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      dsstrainer
      last edited by dsstrainer

      Spent hours and learned the hard way that you can't add it to the retropie/gamelist.xml anymore in 2.7.5
      But you can add it to any other system gamelist.xml that has roms
      Really needs a default folder as an option but for now just add the tag to any of your system gamelists

      I don't use videos in ES because of the extreme heat
      But I link 5 videos without names/paths to be discovered by the random video screensaver by simply adding it to the bottom of the nes/gamelist.xml file

      <gameList>
          <game><video>/home/pi/RetroPie/splashscreens/ss1.mp4</video></game>
          <game><video>/home/pi/RetroPie/splashscreens/ss2.mp4</video></game>
          <game><video>/home/pi/RetroPie/splashscreens/ss3.mp4</video></game>
          <game><video>/home/pi/RetroPie/splashscreens/ss4.mp4</video></game>
          <game><video>/home/pi/RetroPie/splashscreens/ss5.mp4</video></game>
          ....
      </gameList>
      

      Works perfect every time and oddly don't overheat the pi while playing.

      RetroPie v4.2 • RPi3 Model B • 5.1V 2.5A PSU • 8GB SanDisk class 10 microSD • 16GB External USB Thumb Drive
      Roms, images and configs stored in USB and symlinked from normal microsd location
      Xarcade Keyboard encoder + Zero Delay Joystick encoder

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