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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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          • 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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                        • blonqeB
                          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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                          • cyperghostC
                            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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