Its odd that its happening for only a few and not all so if I can isolate an example it should be easier to figure out whats up.

                                Also can you send over what version of retropie and es you are running?

                                My RetroPie Themes:
                                Art Book https://github.com/anthonycaccese/es-theme-art-book
                                Art Book Next https://github.com/anthonycaccese/art-book-next-retropie
                                TFT https://github.com/anthonycaccese/es-theme-tft

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                                  joenck @alphatoanant
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                                  @alphatoanant Hi, thank you for try. Tomorrow I'll try to send you the file. Could be by e-mail? I'll check the versions tomorrow, I'm not at home. For the videos I used the Sselph's scraper. I've updated both recently, I think Retropie is .18, ES I dont know. I'm using the composite output to a CRT TV. The theme is the 4x3 XML. I'll send you all the information tomorrow. I got your theme through the retropie menu. Thanks.

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                                  • alphatoanantA
                                    alphatoanant
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                                    I should be able to grab the same video from sshelph's scraper. Will try that tonight no need to send for now.

                                    Knowing that you updated the theme recently through ES-Themes menu should mean its the latest version as well. After downloading you manually changed the root theme.xml to point to 4x3.xml so that should be all thats needed.

                                    Wondering if its something odd with the source video - will check that. More to come.

                                    My RetroPie Themes:
                                    Art Book https://github.com/anthonycaccese/es-theme-art-book
                                    Art Book Next https://github.com/anthonycaccese/art-book-next-retropie
                                    TFT https://github.com/anthonycaccese/es-theme-tft

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                                      joenck
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                                      Hi! SOLVED!

                                      I've changed a line in the 4x3.xml.

                                      Before it was:

                                      <feature supported="video">
                                      <view name="video">
                                      <image name="crt-bezel" extra="true">
                                      <origin>0.5 0.5</origin>
                                      <pos>0.2697916666666667 0.3666666666666667</pos>
                                      <maxSize>0.35625 0.3638888888888889</maxSize>
                                      <path>./../images/crt-bezel.svg</path>
                                      </image>
                                      <image name="md_image">
                                      <origin>1 1</origin>
                                      <pos>0.453125 0.55</pos>
                                      <maxSize>0.1354166666666667 0.1805555555555556</maxSize>
                                      </image>
                                      <image name="md_marquee">
                                      <origin>0 1</origin>
                                      <pos>0.0864583333333333 0.55</pos>
                                      <maxSize>0.1354166666666667 0.1805555555555556</maxSize>
                                      </image>
                                      <video name="md_video">
                                      <origin>0.5 0.5</origin>
                                      <pos>0.2697916666666667 0.3666666666666667</pos>
                                      <maxSize>0.3333333333333333 0.3333333333333333</maxSize>
                                      <delay>0.5</delay>
                                      <default>./../videos/static.mp4</default>
                                      <showSnapshotNoVideo>false</showSnapshotNoVideo>
                                      <showSnapshotDelay>false</showSnapshotDelay>
                                      </video>
                                      </view>
                                      </feature>

                                      Than I changed the MAXSIZE line to:

                                      <maxSize>0.3033333333333333 0.3333333333333333</maxSize>

                                      Now the video width is limited.

                                      I think it is solved for now.

                                      Now it looks like this:

                                      0_1504111295464_20170830_133508_resized.jpg
                                      0_1504111465715_20170830_133419_resized.jpg
                                      0_1504111491095_20170830_133353_resized.jpg
                                      0_1504111521000_20170830_133458_resized.jpg
                                      0_1504111540657_20170830_133446_resized.jpg

                                      ;)

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                                        joenck
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                                        Now I want to know how to put an image instead the static video in the Retropie menu. An put the description right below the bezel.

                                        0_1504111810432_20170830_133734_resized.jpg

                                        Waiting for help. ;)

                                        Thanks!

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                                          joenck @joenck
                                          last edited by

                                          @joenck The description I founded how to put at the right place. But remove the static and put the image inside the bezel not...

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                                            TomAce
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                                            @alphatoanant I can't for the life of me figure out why I'm still having z-index issues. I've updated everything (that I know of) multiple times and I'm still getting the video preview in front of the boxart. I read through another thread where you were talking to @jdrassa and have looked through the code and everything looks like it should be working. Any advice? Love the look and build! Great work!

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