Videos not playing in lists and screensaver after conversion

metalox · 24 Jan 2021, 09:39

Pi Model: 4B 1GB
Power Supply used: Official Raspberry Pi Power Supply
RetroPie Version Used: 4.7.4
Built From: retropie-buster-4.7.1-rpi4_400.img downloaded from the Retropie website
USB Devices connected: Keyboard
Controller used: N64 Controller - Generic, "Switch Co Ltd."
Error messages received: None
Verbose log (if relevant): N/A
Guide used: (Mention if you followed a guide): https://github.com/hiulit/RetroPie-Convert-Videos
File: (File with issue - with FULL path): N/A
Emulator: (Name of emulator - if applicable): Emulator Station / Mame
Attachment of config files: (PLEASE USE PASTEBIN.COM FOR LARGE LOGS): N/A
How to replicate the problem: N/A

The Issue: Videos not playing in lists and screensaver.
I used the Steven Self’s optional scraper package to scrape.
I reading this thread:
https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/25360/scraped-videos-not-playing/7?_=1611408436661

I have read and posted on an older thread (see below) and seacrhed the forum. I have tried the suggestions (see below) but I can't get this working.

I followed the instuctions to use @hiulit 's script: RetroPie Convert Videos v3.2.0 recode all the videos with --to-ces "yuv420p"
https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/15764/script-retropie-convert-videos

That all seemed to run fine. I moved the new videos to the images folder (and removed the original video files) However the videos still do not play.

All my roms are in ~/RetroPie/roms/arcade/
The videos, and jpgs, are in ~/RetroPie/roms/arcade/images/
If there is only a jpg this is shown in the list, if there is a video nothing shows. Screensaver does not work (black screen). I have tested one of the converted videos - It plays fine in th VLC player.

What am I doing wrong? ;-)
Any help would be much appreciated :-)

mitu · 24 Jan 2021, 15:59

Did you overwrite the existing videos or added them to a different path ? Just copying the files won't make EmulationStation use them, the gamelist.xml that stores the video path must point to the correct video files.

metalox · 24 Jan 2021, 17:22

@mitu said in Videos not playing in lists and screensaver after conversion:

Did you overwrite the existing videos or added them to a different path ? Just copying the files won't make EmulationStation use them, the gamelist.xml that stores the video path must point to the correct video files.

After running the conversion script I deleted all the original .mp4 video files in ~/RetroPie/roms/arcade/images/ and moved the new, converted files into images/ the file names did not change. gamelist.xml has a corresponding entry with the path to the video files.

pi@retropie:~/RetroPie/roms/arcade/images $ ls -l 1942*
-rw-r--r-- 1 pi pi 16577 Jan 23 11:33 1942-image.jpg
-rw-r--r-- 1 pi pi 1282105 Jan 23 17:44 1942-video.mp4
-rw-r--r-- 1 pi pi 19362 Jan 23 11:33 1942a-image.jpg
-rw-r--r-- 1 pi pi 2274551 Jan 23 20:04 1942a-video.mp4
-rw-r--r-- 1 pi pi 6860 Jan 23 11:33 1942b-image.jpg
-rw-r--r-- 1 pi pi 2137617 Jan 23 19:26 1942b-video.mp4

Excerpt from ~/RetroPie/roms/arcade/gamelist.xml

<game id="1942" source="adb.arcadeitalia.net">
...
<video>./images/1942-video.mp4</video>
</game>

If I could find a video file that is know to work, for any one of my roms, I could test maybe?

** EDITED TYPOS - 1941/1942 **

mitu · 24 Jan 2021, 17:54

@metalox Just a thought, is the gamelist view style option in EmulationStation set to video or automatic ?

metalox · 24 Jan 2021, 18:10

@mitu it was on video I changed to automatic and rebooted - no change.

mitu · 24 Jan 2021, 18:46

@metalox Can you upload one of the faulty videos so we can take a look at it ?

metalox · 24 Jan 2021, 19:03

@mitu I will do so in a minute... in the meantime I tried playing the videos with omxplayer from the command line and omxplayer will not play the videos - so I guess it is a codecs problem. I thought the script I ran was supposed to fix that - oh well ;-)

I downloaded a couple of test videos from here
https://test-videos.co.uk/
(Jellyfish is pretty)
they play fine from command line. I copied and renamed one of these into arcade/images and it plays immediately in the Game Lists :-)

So it seems to be a codecs / omxplayer compatibility thing.

Can I set another option in @hiulit sctipt for --to-ces ?
I used the reccomened:

metalox · 24 Jan 2021, 19:06

as for uploading a problem video, as requested, I can upload an image but not a video - how can I do that please?

mitu · 24 Jan 2021, 19:10

@metalox Use a file uploading service, the file is too large for the forum. However, if you've tested the file with omxplayer and it doesn't work, then it means it's a codecs issue.
To get the video info in detail, run

ffmpeg -i <pah/to/file>

and post the output, should be easier than uploading the file.

metalox · 24 Jan 2021, 19:12

I think I found the problem after all in the retropie-convert-videos-settings.cfg file for the script I have:
to_ces = "yuv444p"
which I think should be:
to_ces = "yuv420p"

I will try and run the script again and report back. This will take server hours.

metalox · 24 Jan 2021, 19:22

@mitu

pi@retropie:~ $ ffmpeg -i RetroPie/roms/arcade/images/005-video.mp4
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Input #0, mov,mp4,m4a,3gp,3g2,mj2, from 'RetroPie/roms/arcade/images/005-video.mp4':
Metadata:
major_brand : isom
minor_version : 512
compatible_brands: isomiso2avc1mp41
title : 005 [MAME]
artist : Progetto VideoSnaps by motoschifo & AntoPISA [gameplay by adolfo69]
encoder : Lavf58.20.100
comment : Created with: Mame version 0.162,
: Played by: adolfo69,
: Game name: 005 - 005,
: Date game played: 21 giugno 2015,
: Date video creation: 2 novembre 2015,
: Type: shortplay single-screen,
: Manufacturer: Sega,
: Display resolution: 224x256px (rotated by 270°),
: Link for info: http://adb.arcadeitalia.net/?mame=005,
: Copyright (C) - All rights reserved - Tutti i marchi e loghi appartengono ai rispettivi proprietari
genre : MAME video preview (shortplay)
Duration: 00:00:37.72, start: 0.000000, bitrate: 174 kb/s
Stream #0:0(und): Video: h264 (High 4:4:4 Predictive) (avc1 / 0x31637661), yuv444p, 224x256 [SAR 6:7 DAR 3:4], 56 kb/s, 29.97 fps, 29.97 tbr, 11988 tbn, 59.94 tbc (default)
Metadata:
handler_name : VideoHandler
Stream #0:1(und): Audio: aac (LC) (mp4a / 0x6134706D), 48000 Hz, stereo, fltp, 108 kb/s (default)
Metadata:
handler_name : SoundHandler
At least one output file must be specified

metalox · 25 Jan 2021, 09:43

@mitu
SOLVED - everything is working now. Thank you for your help.

Recap - in case it helps anyone else:

Problem: videos would not play after scraping, using Steven Selph's Scraper (optional package)

Solution - run RetroPie-Convert-Videos script by @hiulit to convert the videos using option: --to-ces "yuv420p"
https://github.com/hiulit/RetroPie-Convert-Videos

Replace the original video files with the converted video files.

My mistake: specifying the wrong option parameter for --to-ces

To test a video file will play: exit emulation station to the command line and try to run the video using omxplayer
$ omxplayer <path to video file>

Video files for testing are available here:
https://test-videos.co.uk/