Splashscreen Video not playing entire video

[HoustoneD]

It is very strange- the video for my splashscreen is cut short by maybe 5 seconds.

Pi Model: 2 B
RetroPie Version Used: RetroPie 4.04, Linux Raspbian Jessie 4.4.21-v7+
Built From: Pre made SD Image on RetroPie website, updated with updated RetroPie-Setup Script 10/17/2016
USB Devices connected: Cana Kit Wifi Adapter (Chipset Ralink 5370), Logitech K400 Keyboard, PS3 Dualshock via USB
Controller used: Logitech K400 Keyboard, PS3 Dualshock via USB
Error messages received: N/A
Guide used: N/A
Attachment of config files: N/A
How to replicate the problem: freshly imaged SD card with retroPie 4.0.1 build, moved my splash video to the pi via winscp session, chose my splash video in spashscreen config, reboot system, and the splash video is cutoff by maybe 5 seconds or so.

About a year ago, i feel like i remember seeing a post or an article somewhere that discussed the length of time the splashscreen would be displayed. i am not sure if this is a real memory or a false memory at this point, because i cannot locate it again.

Is ES programmed to play the entire video before moving forward to the ES title screen? If there is a place to change this setting, where is it located?

If this post is complete horse crap, please close the thread. hahaha thanks in advance, again!

[HoustoneD]

UPDATE:

I think this issue might be resolved. I unplugged my PS3 remote to see if it would resolve my Kodi crashing issue. Seems like each time i boot up now, the video plays entirely with no clipping at the end. Not sure why, but it seems the PS3 controller being plugged in was the cause of this.

I will test a few more times when i get home to confirm, then mark the issue as closed. Might be a noteworthy bug though.

[HoustoneD]

I have confirmed the issue is resolved, and only happens when the PS3 DS remote is plugged in via USB. Marking as resolved.

Admin- should this be reported in GitHub? I dont mind doing it.

[BuZz]

I'm not sure why that would affect it - but I don't think it's ready for an open issue yet.

ES doesn't by default wait for video splashscreens to finish. the controller may not be related (but may just effect the boot timing)

please edit /opt/retropie/configs/all/autostart.sh and above emulationstation add
while pgrep omxplayer >/dev/null; do sleep 1; done

and see how that affects it. Also looks like you have updated your system packages. plymouth may be interfering also - so you could edit /boot/cmdline.txt and add plymouth.enable=0 to the end of the first line of text (on the same line)

[HoustoneD]

@BuZz Just out of curiosity, what does disabling Plymouth do? Isn't it just a theme? Not that it really matters i suppose....like i said im just curious.

Knowledge is power!

[BuZz]

It's a boot splash system that was recently enabled and may be interfering

[cl3tus]

Hi all,

i was already on the previous forum but have not subscribed yet on this one.

I stumbled across this post because i had the same issue with the 4.0 build. Now with the new build this issue was gone apparently. BUT i can now replicate it and might know where this comes from.

On a side note i tried Buzz his while pgrep thingy and that works but not for me as i have the emulation station logo integrated in my bootvideo so after the end of the bootvideo i see again the loading screen :(

So i don't know if they are related but it seems that it works fine for me when i comment out the following line in config.txt

#disable_overscan=1

to

disable_overscan=1

my screen will become larger indeed but the boot video plays like a charm. Can anyone relate what this might be?

Thanks, regards Paul

[zetobato]

@HoustoneD Thanks for posting your solution! I had the same issue with retropie 4.1 on raspberry pi 3. But what caused the issue for me was my keyboard's wireless receiver (Microsoft Wireless Optical Desktop Receiver 2.1). The splash video was bugged until i first booted my retropie with the receiver unplugged then it didn't happen anymore, even If i plug it back.

[Sp1d3yman]

@BuZz

im n\ew to this how do i make this edit?

[mediamogul]

@Sp1d3yman

I don't think the autostart.sh file can be edited with the configuration editor, so you'll likely need to familiarize yourself with the wonderful world of SSH. You can also use Samba or an SFTP client to access the file and use a Linux-aware text editor like WordPad or Notepad++ or EditPadLite to make the edits. Do not use Windows Notepad.

[Sp1d3yman]

thanks....where is the file? whats the actually file name is it on the sd card or the thumb drive

[mediamogul]

@Sp1d3yman

If you were originally asking about how to make this edit, then the file in question is located at /opt/retropie/configs/all/autostart.sh. /boot/cmdline.txt is also referenced as well.