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    • ClydeC
      Clyde @PISCES3988
      last edited by Clyde

      @pisces3988 In addition to what @mitu said, if your /opt/retropie/configs/all/runcommand-onstart.sh isn't longer than the 16 lines the instructions told you to add to this file, you could just post its contents here in a code block instead of uploading it to pastebin.com.

      This is a code block. You cane make one by clicking on the button named "code" with the symbol </> in the forum's editor.

      Just in the case that you have problems with the upload to pastebin.com. We only need to see the contents of your runcommand-onstart.sh in some way.

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        PISCES3988 @Clyde
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        @clyde

        Can you explain how to use code block???

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          PISCES3988 @PISCES3988
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          @pisces3988

          Is this the runcommand-onstart.sh your talking about to upload to pastebin, This is the one I uploaded to pastebin

          pi@retropie:~ $ cat /dev/shm/runcommand/logs
          cat: /dev/shm/runcommand/logs: No such file or directory
          pi@retropie:~ $ cat /dev/shm/runcommand.logs
          cat: /dev/shm/runcommand.logs: No such file or directory
          pi@retropie:~ $ cat /dev/shm/runcommand.log
          /opt/retropie/configs/all/runcommand-onstart.sh: line 7: /home/pi/RetroPie/video loadingscreens/: Is a directory
          Parameters:
          Executing: /opt/retropie/emulators/retroarch/bin/retroarch -L /opt/retropie/libr etrocores/lr-mame2003/mame2003_libretro.so --config /opt/retropie/configs/mame-l ibretro/retroarch.cfg "/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/mame-libretro/1941j.zip" --appendc onfig /dev/shm/retroarch.cfg
          pi@retropie:~ $ /opt/retropie/configs/all/runcommand-onstart.sh: line 7: /home/p i/RetroPie/videoloadingscreens/: Is a directory
          -bash: /opt/retropie/configs/all/runcommand-onstart.sh:: No such file or directo ry
          pi@retropie:~ $ Parameters:
          -bash: Parameters:: command not found
          pi@retropie:~ $ Executing: /opt/retropie/emulators/retroarch/bin/retroarch -L /o pt/retropie/libretrocores/lr-mame2003/mame2003_libretro.so --config /opt/retropi e/configs/mame-libretro/retroarch.cfg "/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/mame-libretro/1941 j.zip" --appendconfig /dev/shm/retroarch.cfg

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            PISCES3988 @PISCES3988
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            @pisces3988

            please tell me what I'm doing wrong

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            • ClydeC
              Clyde @PISCES3988
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              @pisces3988 said in Game launching video loading screens:

              Can you explain how to use code block???

              I already did in my example code block:

              This is a code block. You cane make one by clicking on the button named "code" with the symbol </> in the forum's editor.

              Is this the runcommand-onstart.sh your talking about to upload to pastebin

              No, this is your runcommand.log. To display your runcommand-onstart.sh, use this command:

              cat /opt/retropie/configs/all/runcommand-onstart.sh
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                PISCES3988 @Clyde
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                @clyde

                do I type the code block in the runcommand-onstart.sh

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                • ClydeC
                  Clyde @PISCES3988
                  last edited by

                  @pisces3988 No, the code block is a formatting option in this forum. It makes quoted program outputs much more readible.

                  Example without a code block:

                  pi@retropie:~ $ cat /dev/shm/runcommand.log
                  /opt/retropie/configs/all/runcommand-onstart.sh: line 7: /home/pi/RetroPie/video loadingscreens/: Is a directory
                  Parameters:
                  Executing: /opt/retropie/emulators/retroarch/bin/retroarch -L /opt/retropie/libr etrocores/lr-mame2003/mame2003_libretro.so --config /opt/retropie/configs/mame-l ibretro/retroarch.cfg "/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/mame-libretro/1941j.zip" --appendc onfig /dev/shm/retroarch.cfg
                  pi@retropie:~ $ /opt/retropie/configs/all/runcommand-onstart.sh: line 7: /home/p i/RetroPie/videoloadingscreens/: Is a directory
                  -bash: /opt/retropie/configs/all/runcommand-onstart.sh:: No such file or directo ry

