retropi doesn't show video but sound works?

mitu

Are you using the accelerated video player in Emulationstion (omxplayer) in Emulationstation ? Switch it off and restart ES, then try again to see if videos are shown.
Also, when opening a support topic, please provide the info asked in https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/3/read-this-first to know which release/version/system type are you using.

Deltax5

@mitu said in retropi doesn't show video but sound works?:

accelerated video player in Emulationstion

Pi Model or other hardware: (B, B+, 2 B, 3, X86 PC etc..)
Raspberry pi 3b

Sd card used: samsung 256gb micro sd card

Power Supply used: (If using a Pi)
canakit

RetroPie Version Used (eg 3.6, 3.8.1, 4.1 - do not write latest):
4.5

Built From: (Pre made SD Image on RetroPie website, Berryboot, or on top of existing OS etc.. - please provide the filename of any image used)
stock from site

USB Devices connected:
standered keyboard, usb snes adapter
Controller used:
Snes controller with usb snes adapter

Emulator: (Name of emulator - if applicable)
Final burn neo tested so far
Attachment of config files: (PLEASE USE PASTEBIN.COM FOR LARGE LOGS)

Deltax5

I hanv'nt used my pi for the longest time. Used to work fine. it's really giving me greef now. THe acceleration in the menu when presing start in the menu menu of retro pi makes the video's not work, when off it just shows a black screen.
Is there a option in another setting i should change to fix my problem?
When i get home im going to try another source with the scraper. I couldn't find skyscraper last night. ill see if i can find more info about it.

Deltax5

i am trying skyscraper right now. this one takes longer thou.

Deltax5

just tried the pc engine section with skyscraper. Now it works. I used italia site with the Selph's Scraper and it was messed. I hope the arcade games scrap ok cuz i deleted the old one's and started scraping with skyscraper. It does take alot longer. probably all night.

Deltax5

ok this is getting on my nerves. it works fine with other consoles but for arcade, using a final burn neo set.
I tried reformatting my sd card then putting fresh retro pi. It still won't show the video's. With hardware acceleration it doesn't play the video at all. THe pc engine cd games seem to play fine. whats going on?
Where does skyscraper place the video's. the box art displays fine. THe last time i scraped i extracted the video and it played fine on the computer.
I used the arcadedb database this time. and still.

mitu

@Deltax5 said in retropi doesn't show video but sound works?:

With hardware acceleration it doesn't play the video at all. THe pc engine cd games seem to play fine. whats going on?

The hardware accelerated video player doesn't like the videos from the Arcade collection, there's a known issue with those videos - the video codec is not compatible with omxplayer. Search the forum for similar topics, there are a few scripts that convert the videos to a compatible format.

Deltax5

@mitu it's pritty old. im surprised it hasn't been fixed yet.
Got a exact link of the script?
Also where are the video's located for skyscraper? Do i extract then re-encode then put them back then varify..
I found a topic and they used a program called handbrake. don't know what settings to change
https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/12210/neo-geo-and-arcade-not-showing-video-previews-steven-selph-scraper/51

mitu

@Deltax5 said in retropi doesn't show video but sound works?:

it's pritty old. im surprised it hasn't been fixed yet.

Given that omxplayer uses the hardware decoding support, it's not going to be easy to 'fix' the hardware.

Got a exact link of the script?

Here is one such script - https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/15764/script-retropie-convert-videos.

However, before going on the conversion path, why don't you use the built-in video player ? It also has - as of last November - hardware acceleration for videos that are supported by the PI's GPU.

Deltax5

Ok i saw that peaple had luck with screenscraper site. Damm it's slow site. It stoped responding so many times. Im triing it now with the username in. Hopfully it doesn't stop again.
Well it was working then one's that got scraped then i was scrolling down and saw some that did the same thing. ohh well.
Looking thru the folders using WinSCP i noticed skyscraper is located at /opt/retropie/configs/all/skyscraper/
Do i just copy the the cache folder and copy it to a new image when the time comes? will that work so i don't need to scrap them. Or do i put it in the import folder? It will save time then rescraping everything.
Ill prob convert the all the video's if i can do them all at once. There are over 5000 arcade games.

mitu

@Deltax5 said in retropi doesn't show video but sound works?:

Looking thru the folders using WinSCP i noticed skyscraper is located at /opt/retropie/configs/all/skyscraper/
Do i just copy the the cache folder and copy it to a new image when the time comes? will that work so i don't need to scrap them. Or do i put it in the import folder? It will save time then rescraping everything.

You should really read the docs on Skyscraper - especially the part about the cache.