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    alphatoanant
    last edited by 28 Aug 2020, 22:46

    This is beautiful! Nicely done

    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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      GeekOB
      last edited by 29 Aug 2020, 19:18

      I'm wondering if I missed something for making this work on the RPi4, can you assist @mitu?
      Thank you,

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        mitu Global Moderator @GeekOB
        last edited by 29 Aug 2020, 19:57

        @GeekOB said in [ES Theme] Nostalgia Pure:

        I'm wondering if I missed something for making this work on the RPi4, can you assist @mitu?

        I intended to give it a try, but after looking at the size of the theme, I gave up. If the theme uses something that's specific to other EmulationStation forks (Recalbox/Batocera), then it won't work with the RetroPie version.

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          GeekOB
          last edited by 29 Aug 2020, 20:47

          Thank you for your input @mitu. Yes, the theme is quite heavy as all the system screens are actually 1080p mp4 files (around 1 min long each). I tried running it on windows using the same version as @argnara, but I get the same generic theme-less ES view.
          I'm actually not sure if the fullscreen video is the deal-breaker here or maybe video is not supported on "main" system selection screen.
          @Frakatchoo what ES version are you using in windows?

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            mitu Global Moderator @GeekOB
            last edited by 30 Aug 2020, 03:14

            As far as I know, videos in system view are not supported by the RetroPie EmulationStation fork. On Windows, you may try @f-caruso's fork (https://github.com/fabricecaruso/EmulationStation) and see if it works.

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              Frakatchoo
              last edited by 30 Aug 2020, 15:29

              Hi guys !

              Here's the EmulationStation version i'm using, and yes like @mitu said, it's a fork of EmulationStation by Fabrice Caruso.
              As I know, my theme can run on some recent Retropie configs, but it's a bit laggy on RPI, I recommend using it on Windows (with an updated ES).

              emulationstation.jpg

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                mitu Global Moderator @Frakatchoo
                last edited by 30 Aug 2020, 15:46

                @Frakatchoo said in [ES Theme] Nostalgia Pure:

                As I know, my theme can run on some recent Retropie configs, but it's a bit laggy on RPI,

                Have you actually tested it on RetroPie or did you use something like Batocera or Recalbox ?

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                  HurricaneFan
                  last edited by 30 Aug 2020, 16:21

                  Is there a way to use system images instead of videos on the systems view?

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                    Frakatchoo @mitu
                    last edited by 30 Aug 2020, 16:29

                    @mitu I'm using a portable version of EmulationStation (like Retrobat).
                    I don't have tested yet on RPI OS (Recalbox, Retropie, ...) but I've already have some feedbacks and it's a bit laggy on RPI. A solution is to convert all HD videos to 720p ;)

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                      Frakatchoo @HurricaneFan
                      last edited by 30 Aug 2020, 16:35

                      @HurricaneFan Yes, you have to edit the theme.xml.
                      I think you just have too delete this tag entry :

                      <video name="md_video" extra="true">
                            <path>./_assets/backgrounds/${system.theme}.mp4</path>
                      	  <tile>false</tile>
                            <color>FFFFFFFF</color>
                           <origin>0 0</origin>
                      		<pos>0 0</pos>
                      		<size>1 1</size>
                            <maxSize>1 1</maxSize>
                            <delay>0</delay>
                      	  <showSnapshotNoVideo>true</showSnapshotNoVideo>
                      	<showSnapshotDelay>true</showSnapshotDelay>
                       </video>
                      

                      And change the background image to a dynamique background :

                      Search for :

                      <path>./_assets/system-global-bg.png</path>
                      

                      And change it to :

                      <path>./_assets/backgrounds/${system.theme}.png</path> 
                      

                      Of course, you have to add background images in the right folder ;)

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                        mitu Global Moderator @Frakatchoo
                        last edited by mitu 30 Aug 2020, 16:41

                        @Frakatchoo said in [ES Theme] Nostalgia Pure:

                        @mitu I'm using a portable version of EmulationStation (like Retrobat).

                        RetroBat uses @f-caruso's EmulationStation fork, which is different than the fork used in RetroPie.

                        I don't have tested yet on RPI OS (Recalbox, Retropie, ...) but I've already have some feedbacks and it's a bit laggy on RPI. A solution is to convert all HD videos to 720p ;)

                        I think your theme is not compatible with RetroPie's EmulationStation fork and will not work in RetroPie as is.

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                          Frakatchoo @mitu
                          last edited by 30 Aug 2020, 17:20

                          @mitu As I know, the theme is compatible with RPI, but I don't know if it's on Retropie or Recalbox, the EmulationStation fork have to be compatible with videos on systems view, that's right.

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                            GeekOB
                            last edited by 30 Aug 2020, 18:26

                            Very informative, thank you both @mitu and @Frakatchoo. I'll try the other ES fork for windows

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                              argnara @Frakatchoo
                              last edited by 31 Aug 2020, 19:09

                              @Frakatchoo thank you, 100% works now :)

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                                GeekOB
                                last edited by 2 Sept 2020, 15:23

                                I've created PNG files to replace the videos for all system selection screens, so now it's RetroPie compatible (I called it Nostalgia Pure Lite). @Frakatchoo, let me know if you'd like me to upload it somewhere so that you can link it on your first post above.
                                There's a few systems missing still like AmigaCD32, Channel F, openbor, TI99 and PSP Minis, I went to the Launchbox forums links you specified but still couldn't find them.

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                                  Yobiwan @GeekOB
                                  last edited by Yobiwan 9 Jun 2020, 06:28 6 Sept 2020, 05:28

                                  @GeekOB That's awsome ! I'm interested by your "Nostalgia Pure Lite" version ! I'm currently stuck with Showcase theme and I'd like to upgrade to something more... aesthetically up to date.

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                                    gavmacmac @GeekOB
                                    last edited by 6 Sept 2020, 14:58

                                    @GeekOB +1 for Nostalgia Pure Lite :)

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                                      GeekOB @gavmacmac
                                      last edited by 6 Sept 2020, 15:03

                                      Thanks @gavmacmac and @Yobiwan. I would love to post it, but I really need @Frakatchoo's permission first, it's his work.

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                                        Frakatchoo @GeekOB
                                        last edited by Frakatchoo 9 Jul 2020, 18:22 7 Sept 2020, 17:17

                                        @GeekOB No problem, share the link and I add it to the first post ;)
                                        All the systems you are talking about (CD32,Channel F,Openbor,...) are available and downloadable from the launchbox forum.

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                                          d33j4y @Frakatchoo
                                          last edited by 9 Sept 2020, 04:27

                                          Will this actually work on a Rpi4 8gb via Retropie latest 4.6.x build?

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