Splashscreen Video not playing every time

Manukan

Hello there,

I try to figure out why my Splashscreen-Video is not playing everytime (only 2 out of 5 times)
I put my video on my external USB-Drive at "/home/pi/RetroPie/splashscreens/"
I thought that my USB-Drive is not mounting in time, so I mount it first before Emulationsstation starts, but it does not work every time.
Does anyone have similar problems and know how to fix this?

RaspberryPi 3B(1gbRam)
Power Supply: Original
Retropie V4.8
Controller: DragonRise inc. Generic USB Joystick (2x)

Greetings from germany

mitu

@Manukan said in Splashscreen Video not playing every time:

I thought that my USB-Drive is not mounting in time, so I mount it first before Emulationsstation starts, but it does not work every time.

The splashscreen is not played by EmulationStation, it's a separate service that's started earlier during the boot sequence. Most likely the USB is not available at the time it starts, so it's best to use a 'local' (i.e. on the SD card) folder for the videos/images used by the splashscreen.

Manukan

@mitu thanks for the quick response!
sry I am new to retropie, how can I set the folder for my Splashscreens?

Greetings from germany

mitu

@Manukan You can use the splashscreen configuration menu and choose the videos/images - https://retropie.org.uk/docs/Splashscreen/.

Manukan

@mitu It is still only playing every time, can I start this service earlier in the boot-process to make it more consistent?

mitu

@Manukan said in Splashscreen Video not playing every time:

@mitu It is still only playing every time, can I start this service earlier in the boot-process to make it more consistent?

Not sure what you mean, the splashscreen service is already started pretty early during the boot sequence.