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    • MalixxM
      Malixx
      last edited by Malixx

      UPDATE (12/07/2018):

      • Added The Legend of Zelda screensaver.
      • Added Earthworm Jim screensaver.
      • Added Advance Wars screensaver.
      • Added Tekken 3 screensaver.

      List of Projects and Themes: https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/21766/list-of-projects-and-themes
      Creator of Animated Screensavers: https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/12733/animated-screensavers
      Buy me a coffee: https://buymeacoffee.com/malixx

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      • lilbudL
        lilbud @MrJordaaany
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        @mrjordaaany said in Animated Screensavers:

        local hero

        Creator of the Radiocade: https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/6077/radiocade

        Backlog: http://backloggery.com/lilbud

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        • MrJordaaanyM
          MrJordaaany @Malixx
          last edited by

          @malixx said in Animated Screensavers:

          UPDATE (12/07/2018):

          • Added Advance Wars screensaver.

          Advance Wars. Dope. More advance wars please. Particularly of the title screen for the first Advance Wars on Gameboy Advance. I think that would work well.

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          • MalixxM
            Malixx @MrJordaaany
            last edited by

            @mrjordaaany Yeah I cheated, in reality it's a screensaver for the second Advance Wars, sadly I can't find any artwork of the first Advance Wars in good quality!

            List of Projects and Themes: https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/21766/list-of-projects-and-themes
            Creator of Animated Screensavers: https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/12733/animated-screensavers
            Buy me a coffee: https://buymeacoffee.com/malixx

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            • MalixxM
              Malixx
              last edited by

              UPDATE (15/07/2018):

              • Added Metroid screensaver.
              • Added Metroid 2: Return of Samus screensaver.
              • Added Metroid Fusion screensaver.
              • Added Super Smash Bros. screensaver.

              List of Projects and Themes: https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/21766/list-of-projects-and-themes
              Creator of Animated Screensavers: https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/12733/animated-screensavers
              Buy me a coffee: https://buymeacoffee.com/malixx

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              • SuperFromNDS
                SuperFromND
                last edited by SuperFromND

                Noticed that the file sizes are a bit on the large side. Have you tried out Handbrake, by chance? Really helps with compressing video without losing much quality.

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                • MalixxM
                  Malixx @SuperFromND
                  last edited by

                  @supercatfooz I'm using Adobe Media Encoder CC in H264, I thought it couldn't be lighter than it is (I tried 720p but its kinda the same) I will try Handbrake when I can, but does it really reduce that much?

                  List of Projects and Themes: https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/21766/list-of-projects-and-themes
                  Creator of Animated Screensavers: https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/12733/animated-screensavers
                  Buy me a coffee: https://buymeacoffee.com/malixx

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                  • SuperFromNDS
                    SuperFromND @Malixx
                    last edited by SuperFromND

                    @malixx From my experience, yes. Haven't tried it with your clips yet, though.

                    Edit: Tried it with your Smash Bros. wallpaper. Default settings compressed it from 37MB to just 7.

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                    • HyruleslinkH
                      Hyruleslink
                      last edited by

                      Hmm. When I was downloading from YouTube at 1080p, they were only around 3-4mb.

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                      • SuperFromNDS
                        SuperFromND @Hyruleslink
                        last edited by

                        @hyruleslink That's because YouTube uploads aren't lossless. YouTube videos get compressed quite a bit for the sake of storing more videos on their servers without having to buy tons of new ones.

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                        • MalixxM
                          Malixx @SuperFromND
                          last edited by

                          @supercatfooz Not bad! Thank you, I didn't had the time to try it out, I hope the quality is still good.

                          List of Projects and Themes: https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/21766/list-of-projects-and-themes
                          Creator of Animated Screensavers: https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/12733/animated-screensavers
                          Buy me a coffee: https://buymeacoffee.com/malixx

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                          • MalixxM
                            Malixx @Hyruleslink
                            last edited by

                            @hyruleslink Finally I will keep uploading them on YouTube and eventually in the future I will make the files smaller anyway :)

                            List of Projects and Themes: https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/21766/list-of-projects-and-themes
                            Creator of Animated Screensavers: https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/12733/animated-screensavers
                            Buy me a coffee: https://buymeacoffee.com/malixx

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                              DarishZone Banned
                              last edited by DarishZone

                              Sorry Malixx, your previous 1080p videos was on 13mb side. There's a chance to back to that size? New videos are almost 4x bigger.

