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    • HurricaneFanH
      HurricaneFan @alphatoanant
      last edited by

      @alphatoanant This helps a ton. Thank you! I'm trying option 2 right now. With option 2, do you re-encode your videos after they are downloaded?

      I'm on a Mac so I can't use option 3.

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      • alphatoanantA
        alphatoanant @HurricaneFan
        last edited by

        @hurricanefan said in [New Theme] Art Book:

        With option 2, do you re-encode your videos after they are downloaded?

        Yes I do. I think my handbrake settings are 320x240 @ 30fps with a Constant Quality of 30

        Though I remember you had said you used emumovies too right? If so the good news is you might be able to just use those videos.

        When selph's scraper runs it checks to see if it has the image/video it expects to get in the folder its looking in. If it does then it just picks up that media and adds the reference to the gamelist (so no downloading needed). For this to work you have to make sure the videos are named as the scraper would expect them to be named. Default I believe is romname-video.mp4 - though this can also be changed if using the command line.

        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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        • HurricaneFanH
          HurricaneFan @alphatoanant
          last edited by

          @alphatoanant Yup, I do have emumovies.com for everything except arcade videos. I plan on using your scraper settings for video and just wondered if I had to change them after they were downloaded.

          Really loving your theme and appreciate all the help you've provided me.

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          • alphatoanantA
            alphatoanant
            last edited by alphatoanant

            Updates 7/29/17

            • Started testing the Custom Collections work from @pjft (see: https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/11805/please-test-creating-custom-collections/)
            • Added 2 new systems with custom logos to help with testing =)
              -- tloz (The Legend of Zelda)
              -- smb (Super Mario Bros)
            • Tweaked the retropie system layout to remove unnecessary metadata
            • Added a new font to use in logoText property for cases when a custom collection is not based off of theme

            Preview:

            New SMB and LOTZ systems with logos
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            lotz system created using the "custom collections > create new custom collection from theme" feature
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            custom collections not created from a theme shown grouped together
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            @pjft I am having a lot of fun with this feature. The metadata change you made for grouped collections is awesome. Excellent work!


            Latest is up at https://github.com/anthonycaccese/es-theme-art-book

            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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            • pjftP
              pjft @alphatoanant
              last edited by

              @alphatoanant these look fantastic! Thanks for the note on the grouped collections metadata, glad you feel it's useful, and an elegant solution for the context :)

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              • TMNTturtlguyT
                TMNTturtlguy
                last edited by

                really like the elegant look of this theme! Nice job

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                • alphatoanantA
                  alphatoanant @soloskywalker
                  last edited by

                  @soloskywalker I just added tg-cd and pce-cd systems following the naming convention seen in carbon theme. Latest is on github now.

                  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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                  • alphatoanantA
                    alphatoanant
                    last edited by

                    Update 8/1/17

                    • Art Book can be installed through the ES Themes section in the latest version of Retropie now (you can still install manually from github as well)
                    • Added new custom systems to help support the custom collections feature coming soon in Emulation Station

                    The list of new custom systems added:

                    atari
                    capcom
                    dataeast
                    finalfantasy
                    konami
                    namco
                    nintendo
                    pokemon
                    sega
                    snk
                    sonicthehedgehog
                    squaresoft
                    taito

                    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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                    • HurricaneFanH
                      HurricaneFan @alphatoanant
                      last edited by

                      @alphatoanant Is it possible for you to add a few more custom systems?

                      Midway
                      Williams
                      Super Mario
                      Star Wars

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                      • alphatoanantA
                        alphatoanant @HurricaneFan
                        last edited by alphatoanant

                        @hurricanefan yes for sure.

                        Super Mario is in place now (its called "smb"). Was wondering if I should rename it to supermario though.

                        Will look at getting Midway, Williams and Stars Wars done

                        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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                        • HurricaneFanH
                          HurricaneFan @alphatoanant
                          last edited by

                          @alphatoanant Oh, I totally missed the Super Mario one. Renaming it might help other people.

                          Thanks for all the hard work you've put into this theme!

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                          • pjftP
                            pjft @alphatoanant
                            last edited by

                            @alphatoanant Super Mario or Mario (since there were Mario games that weren't "Super"). Either works, though. :)

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                            • TMNTturtlguyT
                              TMNTturtlguy
                              last edited by

                              There is a new thread that just started about this, check it out, on my phone so sorry for no link to it.

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                              • alphatoanantA
                                alphatoanant
                                last edited by

                                Thank you for your feedback @TMNTturtlguy, @HurricaneFan and @pjft

                                I made the following changes:

                                • renamed smb to mario
                                • renamed tloz to zelda
                                • renamed sonicthehedgehog to sonic
                                • added midway
                                • added starwars
                                • added irem
                                • added hudson
                                • added sunsoft

                                All are up on github now

                                Working on tracing the Williams logo next to make an SVG

                                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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                                • meleuM
                                  meleu
                                  last edited by

                                  OK guys, I confess I'm a little late. But I would like to say: @alphatoanant , hey dude! great job on this theme. Looks very clean and elegant!

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                                  • HurricaneFanH
                                    HurricaneFan @alphatoanant
                                    last edited by

                                    @alphatoanant You tweaked Super Nintendo and Nintendo 64 boxes. No more overlap! I love it!

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                                    • meleuM
                                      meleu
                                      last edited by

                                      @alphatoanant is this theme available in esthemes? (RetroPie-Setup)

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                                      • HurricaneFanH
                                        HurricaneFan @meleu
                                        last edited by

                                        @meleu Yup, it's available in the theme list now.

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                                        • alphatoanantA
                                          alphatoanant
                                          last edited by

                                          Update 8/3/17:

                                          • Added additional custom systems - cps1, cps2, cps3 and williams

                                          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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                                          • alphatoanantA
                                            alphatoanant @meleu
                                            last edited by

                                            @meleu thank you for your feedback and nice words. Very much appreciated!

                                            @HurricaneFan just added williams - still playing with layouts but getting there =)

                                            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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