[SOLVED] .avi format in video screensaver

[Piersi]

I want some custom videos to be shown in the screensaver, but EmulationStation doesn't have an option to show custom videos as screensavers, only Random videos.

In order to bypass this, I converted my custom videos from .mp4 format to .avi format and I put them on a custom folder named screensaver in /opt/retropie/configs/all/emulationstation/downloaded_media. Then, I changed the screensaver video format from .mp4,.avi to .avi and the screensaver media directory in es_settings.cfg,

<string name="SlideshowScreenSaverMediaDir" value="/opt/retropie/configs/all/emulationstation/downloaded_media/screensaver" />
<string name="SlideshowScreenSaverVideoFilter" value=".avi" />

but when I started the Random video screensaver in EmulationStation, only my .mp4 scraped videos were shown, as usual.

Then, keeping these changes, I edited the gamelist.xml file of a console (in my case Atari 2600) and put one of my custom videos as the scraped video of a game I have for Atari 2600 (I chose Breakout).

  <video>/opt/retropie/configs/all/emulationstation/downloaded_media/screensaver/Advance Wars.avi</video>

Even this time the screensaver showed only my .mp4 scraped videos, but EmulationStation showed that custom video scraped in Breakout (even if that video made all EmulationStation lag quite a bit), so I suppose it is not a problem of the video itself, nor of the .avi format.

Do you have any idea on how to make this work? Thank you in advance.

Raspberry Pi 3 Model B Rev 1.2
ASUS smartphone battery charger (Input 100-240V 0.3A 50-60Hz; Output 5V = 2A)

[mitu]

Which EmulationStation version are you using ?

[Piersi]

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[Piersi]

@mitu 2.11.0RP

[mitu]

Set the video screensaver mode to Slideshow, otherwise the source will always be the scraped video media.

[Piersi]

@mitu You're right! Thank you very much.