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                              • MalixxM
                                Malixx @DarishZone
                                last edited by

                                @darishzone I will do as soon as I find the right settings on Media Encoder CC (if anyone can help btw, I'm taking any advice!), using Handbrake like suggested @SuperCatFooz makes the task tedious for me due to the multiple renders I must do :(

                                List of Projects and Themes: https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/21766/list-of-projects-and-themes
                                Creator of Animated Screensavers: https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/12733/animated-screensavers
                                Buy me a coffee: https://buymeacoffee.com/malixx

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                                  DarishZone Banned @Malixx
                                  last edited by DarishZone

                                  @malixx said in Animated Screensavers:

                                  @darishzone I will do as soon as I find the right settings on Media Encoder CC (if anyone can help btw, I'm taking any advice!), using Handbrake like suggested @SuperCatFooz makes the task tedious for me due to the multiple renders I must do :(

                                  Thank you! With your tutorial i managed to get videos working, so they play random when screensaver is activated, it is so great but my PI3B is stressed, menu became clunky and unresponsive. I'm afraid the video size is too big. I will also check if 720p videos could improve performance.

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                                  • MalixxM
                                    Malixx @DarishZone
                                    last edited by Malixx

                                    @darishzone I have made some tweaks and I can go down to 6,95 Mo and the quality is not that bad, maybe I will stick to it.

                                    https://mega.nz/#!GCYGBKDJ!x8os-2iBtdGqfE6s5P5_zxrniNErj9pqUeoTMnTKqSw

                                    List of Projects and Themes: https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/21766/list-of-projects-and-themes
                                    Creator of Animated Screensavers: https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/12733/animated-screensavers
                                    Buy me a coffee: https://buymeacoffee.com/malixx

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                                      DarishZone Banned
                                      last edited by DarishZone

                                      Seems good man. Meanwhile i've tried YT videos, downloaded via jdownloader at 1080p, size is around 10mb each, some quality loss but acceptable. But the set lacks your latest works.

                                      Seems a LOT better with 10mb videos.

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                                      • MalixxM
                                        Malixx @DarishZone
                                        last edited by Malixx

                                        @darishzone Can you post the details of the video files you end up with? (Right click > Proprieties > Details > Video > Bitrates, Framerate...) Maybe I can reproduce your process without the download from YT, or should I stick with the 6.95 Mo like in my previous post?

                                        List of Projects and Themes: https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/21766/list-of-projects-and-themes
                                        Creator of Animated Screensavers: https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/12733/animated-screensavers
                                        Buy me a coffee: https://buymeacoffee.com/malixx

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                                          DarishZone Banned @Malixx
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                                          @malixx said in Animated Screensavers:

                                          @darishzone Can you post the details of the video files you end up with? (Right click > Proprieties > Details > Video > Bitrates, Framerate...) Maybe I can reproduce your process without the download from YT, or should I stick with the 6.95 Mo like in my previous post?

                                          Sure, tested 1 hour of screensaver rolling and menu still snappy, while with 40mb videos start to became unresponsive and laggy.
                                          I've found that some videos are in fact around 5mb.
                                          Here's files info
                                          Dimension: 1920x1080
                                          Codec: H.264, AAC
                                          Color profile: HD (1-1-1)
                                          Lenght: 30
                                          Birate: 2482
                                          Framerate: 30

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                                          • MalixxM
                                            Malixx @DarishZone
                                            last edited by

                                            @darishzone Ok thank you! It's pretty close from the test I made :)

                                            List of Projects and Themes: https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/21766/list-of-projects-and-themes
                                            Creator of Animated Screensavers: https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/12733/animated-screensavers
                                            Buy me a coffee: https://buymeacoffee.com/malixx

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