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    • HexH
      Hex
      last edited by

      @pjft No, actually the entire setup is the same. I am just running two binaries to compare

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      • pjftP
        pjft @Hex
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        @Hex hm. I might need some help troubleshooting that one then, as it's not happening on the Pi on VLC so I'm a bit at a loss. Is your other binary the 2.2.0 one?

        I'll take a look at it later today or during the weekend and see.

        Thanks!

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        • HexH
          Hex
          last edited by

          Yes both binaries are updated

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          • HexH
            Hex
            last edited by

            @pjft Tried on Pi3 compiled very fast. Problem was that the Video is in the middle of the gamelist. same as the photo above but zoomed out because I am running it on 1080p.

            When the screensaver starts, it runs for few seconds before HDMI shuts off. Pressing Up/Down brings HDMI back up.

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            • pjftP
              pjft @Hex
              last edited by

              @Hex Ok.

              So, that's a weird thing, and I'm starting to suspect it's something related to the theme. Could you try changing the theme, or something? I cannot replicate the video showing in the middle of the gamelist at all, much less on the Pi :(

              Can you share one of the theme files for the system you're having problems with? Alternatively, maybe someone else is having the same problem and can chime in, but I'm struggling with that one as I cannot replicate it.

              As for HDMI shutting off, it's likely related to one of the bullet points I left at the first post:

              Note 3: if, after enabling the video game name on screensaver the screen loses signal when rendering the screensaver, that's unfortunately a known OMX/SDL layer limitation. The workaround is to either disable that option, or add disable_overscan=1to your /boot/config.txt file.

              Does that happen with the "Show game name" option set to off? Can you try disabling overscan?

              I'm looking into the VLC screensaver tonight, should have news soon.

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              • meleuM
                meleu @Hex
                last edited by meleu

                @Hex said in Help testing: Random Video Screensaver on Main Branch:

                Problem was that the Video is in the middle of the gamelist.

                Same thing here on my RetroPie x86 (Linux Mint). It happened with ComicBook and Carbon themes.

                Changed back to the official EmulationStation and the video is in the right place...

                I'm away from computer now but can give more details when I get home.

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                • TMNTturtlguyT
                  TMNTturtlguy @meleu
                  last edited by

                  @meleu @hex @pjft Can you guys confirm what systems this is happening on? I cannot recreate this on my raspberry pi 3. The build works in both VLC and OMX with all themes i have tried including the comic book theme. Thanks

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                  • HexH
                    Hex
                    last edited by

                    OK Summery:

                    On PC (Linux) Theme ComicBook : only audio plays, screen is blank
                    On PI3 Theme ComicBook : HDMI shuts off after 2/3 secs

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                    • pjftP
                      pjft @Hex
                      last edited by

                      @Hex Thanks.

                      Just to confirm the summary:

                      • On PC (Linux) Theme ComicBook : only audio plays, screen is blank during screensaver
                      • On PI3 Theme ComicBook : HDMI shuts off after 2/3 secs during screensaver

                      Correct?

                      I've just pushed new code to test on non-Pi devices, for VLC. I added an option for video quality as well, if you plan on using captions. @meleu and @Hex : Could you try "Highest" and see if it performs well or sluggish on your Linux computers? If it performs well, I'll remove the option, as that was the default anyway.

                      Let me know if that helps.

                      @Hex : Have you tried disabling overscan and seeing if the HDMI problem goes away? Does it also happen when you do not have the "Show game name" option turned on?

                      I'll try to see what may be causing the video showing at the wrong place, but I'm very much stumped here.

                      Thanks for testing, will report back.

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                      • TMNTturtlguyT
                        TMNTturtlguy @Hex
                        last edited by

                        @Hex On pi3 i have no issues running with HDMI with comic book or any other theme. Everything runs well.

                        Question - on the pi, do all of your gamelists match with the video files you have? check your error log and see. If you have a gamelist that lists videos, but the videos do not exist, the screen will default to black. I am sure you have checked this, but i am not understanding what is causing your HDMI to shut off.

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                        • HexH
                          Hex
                          last edited by Hex

                          @pjft @TMNTturtlguy I found out where I was going wrong. I was compiling your master branch rather than Screensaver merge. Screensaver is working well. Video snap doesnt play at all.

                          @meleu Check if the same thing is happening to you
                          EDIT : Tested on PC Linux

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                            pjft @Hex
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                            @Hex Phew.

                            @meleu maybe this is what you're going through as well?

                            Ok, so that's good to know.

                            What do you mean now, "video snap doesn't play at all"?

                            No video renders on the gamelist screen now?

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                            • TMNTturtlguyT
                              TMNTturtlguy @Hex
                              last edited by

                              @Hex When changing the screensaver off and on, you need to exit the gamelist and reenter the gamelist one time to "reload" the video snap previews. Let me expand on this.

