Pixel Theme

Rookervik · 24 Nov 2017, 13:44

@madmodder123 Ah, good catch. I'll try to fix that as soon as I can. Probably Saturday. I work today on Black Friday.

RetroNESguy · 24 Nov 2017, 18:49

@Rookervik noticed on some systems when the snaps launch the video playback screen is just a bit smaller then the box art, the left and right edges you can see the box art. Happens with N64 and SNES.

Rookervik · 25 Nov 2017, 15:29

@retronesguy That depends on the aspect of your videos. NES and SNES are not square-pixel systems so the signal was stretched on the TV. So having same-size screenshots and videos will depend on what you've downloaded. The screenshots and videos are set to display at whatever aspect they're saved as.

But I thought the screenshots were supposed to disappear when the videos played. So I'll check it out.

Heh, I loaded up SNES and all my videos (3) are a tad bit bigger than the screenshots. So I can't tell if the screenshot shows or not. :D

RetroNESguy · 26 Nov 2017, 12:00

@rookervik I'll try to get a screenshot when I get a chance. But on my end it looks like the box art remains on the screen and then the video is played over it. Wonder is anyone else is having this issue, or is it just me :)

Video and box art are coming from Steven Selph's scraper.

Rookervik · 26 Nov 2017, 14:41

@retronesguy I've checked the EmulationStation documentation "THEMES.md" on Videos and I can't find any code that would make art disappear when a video plays. Has it been implemented?

I can force a size for the images and videos... but that would render the videos to a certain size no matter what aspect they are in. So it could screw up other peoples' setups.

RetroNESguy · 26 Nov 2017, 23:43

@rookervik I'm fine with how it is, no need to go to all the trouble especially if I'm the only one with the issue. It's no big deal to me. Thanks

Rookervik · 27 Nov 2017, 04:39

@retronesguy I can only guess that I used to have the videos set to a certain size. There was originally no maxSize tag for videos when they were first implemented. So you had to force an aspect and I'm sure I set snes and nes to 4:3.

If there is no way to get screenshots/boxart to disappear when a video plays, that needs to be addressed. Maybe I can get @Tomaz to check it out.

jdrassa · 28 Nov 2017, 03:46

@rookervik The video element itself handles displaying the image and then switching to the video. I believe the problem is that you are setting the size/position of md_image for video view. You can see how it is handled in carbon here. md_image is only specified for detailed view not video view.

Rookervik · 28 Nov 2017, 04:44

@jdrassa HO HO!!! Nice! Let me go edit that! Thank you for the heads up.

RichardBr · 28 Nov 2017, 14:09

Thanks for sharing! Any new update as 2017 Christmas gift? :D :D

Rookervik · 28 Nov 2017, 16:36

Updated the Pixel Metadata repo with fixes for "box art behind videos" and "too much metadata on Retropie screen". Give yours an update and tell me if it all works.

As far as gifts... I should set up a donation page. LOL.

RetroNESguy · 28 Nov 2017, 16:38

@rookervik Will update later tonight and give feedback. Thanks

madmodder123 · 28 Nov 2017, 18:17

@rookervik The "ports" section still has metadata, I don't know if the majority of people prefer it like that? It is fine if you want to leave it, it is pretty easy for me to edit it out :)

Anyways I think you should set up a donation page, i'm sure people would be glad to donate for all your hard work :)

Rookervik · 28 Nov 2017, 22:39

@madmodder123
Yeah I left metadata on the ports section since I think I only have one port that isn't a game. You no likey? Can just copy the retropie theme.xml over to ports to fix it. If others don't like having metadata on the metadata theme I can remove it. :P

madmodder123 · 29 Nov 2017, 01:33

@rookervik
I use Kodi, LXDE Desktop, and moonlight. The only games I have are Mr. Boom (awesome) and Super Mario War (awesome). Which games do you have there? Are there are more good multiplayer games?

Thanks for the updates

Rookervik · 29 Nov 2017, 02:20

@madmodder123 Mm, probably not. I have the Quakes, Doom, Wolfenstein, Marathon, Beats of Rage, OpenBlok and such. OpenBlok is a good 2-player tetris clone. Beats of Rage is 2 player. You might just browse what's available on the wiki. I'd link you but the new documents you can't really link to main sections. This gets you to the wiki tho: https://retropie.org.uk/docs/

RetroNESguy · 29 Nov 2017, 02:35

Looking good, box art now fades out when video plays. Thanks!

Rookervik · 3 Dec 2017, 17:13

@retronesguy Thank @jdrassa for that! I was not aware that the video previews would put the box art up while the delay was active.

KillerQ · 3 Dec 2017, 17:13

@rookervik said in Pixel Theme:

@retronesguy Thank @jdrassa for that! I was not aware that the video previews would put the box art up while the delay was active.

Is there a way to have it start with just the video and not the boxart first?

KillerQ · 3 Dec 2017, 17:17

@Rookervik, great theme! It's still the only one I ever use and I've been using it through ever version You've made!

A few months ago, before the latest theme updates, I took a lot of time and customized the theme for other systems and artwork. I didn't like having blank or mismatched system screens...

The new theme is absolutely AMAZING, however, all my work for my systems isn't there (obviously)...

Check this video and you'll see how my setup looks with my complete, custom theme and then the second part of the video shows how it looks with the new updated pixel theme.

Is there an easy way to merge them or for me to migrate my custom art and systems over to the updated the..

Thanks!