                  And the same text in a code block:

                  pi@retropie:~ $ cat /dev/shm/runcommand.log
/opt/retropie/configs/all/runcommand-onstart.sh: line 7: /home/pi/RetroPie/video loadingscreens/: Is a directory
Parameters:
Executing: /opt/retropie/emulators/retroarch/bin/retroarch -L /opt/retropie/libr etrocores/lr-mame2003/mame2003_libretro.so --config /opt/retropie/configs/mame-l ibretro/retroarch.cfg "/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/mame-libretro/1941j.zip" --appendc onfig /dev/shm/retroarch.cfg
pi@retropie:~ $ /opt/retropie/configs/all/runcommand-onstart.sh: line 7: /home/p i/RetroPie/videoloadingscreens/: Is a directory
-bash: /opt/retropie/configs/all/runcommand-onstart.sh:: No such file or directo ry

                  The latter is much more readible. So just copy the contents of your runcommand-onstart.sh in your forum post in a code block.

                  It's bedtime now in my part of the world. See you tommorow.

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                    PISCES3988
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                    Can someone please make this easier, please with a cherry on top!

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                      PISCES3988 @PISCES3988
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                      @pisces3988

                      I really don't have a clear understanding of what I'm doing with all these different commands, just to get videoloadingscreens to work.

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                        PISCES3988 @PISCES3988
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                        @pisces3988

                        I have no programing or coding experience to pull this off easy, like someone that does.

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                        • mituM
                          mitu Global Moderator @PISCES3988
                          last edited by

                          @pisces3988 said in Game launching video loading screens:

                          I have no programing or coding experience to pull this off easy, like someone that does.

                          Adding some text to a file doesn't require programming/coding experience. The topic starter explains in detail how to do that, just editing a file.

                          Can someone please make this easier, please with a cherry on top!

                          Please check the contents of the /opt/retropie/configs/all/runcommand-onstart.sh file - open it in an editor, like you did when following the installation instructions - and post its contents here, surrounded by a block delimiters (three backticks - ```).

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                            PISCES3988 @mitu
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                            @mitu

                            Which editor should I use?

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                            • mituM
                              mitu Global Moderator @PISCES3988
                              last edited by

                              @pisces3988 said in Game launching video loading screens:

                              Which editor should I use?

                              Which editor did you use when you created the file in the first place ?

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                                PISCES3988 @mitu
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                                @mitu

                                Putty

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                                  PISCES3988 @PISCES3988
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                                  @pisces3988

                                  Then I tried it directly on the Rasperry Pi as well.

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                                  • mituM
                                    mitu Global Moderator
                                    last edited by

                                    Putty is not an editor, it's just a SSH client, used to connect to the Pi.

                                    Connect with Putty, to your Pi, then run

                                    cat /opt/retropie/configs/all/runcommand-onstart.sh

                                    then post the output here, surrounded by a block delimiters (three backticks - ```).

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                                      PISCES3988 @mitu
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                                      @mitu

                                      Where do I put the 3 backticks at, If that's what your asking?

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                                      • mituM
                                        mitu Global Moderator @PISCES3988
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                                        @pisces3988 I'm asking you to provide the output of that command. The backticks (code blocks delimiters) are for the forum, as @Clyde explained a few posts before.

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                                          PISCES3988 @mitu
                                          last edited by mitu

                                          pi@retropie:~ $ cat /opt/retropie/configs/all/runcommand-onstart.sh

                                          # Extract file name from Called ROM
gname="$(basename "$3")"
# build path to file and remove extension from ROM to add mp4 extension
# $HOME variable will help users that are not stick to raspberry ;)
ifgame="HOME/RetroPie/videoloadingscreens${gname%.*},mp4"
ifsystem="$HOME/RetroPie/videoloadingscreens/$1.mp4"
ls= $HOME/RetroPie/videoloadingscreens/
# If condition to check filename with -f switch, f means regular file
if [[ -f $ifgame ]]; then
    omxplayer "$ifgame" > /dev/null 2>&1
elif [[ -f $ifsystem ]]; then
     omxplayer "$ifsystem" > /dev/null 2>&1
elif [[ -f $default ]]; then
   omxplayer "$default" > /dev/null 2>&1
fi

                                          pi@retropie:~ $

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                                            PISCES3988 @PISCES3988
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                                            @pisces3988

                                            I don't know why some of the other words are bigger than the other words, it wasn't like that before.

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