New ComicBook Video Splashscreen

[pjft]

@sirhenrythe5th A new mission is always positive :)

I hear @sselph 's scraper recently added support for video scraping, so that would be a good start.

Also, if you're on Windows, Universal XML Scraper by @screech I believe also has video scraping support, though I'm not on Windows so I haven't used it myself and can't confirm.

I believe EmuMovies is a good source for most videos, and if you decide to go premium they have a program (Windows only) that does some sort of matching of your roms to the videos and downloads those only.

So yeah, plenty of options. Let us know how it goes, and greetings from Europe as well! Happy Sunday :)

[N.A.R.E.K.96]

this is great !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[thadialator]

I registered just to say thank you so much! I just started venturing with EmulationStation and this immediately became my go to theme. Now that you have this splash screen I may never change it. :-)

[TMNTturtlguy]

@thadialator glad you are enjoying it! Thank you

[A Former User]

The splashscreen is working really nice but is there any way to skip it by pressing a button on my PS3 controller? Thank you

[pjft]

I don't believe so. The video will need to run until the end, unless someone has put together a script that kills OMX Player (which is used to show the video) on the press of the button.

[VGMonkey]

Thank you,. This is also my go to theme and splash screen.
Only thing I would change it for is early TMNT theme. Which to be honest is rattling around my head but I will not try untill I have my set up all ready.

[TMNTturtlguy]

@VGMonkey Great, thanks for the kind words. What do you mean change it for is early TMNT theme? Thanks

[PedroPod]

@TMNTturtlguy I'm late to the party, but I've just installed this and your comic book theme and I just wanted to say they're brilliant. I'm just wondering will you be making a 4:3 ratio version of the video? I ask because I see from your other posts that you have a 4:3 setup, and the comic book theme has a 4:3 version? No problem if not. Thanks again!

[TMNTturtlguy]

@pedropod thanks for the kind words! The video splash screen should play on your 4:3 format. It just will have black bars at the top and bottom. I have no plans to recreate this in 4:3 format. I have been extremely busy with work and family the last month and have had no time for development. My next goal is to release launching screens, and I want to start a new theme for a TMNT bartop I built. Let me know if you can get the splash screen to run on your 4:3.

Thanks

[PedroPod]

@tmntturtlguy It is working but it doesn't fully cover the "loading..." text which can be seen as the system boots up, and then before the video has finished playing it finishes loading and you can see the top and bottom of your theme while the video is still playing. Not to worry, I might have a go at adding in black bars to make the video 4:3 so it covers these things. Once again, brilliant work on both the theme and the video :)

[TMNTturtlguy]

@pedropod thanks for reporting back. I have not actually loaded this on my 4:3 as I have a personalized splash screen for my stand up arcade which is where my 4:3 monitor is. When I get time I will see if I can easily modify this without recreating the entire video.

[TMNTturtlguy]

I have a solution I can post tonight

[TMNTturtlguy]

@PedroPod I have created two 4:3 versions of the splash video. The first is name 4-3 and has black bars at the top and bottom. The second is named 4:3 full and I simply zoomed the video to be full screen but kept the aspect ratio, this means that the left and right sides of the video are cut off, but i think it still works. Both look good in my opinion so it is user preference. let me know if this works better for you.

Link: ComicBook Splashscreen 4:3 Version

[PedroPod]

@tmntturtlguy They're perfect, thanks so much, I really appreciate you doing that, and so quickly as well. Now my little arcade cabinet is perfect!

[ByteThis]

@TMNTturtlguy thanks man!! I have the Comic Book theme installed and this splash compliments it! Kudos bro!

[elcaverao]

Thanks for sharing! One question, how do I add this in ES for windows?

[TMNTturtlguy]

@elcaverao I am not sure as I do not run a windows setup, but i assume it is about the same process.

[green_reaper]

i have both themes, both 720 and 1080. but both seem to cause video issue. screen goes black tv tell me output not supported. then it is in retropie mode after a few seconds on black screen. any idea how to fix this?

[TMNTturtlguy]

@green_reaper you need to provide more information. I have no idea what you are talking about or what your issue is. Please be more specific and please provide how you set up your system and intro video. Thanks