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    • alphatoanantA
      alphatoanant
      last edited by

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

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        • mituM
          mitu Global Moderator @GeekOB
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          @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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          • GeekOBG
            GeekOB
            last edited by

            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

              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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              • FrakatchooF
                Frakatchoo
                last edited by

                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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                • mituM
                  mitu Global Moderator @Frakatchoo
                  last edited by

                  @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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                  • HurricaneFanH
                    HurricaneFan
                    last edited by

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

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                    • FrakatchooF
                      Frakatchoo @mitu
                      last edited by

                      @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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                      • FrakatchooF
                        Frakatchoo @HurricaneFan
                        last edited by

                        @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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                        • mituM
                          mitu Global Moderator @Frakatchoo
                          last edited by mitu

                          @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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                          • FrakatchooF
                            Frakatchoo @mitu
                            last edited by

                            @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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                            • GeekOBG
                              GeekOB
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                              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

                                @Frakatchoo thank you, 100% works now :)

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                                • GeekOBG
                                  GeekOB
                                  last edited by

                                  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

                                    @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

                                      @GeekOB +1 for Nostalgia Pure Lite :)

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                                      • GeekOBG
                                        GeekOB @gavmacmac
                                        last edited by

                                        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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                                        • FrakatchooF
                                          Frakatchoo @GeekOB
                                          last edited by Frakatchoo

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

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