                              If you are in the game selection menu where you see the video snap playing. If you go into the menu and change the screensaver from off to on, i often find that the video snaps go blank. If i exit out to the system view and go back into the game selection the video data reloads. Not sure if this is the case for you, but give it a try.

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                              • meleuM
                                meleu
                                last edited by

                                Hey guys,
                                I've downloaded/compiled that branch again and it seems fine. Not sure what happened before... I didn't change any setting.

                                I'm a little busy with the kids now, sorry if it lacks more details. :)

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                                • meleuM
                                  meleu
                                  last edited by

                                  Forgot to mention: RetroPie x86 (Linux Mint).

                                  More info: when I came back to terminal I saw a bunch of this message (I googled about it and it seems to be related to VLC, but I don't have time to go deep in the investigation)

                                  Fontconfig warning: FcPattern object size does not accept value "0"
                                  Fontconfig warning: FcPattern object size does not accept value "0"
                                  
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                                  • pjftP
                                    pjft @meleu
                                    last edited by

                                    @meleu Thanks for the report!

                                    I suspect I know where that is coming from. Will look into that. :)

                                    Any other problems or concerns? Anything that's not working?

                                    @Hex : do you confirm it's still not working, or what did you mean by "video snap doesn't play at all"? And was that on the Pi or on Linux?

                                    Thanks all! Have a great Sunday!

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                                    • pjftP
                                      pjft @meleu
                                      last edited by

                                      @meleu Hm.

                                      I actually don't, yet.

                                      A few questions, if I may:

                                      • Do the videos still play, or do you observe any problem? Or are you just getting warnings, but all is good?
                                      • Does it happen on all videos? On the screensaver only, or on the gamelists? Was it not happening before? An easy way to test it is to open ES, go to a gamelist, see if a couple of videos render, and then exit. See if there are those logs. With the current and the old one. Then try the same with loading ES and just playing the screensaver (press "Select" on the System View screen). Exit and see if you have those logs.

                                      I've seen nothing concrete around that - some suggestions that it could be due to old versions of VLC, FFMPEG or LIBAV, or even the video formats, but I'd like to take this step by step.

                                      Ideally it'd be great to have you separately load the same videos using VLC on the terminal, and seeing if you get the same messages. First without any options, and then with the "--subtitle" option pointing to a non-existing file. And then pointing to an existing subtitle file.

                                      Just to narrow it down.

                                      Thank you very much and sorry for the trouble!

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                                      • meleuM
                                        meleu @pjft
                                        last edited by

                                        @pjft said in Help testing: Random Video Screensaver on Main Branch:

                                        • Do the videos still play, or do you observe any problem? Or are you just getting warnings, but all is good?

                                        All is fine, I only observed the messages after exiting emulationstation. I invoked it from commandline, then those messages were right above the prompt.

                                        • Does it happen on all videos?

                                        I'm afraid it doesn't happen on all videos. I'll repeat the tests, wait a moment...

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                                        • pjftP
                                          pjft @meleu
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                                          @meleu Wonderful. So, screensaver works, did you recompile the latest build? Does it render well in the highest quality? And when you select the option to show the game name, does it work well as well?

                                          Great.

                                          Just want to check whether, for those same videos, it also happens on the command line - which would mean it's a VLC thingie. You wouldn't per chance know if it happened before either?

                                          I just pushed an update to my branch to see if it helps with that message - if you have the patience to reupdate and recompile, let me know.

                                          Thank you very much - have a great Sunday! Also, it must be quite late for you :|

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                                          • meleuM
                                            meleu @pjft
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                                            @pjft sorry man. Those messages is something related to the file. It happens with the official RetroPie ES and when I launch vlc from command line too. I'm afraid it has nothing to do with your changes.

                                            Like this:

                                            [prompt]$ vlc ~/RetroPie/roms/mastersystem/snap/Alex\ Kidd\ in\ Miracle\ World\ \(USA\,\ Europe\).mp4 
                                            VLC media player 2.1.6 Rincewind (revision 2.1.6-0-gea01d28)
                                            [0x1810118] main libvlc: Executando o VLC com a interface padrão. Use 'cvlc' para usar o VLC sem interface.
                                            "sni-qt/11515" WARN  04:10:39.875 void StatusNotifierItemFactory::connectToSnw() Invalid interface to SNW_SERVICE 
                                            Fontconfig warning: FcPattern object size does not accept value "0"
                                            Fontconfig warning: FcPattern object size does not accept value "0"
                                            Fontconfig warning: FcPattern object size does not accept value "0"
                                            Fontconfig warning: FcPattern object size does not accept value "0"
                                            [0x7f7230001248] main vout display error: Failed to resize display
                                            

                                            Now a quote from a friend:

                                            "A false positive is better than a bug to fix."

                                            Oh, by the way, I saw that sentence from Leiradel, the guy who implemented RetroAchievements in RetroArch. He moved from Rio and is living in Lisbon currently.

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