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      Nismo @fieldofcows
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      @fieldofcows Thanks, i'll take a look there.

      I'm very happy for your dedication adding new features to emulationstation.

      I'll upload the basic video theme soon, I need to fix the basic view.

      Also i have megadrive video snaps finished for who interested, only need to check if i missed some game (from my collection). There are about 750 games 480p quality in 1GB.

      What about a "intro" video when starting emulationstation? XD.

      Edit: whould be good if you take a look at the relative path issue when you enable option "save metadata on exit" in "other settings" menu. I can't edit metadata inside emulationstation because I need to keep relative paths untouched.

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        fieldofcows @Nismo
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        @Nismo

        whould be good if you take a look at the relative path issue when you enable option "save metadata on exit" in "other settings" menu. I can't edit metadata inside emulationstation because I need to keep relative paths untouched.

        No problem. I'll add it to the list.

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          Nismo @fieldofcows
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          @fieldofcows Thanks again, you are the best!.

          Edit: No way to send private messages??? I want to send to you my work in progress theme...

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            fieldofcows @Nismo
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            @Nismo I can't wait to see what you have done with the theme. Is there anywhere you can upload it and paste a link?

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              Nismo @fieldofcows
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              @fieldofcows i'ts a very simple theme, I don't know if you will like it, but allmost it has a lot of systems and not only mame.

              Here you have: http://www.mediafire.com/file/ki3jeykuf3akpg9/simple+video.rar

              I'm thinking in doing something like your theme, and with old tv's for consoles, but for now this one is good enough for me to test more than one system and my videos for each one.

              I'ts good for base to start something a lot of better.

              I't has system backgrounds from zoid theme, thanks to litzozoid for give me permission to use it.

              Enjoy.

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                Nismo @fieldofcows
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                @fieldofcows Prepare for something good!. I've found this beautiful theme for attrac mode and i'm starting to port to emulationstation as good as could be possible:

                http://forum.attractmode.org/index.php?topic=926.0

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                  enderandrew
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                  That theme looks amazing!

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                    Nismo @enderandrew
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                    @enderandrew I'll upload a little video in about one hour, so you can see the result.

                    Only problem I have is the video is on top of all images so I cant use png transparency for round corners on TV and scanlines effect on top of video.

                    @fieldofcows Can you do something to overlay images on top of video?.

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                      Nismo @enderandrew
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                      @enderandrew Here you have the video preview:

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                        enderandrew
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                        That is great work!

                        Looks like in the Attract Mode version, you also see a copy of the box art in the theme as a case/box next to the TV. Would it be possible to try and do that as well?

                        I may be holding off until the Spring to see if there is an updated Pi (like there have been the past two Februrarys) before I build my RetroPi, but I'll definitely be using this theme.

                        I'm hoping to see some optimized/compressed video collections as well

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                          Nismo @enderandrew
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                          @enderandrew I'll upload the megadrive-genesis pack soon. Next will be snes or mame.

                          We can display the case/box next the tv instead of displaying marquees/wheel art. I only need to scale the image so easy.

                          It can take some time to get finished but i can upload updates of the theme when new system added.

                          What do you think?, and do you think is better case/box instead of wheel art/marquee? maybe the case will look so small there...

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                            enderandrew
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                            The Attract Mode version combines both by having the logo in the spinner on the right, and then the box art/case by the TV.

                            In this case, your approach was probably the best one for ES if you can't do the spinner with the logo.

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                              fieldofcows @Nismo
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                              @Nismo Oh wow! This is AMAZING!!! What fantastic work! This makes all the work of getting a Windows build worthwhile :D

                              Regarding overlaying images on top of video - anything is possible. I'll have a look to see what I can do. Let's see if we can keep this ball rolling and get some more features put into ES to make the perfect themes!

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                                Nismo @enderandrew
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                                @enderandrew At the moment is not possible, because fieldcows fork of emulationstation doesn't load the video and the image at the same time, if there are video, it doesn't load the image so i have to use the marqueee image only.

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                                  Nismo @fieldofcows
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                                  @fieldofcows Thanks, I'm very glad you like the theme. Don't worry if you can't overlay images, the theme still looks good this way, and is a proof what we can do now thanks to your work.

                                  I whould like a new sound when changing/swapping systems.. whatch the video above, but I'm very happy with emulationstation right now.

                                  And of course keep the ball rolling...

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                                    fieldofcows @Nismo
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                                    @Nismo said in Video Preview in EmulationStation:

                                    @enderandrew At the moment is not possible, because fieldcows fork of emulationstation doesn't load the video and the image at the same time, if there are video, it doesn't load the image so i have to use the marqueee image only.

                                    I can make this possible too...

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                                      Nismo @fieldofcows
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                                      @fieldofcows Nice!

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                                        fieldofcows
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                                        Right. There's a new build available. I've done very limited testing on this seeing as it's getting late and I need some sleep :) Please forgive me if it doesn't work as planned...

                                        Download it here: https://github.com/fieldofcows/EmulationStation/releases/tag/v0.1-beta.3

                                        This fixes/implements the following issues:

                                        • Issue #7 Relative paths for videos do not work properly (now consistent with Image paths)
                                        • Issue #6 Delayed start videos start playing even if the gamelist selection is changed or if the game is started
                                        • Issue #4 Add the --no-splash option from Herdinger's fork
                                        • Issue #3 If a game does not have a video then the video preview should display a fixed image - the image is also displayed whilst the video is loading. See what you think about this and let me know
                                        • Issue #8 Add support for <image name="md_image"> tag on video view to allow static snapshot image display alongside video
                                        • Issue #9 Render videos behind 'extra' images with transparency to allow framing of videos
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                                          cyrax3
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                                          very good work guys. i have 2 ideas but i'm not able to implements :)))
                                          1 video intro when i launch emulationstation;
                                          2 putting music to the menu for the console choice. Maybe even an mp3 for different system (eg. Mario's theme for nes, Sonic's theme for megadrive ...).
                                          i'm italian...sorry for my bad english

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                                            Nismo @fieldofcows
                                            last edited by Nismo

                                            @fieldofcows said in Video Preview in EmulationStation:

                                            Right. There's a new build available. I've done very limited testing on this seeing as it's getting late and I need some sleep :) Please forgive me if it doesn't work as planned...

                                            Omg!! you are on fire today!!!

                                            Ok, let's get started:

                                            • Issue #7 - Relative paths for videos do not work properly - NOT FIXED

                                            • Issue #9 - Render videos behind 'extra' images with transparency to allow framing of videos - WORKING LIKE A CHARM... Now we have round tv borders and scanlines working, I've tested.

                                            • Issue #4 - Add the --no-splash option from Herdinger's fork -WORKING LIKE A CHARM... Use <bool name="SplashScreen" value="false" /> in es_settings.cfg for disable splashscreen.

                                            • Issue #8 - Add support for <image name="md_image"> tag on video view to allow static snapshot image display alongside video - WORKING.

                                            • Issue #6 - Delayed start videos start playing even if the gamelist selection is changed or if the game is started - FIXED BUT... now when I exit emulationstation video still sound for about 5 seconds, didn't happen before. With older builds when you exit emulationstation sound stop inmediately.

                                            • Issue #3 - If a game does not have a video then the video preview should display a fixed image - the image is also displayed whilst the video is loading. See what you think about this and let me know - WORKING but I don't like so much the results.

                                            Good job mate.

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