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      blubbblubb
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      @jaxel @alphatoanant The arcade command works fine for fbalpha, i scraped some images and videos over the weekend.

      I made some changes to the command though, different order for the regions, enable video reencoding to 320x240@30fps (needs HandBrakeCli, i scraped on my Desktop PC instead of the Pi), and i used adb as the primary source as they seem to have more game flyer available, for adb you need the latest version of the scraper as there was an update to their API recently (took me some time to find out why the download was not working correctly)

      Flyer
      ./scraper -mame=true -mame_src=adb,gdb,ss -mame_img=fly,b,t,s -max_height=540 -max_width=394 -image_dir=media -image_path=media -ss_user=xxx -ss_password=xxx -lang "en" -region "eu,wor,us,jp,xx"

      Video/Marquee (after asking about marquees i actually went for a bigger SD Card and just went all in with the game media ;) )
      ./scraper -mame=true -mame_src=adb,ss,gdb -download_videos=true -download_marquees=true -image_dir=media -image_path=media -video_dir=media -video_path=media -marquee_dir=media -marquee_path=media -ss_user=xxx -ss_password=xxx -convert_videos -lang "en" -region "eu,wor,us,jp,xx"

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      • HurricaneFanH
        HurricaneFan @alphatoanant
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        @alphatoanant I love the look of the new system backgrounds. They are just subtle enough without making the theme too busy looking. I think they look amazing in your theme! Keep up the good work.

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        • JesseBlueJ
          JesseBlue @alphatoanant
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          @alphatoanant Awesome! I´ve just tested the update and it looks even better than I could have hoped! :)

          This image might be useful to create the missing Famicom SVG: Famicom Controller

          And one for Neo Geo AES: SNK Arcade Stick

          CDI: Philips CDI Controller

          MSX, MSX2, X68000: ASCII Stick X

          Unfortunately I pretty much suck at vector graphics.

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          • alphatoanantA
            alphatoanant
            last edited by

            Thank you for those scrape details @blubbblubb. Wondering if there is a way to install handbrake cli on the pi to save me the re-encode step i go through now on the PC.

            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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              Chalamannn @alphatoanant
              last edited by

              @alphatoanant How to make a Logo? i tryed with Illustrator but see's darker.
              Thanks! :) Amazing theme so minimal ♥

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              • alphatoanantA
                alphatoanant @Chalamannn
                last edited by

                @chalamannn try this tutorial - https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/7357/tutorial-create-vector-logo-from-bitmap. Its what helped me get started.

                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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                  blubbblubb @alphatoanant
                  last edited by blubbblubb

                  @alphatoanant It is possible to compile HandBrake from source, but it takes a really long time, my estimate would be around 3 hours on a rpi2 and probably double that on a rpi1
                  edit:
                  I created a new Thread for the how to compile HandBrake, you can find it over here: https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/13092/scrape-videos-and-reencode-them-directly-on-the-raspberry-pi-with-sselph-s-scraper

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                  • alphatoanantA
                    alphatoanant @blubbblubb
                    last edited by

                    @blubbblubb amazing! Thank you for the detailed walkthrough and packages. This will be a nice time saver for sure. Could be a good tutorial thread to create as well.

                    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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                      blubbblubb @alphatoanant
                      last edited by

                      @alphatoanant yeah i probably should move this to another thread about scraping or create a new one, this thread is about your awesome theme after all ;)

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                      • spoonmugenS
                        spoonmugen @lilbud
                        last edited by

                        @lilbud hi mate,

                        i've notice the same issue with the font not exactly straight / i thought it was a setting in retropie... but cnat find a solution
                        did you figure out while fonts are tearing/jagged??

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                        • lilbudL
                          lilbud @spoonmugen
                          last edited by

                          @spoonmugen Never figured it out

                          Creator of the Radiocade: https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/6077/radiocade

                          Backlog: http://backloggery.com/lilbud

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                          • spoonmugenS
                            spoonmugen
                            last edited by

                            just did an update
                            seems to have slow downs in main window which didnt occur before...

                            noticed fba/mame folder/menus have a bg image of a controller - and this is where the slowdowns generally happen?

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                            • pjftP
                              pjft @alphatoanant
                              last edited by

                              @alphatoanant what image resolution are we using for the carousel backgrounds?

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                              • alphatoanantA
                                alphatoanant @pjft
                                last edited by alphatoanant

                                Hmm interesting.

                                @pjft The controller backgrounds are 1280x720 svgs on system view.
                                I am thinking I should be able to shrink those down resolution wise and still allow them to scale well because they are svgs. Maybe that will solve it?
                                Edit: I just noticed an error when restarting ES "glGetError 0x505" figured thats being thrown because my recent changes. Have you ever run into that before or know what it points too?

                                @spoonmugen are you using a pi3 or a pizero?

                                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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                                • spoonmugenS
                                  spoonmugen @alphatoanant
                                  last edited by

                                  @alphatoanant i'm using a pi3 - it used to run like butter now its really laggy at spots in the main carousel.

                                  i tried art-book pocket... main works like a champ!
                                  really like this one too :)

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                                  • pjftP
                                    pjft @alphatoanant
                                    last edited by

                                    @alphatoanant Ok, so that's double interesting.

                                    The glGetError means the GPU runs out of video memory. I usually recommend setting VRAM to 80 to work around that, but in this case I'm inclined to suggest using 1280x720 PNGs on the system view.

                                    I am not an expert in the image processing pipeline on ES, but from recollection SVGs (vector) and non-vector assets are handled significantly differently. Vector images are resized in memory to take up the needed size at full resolution, so I am willing to believe that they are in fact being rendered as full-on 1080p SVGs (or whatever screen resolution you're using). The reason why "1280x720 svg" doesn't really make much sense is that the SVG resolution per se doesn't matter much as vector images are really meant to scale to any resolution and stay as sharp as a native-resolution image.

                                    I'd recommend trying to make those PNGs and see if the performance improves.

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                                    • alphatoanantA
                                      alphatoanant @pjft
                                      last edited by

                                      @pjft good call. You are on to something for sure as I just did a test of scaling the viewbox of a few SVGs down to much lower resolution and even with that I can still see the error. So even though the image is smaller in resolution I can imagine ES still seeing it as "this is a 1080p image that I need to render somehow". Going to work on converting a few to PNGs.

                                      For now I have removed the controller background from the main theme.xml so at least it won't affect live installs until I work out another approach.

                                      @spoonmugen you should be able to get latest now

                                      Thank you both for your help

                                      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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                                      • spoonmugenS
                                        spoonmugen @alphatoanant
                                        last edited by spoonmugen

                                        @alphatoanant just refreshed :) - tbh i prefered the clean look/performance of being just logos

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                                        • alphatoanantA
                                          alphatoanant
                                          last edited by

                                          Updates 9/29/17: just some simple housekeeping tweaks I have been meaning to get to

                                          • made genre wider (less chance for ellipse to display now)
                                          • made the gamelist a "tad" bit wider - its not a huge amount (about 60px on a 720p display) as I still want to keep the spacing balanced. More to try but this its at first pass at least
                                          • cleaned up spacing on landscape layout
                                          • on landscape view vertical snes boxes are centered better now to balance things better when mixed with standard landscape ones

                                          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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                                            duiz
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                                            Is there a way to display Developer and Publisher info rather than rating and last played? I don't make much use of last played or ratings so having more actual game info would be a plus.

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