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      lolo @alphatoanant
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      @alphatoanant Great, many thanks!

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      • alphatoanantA
        alphatoanant
        last edited by alphatoanant

        Updates 5/21/2017:

        • Finishing up UXS profiles to streamline metadata scraping
        • Starting to experiment with grid view layouts. Here is a preview...

        With Metadata
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        No Metadata
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        What do you think?

        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
          last edited by

          @alphatoanant Wow that looks awesome too. Can Wheel art be used instead of boxes?

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          • alphatoanantA
            alphatoanant
            last edited by

            Experimenting with Grid Layouts a bit more

            Using Screenshots instead of Boxart
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            No Meta Version
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            @Dominus thinking something like this?
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            I think it would be possible as long as the image scraped for each game is the wheel art (vs say the screenshot or boxart)

            Main thing I am running into now is getting a version of grid view ES set up on windows to test with. Hoping to sort that out soon.

            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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              darknior
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              Woaw really cool idea if it is possible to have this new view :)

              Life is game, just play it !

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                numotiv
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                I was really set on using the nes mini theme on my snes classic build. This theme is just too good though.... especially now that I sourced out a crt tv to play on. Really good job on it!

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                  Dominus @alphatoanant
                  last edited by

                  @alphatoanant Yeah like that. I am also wondering about Videos? Can you use videos, and the one that is highlighted will have the sound on that video?

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                    alphatoanant @Dominus
                    last edited by

                    @Dominus I don't believe so. From what I understand gridview does not support the playback of video.

                    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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                    • hoodleH
                      hoodle
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                      Hi there, wondering if anyone can help? I have a gamelist set up for all consoles, and know it works as the OldRoom theme shows video previews correctly, but within the CRT theme, the audio from the video snap plays, but there is no video being displayed? Any ideas? Thanks.

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                        pjft @hoodle
                        last edited by

                        @hoodle you might want to start a separate topic, but yesterday there was a similar report.

                        It might be video encoding, resolution, or you may need to update EmulationStation. I believe the last one solved it in that case.

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                        • alphatoanantA
                          alphatoanant @pjft
                          last edited by

                          thank you @pjft

                          @hoodle here is the thread with the details on what to try (possibly a need to update emulationstation)
                          https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/11445/video-preview-sound-but-no-image

                          If that doesn't work out just let me know and i'll try to help further no worries

                          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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                          • hoodleH
                            hoodle
                            last edited by

                            @alphatoanant @pjft That worked perfectly (the ES update). Cheers for the help!

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                              AndersHP @alphatoanant
                              last edited by AndersHP

                              @alphatoanant The Grid view is amazing!!! I thought this wasn't possible in ES and was abandoned..? Is it possible to do now or is it just a mockup?

                              My "Bubble Bobble" Themed Bartop Arcade
                              My Gameboy

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                              • alphatoanantA
                                alphatoanant @AndersHP
                                last edited by

                                @andershp just a mockup for now working off the details listed in the gridview thread. Sadly I am not sure if grid view is still being worked on - I hope it is but haven't found any updated details recently. I'll continue working on the grid aspect of the theme on my windows test build to get things sorted if grid view does start up again.

                                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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                                  AndersHP @alphatoanant
                                  last edited by AndersHP

                                  @alphatoanant Allright, well they're working a lot on improving ES all the time, maybe grid view will come some day.
                                  Looks super sharp, I think.

                                  My "Bubble Bobble" Themed Bartop Arcade
                                  My Gameboy

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                                  • alphatoanantA
                                    alphatoanant
                                    last edited by

                                    Updates 7/18/2017:

                                    • Added support for the new Game Collections feature by pjft (details in this thread)

                                    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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                                      zeroclash
                                      last edited by zeroclash

                                      ~~I'm having trouble getting my videos to show, it shows the image but no video. Heres a sample of my xml

                                      https://pastebin.com/8C8yFwjb

                                      I'm thinking I might need to convert my videos to mp4?~~

                                      I'm an idiot, forgot to upload my corrected xml

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                                        bebez71
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                                        Hi many thanks for your work.
                                        I've installed the CRT theme, but I can't see the videos.
                                        I hear only the sound, but the video is black.
                                        The video folder is inside the rom folder and it's called "videos".
                                        The xml is fine, because I can see the video with another theme.

                                        Any idea?

                                        Thanks again

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                                        • alphatoanantA
                                          alphatoanant
                                          last edited by alphatoanant

                                          Hi @zeroclash and @bebez71

                                          I just made a quick change to the theme to help debug.
                                          Can you update to the latest version of CRT from ES-Themes menu and let me know if you still see the issue?

                                          If that doesn't fix it...

                                          • @zeroclash could you try finding an mp4 video and testing with that?
                                          • @bebez71 are you using vlc or omxplayer?
                                          • can you let me know what version of the retropie setup script you are both on? (go to retropie menu > retropie setup > you will see the version number and latest commit at the top of this screen)

                                          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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                                            bebez71 @alphatoanant
                                            last edited by bebez71

                                            @alphatoanant
                                            Hi, I've just updated, but for me the issue is still there.
                                            I haven't installed any of the two programs (vlc or omxplayer), it's a fresh installation from the 4.2 img (for pi3).
                                            The script version is 4.2.14

                                            Thanks

                                            Also in this path:
                                            \RETROPIE\configs\all\emulationstation\themes
                                            I can't see any folder related to the CRT theme, it's present only the one (with video preview) that I've put manually

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