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    Showcase Theme Image/Video Issues

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      WylieCoyote
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      I'm in the process of modding a PlayStation to house a Pi 3B+ using Retro-Emulation's excellent mod kit. I've completed the build and have been building a 256GB image from scratch using the excellent Showcase theme.

      I'm nearly finished but have hit an issue. I've setup 3 folders in the PSX directory to house the boxart (image), game video (video) and wheel art (wheel). These have all been referenced in the gamelist.xml within the PSX rom directory under the 3 xml tags <image>, <marquee> and <video>. As far as I can tell all the pathing is correct against each game e.g.

      <image>./image/[filename].png</image>, (Boxart)
      <marquee> ./wheel/[filename].png </marquee> (Wheel Art/Logo)
      <video> ./video/[filename].mp4</video> etc. (Video Snap)

      On a previous bar top build I have using the same theme, in the central window, the box art appears and after a short delay, the video snap runs. In the metadata shown on the left, the wheel art appears.

      On this build, no matter what view type I select (Automatic, Detailed, Video etc), only the box art or wheel art are appearing (depending upon the view selected) in the central window with no video.

      I've played around with the VRAM (currently set at 100) and that doesn't seem to change anything. I've also disabled the OMX acceleration and switched it back on again to see if that would solve the problem.

      I'm at a loss to figure out what I've done wrong here and why I can't get this configuration to work like the bartop does but admittedly that build hasn't been updated for over a year now so it might be down to the theme being updated since.

      Any advice gratefully appreciated.

      Regards
      Andrew

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        mitu Global Moderator
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        Linux is case sensitive, so make sure the filenames in the xml file match the path on disk. How did you generate the gamelist.xml - did you use a scraper ?

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          WylieCoyote @mitu
          last edited by

          @mitu Just doubled checked and all file names/directories match. Yes, I used the Skraper Beta for the initial pass to generate the gamelist.xml and download the images/videos. I then swapped out the 3 image mix and wheelart in the images & wheel folders for what I think was a Hyperspin set. They appear to be working because they are appearing, albeit, not where I was expecting to see them but the video isn't kicking in after the boxart preview.

          I did play around with the marquee and image tags. I looked at the theme.xml and noted on the detailed view there was a <logo> tag. I bulk renamed the <image></image> tags in the gamelist.xml to <logo></logo) and got the wheelart in the central window as before but the boxart was appearing where I was expecting to see the wheelart. Thought it was just a case of switching them over but when I did, the box art appeared in the central window but the wheel art didn't and still no video snaps.

          I might try another scrape overnight tonight (take 9/10 hours) and see whether that works. At least then I'll know if it's Skraper Beta causing the problem (doubt it) or my amendments afterwards.

          Regards
          Andrew

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            mitu Global Moderator @WylieCoyote
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            @WylieCoyote Emulationstation only knows about image, marquee and video tags, other types of images/boxart (like logo) are ignored.

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              WylieCoyote @mitu
              last edited by

              @mitu Thanks for the clarification, handy to know.

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                mitu Global Moderator @WylieCoyote
                last edited by mitu

                @WylieCoyote You can check the Emulationstation log file (~/.emulationstation/es_log.txt) to see if you spot any errors.
                I used Skraper a few times and didn't have any problems, as long as I copied the resulting gamelist.xml and the downloaded media folders in the ROMs folder.

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                  WylieCoyote @mitu
                  last edited by WylieCoyote

                  @mitu Many thanks. Not sure it means but apart from a selection of pbp's that were ignored, I found these relating to the theme in the PSX folder.

                  lvl2: Parsing XML file "/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/psx/gamelist.xml"...
                  lvl1: Warning from theme "/etc/emulationstation/themes/showcase/psx/theme.xml"
                  (from included file "/etc/emulationstation/themes/showcase/psx/../theme.xml")
                  could not find file ""
                  lvl1: Warning from theme "/etc/emulationstation/themes/showcase/psx/theme.xml"
                  (from included file "/etc/emulationstation/themes/showcase/psx/../theme.xml")
                  could not find file ""
                  lvl1: Warning from theme "/etc/emulationstation/themes/showcase/psx/theme.xml"
                  (from included file "/etc/emulationstation/themes/showcase/psx/../theme.xml")
                  could not find file ""

                  I'll update/reinstall the theme and redo the scrape. I think that's the best starter for ten.

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                  • mituM
                    mitu Global Moderator @WylieCoyote
                    last edited by

                    @WylieCoyote There's nothing related to your problem in the logs, unfortunately. I'd just re-scrape a few ROMs and test the new gamelist, not to waste any time for a full re-scrape.

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                      WylieCoyote @mitu
                      last edited by

                      @mitu Understand. Can you do that with Skraper Beta or do I have to remove the roms from the PSX folder? Doesn't appear to have an individual or smaller subset option, it's all or nothing (on a per system basis that is).

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                      • mituM
                        mitu Global Moderator @WylieCoyote
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                        @WylieCoyote Since Skraper is Windows based, I've just copied a few ROMs locally and scrape them in a folder. If you're just pointing Skraper directly at the roms file share, you could move the bulk of the psx ROMs in a different folder (roms/psx2) and just scrape the few ones left.

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                          WylieCoyote @mitu
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                          @mitu Right, fresh scrape a couple of ROMs, with original gamelist.xml deleted, I get the following results;

                          Theme View
                          Video - wheel art in central window, fade to video snap. no wheel art in top right window above metadata
                          Auto - Shows nothing in either window.
                          Detailed - screenshot 3 mix in central window, fade to video snap. no wheel art in top right window above metadata

                          Must just be fortunate on my bartop build because there doesn't seem to be any view that shows all 3 (image, wheel and snap) on one screen. But at least I know it's me that's screwing it up. :)

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                            mitu Global Moderator @WylieCoyote
                            last edited by

                            @WylieCoyote Try a different theme then, it'll give an excuse to play more with the build and try new things :).

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                              WylieCoyote @mitu
                              last edited by

                              @mitu I will. I've been into Retropie for a couple of years now so have a reasonable handle on the themes available, the challenge is always finding one which hits the spot but gives you what you want. Given it's a build in an actual PS1 case, the Playstation theme was the obvious, choice but it didn't really tick all the boxes. After a lot of trial and error, Showcase seemed the next best alternative. I'll keep on looking.

                              I've been meaning to build this for about a year now, just sod's law when I get round to it, it looks like modding the PS Classic is now the way to go. :)

                              Many thanks for your advice and assistance, greatly appreciated.

                              Regards
                              Andrew

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