Video splash screen resolution issue

sdmrichie · 14 Nov 2017, 05:20

So I am back to having issues with this. I updated to retropie 4.3.5 earlier today and it seems to have removed the asplashscreen file from the init.d folder. Can someone tell me if this has been moved or how to make the above changes now?

mitu · 14 Nov 2017, 05:27

@sdmrichie The new start script should be in /opt/retropie/supplementary/splashscreen, since it has been converted into a systemd service the location has been changed.

sdmrichie · 14 Nov 2017, 05:29

@mitu thanks. I literally just found it, lol. I always seem to spend like an hour searching then find it 2 minutes after posting.

H3rmitPl4ys · 29 Apr 2018, 02:48

I am oddly having the same issue. Splashscreen loads but it doesn't cover the whole screen. audio and video plays.

mitu · 29 Apr 2018, 04:22

@h3rmitpl4ys Try to change the resolution of the video to be the same as the resolution of the screen. Maybe that will do it.

chicuelo · 9 Jan 2020, 15:43

@sdmrichie Can you explain where on the file you place the switch? and wich sentence you used. Im struggling with this
Thanks!

wawa · 14 Nov 2020, 18:42

@chicuelo I'm probably far too late, but I had the same issue so I'll clarify for anyone else who ends up here:

At the time of writing, the asplashscreen.sh file on retropie on my pi4b was located in /opt/retropie/supplementary/splashscreen (as mentioned by @mitu ).
The line we are looking for is omxplayer --no-osd -o both -b --layer 10000 "$line"

I checked the omxplayer reference here: https://github.com/popcornmix/omxplayer/blob/master/README.md
And decided to try changing the aspect mode from default to 'fill' (since my video was the exact dimensions of my screen).
omxplayer --no-osd -o both -b --layer 10000 --aspect-mode fill "$line"

This solved the problem for me! I've seen others suggest using --win or --crop as well, depending on your video and screen.

chicuelo · 16 Nov 2020, 01:14

@wawa Thanks! I have solved the issue some time ago changing the omx player line and setting fill to aspect mode.
Thanks!

wawa · 30 Nov 2020, 15:51

@chicuelo Actually, looks like I haven't solved it after all, as it appears that asplashscreen.sh keeps getting overwritten.... did you happen to run into this issue?

chicuelo · 30 Nov 2020, 19:23

@wawa My issue was over with that. changing that from the editor was enough to make it work.
Make sure you type all the correct characters and texts leaving no room for Retropie to rewrite that info