No sound for custom Splash Screen

ashaukat

Hi everyone, I was hoping you could help me.

I have installed a custom .mp4 splash screen for RetroPie on my Pi3. I did this through the option in the retropie menu to select a custom splashscreen.

when I boot, the Splash screen appears on the screen... however there is no sound? after the splash screen has played, the sound kicks in (I can hear some static output from my speakers; im using the audio jack on the pi to output sound). Sound works fine in retropie.

Basically I think it is an issue with the order that raspberry pi loads up. it loads the splash screen first, and then it configures audio.

Please can you let me know if there is a way to enable audio before the splash screen loads up?

Thank you !

Azeem

herb_fargus

@ashaukat in /etc/init.d/asplashscreen https://github.com/RetroPie/RetroPie-Setup/blob/master/scriptmodules/supplementary/splashscreen/asplashscreen#L39 add -o local before -layer

GreenHawk84

How do I add sound to a splashscreen? I have an awesome idea for one.

Concat

@herb_fargus said in No sound for custom Splash Screen:

@ashaukat in /etc/init.d/asplashscreen https://github.com/RetroPie/RetroPie-Setup/blob/master/scriptmodules/supplementary/splashscreen/asplashscreen#L39 add -o local before -layer

I believe what Herb Fargus is saying is that by default the omxplayer responsible for playing the video splashscreen uses HDMI for audio. Adding -o local forces it to use the 3.5 mm jack. I have read that omxplayer does not support USB audio though, if that's what you are using.

@GreenHawk84 said in No sound for custom Splash Screen:

How do I add sound to a splashscreen? I have an awesome idea for one.

You have to create a video. You can't add sound to a static image... at least not without coding it yourself. But really a video serves the same purpose and is supported by RetroPie.

GreenHawk84

@Concat, okay, well I guess that counts me out. Not sure how to do that either.. I just wanted to add a sound to the regular carbon splash.

Concat

@GreenHawk84
I use USB audio, but for the splashscreen I decided it was ok to have the sound coming from the monitor's puny speakers instead of my stereo amp. There might be a way to use a different video player other than omxplayer, but I don't know how.

To make a video, just download HitFilm4Express or something. Put the Retropie image in there and add your sound track. Save as mp4 and put it in the splashcreen folder in Retropie. Honestly, it will act just as you want... the static splashscreen with audio playing overtop.

GreenHawk84

@Concat , awesome, I'll give it a shot.