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    • mituM
      mitu Global Moderator @PISCES3988
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      @pisces3988 said in Game launching video loading screens:

      then they told me to use pastebin to check for errors that's what happened.

      I told you to check for any differences in your runcommand-onstart.sh file to the commands posted in the topic starter, not to use pastebin.com to check for errors. The cat /dev/shm/runcommand.logs showed you have some errors in the .sh file. As @Clyde said - and I also suggested in my previous post - upload the file to pastebin.com so we could see what it contains exactly.

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      • ClydeC
        Clyde @PISCES3988
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        @pisces3988 In addition to what @mitu said, if your /opt/retropie/configs/all/runcommand-onstart.sh isn't longer than the 16 lines the instructions told you to add to this file, you could just post its contents here in a code block instead of uploading it to pastebin.com.

        This is a code block. You cane make one by clicking on the button named "code" with the symbol </> in the forum's editor.

        Just in the case that you have problems with the upload to pastebin.com. We only need to see the contents of your runcommand-onstart.sh in some way.

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          PISCES3988 @Clyde
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          @clyde

          Can you explain how to use code block???

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            PISCES3988 @PISCES3988
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            @pisces3988

            Is this the runcommand-onstart.sh your talking about to upload to pastebin, This is the one I uploaded to pastebin

            pi@retropie:~ $ cat /dev/shm/runcommand/logs
            cat: /dev/shm/runcommand/logs: No such file or directory
            pi@retropie:~ $ cat /dev/shm/runcommand.logs
            cat: /dev/shm/runcommand.logs: No such file or directory
            pi@retropie:~ $ cat /dev/shm/runcommand.log
            /opt/retropie/configs/all/runcommand-onstart.sh: line 7: /home/pi/RetroPie/video loadingscreens/: Is a directory
            Parameters:
            Executing: /opt/retropie/emulators/retroarch/bin/retroarch -L /opt/retropie/libr etrocores/lr-mame2003/mame2003_libretro.so --config /opt/retropie/configs/mame-l ibretro/retroarch.cfg "/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/mame-libretro/1941j.zip" --appendc onfig /dev/shm/retroarch.cfg
            pi@retropie:~ $ /opt/retropie/configs/all/runcommand-onstart.sh: line 7: /home/p i/RetroPie/videoloadingscreens/: Is a directory
            -bash: /opt/retropie/configs/all/runcommand-onstart.sh:: No such file or directo ry
            pi@retropie:~ $ Parameters:
            -bash: Parameters:: command not found
            pi@retropie:~ $ Executing: /opt/retropie/emulators/retroarch/bin/retroarch -L /o pt/retropie/libretrocores/lr-mame2003/mame2003_libretro.so --config /opt/retropi e/configs/mame-libretro/retroarch.cfg "/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/mame-libretro/1941 j.zip" --appendconfig /dev/shm/retroarch.cfg

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              PISCES3988 @PISCES3988
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              @pisces3988

              please tell me what I'm doing wrong

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              • ClydeC
                Clyde @PISCES3988
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                @pisces3988 said in Game launching video loading screens:

                Can you explain how to use code block???

                I already did in my example code block:

                This is a code block. You cane make one by clicking on the button named "code" with the symbol </> in the forum's editor.

                Is this the runcommand-onstart.sh your talking about to upload to pastebin

                No, this is your runcommand.log. To display your runcommand-onstart.sh, use this command:

                cat /opt/retropie/configs/all/runcommand-onstart.sh
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                  PISCES3988 @Clyde
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                  @clyde

                  do I type the code block in the runcommand-onstart.sh

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                  • ClydeC
                    Clyde @PISCES3988
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                    @pisces3988 No, the code block is a formatting option in this forum. It makes quoted program outputs much more readible.

