Splashcreen video and boot texts

DuckSalmon · 12 Nov 2016, 12:51

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

synack · 11 Dec 2016, 13:24

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

markyh444 · 11 Dec 2016, 14:12

@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.

DuckSalmon · 11 Dec 2016, 18:26

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

markyh444 · 11 Dec 2016, 18:43

@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?

BuZz · 12 Dec 2016, 16:48

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).

synack · 12 Dec 2016, 17:03

@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.

markyh444 · 12 Dec 2016, 17:17

@synack Sorry mate, crossed wires :)

DuckSalmon · 12 Dec 2016, 17:58

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...

markyh444 · 12 Dec 2016, 18:25

@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.

DuckSalmon · 16 Dec 2016, 19:44

@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

enderandrew · 16 Dec 2016, 20:17

Out of curiosity what is your beautiful boot video?

markyh444 · 16 Dec 2016, 20:18

@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.

DuckSalmon · 17 Dec 2016, 16:01

@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