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    • alphatoanantA
      alphatoanant @BertGoblin
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      @BertGoblin this thread created by @Nismo may help with what you are looking for - https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/6589/easy-way-to-add-video-and-marquees-tags-in-your-gamelist-for-video-support

      My RetroPie Themes:
      Art Book https://github.com/anthonycaccese/es-theme-art-book
      Art Book Next https://github.com/anthonycaccese/art-book-next-retropie
      TFT https://github.com/anthonycaccese/es-theme-tft

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        BertGoblin @alphatoanant
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        @alphatoanant Thanks, I don't suppose there's a bash script that does the same thing? (I wouldn't know where to start as far as converting it from powershell).

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        • DominusD
          Dominus @BertGoblin
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          @BertGoblin Once you make the file, just right click and it should says Run with Powershell.

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            BertGoblin
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            So, I wanted to report back on my video usage with this theme. Converting to 30fps made all my videos work fine. I didn't have any particularly high res videos, but at 60fps, many would stop and go grey.

            The one problem I do have is that it seems rapidly switching between videos actually overheats a stock clocked pie with a heat-sink fitted. That seems absurd right? I've tried the Pi indifferent environments and it's pretty cold at the moment. This wasn't isolated to this the theme though, attract mode also produced the same result.

            If anyone out there has a live temp monitoring overlay, I'd be curious to see what their levels do with consistent video switching.

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              MWGemini @BertGoblin
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              @BertGoblin That's somewhat of a known issue. The version of the video preview feature that is in the current official source tree uses VLC player, which uses a lot of CPU. There's a new version being worked on by @fieldofcows that uses OMX player instead. You can read more about it (with some temperature tests I did) here: https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/5823/looking-for-testers-for-es-video-preview-on-raspberry-pi/141

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              • FurlugeF
                Furluge @Dominus
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                @Dominus So, you get a chance to upload that xml yet? :p

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                • FurlugeF
                  Furluge @alphatoanant
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                  @alphatoanant Looks pretty good though I like what I see with dominus a bit better since I use widescreen too.

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                  • DominusD
                    Dominus @Furluge
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                    @Furluge Yeah sorry, I wasn't sure if anyone really wanted it...

                    http://pastebin.com/QzucYj5n

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                    • alphatoanantA
                      alphatoanant @Dominus
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                      @Dominus, cool if I include your XML as a variation in the theme? I am working on adding a 4x3 option now using the approach that @mattrixk described... "you can use <include> this way to point to different templates, so you don't have to create and maintain a completely separate theme"

                      Working on that now and if you are ok with it I would happy to include your version as one of the options

                      My RetroPie Themes:
                      Art Book https://github.com/anthonycaccese/es-theme-art-book
                      Art Book Next https://github.com/anthonycaccese/art-book-next-retropie
                      TFT https://github.com/anthonycaccese/es-theme-tft

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                      • RoxsteadyR
                        Roxsteady
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                        Has anyone tried this on a Pi Zero?? I would assume it would lag.

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                        • alphatoanantA
                          alphatoanant @Roxsteady
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                          @Roxsteady, yeah from my testing it lags on a Pi Zero currently. @fieldofcows (with the help of @MWGemini) has been testing out an implementation of the video preview feature using omx player instead of vlc that is showing nice promise for heat on a Pi3. There is no guarantee that would help on Pi Zero but I am looking forward to trying it out. The Pi Zero may not end up being powerful enough though. If that turns out to be the case I am going to build a version of this theme without video support for the zero next.

                          You can follow the status of the omx player updates here: https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/5823/looking-for-testers-for-es-video-preview-on-raspberry-pi/141 (thank you for the link and your tests @MWGemini)

                          My RetroPie Themes:
                          Art Book https://github.com/anthonycaccese/es-theme-art-book
                          Art Book Next https://github.com/anthonycaccese/art-book-next-retropie
                          TFT https://github.com/anthonycaccese/es-theme-tft

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                          • mattrixkM
                            mattrixk @alphatoanant
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                            @alphatoanant My Io theme uses <include>s if you need some inspiration.

                            Also, just a thought, but if videos lag on Pi-zero, would it be best if the Pi-zero owners simply didn't scrape videos? Then it doesn't matter if your theme has a <view name="video"> or not?

                            My ES themes: MetaPixel | Spare | Io | Indent

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                            • alphatoanantA
                              alphatoanant @mattrixk
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                              @alphatoanant My Io theme uses <include>s if you need some inspiration.

                              That's exactly the one I am using to learn from, nice =)

                              Also, just a thought, but if videos lag on Pi-zero, would it be best if the Pi-zero owners simply didn't scrape videos? Then it doesn't matter if your theme has a <view name="video"> or not?

                              Good point. It might not be a common use case to share gamelist.xml's between a pi3 and pizero. I know for me I mostly do it for testing purposes. Not scraping for videos if using a pi-zero would work then.

                              My RetroPie Themes:
                              Art Book https://github.com/anthonycaccese/es-theme-art-book
                              Art Book Next https://github.com/anthonycaccese/art-book-next-retropie
                              TFT https://github.com/anthonycaccese/es-theme-tft

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                              • DominusD
                                Dominus @alphatoanant
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                                @alphatoanant Yeah for sure. It's just numbers, I didn't really do any graphical work.

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                                  Nismo @alphatoanant
                                  last edited by Nismo

                                  @alphatoanant Depens on how the videos are encoded.

                                  I suppose the scraped videos are very high resolution for a rpi (it's known 640x480 60 fps videos are too much for the rpi), but I'm making good quality videos at low resolution and fps to safe space and don't stress the rpi. Keep in mind that scraped videos are not designed for playing in a rpi.

                                  Just need somebody with a pi zero to test them.

                                  Link: https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/8019/oldroom-theme-w-i-p-media-packs?page=1

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                                  • alphatoanantA
                                    alphatoanant @Nismo
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                                    @Nismo Thank you, I may be able to try these out this weekend. Currently, I am using standard quality videos from emumovies.com (the ones that are around 320x240 res)

                                    My RetroPie Themes:
                                    Art Book https://github.com/anthonycaccese/es-theme-art-book
                                    Art Book Next https://github.com/anthonycaccese/art-book-next-retropie
                                    TFT https://github.com/anthonycaccese/es-theme-tft

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                                      Nismo @alphatoanant
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                                      @alphatoanant if pi zero can't move 320x240 videos I doubt it can move my 480x360 videos, but my videos are very little filesize and all are at 25 fps.

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                                        HemiJJ
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                                        Thank you so much for the awesome theme. I love the overall feel but made a few teaks to my layout and just wanted to share. Thanks again and I look forward to future themes.

                                        0_1487349860395_crt1.JPG

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                                        • HurricaneFanH
                                          HurricaneFan @HemiJJ
                                          last edited by

                                          @HemiJJ What are the settings for putting the System logo on the right hand side?

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                                            HemiJJ @HurricaneFan
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                                            @HurricaneFan
                                            Modified this in the logo sections. Made a bunch of changes, but I think this was the trick.
                                            origin .5 .5
                                            pos .725 0.1
                                            maxSize 0.5 0.1

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