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    Creating ES gamelists with media for MAME/lr-mame/lr-mess

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      Folly @DTEAM
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      @DTEAM

      I found a solution here :https://forums.bannister.org/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=118963&Searchpage=1&Main=9230&Words=aviwrite+&Search=true#Post118963

      use -snapview native to record without artwork
      or
      use -snapsize 800x600 to record with artwork at lower resolution so speed is at an acceptable level.

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        Folly @DTEAM
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        @DTEAM

        I created the first 8 and did not record the artwork with it because we do not have all.
        So for uniformity I did it like this now.

        Can you have a look if it's ok like this ?

        Here are the files :
        https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1gubyMC_usVhNPsabmG23kYFf7aRvttQe

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          DTEAM @Folly
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          @Folly

          Sure. I'll finish « all in one » monday and jump on that after. For classich Some Games already included the artworks in the rom (some sports game)

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            Folly @DTEAM
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            @DTEAM

            I did the best I could and added the rest for classich ;-)

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              DTEAM @Folly
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              @Folly

              Do you agree If I cut 2 seconds of your "all in one" videos and put a maximum at 45 sec.? I would like to erase the grey transition at the beginning of some videos (like bittboy.mp4). I'll use ffmpeg to do that with this script.

              for %%a in ("*.mp4") do 01-ffmpeg -ss 00:00:02.0 -i "%%a" -c  copy -t 00:00:45.0 "newfiles\%%~na.mp4"
              pause
              

              BTW, if you want get youtube videos instead of your own. You can use this script.

              for  YOUR_HTTP_VIDEO_WEB_LINK do 01-ffmpeg -i "%%a" -pix_fmt yuv420p -crf 30 -vcodec libx264 -acodec aac "newfiles\%%~na.mp4"
              pause
              

              Reference : RetroPie - Convert Non-Functional videos to functional videos - Easy free batch method on Windows - also size reducer

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                Folly @DTEAM
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                @DTEAM

                I agree.

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                  DTEAM @Folly
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                  @Folly

                  "All in One" is now 100% completed (videos + images). You can dowload it from the google drive. I recommend re-downloading the whole thing including images and videos. I dowloaded your classich videos. thanks a lot.

                  For four systems, the theme use my marquee as images. I will have to create a dummy png as image to force those marqees to go at the good place.

                  For "all in one", your sarc110.mp4 and techni4.mp4 videos doesn't seem to work properly. For the second one, maybe it's the rom itself?

                  In the gamelist, sometime the year is unknown. I put 202? but it detect it as 2025. Have you an idea to show an unknow symbol as "?" or "x" in a digit sequence?

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                    Folly @DTEAM
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                    @DTEAM said in Creating ES gamelists with media for MAME/lr-mess:

                    For "all in one", your sarc110.mp4 and techni4.mp4 videos doesn't seem to work properly. For the second one, maybe it's the rom itself?

                    Will have a look at those two.
                    I remember one had indeed black screen, so the rom/driver seem to be bad.

                    In the gamelist, sometime the year is unknown. I put 202? but it detect it as 2025. Have you an idea to show an unknow symbol as "?" or "x" in a digit sequence?

                    That's indeed a tricky one, not sure either how to do that.
                    I will have a look.

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                      Folly @DTEAM
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                      @DTEAM

                      I can't get techni4 working, directly.
                      It respons to saying what buttons I press, not more than that.
                      I discovered when resetting with F3 the game actually works.
                      Perhaps something to add in the gamelist or if you are able to add it to the video would be also a good idea.
                      So I can make a video now with firs second cut out, added to my google-drive.
                      The -listxml option says :
                      driver status="imperfect" emulation="good"

                      I can't get sarc110 working, when I press w I get this screen :
                      2022-11-29-085051_1600x900_scrot_resized.png
                      -listxml option also says :
                      driver status="preliminary" emulation="preliminary"

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                        Folly @DTEAM
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                        @DTEAM said in Creating ES gamelists with media for MAME/lr-mess:

                        In the gamelist, sometime the year is unknown. I put 202? but it detect it as 2025. Have you an idea to show an unknow symbol as "?" or "x" in a digit sequence?

                        I saw this with techni4 too (201?).
                        Why don't you use that, it's probably more accurate making it 2015.
                        Agree ?

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                          DTEAM @DTEAM
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                          @DTEAM said in Creating ES gamelists with media for MAME/lr-mess:

                          In the gamelist, sometime the year is unknown. I put 202? but it detect it as 2025. Have you an idea to show an unknow symbol as "?" or "x" in a digit sequence?

                          I put unknown instead of the digital sequence and it works.

