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    • meleuM
      meleu @pjft
      last edited by

      @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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      • meleuM
        meleu @pjft
        last edited by

        I will give more attention to the screensaver now...

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

        Also, it must be quite late for you

        I'm still deciding if it's too late or too early. :-)

        My youngest is sick and now he is awake watching Pocoyo. The good news of the Sunday is that he is recovering... :)

        Cheers!

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        • pjftP
          pjft @meleu
          last edited by pjft

          @meleu Not a bother - good to hear that it's not a bug on my end then. Thank you very much for your time! And indeed, Leiradel had it right ;)

          So sorry to hear that your youngest is sick - hope he gets better soon :/ Thankfully mine haven't been that bad, health wise, in the recent months. The 3-y/o one is now on antibiotic, but so have my wife and I been in the past few weeks, so it must be something that's going around, can't blame him.

          Hope he recovers soon! :)

          If he likes buses and such, I can also strongly recommend "Tayo the Little Bus", and "Pororo the Little Penguin" - mine like those as well, in addition to Pocoyo. You can find them on YouTube!

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          • meleuM
            meleu @pjft
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            @pjft tested here. Everything seems to be fine. Here is a screenshot to let you see how the name is displayed:

            0_1496562350760_Captura de tela de 2017-06-04 04:44:02.png

            One thing that worth to mention: while the video is playing and I press right-arrow key, the screen goes back to ES and then fade to black and then starts the next random video. Not a big problem for me, though.

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            • pjftP
              pjft @meleu
              last edited by

              @meleu thanks for both reports!

              A question: can you go to the video settings and set video quality to highest (default should be native) and medium and see how the performance goes? It won't affect the video quality per se but the game name should be better defined.

              Also, well spotted. Pressing right should move to a next video, and pressing X (PlayStation controller) or Start should launch the game being displayed.

              That being said, you're right: with VLC there is a long fade out animation that won't look right. I will fix that so that the transition is smoother.

              Thank you!

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              • meleuM
                meleu @pjft
                last edited by

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

                A question: can you go to the video settings and set video quality to highest (default should be native) and medium and see how the performance goes? It won't affect the video quality per se but the game name should be better defined.

                I changed to highest and then the game name isn't displayed:

                0_1496565357587_Captura de tela de 2017-06-04 05:35:05.png

                Changed back to Native and the game name is displayed as that After Burner screenshot.

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                • pjftP
                  pjft @meleu
                  last edited by

                  @meleu Hm. Thanks for testing.

                  I just pushed a build that should perform better in changing between videos when you push "right" - please test if it works as intended.

                  What about "Medium" quality, does that work well for the captions?

                  I'm stumped about the "Highest" quality not rendering captions - does that happen for all videos?

                  Thank you good sir! Hope your little one feels better.

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                  • pjftP
                    pjft
                    last edited by

                    Actually, I just added a few more options there. If you could test them out and see which work with the game name, which don't, and if the video runs smoothly, that'd be perfect.

                    Thank you!

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                    • HexH
                      Hex
                      last edited by Hex

                      @pjft. Just tested it and its working well. Also I think native should mean native resolution of screen/FB and not video.

                      Edit: On linux

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                      • pjftP
                        pjft @Hex
                        last edited by

                        @Hex Thanks. Could you test the captions across all resolutions, as well as video performance?

                        How about "Display" and "Video"? Or what should we name it? I'd want to keep the names small, so open to suggestions at this stage.

                        Thanks for testing it out!

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                        • HexH
                          Hex
                          last edited by

                          @pjft Captions work as expected Highest : 1080p, High : 720p

                          Yes those are good suggestions.

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                          • pjftP
                            pjft @Hex
                            last edited by

                            @Hex thank you.

                            Just to confirm, then: if captions work as intended on highest and if the video doesn't stutter on highest (if it performs well) then I may even just remove the option altogether, or just leave two options: high and low (one being the full display resolution and the other the video one, upscaled, for weaker devices).

                            Let me know.

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                            • HexH
                              Hex
                              last edited by

                              I am testing on Linux. I dont have my pi3 with me. I dont think there would be any stuttering on VLC even on 2k resolution.

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                              • pjftP
                                pjft @Hex
                                last edited by

                                @Hex Thanks! Not a bother, I'm just looking for the Linux experience with VLC. The Pi uses OMX Player anyway, so that I can test.

                                If it works well on the highest resolution with and without captions, I may even just remove the option altogether and default to highest anyway.

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                                • meleuM
                                  meleu @pjft
                                  last edited by

                                  @pjft IMHO an option for a weaker hardware (even x86) is always welcome.

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                                  • pjftP
                                    pjft @meleu
                                    last edited by

                                    @meleu Sounds good. I think that's probably wise. But I'll leave it with just two options then - "fast" and "HQ".

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                                    • pjftP
                                      pjft
                                      last edited by

                                      Ok, so a final update.

                                      I've just updated the rebased branch with:

                                      • Only two options for VLC screensaver quality (only visible in non-Pi devices): "high" and "fast". Default is "high".
                                      • Added "stretch" option to VLC screensaver as well (so it can keep video proportions). It's "off" by default.
                                      • Option name stays "Random Video" at the moment.

                                      Would appreciate one final round of testing on Linux and the Pi, just to confirm I'm not missing anything.

                                      Thank you!

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                                      • meleuM
                                        meleu @pjft
                                        last edited by

                                        @pjft I'll try to break test it tonight. ;-)

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                                        • HexH
                                          Hex
                                          last edited by

                                          @pjft same here. Will report back in the evening

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                                          • pjftP
                                            pjft @meleu
                                            last edited by

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

                                            @pjft I'll try to break test it tonight. ;-)

                                            Why don't you even... -

                                            Thank you both. :)

                                            It's end of day here, so I'll adjust anything missing or messed up tomorrow.

                                            Thanks!

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