                    Example without a code block:

                    pi@retropie:~ $ cat /dev/shm/runcommand.log
                    /opt/retropie/configs/all/runcommand-onstart.sh: line 7: /home/pi/RetroPie/video loadingscreens/: Is a directory
                    Parameters:
                    Executing: /opt/retropie/emulators/retroarch/bin/retroarch -L /opt/retropie/libr etrocores/lr-mame2003/mame2003_libretro.so --config /opt/retropie/configs/mame-l ibretro/retroarch.cfg "/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/mame-libretro/1941j.zip" --appendc onfig /dev/shm/retroarch.cfg
                    pi@retropie:~ $ /opt/retropie/configs/all/runcommand-onstart.sh: line 7: /home/p i/RetroPie/videoloadingscreens/: Is a directory
                    -bash: /opt/retropie/configs/all/runcommand-onstart.sh:: No such file or directo ry

                    And the same text in a code block:

                    pi@retropie:~ $ cat /dev/shm/runcommand.log
/opt/retropie/configs/all/runcommand-onstart.sh: line 7: /home/pi/RetroPie/video loadingscreens/: Is a directory
Parameters:
Executing: /opt/retropie/emulators/retroarch/bin/retroarch -L /opt/retropie/libr etrocores/lr-mame2003/mame2003_libretro.so --config /opt/retropie/configs/mame-l ibretro/retroarch.cfg "/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/mame-libretro/1941j.zip" --appendc onfig /dev/shm/retroarch.cfg
pi@retropie:~ $ /opt/retropie/configs/all/runcommand-onstart.sh: line 7: /home/p i/RetroPie/videoloadingscreens/: Is a directory
-bash: /opt/retropie/configs/all/runcommand-onstart.sh:: No such file or directo ry

                    The latter is much more readible. So just copy the contents of your runcommand-onstart.sh in your forum post in a code block.

                    It's bedtime now in my part of the world. See you tommorow.

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                      PISCES3988
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                      Can someone please make this easier, please with a cherry on top!

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                        PISCES3988 @PISCES3988
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                        @pisces3988

                        I really don't have a clear understanding of what I'm doing with all these different commands, just to get videoloadingscreens to work.

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                          PISCES3988 @PISCES3988
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                          @pisces3988

                          I have no programing or coding experience to pull this off easy, like someone that does.

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                          • mituM
                            mitu Global Moderator @PISCES3988
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                            @pisces3988 said in Game launching video loading screens:

                            I have no programing or coding experience to pull this off easy, like someone that does.

                            Adding some text to a file doesn't require programming/coding experience. The topic starter explains in detail how to do that, just editing a file.

                            Can someone please make this easier, please with a cherry on top!

                            Please check the contents of the /opt/retropie/configs/all/runcommand-onstart.sh file - open it in an editor, like you did when following the installation instructions - and post its contents here, surrounded by a block delimiters (three backticks - ```).

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                              PISCES3988 @mitu
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                              @mitu

                              Which editor should I use?

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                              • mituM
                                mitu Global Moderator @PISCES3988
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                                @pisces3988 said in Game launching video loading screens:

                                Which editor should I use?

                                Which editor did you use when you created the file in the first place ?

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                                  PISCES3988 @mitu
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                                  @mitu

                                  Putty

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                                    PISCES3988 @PISCES3988
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                                    @pisces3988

                                    Then I tried it directly on the Rasperry Pi as well.

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                                    • mituM
                                      mitu Global Moderator
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                                      Putty is not an editor, it's just a SSH client, used to connect to the Pi.

                                      Connect with Putty, to your Pi, then run

                                      cat /opt/retropie/configs/all/runcommand-onstart.sh

                                      then post the output here, surrounded by a block delimiters (three backticks - ```).

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                                        PISCES3988 @mitu
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                                        @mitu

                                        Where do I put the 3 backticks at, If that's what your asking?

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                                        • mituM
                                          mitu Global Moderator @PISCES3988
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                                          @pisces3988 I'm asking you to provide the output of that command. The backticks (code blocks delimiters) are for the forum, as @Clyde explained a few posts before.

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                                            PISCES3988 @mitu
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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:~ $

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