Go do I get permission to edit photos on a es theme ?

[bigbellyman]

I have set up my pi 4 using retro pie official release. I’ve customised the splash screen and run command screen with personalised videos and photos . Now I want to edit certain photos in an Es theme ? Any ideas ? I’ve tried doing it through winscp but don’t have permission

[pajordan]

@bigbellyman you can copy your edited file somewhere that you have permission, and then do a sudo cp to the theme location. you should probably quit emulation station first.

[mitu]

It actually works without quitting ES. Copy the theme folder from /etc/emulationstation/themes to /home/pi/.emulationstation/themes (the latter folder might not exist, just create it). You can then edit the theme where you copied - you should give it a different name (rename the theme folder).

[pajordan]

@mitu said in Go do I get permission to edit photos on a es theme ?:

It actually works without quitting ES.

Good to know - thanks!

[bigbellyman]

@mitu yea I tried that . How do I load the theme from that location . I must be doing something wrong

[mitu]

@bigbellyman What's the name of the folder you created in $HOME/.emulationstation/themes with the new theme ? The name of the folder is used by EmulationStation as the theme name.

[bigbellyman]

@mitu /home/pi/ .emulationstation/themes/joshstheme

[mitu]

@bigbellyman This looks ok - aren't you able to choose the theme from the EmulationStation list of themes ?

[bigbellyman]

@mitu I cant choose it from list of themes . in the ui settings/theme set menu . nor is it available on es themes through option menu ? I must be doing something wrong

[mitu]

@bigbellyman Does your theme folder contains all the files from the original theme - including the theme.xml file ?

[bigbellyman]

@mitu yes it does at the last file in the directory

[bigbellyman]

@bigbellyman I’ll start from the beginning see if it makes a difference

[bigbellyman]

@bigbellyman worked like a dream . I approached it slightly different. Copied the theme I wanted to edit to my pc and edited it all there and then copied it over no problems.