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      peligwe
      last edited by peligwe

      Since I recently got an RPI4, I'm back into retro gaming and have been and new systems to my gaming setup. Looks like I got Philip's CD-I working and wanted to see if it could also be added to your theme?

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        alphatoanant @peligwe
        last edited by

        Hi @peligwe there is a folder for CDI in the theme called "cdi". Do you know what folder name emulationstation is looking for? If so I can update the name to that and it should work.

        My RetroPie Themes:
        Art Book https://github.com/anthonycaccese/es-theme-art-book
        Art Book Next https://github.com/anthonycaccese/art-book-next-retropie
        TFT https://github.com/anthonycaccese/es-theme-tft

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          HurricaneFan @alphatoanant
          last edited by

          @alphatoanant According to another post it looks like "cdimono1" is the folder name. I also double checked what RetroHursty uses for his themes and that matches up to the folder above.

          https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/12671/tutorial-cd-i-emulation-in-retropie-via-lr-mess-warning-slowdown-especially-during-fmv-but-surprisingly-playable

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            alphatoanant @HurricaneFan
            last edited by

            thank you @HurricaneFan! Just updated the source folder name to match and merged to github. That should do the trick after updating @peligwe.

            My RetroPie Themes:
            Art Book https://github.com/anthonycaccese/es-theme-art-book
            Art Book Next https://github.com/anthonycaccese/art-book-next-retropie
            TFT https://github.com/anthonycaccese/es-theme-tft

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              peligwe @alphatoanant
              last edited by

              @alphatoanant Sorry didn't get the chance to replay, family matters. Yes the cdimomo1 is the correct working folder. Will give it shot later today.

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                peligwe @alphatoanant
                last edited by

                @alphatoanant Just did an update and everything looks stellar. Once again thanks for the quick response.

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                • cellyC
                  celly
                  last edited by

                  Man! You can’t beat the support here. Although the CD-i stuff doesn’t pertain to me, Art Book is by far my favorite theme for my RPi. Always. Thanks again a million times @alphatoanant

                  Currently Playing: Tetris (Gameboy)

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                    PhoenixFlood
                    last edited by

                    Hello everyone! I've been tinkering but can't quite get the desired result. Is there a way to have the main menu icons to be colorized? I love the minimalisim of this theme, just want a touch of color to splash up the main menu. Again, just want to colorize the system logos on the main carousel.

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                    • HurricaneFanH
                      HurricaneFan @PhoenixFlood
                      last edited by

                      @PhoenixFlood You could swap out the logos with logos from a different theme. You just have to make sure you name the replacement files the same as the art book theme files.

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                        PhoenixFlood @HurricaneFan
                        last edited by

                        @HurricaneFan Thank you! That totally triggered a lighbulb of new ideas in a different direction!

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                          cnoto @PhoenixFlood
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                          @PhoenixFlood I actually had the same idea and swapped out the logos. 78863ACA-A9E6-47E9-83BE-61986BC692DD.jpeg A4AAF8F2-0596-40FA-A8BE-A8467302140B.jpeg

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                            anderocha
                            last edited by

                            Hello guys, what configuration to use a SCREENSHOT instead of the video?

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                              alphatoanant @anderocha
                              last edited by

                              @anderocha this happens somewhat automatically in EmulationStation depending on what you have scraped (If you have video scrapped it will show the video view for example)

                              So there are 2 ways I know of to have it display images:

                              1. Scrape only images for your games (do not scrape video) - this makes emulationstation show detail view by default
                                or
                              2. you can manually set the view to detail view in emulationstation settings (its under settings menu / ui settings)

                              My RetroPie Themes:
                              Art Book https://github.com/anthonycaccese/es-theme-art-book
                              Art Book Next https://github.com/anthonycaccese/art-book-next-retropie
                              TFT https://github.com/anthonycaccese/es-theme-tft

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                                gnargoyle
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                                @alphatoanant I have a couple questions. My guess is that I can fix these on my end, but I just bought a pre-made cabinet so I'm new to this.

