runcommand launching images for ANY theme

AndersHP

I love this script, still uses it today.
However, I have to crop the images in photoshop afterwards, since neither of my builds hold a widescreen monitor.

I'd love for the script to have a widescreen/4:3 toggle in the setup part :)

Uskompuf

@AndersHP +1 for the Resolution option can the script check what current resolution is and use that?

meleu

@AndersHP @Uskompuf
hey guys, I heard your voices! Could you update the package and check if it's working as you want?

Just to remember:
RetroPie Setup > Manage packages > exp > launchingimages > Update (from pre-built binary)

And then generate the images again. ;)

By the way, maybe this feature request would get more visibility in the issue tracker: https://github.com/meleu/generate-launching-images/issues/

Cheers!

Uskompuf

@meleu I just tried to update from binary on a pi 4 but nothing seems to have changed.

meleu

@Uskompuf
can you show me the output of these two commands?, please:

cat /sys/class/graphics/fb0/virtual_size

and

fbset -s

[UPDATE]
By the way, I didn't added an option, but made the script detect the aspect ratio.

Uskompuf

@meleu Ok so I've just double-checked and retropie says it's updated. What I did was run the script for "arcade", the preview image still showed 16:9 and I checked by booting an actual game that it was 16:9.

Here is the output from those commands:

cat /sys/class/graphics/fb0/virtual_size

1280,1024

fbset -s

mode "1280x1024"
    geometry 1280 1024 1280 1024 32
    timings 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    accel true
    rgba 8/16,8/8,8/0,0/0
endmode

All I can think is that there is an error in the script as the resolutions listed above are correct or there is an issue updating?

Let me know what I can do to help debug.

Thanks

meleu

@Uskompuf thanks for you info, it made me realize that I needed to make a better calculation to detect the aspect ratio.

Can you try to update and generate the images again? They'll hopefully be 4:3 this time.

Uskompuf

@meleu I tried updating but it said I already had latest version, then image was still 16:9.

Could it be because I'm on pi 4?

meleu

@Uskompuf said in runcommand launching images for ANY theme:

Could it be because I'm on pi 4?

nop. It's totally unrelated.

my suggestion: remove the launching image package and then reinstall it.

Uskompuf

@meleu said in runcommand launching images for ANY theme:

my suggestion: remove the launching image package and then reinstall it.

Ok I will give that a try and report back

Uskompuf

@meleu I've reinstalled the package but still behaviour generating 16:9 images, how can we debug?

Uskompuf

@Uskompuf This might help, My resolution is 1280x1024, the generated image is 1024x576 not sure if rotation or something is wrong?

Thanks

meleu

@Uskompuf said in runcommand launching images for ANY theme:

how can we debug?

please, copy and paste the command below on your raspi (it'll create a launching image for --system nes):

bash -x /opt/retropie/supplementary/launchingimages/generate-launching-images.sh -t carbon --system nes --no-ask 2> ~/launchingimage.log

# assuming you have netcat installed
nc termbin.com 9999 < ~/launchingimage.log

After the last command you'll probably have a termbin link. Post that link here so I can check what's going wrong.

Uskompuf

@meleu said in runcommand launching images for ANY theme:

nc termbin.com 9999 < ~/launchingimage.log

Here's the link:

https://termbin.com/scjc

meleu

@Uskompuf said in runcommand launching images for ANY theme:

@meleu said in runcommand launching images for ANY theme:

nc termbin.com 9999 < ~/launchingimage.log

Here's the link:

https://termbin.com/scjc

thanks, I think I've fixed now.
Can you update and try again?
(or remove-reinstall)

Uskompuf

@meleu Ok some progress with this update, the image now seems to be 768x576 which is a closer expect ratio but there are top and bottom black bars still.

Here is the output of that debug command again: https://termbin.com/uppt

Thanks

meleu

@Uskompuf alright, now I'm being very faithful to the current aspect ratio of the screen.

can you update and try again?

Uskompuf

@meleu Working perfectly now!

Thanks for your amazing work on this project.

steeeb

Great work on this.

Any idea of when you might be able to support themes with variables and includes? (I assume you'd "process" the theme and spit out XML and use that or something?).

jpmontevideo

Buenas que tal? Consulta ya que observe que mucha información sobre imagenes al cargar los juegos.
Tengo configurado para que me aparezca las caratulas pero solamente en mame. Los pasos que realicé fueron retropie setup, configuration
tools, runcomands y en Launch menu art modifico a enable.
Cual es la razon de porque solo me aparecen las caratulas de mame al cargar los juegos? Solamente quiero las mismas caratulas que me aparecen en el emulation station . Un Splash Screen de las cratulas al cargar el juego. Muchas gracias