@AtomArne I copied this from reddit and it's how I use it on all my builds now.

"Skyscraper supports inputs as command-line arguments or in the config file. Since your credentials should not change from now on, it makes sense to put them in the config file. Edit the file ~/.skyscraper/config.ini and put your login in the [screenscraper] section, like this:

[screenscraper]
userCreds="Username:Password"

(put in the same username and password you use to log in to https://www.screenscraper.fr/ )"

@icer363 said in Skyscraper not showing videos?:

I have it enabled in the settings.

Do you enabled it in the Skyscraper settings or EmulationStation (or maybe both) ?
Note that after you scrape (with videos enabled), you need to run the gamelist generation step again in order for the videos to show up in EmulationStation.

Thanks for the info!

@sleve_mcdichael
Thanks for your answer! I was trying to create the script and I couldn't cause I'm a newbie haha. But I figured out that I was using wifi + ethernet cable, I thought it could be the wifi connection, so I disconected it. After that I used the purge option and re-scrape again some platforms and it worked. Got almost every platform working, but I couldnt do it with nintendo 64, it just wont work. When I was scrapping, i got these error messages saying the servers were overloaded, but its okay for me.
Thank you again !

@mitu
SOLVED - everything is working now. Thank you for your help.

Recap - in case it helps anyone else:

Problem: videos would not play after scraping, using Steven Selph's Scraper (optional package)

Solution - run RetroPie-Convert-Videos script by @hiulit to convert the videos using option: --to-ces "yuv420p"
https://github.com/hiulit/RetroPie-Convert-Videos

Replace the original video files with the converted video files.

My mistake: specifying the wrong option parameter for --to-ces

To test a video file will play: exit emulation station to the command line and try to run the video using omxplayer
$ omxplayer <path to video file>

Video files for testing are available here:
https://test-videos.co.uk/

@muldjord thank you, yes the gamelist was generated and the links were ok. The videos were downloaded in the wrong format, so i converted them on the laptop and replace them in the /images folder. Now they work.
Thanks for the help

@MBRetrocade said in Issue with scrapes:

arcadedb provided a video, but why are we only getting the audio of the video? I have other systems with videos and images, the image will show and then the video will play just fine. So it isn't in the theme? What could be causing this? HELP!

See this recent topic for a similar issue - https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/26257/ - some videos are not compatible with vlc/omxplayer and need conversion.