                                1. Is there a way to remove the "favorite" and "launch" instruction imagery? It's not accurate to my button layout.

                                2. Any plans for a 5:4 aspect ratio version? Some of the font is too big/details are cut off, unless I can customize that?

                                3. Video doesn't seem to display in video mode, it's just a black rectangle.

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                                  alphatoanant @gnargoyle
                                  last edited by

                                  Hi @gnargoyle no worries and thank you for checking this out.

                                  Re: "Is there a way to remove the "favorite" and "launch" instruction imagery? It's not accurate to my button layout."

                                  Yes there is a way to remove those.

                                  In theme.xml under the root:

                                  <view name="basic,detailed,video">
                                  

                                  comment out or remove:

                                  <image name="help-random" extra="true">
                                   <path>./_inc/images/help-random.svg</path>
                                   <size>0.07734375 0.0263888888888889</size>
                                   </image>
                                  <image name="help-launch" extra="true">
                                   <path>./_inc/images/help-launch.svg</path>
                                   <size>0.071875 0.0263888888888889</size>
                                  </image>
                                  <image name="help-favorite" extra="true">
                                   <path>./_inc/images/help-favorite.svg</path>
                                   <size>0.08046875 0.0263888888888889</size>
                                  </image>
                                  

                                  As an alternative if you wanted to change keep the images and update them to your layout you could also edit the SVGs referenced above. I'd be glad to help with this if that helps.

                                  Re: Any plans for a 5:4 aspect ratio version? Some of the font is too big/details are cut off, unless I can customize that?

                                  Not currently. But I do have a 4:3 aspect ratio version that I think I could tweak into a 5:4 version more easily. I'll take a look this upcoming weekend and see what would be needed. The sizing in emulation station takes a little bit to wrap your head around but I think the 4:3 version could be a good base to work from.

                                  Re: Video doesn't seem to display in video mode, it's just a black rectangle.

                                  Are you able to hear audio from the video just not see it? There have been a few reports in the past of this and I recall they were fixed by making sure you were on the latest version of retropie/emulationstation. Artbook layering relies on a z-index property that isn't supported in older versions of emulationstation. You can try an update through the retropie setup menu (there are options to update in there) and see if that corrects the error.

                                  Hope this helps for now

                                  My RetroPie Themes:
                                  Art Book https://github.com/anthonycaccese/es-theme-art-book
                                  Art Book Next https://github.com/anthonycaccese/art-book-next-retropie
                                  TFT https://github.com/anthonycaccese/es-theme-tft

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                                    anderocha @alphatoanant
                                    last edited by

                                    @alphatoanant small update here ;)

                                    neogeo.PNG

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                                      cnoto @anderocha
                                      last edited by

                                      @anderocha That looks awesome! Is there a place where the new artwork and code is located?

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                                        alphatoanant @anderocha
                                        last edited by

                                        @anderocha nice work! looks clean.

                                        My RetroPie Themes:
                                        Art Book https://github.com/anthonycaccese/es-theme-art-book
                                        Art Book Next https://github.com/anthonycaccese/art-book-next-retropie
                                        TFT https://github.com/anthonycaccese/es-theme-tft

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                                          alphatoanant @alphatoanant
                                          last edited by alphatoanant

                                          @gnargoyle I have uploaded a version of art book for 5:4 resolutions to github just now.

                                          You can download it here: https://github.com/anthonycaccese/es-theme-art-book-5-4

                                          This should address the font, size and spacing oddities you were seeing on your 5:4 monitor

                                          My RetroPie Themes:
                                          Art Book https://github.com/anthonycaccese/es-theme-art-book
                                          Art Book Next https://github.com/anthonycaccese/art-book-next-retropie
                                          TFT https://github.com/anthonycaccese/es-theme-tft

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                                            pjft
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                                            Several years later, still the theme that I use the most on my set up. Well done. Hope you're doing great @alphatoanant

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