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    • FlyingTomahawkF
      FlyingTomahawk @Nismo
      last edited by FlyingTomahawk

      @Nismo

      Thx!
      You can find my theme on github.
      https://github.com/FlyingTomahawk/es-theme-futura-10px
      If that doesn't work for you let me know and I'll upload it to mega.

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        jdrassa @FlyingTomahawk
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        @FlyingTomahawk it doesn't look like the video changes are on GitHub.

        Get latest build of EmulationStation for Windows here

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          Nismo @FlyingTomahawk
          last edited by Nismo

          @FlyingTomahawk Video changes aren't implemented on that github fork, but don't worry, I'll do for you. Give me 30 min.

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          • FlyingTomahawkF
            FlyingTomahawk
            last edited by FlyingTomahawk

            Ah I see, you guys wanted my edited theme files? Ha, silly me, sorry about that.
            I didn't upload them on github. Github shows only a 100% working theme not experimental stuff.
            If nismo doesn't beat me to it I'll upload my modified files to mega after I get back from work. (8:26am here)

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              Nismo @FlyingTomahawk
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              @FlyingTomahawk I got it working right now, the problem is where to place marquees because they are on top of system logo.

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                Nismo @FlyingTomahawk
                last edited by

                @FlyingTomahawk Ok it's done, I placed the marquees out of the screen, then you can place it wherever you want.

                I'm uploading the new theme and i'll post the changes in a few minutes.

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                • FlyingTomahawkF
                  FlyingTomahawk @Nismo
                  last edited by

                  @Nismo

                  You got it working?!
                  And the theme didn't break?
                  The video is showing there where the md_image usually would be?

                  The marquee should be on top of the video bottom-right. Similar to this image here.

                  alt text

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                  • FlyingTomahawkF
                    FlyingTomahawk @Nismo
                    last edited by FlyingTomahawk

                    @Nismo

                    Awesome! Getting all excited here. Why the hell do I have to be working today?!!
                    Please upload it to mega or paste the code in pastebin or similar.

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                      Nismo @FlyingTomahawk
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                      @FlyingTomahawk Yes, it's working, I placed marquees out of screen to let you place it wherever you like. And yes, the video is the same size than md_image, but for my liking I prefer more width and less high.

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                        Nismo @FlyingTomahawk
                        last edited by Nismo

                        @FlyingTomahawk Ok here is the link: http://www.mediafire.com/file/1m2r65injc2gjmm/es-theme-futura-10px-with_video_support.zip

                        For every system you need to edit theme.xml and replace:

                        <view name="system, basic, detailed">
                        

                        with:

                        <view name="system, basic, detailed, video">
                        

                        And also replace in theme.xml:

                        <view name="detailed">
                        

                        with:

                        <view name="detailed, video">
                        

                        For Futura.xml changes I recommend to you to compare your old file with the new one, just because a lot of changes...

                        Enjoy.

                        P.D: I'll stay here a few minutes so you can test and tell my how it works for you.

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                        • FlyingTomahawkF
                          FlyingTomahawk @Nismo
                          last edited by

                          @Nismo

                          Thank you very much for taking the time to look into this and getting it done. I will adjust the size and position later.

                          So how does this video stuff work? What would happen if a video would be not available?

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                          • FlyingTomahawkF
                            FlyingTomahawk @Nismo
                            last edited by FlyingTomahawk

                            @Nismo

                            I am at work, can't test anything right now. But I'll let you know how it goes.

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                              Nismo @FlyingTomahawk
                              last edited by Nismo

                              @FlyingTomahawk Ok no problem, here it's time to go to bed (1:10 AM), just try it when you can and comment, for me it's working.

                              Regards.

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                              • mattrixkM
                                mattrixk @Nismo
                                last edited by

                                Sounds like @FlyingTomahawk will be getting home from work just as @Nismo is waking up, so it kinda works out anyway :D

                                My ES themes: MetaPixel | Spare | Io | Indent

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                                • FlyingTomahawkF
                                  FlyingTomahawk @Nismo
                                  last edited by FlyingTomahawk

                                  @Nismo

                                  I had a quick look at your changes and now I see what went wrong on my attempt. I did not add the video view inside the main xml file (futura.xml)
                                  I think I can improve the code a bit more and evtl. update the theme with this new feature.
                                  I am at the vet right now but will test it asap.
                                  Thanks again for the quick help.

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                                    Nismo @FlyingTomahawk
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                                    @FlyingTomahawk No problem.

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                                    • FlyingTomahawkF
                                      FlyingTomahawk @Nismo
                                      last edited by FlyingTomahawk

                                      @Nismo

                                      Just tested it and it works like a charm! Fantastic work!
                                      Now I have to fine tune it and add a nice marquee over the video (bottom-right).

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                                        Nismo @FlyingTomahawk
                                        last edited by Nismo

                                        @FlyingTomahawk I'm glad to help, maybe you can use the f_basic_10px.png instead of f_detailed_10px.png for detailed and video view and place the marquees on top left, and place the logo on top center... you are the theme developer so you decide, it's just an idea...

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                                        • FlyingTomahawkF
                                          FlyingTomahawk @Nismo
                                          last edited by

                                          @Nismo

                                          I am sure it has been answered somewhere already but going through 400+ pages....
                                          Is there a ES version for windows that supports that video stuff so that I'll be able to test it on my PC?
                                          I moved some code pieces yesterday and things started to break and testing on a Pi is a bit of a pain.

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                                          • mattrixkM
                                            mattrixk @FlyingTomahawk
                                            last edited by

                                            @FlyingTomahawk Here you go.

                                            My ES themes: MetaPixel | Spare | Io | Indent

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