Video snap problems! (some snaps not always playing, not always with same volume)

[illando]

@pjft said in Video snap problems! (some snaps not always playing, not always with same volume):

the OMX player volume different to the VLC one? I submitted a fix for that a few weeks ago and I think it may have already made it to the main branch? If not, could you try installing the development version from RetroPie Setup and seeing if it's fixed there?

Can I just update EmulationStation package as @mitu suggested?
I'll try next week, I'm actually have RetroPie Version 4.3.2 installed.

[pjft]

@illando yes, that should do it, unless the fix isn't on the main branch yet, though I don't think that's the case.

[Jenslyn87]

@pjft Sharing the video wouldn't help, because I'm pretty sure it only happens when the snaps are played through EmuStation! But I'll try to grab a video of it with the phone when I'm home. Shouldn't be too long.

[pjft]

@jenslyn87 Oh, but that's exactly what I'm saying. If you can share the video file, I can try to put it on my Pi and play it via ES to see if I can replicate it.

Your phone video will help me try to do exactly what you do.

EDIT: Also, can you share your ~/.emulationstation/es_settings.cfg file?

[Jenslyn87]

@pjft Here's a link to a video demonstrating the problem, albeit in a somewhat unusual version. Here I have to go back and forth between videos a couple of times before the volume goes down to normal, as you can see. This rom is the arcade classics for sega genesis:

[Jenslyn87]

@pjft Gotcha. I'm allowed to share video snaps? Do you have a mail address I can share the snap and the .cfg file to?

[jonnykesh]

@jenslyn87 https://expirebox.com is a great site for temporary file hosting. Stick the snap and config file in a zip and upload it. Paste the link. It auto deletes after 48 hours.

[Jenslyn87]

@jonnykesh Right! Thank you. Here's the snap: https://expirebox.com/download/67612559c41e644615168280fbf2db78.html ...

[Jenslyn87]

@jonnykesh aaand here's the .cfg https://expirebox.com/download/2b00b43ee6a8473a1c3939b6b86a5026.html

[Jenslyn87]

@pjft shared below:)

[pjft]

Thanks, downloaded. Can't promise I can pick this up soon-ish, but will do my best to look into this in the coming days/week.

What volume do you have ES set at?

[Jenslyn87]

@pjft Thank you! Appreciate it. Volume's at 80%

[pjft]

Thanks.

I'm not sure you answered already: does this also happen with VLC, though?

[Jenslyn87]

@pjft I'm a bit confused. You mean when I play the snap outside of EmuStation? As far as I know, the snap plays with the same volume every time I open it whether in VLC or in the Windows standard player (though I think VLC is louder by default). I don't know if VLC is what plays the snap inside EmuStation?

Sry, I may be misunderstanding you here

[pjft]

@jenslyn87 sure. I mean if you disable OMX player in ES. Then it'll use VLC.

[Jenslyn87]

@pjft I see! I wonder if that couldn't somehow explain it. Perhaps whenever I get the loud volume it's because the OMX player somehow disables and VLC kicks in?

[pjft]

@jenslyn87 That's not really how it works, though it could be an option. :)

In this case, please disable OMX Player in the "Other Settings" and see if you can still replicate the volume issue with VLC. Also, please check whether the volume with VLC is significantly different to the OMX one. I haven't had the chance to test this out on my end, but any more info would help.

Also, if you can set your volume to 100 and see if you can still replicate it in OMX Player, that would also be helpful for me to try to understand what may be happening.

Thank you.

EDIT: just saw your video. Thank you. That is quite noticeable indeed, wow. I'm utterly puzzled as to what may be happening. What buttons are you using to navigate - up and down? R1 and L1? What EmulationStation version are you on? You can see that by entering the "start" menu - it'll show the version on the bottom.

Also, I just read your issue about a snap not playing and then playing, and that you can consistently replicate this.

Are you comfortable-ish with running something via SSH for us to better investigate this? That also eludes me.

Thanks.

[Jenslyn87]

@pjft Thanks for all your help, pjft! Appreciate it!

I've tried to replicate the issue without OMX enabled. Doesn't seem to happen, but I could be wrong. I can only scroll for a short while before my pie overheats with it off :/ Volume seems to be identical or near-identical, though.

Will set volume to 100 now and see whether that changes anything.

Using up and down to navigate. Emustation says '2.6.5 RP'.

I don't know what running something via SSh means, sry!

[Jenslyn87]

@pjft OK, went through a lot of games with volume set to 100 and didn't experience the problem. So I guess you're onto something. Somehow, some of the snaps I scrolled through must've set my volume to 100 ... Nothing I can make sense of, that's for sure. I'll scroll through many more games when I get some time tomorrow to confirm that indeed the problem isn't there with the volume set to 100!

With regard to the snaps not playing problem, that may have a rather more simple explanation. I deleted a couple of PSX games I had on the pie because the card was almost 100 % full. Since then - and, I assume, because of that - the snaps have been playing just fine. So I figure it was a space issue.

[pjft]

@jenslyn87 thanks for the updates. I suppose I'll have to check this at 80% volume and see if anything strange happens. Out of curiosity, the VLC volume is the same as your "loud" OMX volume, or the same as your "quiet" OMX volume?