Game launching video loading screens

PISCES3988

please tell me what I'm doing wrong

Clyde

@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

PISCES3988

@clyde

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

Clyde

@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.

PISCES3988

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

PISCES3988

@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.

PISCES3988

@pisces3988

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

mitu

@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 - ```).

PISCES3988

@mitu

Which editor should I use?

mitu

@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 ?

PISCES3988

@mitu

Putty

PISCES3988

@pisces3988

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

mitu

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 - ```).

PISCES3988

@mitu

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

mitu

@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.

PISCES3988

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:~ $

PISCES3988

@pisces3988

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

PISCES3988

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:~ $

mitu

It's because characters as # have special meaning in the forum post - they start a heading. If you would have added the code blocks, as asked, they would have appear like in the 1st post of the topic.
I added the code blocks to your post, so it shows correctly now.

Regarding your issue, you've modified the original script and replaced

 default="$HOME/RetroPie/videoloadingscreens/default.mp4"

with

ls= $HOME/RetroPie/videoloadingscreens/

that's why you get the error. Modify the line back, so it has the correct value.

PISCES3988

@mitu

How do I get to that to modify It