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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
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            @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
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                @FlyingTomahawk Here you go.

                My ES themes: MetaPixel | Spare | Io | Indent

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                • FlyingTomahawkF
                  FlyingTomahawk @mattrixk
                  last edited by FlyingTomahawk

                  @mattrixk

                  Thank you! "thumbup"

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                    Nismo @FlyingTomahawk
                    last edited by Nismo

                    @FlyingTomahawk Here you have the windows version I use: https://github.com/fieldofcows/EmulationStation/releases/tag/v0.1-beta.7

                    Ups too late...

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                      daeks @FlyingTomahawk
                      last edited by daeks

                      @FlyingTomahawk said in Video Preview in EmulationStation:

                      @Nismo

                      I am sure it has been answered somewhere already but going through 400+ pages....

                      @herb_fargus offtopic: Might it be an idea to restructure the Ideas and Development Forum a bit? That would make it much easier to find relevant threads for specific topics.

                      • Ideas / Requests
                      • Development
                        • EmulationStation
                        • Third Party Tools
                        • Themes
                        • etc.
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                      • FlyingTomahawkF
                        FlyingTomahawk @Nismo
                        last edited by FlyingTomahawk

                        @Nismo

                        I was finally able to setup the whole video ES stuff on my Windows PC. Lot more comfortable to work now.

                        Is there a way to keep the videos original aspect ration?
                        For example; I have videos of vertical shoot em up games and regular fighting game videos. If I adjust the video code to match the fighting games the vertical shooter videos get stretched.
                        Is there a way to avoid that?

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                          jdrassa @FlyingTomahawk
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                          @FlyingTomahawk currently there is not. I am working on adding maxSize support to videos and hopefully will be submitting it soon.

                          Get latest build of EmulationStation for Windows here

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                            Nismo @FlyingTomahawk
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                            @FlyingTomahawk Like @jdrassa said, there is no way to keep the AR at this moment.

                            Once maxSize has been implemented, you will only have to change "size" with "maxSize".

                            Of course this will not work on the experimental windows version we are using, I hope it's not too difficult to compile a new windows version with all the new commits coming...

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                            • mattrixkM
                              mattrixk @Nismo
                              last edited by

                              @Nismo said in Video Preview in EmulationStation:

                              I hope it's not too difficult to compile a new windows version with all the new commits coming

                              I'm hoping someone who knows how to do this will be nice enough to do it for us :D

                              My ES themes: MetaPixel | Spare | Io | Indent

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                              • FlyingTomahawkF
                                FlyingTomahawk
                                last edited by FlyingTomahawk

                                When looking at the main xml file of any theme the all add the "extra="true" code to the background which again is mostly used by all views.

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

                                What is the reason for adding that "extra=true" code? And what would happen if it would be removed?

                                Yeah, I know why not try it and see what happens right? Well, it is 8:39am and I'm at work and can't test anything right now. But my head still can't stop running and thinking what happens if...

                                The reason I ask is the extra thing puts the video behind the background if I use this.

                                <view name="system, basic, detailed, video">
                                
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                                • mattrixkM
                                  mattrixk @FlyingTomahawk
                                  last edited by

                                  @FlyingTomahawk I'm not sure of the specifics, but it basically works like this:

                                  You need to add the extra="true" to any extra element you add that isn't part of ES by default (like "logo", "md_image", "gamelist", etc), which would include any background images. On the normal Views (System, Basic and Detailed), if you used <image name="background">, nothing would show up until you added extra="true" to make it <image name="background" extra="true">.

                                  Now the way Video View is made, <image name="background"> has been set as a new default element (the same as <image name="logo">), so it no longer needs extra="true" to make it work. It also has it's default z-index set to be the very bottom, so everything else sits on top of it. If you add extra="true", it changes the z-index to be that of every other extra="true" element, which is above the video.

                                  I hope I've explained it properly, but feel free to correct me if I have something wrong.

                                  My ES themes: MetaPixel | Spare | Io | Indent

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                                  • FlyingTomahawkF
                                    FlyingTomahawk @mattrixk
                                    last edited by FlyingTomahawk

                                    @mattrixk

                                    Thank you that was very clear and well explained.
                                    Code-wise that is not so good looking though. Everything has to be added twice, one with extra one without.
                                    I know this is all very newly added and @jdrassa is working on a z-index solution which hopefully will address this issue. I guess step by step we move sowly and steady forward.

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                                      Nismo @FlyingTomahawk
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                                      @FlyingTomahawk Your theme it's the only one I have seen that requires to add it twice for video view, usually it's not necessary (and I have modded a few themes for video).

                                      @mattrixk Very well explained.

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                                        jdrassa @mattrixk
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                                        @mattrixk Just to clarify, extra="true" should only be required for system view. All of the gamelist views have an explicit background element.

                                        Get latest build of EmulationStation for Windows here

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                                        • FlyingTomahawkF
                                          FlyingTomahawk @Nismo
                                          last edited by FlyingTomahawk

                                          @Nismo

                                          Really? Maybe it is time to compare it with some other themes and improve the code.

                                          Is there a way to run the beta ES in window mode?

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                                          • mattrixkM
                                            mattrixk @jdrassa
                                            last edited by

                                            @jdrassa said in Video Preview in EmulationStation:

                                            extra="true" should only be required for system view. All of the gamelist views have an explicit background element.

                                            Really? I didn't know that. Good info to have, cheers!

                                            My ES themes: MetaPixel | Spare | Io | Indent

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