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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
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          @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
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                  @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
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                      @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
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                            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
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                                  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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                                      PISCES3988 @mitu
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                                      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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                                      • mituM
                                        mitu Global Moderator
                                        last edited by 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.

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                                          PISCES3988 @mitu
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                                          @mitu

                                          How do I get to that to modify It

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                                            PISCES3988 @PISCES3988
                                            last edited by

                                            @pisces3988

                                            Can you explain to me how to use code blocks so I'll have a better understanding of what
                                            I'm doing?

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