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    Splashcreen video and boot texts

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      DuckSalmon
      last edited by DuckSalmon

      Hi
      i have some questions about the purpose and the possibilities of the splash screen

      I've a beautiful video splash screen with a fake loading bar
      now, can this appear over the boot text for make this load bar not so useless?
      There are a boot screen before and after this video
      I've seen a custom build that seems to hide these text lines and boot like a normal console

      there are a way to decrease boot time deleting the ES image?
      i have only a few roms and less then 8 systems

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      • synackS
        synack @DuckSalmon
        last edited by

        now, can this appear over the boot text for make this load bar not so useless?

        I don't believe so.

        There are a boot screen before and after this video
        I've seen a custom build that seems to hide these text lines and boot like a normal console

        https://github.com/RetroPie/RetroPie-Setup/wiki/FAQ#how-do-i-hide-the-boot-text

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        • markyh444M
          markyh444 @synack
          last edited by

          @synack @DuckSalmon Actually, you can hide all the boot text and it explains how to do it all in the second link you posted. I've got mine setup so rhat my boot video is the only thing you see til it reaches the ES console selection screen. The same in all 3 of my projects.

          Retropie in a NES - Pi 3 with Mausberry circuit shutdown switch wired to buttons and 8bitdo NesPro30 controller
          Retropie in a Saturn Controller - Pi Zero, GPIO controls using DB9 driver
          Retropie in a PSX - Pi3
          https://markyh444.wordpress.com

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            DuckSalmon
            last edited by

            thanks for your reply
            I've already set propely my cmdline.txt and now the raspberries icons are hidden
            (reduced the dimension of initial boot text)
            But sometimes after the intro video appears some line of text and the es logo screen.
            some other times after the intro appears directly the es system screen
            I prefer the second way
            boot>Fakebar loading>systems menu

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            • markyh444M
              markyh444 @DuckSalmon
              last edited by

              @DuckSalmon Could be the Plymouth enable setting in the cmdline.txt that needs altering. Think there's a post from a couple of months ago and possibly the Wiki on how to disable this. @BuZz does this seem likely to you?

              Retropie in a NES - Pi 3 with Mausberry circuit shutdown switch wired to buttons and 8bitdo NesPro30 controller
              Retropie in a Saturn Controller - Pi Zero, GPIO controls using DB9 driver
              Retropie in a PSX - Pi3
              https://markyh444.wordpress.com

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              • BuZzB
                BuZz administrators
                last edited by

                If using the splashscreen feature updating retropie-setup will do the cmdline.txt change automatically. The original poster need to provide more information such as versions / existing /boot/cmdline.txt (as they have made changes).

                To help us help you - please make sure you read the sticky topics before posting - https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/3/read-this-first

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                  synack @markyh444
                  last edited by

                  @markyh444 said in Splashcreen video and boot texts:

                  @synack @DuckSalmon Actually, you can hide all the boot text and it explains how to do it all in the second link you posted. I've got mine setup so rhat my boot video is the only thing you see til it reaches the ES console selection screen. The same in all 3 of my projects.

                  Yep, I realize that, which is why I posted the link. I thought he was asking to show a progress bar video while the initial boot is taking place.

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                  • markyh444M
                    markyh444 @synack
                    last edited by

                    @synack Sorry mate, crossed wires :)

                    Retropie in a NES - Pi 3 with Mausberry circuit shutdown switch wired to buttons and 8bitdo NesPro30 controller
                    Retropie in a Saturn Controller - Pi Zero, GPIO controls using DB9 driver
                    Retropie in a PSX - Pi3
                    https://markyh444.wordpress.com

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                      DuckSalmon
                      last edited by DuckSalmon

                      nothing, the splashcreen now seems to be useless
                      yesterday at the second reboot it worked perfectly, after the video the es menu was showed (rebooted unplug and plug the power supply)
                      now after the video appear other boot text
                      I've increased the sleep value to 2 in the asplashcreen script in the init.d folder
                      and added the lines as in the wiki
                      but nothing...

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                      • markyh444M
                        markyh444 @DuckSalmon
                        last edited by

                        @DuckSalmon Try disabling and enabling then changing the splash screen to something like a stock static one and see if that works. If it does, set your video back as the splash and try again. I had murder with one of mine when I was messing with it and I had to do that before it'd run properly.

                        Retropie in a NES - Pi 3 with Mausberry circuit shutdown switch wired to buttons and 8bitdo NesPro30 controller
                        Retropie in a Saturn Controller - Pi Zero, GPIO controls using DB9 driver
                        Retropie in a PSX - Pi3
                        https://markyh444.wordpress.com

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                          DuckSalmon @markyh444
                          last edited by

                          @markyh444 said in Splashcreen video and boot texts:

                          @DuckSalmon Try disabling and enabling then changing the splash screen to something like a stock static one and see if that works. If it does, set your video back as the splash and try again. I had murder with one of mine when I was messing with it and I had to do that before it'd run properly.

                          thanks now seems to be better
                          but sometimes the video finish before all loadings
                          maybe is because this video is too short (27 sec.)
                          I'll try with a longest one

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                            enderandrew
                            last edited by

                            Out of curiosity what is your beautiful boot video?

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                            • markyh444M
                              markyh444 @DuckSalmon
                              last edited by

                              @DuckSalmon It depends on the boot process too, and if you've got devices connected. Try it with no peripherals attached,and see if one of them is slowing it down.

                              Retropie in a NES - Pi 3 with Mausberry circuit shutdown switch wired to buttons and 8bitdo NesPro30 controller
                              Retropie in a Saturn Controller - Pi Zero, GPIO controls using DB9 driver
                              Retropie in a PSX - Pi3
                              https://markyh444.wordpress.com

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                                DuckSalmon @enderandrew
                                last edited by DuckSalmon

                                @enderandrew said in Splashcreen video and boot texts:

                                Out of curiosity what is your beautiful boot video?

                                a modiefied version of this, with sfx and BGM

                                @markyh444 said in Splashcreen video and boot texts:

                                @DuckSalmon It depends on the boot process too, and if you've got devices connected. Try it with no peripherals attached,and see if one of them is slowing it down.

                                thanks for the info
                                now is pretty good

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