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What's the deal with splashscreens on the Pi 5?

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    TPR
    last edited by 22 Aug 2024, 21:55

    So can we still really not have custom splashscreens on the Pi 5 when loading RetroPie?

    Is there a workaround for this or is this something that might become available soon?

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      BuZz administrators @TPR
      last edited by 22 Aug 2024, 22:10

      @TPR I did get them working and I need to revisit. The problem is the splash screen would show for such a short time it's not really worth it. But perhaps if people wanted to set a delay. Also the splash screen has to exit before EmulationStation loads (es can't load behind it).

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        TPR @BuZz
        last edited by 22 Aug 2024, 22:32

        @BuZz said in What's the deal with splashscreens on the Pi 5?:

        @TPR The problem is the splash screen would show for such a short time it's not really worth it.

        Ahh, I didn't really take that into consideration. That's a great point.

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          sirhenrythe5th @TPR
          last edited by 23 Aug 2024, 08:46

          @TPR said in What's the deal with splashscreens on the Pi 5?:

          Ahh, I didn't really take that into consideration. That's a great point.

          Second this.
          Plus: ES does not load while playing/showing splashscreens.
          Bye Bye Splashscreen-Videos :)

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            ExarKunIv
            last edited by 23 Aug 2024, 18:09

            personally i like having a splash screen. it just add a little bit of style to the build.
            yes i know that ES does not load and that would be fine with me since how fast it does load now.

            but again that's just me

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              TPR @ExarKunIv
              last edited by 23 Aug 2024, 18:50

              @ExarKunIv said in What's the deal with splashscreens on the Pi 5?:

              personally i like having a splash screen. it just add a little bit of style to the build.
              yes i know that ES does not load and that would be fine with me since how fast it does load now.

              but again that's just me

              I agree with this. It may not be something that stays on the screen long or something you can choose to delay the launching of ES but at least having an option would be nice.

              So am I correct in thinking there is no option at all for a splash screen, not even a simple .png that loads up, on the Pi 5?

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                ExarKunIv @TPR
                last edited by 23 Aug 2024, 20:09

                @TPR the issue it the program that displays the image. on the pi4 and older it was omxplayer,
                the thing is omxplayer is no longer supported in the new OS versions for PiOS.

                it needed to be changed to a different program
                so right now, no there is no way, not until its changed, if and when it is

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                  RapidEdwin08 @ExarKunIv
                  last edited by RapidEdwin08 23 Aug 2024, 23:03

                  @ExarKunIv you can try the splashscreen and asplashscreen scripts from here.
                  It's whats used on the DTWPID Bookworm IMGs, and despite the absolutely hideous one-liners, they do work.

                  Just replace the 2 scripts in scriptmodules/supplementary, then install splashscreens again from RetroPie-Setup.
                  It uses mpv instead of OMX, so you will want to add a wait for MPV before emulationstation to your autostart sh:

                  while pgrep mpv >/dev/null; do sleep 1; done #Splashscreen-wait
                  emulationstation --no-splash

                  In some cases you may still need to manually copy the asplashscreen sh to its install location:

                  cp ~/RetroPie-Setup/scriptmodules/supplementary/splashscreen/asplashscreen.sh ~/asplashscreen.sh
                  chmod 755 ~/asplashscreen.sh
                  sudo mv ~/asplashscreen.sh /opt/retropie/supplementary/splashscreen/asplashscreen.sh
                  sudo chown root /opt/retropie/supplementary/splashscreen/asplashscreen.sh

                  Edit: If you run into issues with Images, make sure you Configure splashscreen image duration (# sec) from RetroPie-Setup, or you can manually check the cfg file to make sure DURATION is there.

                  Example /opt/retropie/configs/all/splashscreen.cfg:

                  RANDOMIZE="all"
                  DURATION="13"
                  

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                    ExarKunIv @RapidEdwin08
                    last edited by 24 Aug 2024, 00:31

                    @RapidEdwin08 thanks for showing this.

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                      AgentRaptor @RapidEdwin08
                      last edited by 26 Aug 2024, 14:09

                      @RapidEdwin08
                      What happens if /splashscreen is missing under supplementary in the OS.

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