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    • AndersHPA
      AndersHP @Malixx
      last edited by

      @malixx I don't, and I wasn't trying to be a smartass, I just thought that ES had a "screensaver" folder one could put these into?

      My "Bubble Bobble" Themed Bartop Arcade
      My Gameboy

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      • MalixxM
        Malixx @afiction
        last edited by

        @afiction Thanks mate, I was planning to do those anyway :D but they are tricky to do, they will take time...

        @andershp Yeah of course no problem, I mean what I said, I'm interested in alternative ways to do it.

        @supercatfooz Cool I can't wait to see them!

        Thank you everyone I'm glad you guys like it, at first I made this only for a friend but I'm to share it with you. :)

        List of Projects and Themes: https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/21766/list-of-projects-and-themes
        Creator of Animated Screensavers: https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/12733/animated-screensavers
        Buy me a coffee: https://buymeacoffee.com/malixx

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        • cyperghostC
          cyperghost @Malixx
          last edited by cyperghost

          @malixx said in Animated Screensavers:

          @cyperghost Oh yeah this is nice! I will stick with my method for now but I guess this one is better if you have many videos to add at once.
          Here you go, I think this is what you wanted: .... TETPИC video

          Thank you very much ;) Looks really nice ;) That keeps the origin flavour - appreciate that

          EDIT:
          With the method introduced by @SuperCatFooz and the "tag-system" used here we can add as much videos as we want without disturbing any viewlist - as it is a dirty hack :)

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          • QuackwalksQ
            Quackwalks
            last edited by

            I've got this working, but the videos seem to take quite a while to load. In emulationstation, the screensaver settings are to switch the video every 30 seconds, but with the long load times this causes a black screen while the video loads for 20-25 seconds, then the video only plays for about 5 seconds before switching. I've downloaded the 720p versions, so maybe that's the problem.

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            • MalixxM
              Malixx @Quackwalks
              last edited by

              @quackwalks It seems alright to me, that's weird, sorry I don't have the answer to your problem, yeah try to download them at 1080p but I don't think it's because of that, hope someone will help you out

              List of Projects and Themes: https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/21766/list-of-projects-and-themes
              Creator of Animated Screensavers: https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/12733/animated-screensavers
              Buy me a coffee: https://buymeacoffee.com/malixx

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              • MalixxM
                Malixx @afiction
                last edited by

                @afiction Here's the Final Fantasy 6 as requested, Chrono Trigger and Super Metroid will come next.

                List of Projects and Themes: https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/21766/list-of-projects-and-themes
                Creator of Animated Screensavers: https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/12733/animated-screensavers
                Buy me a coffee: https://buymeacoffee.com/malixx

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                • cyperghostC
                  cyperghost
                  last edited by cyperghost

                  @Malixx FF - Looks nice

                  As an update...
                  I introduced <path /> tag in collection posting ... so in newest ES 2.6.3 the error of missing path nodes are eli... terminated now ;)

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                  • A
                    afiction @Malixx
                    last edited by

                    @malixx Oh man that's awesome! You rock. Thanks so much. Where are you getting these assets, Google?

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                    • HyruleslinkH
                      Hyruleslink @Malixx
                      last edited by Hyruleslink

                      @malixx I am having the same issue as @Quackwalks

                      EDIT: Problem solved. What I did to fix it was I placed the mp4s in the downloaded images folder, changed the paths to downloaded images folder from each game's metadata, and is now working perfectly. For whatever reason, it didn't like the mp4s in the rom folders for me, just gave me a black screen. Hopefully this will help others out too! :)

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                      • MalixxM
                        Malixx @afiction
                        last edited by Malixx

                        @afiction Thanks man! If by assets you mean the artworks yeah it's out there on Google, I try to find them at least at 1080p (with the options) my key words are "artwork", "cover art", "official art" or "original art" etc. sometimes I use the word "wallpaper" if there is nothing in HD.

                        List of Projects and Themes: https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/21766/list-of-projects-and-themes
                        Creator of Animated Screensavers: https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/12733/animated-screensavers
                        Buy me a coffee: https://buymeacoffee.com/malixx

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                        • CybermenC
                          Cybermen
                          last edited by

                          So after a long time with the suggestions here, I have now as @Malixx made. Have set at Swap Video after 30 seconds and now it runs perfectly.

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                          • cyperghostC
                            cyperghost @Malixx
                            last edited by cyperghost

                            @Malixx
                            I have to say thank you for these nice collections of screensavers...
                            My first game I really adored in PC was the XCOM: Enemy Unknown (XCOM: UFO Defense in America) game in 1994.

                            If you really have spare time - may you create this screensaver for me?
                            I would really appreciate this even if this is not a classic "RetroPie" emulator ;)

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                            • cyperghostC
                              cyperghost
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                              • MalixxM
                                Malixx @cyperghost
                                last edited by

                                @cyperghost Yeah of course, I will try to work on a XCOM Screensaver, I didn't even know that the XCOM series was that old, I thought it was a recent one!

                                @afiction Here's the Chrono Trigger Screensaver

                                List of Projects and Themes: https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/21766/list-of-projects-and-themes
                                Creator of Animated Screensavers: https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/12733/animated-screensavers
                                Buy me a coffee: https://buymeacoffee.com/malixx

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                                  afiction @Malixx
                                  last edited by

                                  @malixx Beautiful. Keep it up. I think this an amazing project you're doing for the community. I can't say thanks enough!

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                                  • M
                                    mashinboo
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                                    Is it possible to have it only play one specific video instead of it always picking random video from the scrapper videos. I would like to have it simply play the nes classic screensaver that I captured instead of the game video scrapes.

                                    thanks

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                                    • SuperFromNDS
                                      SuperFromND @mashinboo
                                      last edited by SuperFromND

                                      @mashinboo I've yet to find a way to do this, apart from simply not having any video snaps in your ES setup altogether.

                                      AFAIK it's unimplemented.

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                                      • M
                                        mashinboo
                                        last edited by

                                        yea that is a shame I guess i'll save it for whenever it gets implemented. thanks :O)

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                                        • cyperghostC
                                          cyperghost @Malixx
                                          last edited by

                                          @malixx That would be really nice ;)
                                          X-COM got the best out of the strategie, action and ressource managment style.

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                                          • GraphicsgodG
                                            Graphicsgod @mashinboo
                                            last edited by Graphicsgod

                                            @mashinboo said in Animated Screensavers:

                                            Is it possible to have it only play one specific video instead of it always picking random video from the scrapper videos. I would like to have it simply play the nes classic screensaver that I captured instead of the game video scrapes.

                                            thanks

                                            Yes it's very possible!! I have it setup that way on my Pi.

                                            I'll post a link in a min. when I find the discussion..

                                            Update:

                                            Here's how to do it!

                                            https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/11151/video-screensaver-retropie-themed-screensaver/2

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