Game launching video loading screens

dmmarti

@pisces3988
So how are you typing the first command that shows default.mp4 in pink letters?

Please describe how you are doing it.

Are you pressing F4 to exit EmulationStation?
Are you using Putty from your PC and connecting to your Pi that way?

Also..when you are using your FTP program, what username are you using to connect with?

PISCES3988

@dmmarti

I typed the first command like this

ls $HOME/RetroPie/videoloadingscreens/

and yes I pressed F4 to exit emulationstation and I've used Putty, I've tried both.
The FTP Program, the username I used is pi and password raspberry.

dmmarti

@pisces3988
One last command to run and tell us the output.

Using both ways you used for the screenshots above.....

Access the terminal and type:
echo $HOME and press <enter>

Tell us the output from both ways you've been running the ls command.

PISCES3988

@dmmarti

When you mean terminal you mean hit F4 or not?

dmmarti

@pisces3988
The "terminal" is what the unix command line is called. It's where you've been typing these commands and pressing <enter> at.

When you press F4 while in EmulationStation, EmulationStation quits and you are at the "terminal" at that point.

When you use Putty and remotely access your Pi, you are automatically placed into the "terminal" at that point.

So, anyone who says "access the terminal" .. what they are telling you to do is (using whatever method you prefer) access your Pi and be at the unix command prompt so you can type unix commands.

PISCES3988

@dmmarti

Ok I just typed the command echo $HOME and pressed enter and it said /home/pi in white letters and then I typed ls $HOME/RetroPie/videoloadingscreens/ and I got default.mp4 in pink letters.

Then I tried to type the first command pi@pie4~ $ ls $HOME/RetroPie/videoloadingscreens

when I hit enter it said command not found could'nt get passed that what went wrong???

mitu

@pisces3988 said in Game launching video loading screens:

ls $HOME/RetroPie/videoloadingscreens

The command is

 ls $HOME/RetroPie/videoloadingscreens

not

pi@pie4~ $ ls $HOME/RetroPie/videoloadingscreens

PISCES3988

@mitu

That's what I typed , I made a typing mistake.

Where do I go from here now?

mitu

@pisces3988 What is the output of the command ?

PISCES3988

@mitu

The output of the command is default.mp4

I know yesterday I told you that it said mame.mp4 but someone else told me to change it
to default.mp4

mitu

@pisces3988 OK, in this case - is the video playing or you still get the 'file not found' error ?

PISCES3988

@mitu

I still get the file not found error

mitu

Can you post the output of the command

cat /dev/shm/runcommand.log

Run the game like normal, then exit the game. From SSH (or a command line), type the command above and post the output.

PISCES3988

@mitu

This is the output that I got

/opt/retropie/configs/all/runcommand-onstart.sh: line 7: /home/pi/RetroPie/videoloadingscreens/: Is a directory
Parameters:
Exexcuting: /opt/retropie/emulators/retroarch/bin/retroarch -L /opt/retropie/libretrocores/lr-mame2003/mame2003_libretro.so --config /opt/retropie/configs/mame-libretro/retroarch.cfg "/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/mame-libretro/1941j.zip" --appendconfig /dev/shm/retroarch.cfg

That's the output that I got.

mitu

The error in the log file indicates you've got an error in the /opt/retropie/configs/all/runcommand-onstart.sh, which should contain the commands explained in the topic starter.

Review the file and make sure all commands are correct, you capitalized the paths correctly, didn't add any extra spaces. You can upload the file - as is - to pastebin.com to check if there's anything wrong there.

PISCES3988

@mitu

you mean this file I just typed?

/opt/retropie/configs/all/runcommand-onstart.sh: line 7: /home/pi/RetroPie/videoloadingscreens/: Is a directory
Parameters:
Exexcuting: /opt/retropie/emulators/retroarch/bin/retroarch -L /opt/retropie/libretrocores/lr-mame2003/mame2003_libretro.so --config /opt/retropie/configs/mame-libretro/retroarch.cfg "/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/mame-libretro/1941j.zip" --appendconfig /dev/shm/retroarch.cfg

mitu

@pisces3988 I mean /opt/retropie/configs/all/runcommand-onstart.sh.

PISCES3988

@mitu

Well, I see a red line through retropie and a red line through runcommand-onstart.sh those are the only mistakes that I see.

PISCES3988

@mitu

Where do I go on from here???

Clyde

@pisces3988 What red lines? The runcommand-onstart.sh is just a plain text file that should't have any colour codes or the like. How do you display the file on your machine?

However, I think you really should upload your runcommand-onstart.sh to https://pastebin.com/ like @mitu suggested before. It's very hard for us to tell if or what is wrong with it just from your own descriptions.