[ES Theme] Nostalgia Pure

mitu

@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.

GeekOB

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?

mitu

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.

Frakatchoo

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).

mitu

@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 ?

HurricaneFan

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

Frakatchoo

@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 ;)

Frakatchoo

@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 ;)

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.

Frakatchoo

@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.

GeekOB

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

argnara

@Frakatchoo thank you, 100% works now :)

GeekOB

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.

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.

gavmacmac

@GeekOB +1 for Nostalgia Pure Lite :)

GeekOB

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

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.

d33j4y

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

ReadyPlayaWon

@d33j4y said in [ES Theme] Nostalgia Pure:

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

The important factor is the version of Emulationstation

Will it work on the official ES that comes with Retropie 4.6 ?

No.

it will only work on a Fork of Emulationstation that supports videos on system view.

d33j4y

The idea of replacing system view videos with png images was something I read up in a previous post on this thread! I wasn’t sure if this was implemented in the theme already or needed to be done manually in order for this theme to work on Rpi4 Retropie!?