Game launching video loading screens

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@pisces3988

I don't know why some of the other words are bigger than the other words, it wasn't like that before.

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pi@retropie:~ $ cat /opt/retropie/configs/all/runcommand-onstart.sh

Extract file name from Called ROM

gname="$(basename "$3")"

build path to file and remove extension from ROM to add mp4 extension

$HOME variable will help users that are not stick to raspberry ;)

ifgame="HOME/RetroPie/videoloadingscreens${gname%.*},mp4"
ifsystem="$HOME/RetroPie/videoloadingscreens/$1.mp4"
ls= $HOME/RetroPie/videoloadingscreens/

If condition to check filename with -f switch, f means regular file

if [[ -f $ifgame ]]; then
omxplayer "$ifgame" > /dev/null 2>&1
elif [[ -f $ifsystem ]]; then
omxplayer "$ifsystem" > /dev/null 2>&1
elif [[ -f $default ]]; then
omxplayer "$default" > /dev/null 2>&1
fi
pi@retropie:~ $

mitu

It's because characters as # have special meaning in the forum post - they start a heading. If you would have added the code blocks, as asked, they would have appear like in the 1st post of the topic.
I added the code blocks to your post, so it shows correctly now.

Regarding your issue, you've modified the original script and replaced

 default="$HOME/RetroPie/videoloadingscreens/default.mp4"

with

ls= $HOME/RetroPie/videoloadingscreens/

that's why you get the error. Modify the line back, so it has the correct value.

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@mitu

How do I get to that to modify It

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@pisces3988

Can you explain to me how to use code blocks so I'll have a better understanding of what
I'm doing?

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@mitu

Can you explain to me how to use code blocks so I'll have a better understanding of what
I'm doing?

mitu

@pisces3988 Please don't spam the topic with repeated messages.
Just add ``` before and after the text block to have it shown formatted. This is for the forum posts, it will not have any effect on the error you're getting with the onstart script.

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@mitu

oh sorry

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Extract file name from called ROM

gname="$(basename "$3")"

build path to file and remove extension from ROM to add mp4 extension

$HOME variable will help users that are not stick to raspberry ;)

ifgame="$HOME/RetroPie/videoloadingscreens/${gname%.*}.mp4"
ifsystem="$HOME/RetroPie/videoloadingscreens/$1.mp4"
default="$HOME/RetroPie/videoloadingscreens/default.mp4"

If condition to check filename with -f switch, f means regular file

if [[ -f $ifgame ]]; then

omxplayer "$ifgame" > /dev/null 2>&1

elif [[ -f $ifsystem ]]; then
omxplayer "$ifsystem" > /dev/null 2>&1
elif [[ -f $default ]]; then
omxplayer "$default" > /dev/null 2>&1 code_text

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@pisces3988

Is this right or not???

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@pisces3988

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@mitu

Extract file name from called ROM

gname="$(basename "$3")"
build path to file and remove extension from ROM to add mp4 extension
$HOME variable will help users that are not stick to raspberry ;)

ifgame="$HOME/RetroPie/videoloadingscreens/${gname%.*}.mp4"
ifsystem="$HOME/RetroPie/videoloadingscreens/$1.mp4"
default="$HOME/RetroPie/videoloadingscreens/default.mp4"
If condition to check filename with -f switch, f means regular file

if [[ -f $ifgame ]]; then

omxplayer "$ifgame" > /dev/null 2>&1

elif [[ -f $ifsystem ]]; then
omxplayer "$ifsystem" > /dev/null 2>&1
elif [[ -f $default ]]; then
omxplayer "$default" > /dev/null 2>&1 code_text

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@pisces3988

Is this right???

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@mitu

what do I do next if this is right?

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@mitu

Extract file name from called ROM

gname="$(basename "$3")"
build path to file and remove extension from ROM to add mp4 extension
$HOME variable will help users that are not stick to raspberry ;)

ifgame="$HOME/RetroPie/videoloadingscreens/${gname%.*}.mp4"
ifsystem="$HOME/RetroPie/videoloadingscreens/$1.mp4"
default="$HOME/RetroPie/videoloadingscreens/default.mp4"
If condition to check filename with -f switch, f means regular file

if [[ -f $ifgame ]]; then

omxplayer "$ifgame" > /dev/null 2>&1

elif [[ -f $ifsystem ]]; then
omxplayer "$ifsystem" > /dev/null 2>&1
elif [[ -f $default ]]; then
omxplayer "$default" > /dev/null 2>&1 code_text

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@pisces3988

Extract file name from called ROMcode_text

gname="$(basename "$3")"
build path to file and remove extension from ROM to add mp4 extension
$HOME variable will help users that are not stick to raspberry ;)

ifgame="$HOME/RetroPie/videoloadingscreens/${gname%.*}.mp4"
ifsystem="$HOME/RetroPie/videoloadingscreens/$1.mp4"
default="$HOME/RetroPie/videoloadingscreens/default.mp4"
If condition to check filename with -f switch, f means regular file

if [[ -f $ifgame ]]; then

omxplayer "$ifgame" > /dev/null 2>&1

elif [[ -f $ifsystem ]]; then
omxplayer "$ifsystem" > /dev/null 2>&1
elif [[ -f $default ]]; then
omxplayer "$default" > /dev/null 2>&1 code_textcode_text

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@pisces3988

Is someone gonna help me.....

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@pisces3988

Is there any other ways to do this stuff?

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@pisces3988

Because with these instructions given to me in the last 2 days makes me feel kinda lost,
with typing these different commands.

Clyde

@pisces3988 The problem in the last days was that you often didn't do exactly as we were asking you to. The same goes for the instructions in the opening post. For example, you missed or ignored the remarks in the opening post about not to use the old method and not create a copy of omxplayer anymore, and you didn't heed the exact spelling and upper/lower case of the terminal commands there.

Computers do exactly what you tell them to do, so you have to be very observant and accurate when dealing with them, especially if you don't understand the instructions which you follow.

That said, although the opening post is a little bit confusing because it was corrected but the old version was kept, it's really very straightforward:

edit the runcommand-onstart.sh and add the lines below to it

create the videoloadingscreens folder

add MP4 files

This is the essence of it, just three steps. The rest of the opening post is either outdated (the part about making a copy of OMX Player) or just an elaboration of those three steps. But since the first step was discarded without correcting the step numbers in the text, number 1. in the list above is explained under "Step Two" in the following text, 2. is explained as "Step Three" and so forth. So ignore everything under Step One and follow the remaining Step Two to Step Four.

Since you did many things in your attempts – some of them correct, some wrong – I would recommend that you start over from the beginning, following only the three steps at the beginning of the instructions, which are described under Step Two to Step Four afterwards.

[Step Two in the text] edit the runcommand-onstart.sh and add the lines below to it

[Step Three in the text] create the videoloadingscreens folder

[Step Four in the text] add MP4 files