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      TitQuentin
      last edited by

      Hi All !

      I try to install screensaver but I result a Black Screen.
      I have emulationstation v2.6.2RP and i put a video in "/home/Pi/RetroPie/Screensavers/The Legend of Zelda (SNES) Screensaver for RetroPie.mp4"

      Here my gamelist.xml

      My config in Emulation Station :

      UI Settings

      • Screensaver after : 1m
      • Screensaver behavior : Random Video
      • Gamelist View Style : Detailed

      Video Screensaver Settings :

      • Swap Video after 30s
      • Use OMX Player for Screensaver ON
      • Screensaver Controls ON
      • Show Game info on Screensaver NEVER
      • Strech Video on Screensaver OFF

      Other Settings :

      • Vram Limit 120mb
      • Power Saver Mode DISABLE
      • Use OMX Player (HW Accelerated) ON

      Thank for help guys!

      TitQuentin ;)

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      • SuperFromNDS
        SuperFromND @TitQuentin
        last edited by SuperFromND

        @titquentin Hmm, try disabling OMX Player.
        I had a similar issue with ProgettoSnaps video clips, probably due to the way they're encoded, and disabling OMX seemed to fix it.

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        • cyperghostC
          cyperghost @TitQuentin
          last edited by cyperghost

          @titquentin Did you check case sensitivity on your commands? This is mandatory for right use. In my config I setted video in head of the xml files... but this isn't the keyfault imho :)

          <?xml version="1.0"?>
          <gameList>
          
          <game><path /><video>/home/pi/RetroPie/screensavers/Tetris (NES) Screensaver for RetroPie.mp4</video></game>
          
              <game>
                  <path>./retronetplay.rp</path>
                  <name>RetroArch Net Play</name>
                  <desc>Set up RetroArch Netplay options, choose host or client, port, host IP, delay frames, and your nickname.</desc>
                  <image>/home/pi/RetroPie/retropiemenu/icons/retronetplay.png</image>
              </game>
          
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            TitQuentin @SuperFromND
            last edited by

            Hi guys ! Thx for your reply! ^^

            @supercatfooz

            I'm trying to disable OMX player but doesn't fix my problem...

            @cyperghost

            I check my case sensitivy on my commands. Everything is correct.
            I also try to download your video "vidscreen.mp4" but I still have a black screen.

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            Here 3 pictures of ES :
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            • GraphicsgodG
              Graphicsgod
              last edited by

              Thank you guys for figuring this out for me!! Now I have a (just one) working screensaver on my EmulationStation!! You guys are awesome!

              Now if I wanted to add more videos to my screensaver, all I have to do is add more lines for the video links right?

              Ex.

              <game>
              <video>/home/pi/RetroPie/screensavers/video_01.mp4</video>
              <video>/home/pi/RetroPie/screensavers/video_02.mp4</video>
              <video>/home/pi/RetroPie/screensavers/video_03.mp4</video>
              </game>
              
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              • GraphicsgodG
                Graphicsgod @Graphicsgod
                last edited by

                Also is it possible to disable background music playing while screensaver is playing?? I have mine set to low volume, but even when the screensaver plays, I can still barely hear it. Or not currently possible..

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                • cyperghostC
                  cyperghost @Graphicsgod
                  last edited by cyperghost

                  @graphicsgod Well ...
                  I made suggestion here - I doubt that only one game tag can include several videos.

                  Yes it is possible to disable background music - that's not difficult in theorie.
                  via pgrep-command look if there is a instance of omxplayer running.
                  If yes then STOP background player, if not then CONT player.... it will work fine with mpg123 as mp3 player ;) Then just check the state every 1s ... but this is by no means effective!

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                  • blonqeB
                    blonqe @TitQuentin
                    last edited by

                    @titquentin did you ever get this working? im also just getting a black screen

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                    • AnalogHeroA
                      AnalogHero
                      last edited by

                      @blonqe I also never got this working. For me it seems that the gamelist.xml from the retropie menu doesnt get parsed for videos. What i did is to put the video tags to actual games, for example snes. You can even do this in ES: Select a game, choose to edit this games metadata, and put the full path in the video line.

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                      • blonqeB
                        blonqe @AnalogHero
                        last edited by

                        @analoghero

                        Thanks for getting back to me, did you have to rename the video files to match the game you were editing?

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                        • AnalogHeroA
                          AnalogHero
                          last edited by AnalogHero

                          @blonqe No. I named them a bit shorter and all lowercase. sonic.mp4 marioworld.mp4 castlevania.mp4 and so on. I put them in /home/pi/RetroPie/screensavers/. Note that if you do it this way, it will launch the game you attached the video to if you press the a button during the screensaver is displayed.

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                            blonqe @AnalogHero
                            last edited by

                            @analoghero said in [Video Screensaver] Retropie-Themed Screensaver:

                            @blonqe No. I named them a bit shorter and all lowercase. sonic.mp4 marioworld.mp4 castlevania.mp4 and so on. I put them in /home/pi/RetroPie/screensavers/. Note that if you do it this way, it will launch the game you attached the video to if you press the a button during the screensaver is displayed.

                            Thanks @AnalogHero

                            I opened my own thread on the situation too and finally came to the same conclusion.

                            [https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/16228/screensavers-not-working-just-black-screen]

                            Working now though so I nearly have my setup as I want it :)

                            Cheers

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                              cyperghost @pjft
                              last edited by cyperghost

                              @pjft said in [Video Screensaver] Retropie-Themed Screensaver:

                              Just to clarify, this is effectively a workaround for people who don't have videos in their metadata, to add a single video for the screensaver purpose. This way a random video out of a collection of one will always be the same.

                              Sad but true! The latest version of ES that was able to handle this neat hack is/was ES 2.6.2

                              All version > 2.6.2 - the videos have to be linked to real existing ROM files!
                              You may use the old binary provided here - use at your own risk and you'll miss some new features like KIOS mode and preselection of game system!

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                                dsstrainer
                                last edited by dsstrainer

                                Spent hours and learned the hard way that you can't add it to the retropie/gamelist.xml anymore in 2.7.5
                                But you can add it to any other system gamelist.xml that has roms
                                Really needs a default folder as an option but for now just add the tag to any of your system gamelists

                                I don't use videos in ES because of the extreme heat
                                But I link 5 videos without names/paths to be discovered by the random video screensaver by simply adding it to the bottom of the nes/gamelist.xml file

                                <gameList>
                                    <game><video>/home/pi/RetroPie/splashscreens/ss1.mp4</video></game>
                                    <game><video>/home/pi/RetroPie/splashscreens/ss2.mp4</video></game>
                                    <game><video>/home/pi/RetroPie/splashscreens/ss3.mp4</video></game>
                                    <game><video>/home/pi/RetroPie/splashscreens/ss4.mp4</video></game>
                                    <game><video>/home/pi/RetroPie/splashscreens/ss5.mp4</video></game>
                                    ....
                                </gameList>
                                

                                Works perfect every time and oddly don't overheat the pi while playing.

                                RetroPie v4.2 • RPi3 Model B • 5.1V 2.5A PSU • 8GB SanDisk class 10 microSD • 16GB External USB Thumb Drive
                                Roms, images and configs stored in USB and symlinked from normal microsd location
                                Xarcade Keyboard encoder + Zero Delay Joystick encoder

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