Video Screensaver in Emulation Station
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@CourierSS did you work around the overlapping sound with screen saver and vid preview playing at the same time?
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@fieldofcows I followed the instructions, however I just get a black screen when the screensaver kicks on. How do I add videos of the games / where do I get them. Also, can I use any video I want? in step 6. it says "assuming you have some <video> tags in your gamelists." can you elaborate further on this?
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@fieldofcows I'm really digging your work on ES regarding videos!
Thanks for all your expertise in making ES my favorite front end to date... and I've used a LOT!!!
I'd like to add my request to above post.
Something I have always wanted in a screensaver for video games is the ability to go directly to the game the screen saver is showing. One of my favorite things to do is just to sit and watch the different games as they go by, but if one strikes my fancy I'd like to be able to immediately start it up... as opposed to navigating to it.
Is this possible?
Thanks again!
momaw27
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@momaw27 an addition (or alternative) to this could be displaying the game name and system over the video so you know which video is playing?
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I'm on Retropie 4.1.14 right now, and this post is 2 months old. Do I still need to do all the steps above? Specifically the ones about installing a new emulationstation?
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@Dominus I'm afraid so. I've been busy fixing the WSOD and looking at video rendering temperature issues over getting this ready for a PR.
I might just try to squeeze the screensaver in along with the OMX video preview PR though seeing as both changes are currently being tested, albeit independently.
I've got a couple of things I want to include with the screensaver before it's finished though based on suggestions by others:
- Add an option to disable the sound when the screensaver is playing
- Display the system and game name on the video
I would like to consider the automatic jump to the game being shown in the video but it requires a bit more thought because I don't think we want to do that every time. Maybe when a certain button is pressed? I think that will come later though.
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@fieldofcows Yeah I like the system and name of the game. How Attract Mode does theres. Would they be the logos, or just text? I say go with the logos! haha
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@Dominus Ooh. Maybe. I haven't seen theirs. Can you point me to a screenshot?
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@fieldofcows Hmm I can't seem to find one at the moment. I have to put in another microsd that has it on it, and I'll see if I can take some pictures. It's nice, because it has the logo the system, and I think the game's logo too? I can't entirely remember, but would be nice to have both. They also have a 4 screen split with 4 videos of different systems/games playing at the same time, looks really nice!
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I did all the stuff mentioned above and it works, but I can't seem to exit Emulation Station and get to the command line properly anymore. It just seems to hang there with the flashing underscore.
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@fieldofcows stellar work my friend!! Just out of curiosity, I know you're working on the fix for the WSOD, which I've been using with no really issues other than the "start" "select" etc buttons and the bottom of the screen that are part of the ES interface seem to flicker on button presses. I'm not 100% how this PR thing works, so when you've finished screensaver, the video renderer and the WSOD, will that all go into one release, as they're all separate now aren't they?
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@__Scannigan__ WSOD is now fixed and available from the setup script by building the latest version of ES.
The rule is generally "1 new feature : one PR" so I think I'll finish the fix for OMXPlayer rendering, get that merged then quickly follow it with the screensaver. The screensaver needs a little bit more feature development anyway based on suggestions.
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Not kissing your arse or anything @fieldofcows but I think you deserve a shit load more recognition for your hardwork, it's guys like you that make this project what it is
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@fieldofcows with the OMXPlayer will that stream the 480p videos better? I find the 480p videos I have, bog down the system when scrolling through the games, but the smaller 240 ones don't have that issue, just the overheating on some. Just wondering if I should change my 480s to 240s here, or wait?
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@fieldofcows : are you considering pulling in my PR on the go to random game screensaver-type?
I'd appreciate any feedback you might have on the code, style, or otherwise. -
@Zigurana Certainly, I'll take a look. I hadn't spotted the PR - I don't normally look there as mine is not an 'official' fork.
What exactly does it do? On my initial quick look at the code it seems to switch to a random gamelist view and select the game when the screensaver cuts in, as well as adding a new menu option to surprise me.Apologies if you've already written about this but I can't remember - you know, limited time and all that.
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@fieldofcows yeah, you've got the gist of it.
I now realize the PR was a little too sparse, I've added a comment to better explain my thinking behind the feature. -
@fieldofcows and by all means, take your time. This is a minor feature, I just remembered it myself, so I thought to remind you of the pending PR.
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Anyone else having troubles quiting ES after doing this? I thought I could deal with having to unplug the system as it won't reboot, shutdown or even just quit ES anymore. Just hangs after exiting to the black screen/command line area. Sometimes after a few minutes it'll say some warning and give up, then go to the command line where I can actually do stuff. Thing that sucks is I can't do any work from inside ES in regard to renaming files or adding things to metadata, as it won't save anymore. Anyone else get this at all? Any idea what to do?
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Hey, Great Idea!
Ive been looking for an alternate screensaver for a while now.
Im just having issues setting it up, hoping you could help!
When i'm installing dependencies, I get a 404 error - failed to fetch.
Any idea what I'm doing wrong?
Cheers
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