                          For four systems, the theme use my marquee as images. I will have to create a dummy png as image to force those marqees to go at the good place.

                          fixed! You can dowload it again.

                          I discovered when resetting with F3 the game actually works. Perhaps something to add in the gamelist or if you are able to add it to the video would be also a good idea.

                          Done

                          techni4

                          Your new video has been uploaded on my Google Drive

                          "All in one" is finished now !!!

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                            Folly @DTEAM
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                            @DTEAM

                            All great updates !
                            Will update asap ;-)

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                              Folly @DTEAM
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                              @DTEAM

                              I must say everything looks great now !

                              Not sure if this is the best approach :

                              <releasedate>unknown</releasedate>
                              

                              In emulationstation I see :
                              05/01/{910

                              Isn't it better to just do ? :

                              <releasedate/>
                              

                              To display :
                              unknown

                              I did not see a message in the description for techni4, can you add ? :
                              "Start the game by resetting with F3"

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                                DTEAM @Folly
                                last edited by DTEAM

                                @Folly said in Creating ES gamelists with media for MAME/lr-mess:

                                I did not see a message in the description for techni4, can you add ? :
                                "Start the game by resetting with F3"

                                It's strange, on my pi I read Unknown . Do you have the last ES update?
                                aio.jpg

                                For F3, maybe I forgot to save my file. I'll redo it. NEW EDIT: Done, on the drive now. The comment was with the wrong rom (sarc110 instead of techni4) Sorry for that.

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                                  Folly @DTEAM
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                                  @DTEAM

                                  I see that the F3 note is fixed.
                                  I tested the release tag on my pi4 (just like you have it) :
                                  2022-11-29-184005_1600x900_scrot_resized.png

                                  I tested the release tag on my VM x86_64 (gives 05/01/{910) :
                                  138in1.png

                                  Updated ES from source to the latest version, now gives :
                                  05/01/75910

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                                    DTEAM @Folly
                                    last edited by DTEAM

                                    @Folly
                                    Well, maybe it's a request for ES team! It's strange. I'm gonna let it as it for now and see if I can found some infos somewhere.

                                    How do you do to get clean picture on your PI?

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                                      Folly @DTEAM
                                      last edited by Folly

                                      @DTEAM

                                      Why not just use <release/>.
                                      Or is it that you want it filled in, so you know the release date is unknown.
                                      If so, you could add a note to the description.

                                      I always use an OS with Desktop environment installing RetroPie on top of that.
                                      So then I can just run ES from the Desktop and make screenshots with the print-screen-key of ES/mame or RetroArch.
                                      Testing or making videos becomes also more easy that way.

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                                        DTEAM @Folly
                                        last edited by DTEAM

                                        @Folly said in Creating ES gamelists with media for MAME/lr-mess:

                                        Why not just use <release/>.

                                        Done, now on the G Drive. I'll continue with classich and your videos

                                        BTW, Geigeki Go Go Shooting is a fun game and good stuff in the other systems as Seal 50-in-1! (Tiger rescue game). "All in one" is a great addition to Retropie!

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                                          Folly @DTEAM
                                          last edited by Folly

                                          @DTEAM

                                          Done, now on the G Drive. I'll continue with classich and your videos

                                          Perfect, looks the same now on my VM, saying "unknown" !

                                          BTW, Geigeki Go Go Shooting is a fun game and good stuff in the other systems as Seal 50-in-1! (Tiger rescue game). "All in one" is a great addition to Retropie!

                                          I agree.
                                          Now that we have the videos we have a much better overview of the good stuff ;-)
                                          Btw. I had some trouble pressing a button that enabled "pause".
                                          I think "Geigeki Go Go Shooting" deserves a better video.

                                          What do you think, should I also make a new video for lexiseal (Tiger Rescue) ?

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                                            DTEAM @Folly
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                                            @Folly said in Creating ES gamelists with media for MAME/lr-mess:

                                            @DTEAM

                                            Done, now on the G Drive. I'll continue with classich and your videos

                                            Perfect, looks the same now on my VM, saying "unknown" !

                                            BTW, Geigeki Go Go Shooting is a fun game and good stuff in the other systems as Seal 50-in-1! (Tiger rescue game). "All in one" is a great addition to Retropie!

                                            I agree.
                                            Now that we have the videos we have a much better overview of the good stuff ;-)
                                            Btw. I had some trouble pressing a button that enabled "pause".
                                            I think "Geigeki Go Go Shooting" deserves a better video.

                                            What do you think, should I also make a new video for lexiseal (Tiger Rescue) ?

                                            Yes, if you have time. Why not. for the pause button, it's button #5 in the settings. I set it as "start" button.

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