Video Preview in EmulationStation
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That is great work!
Looks like in the Attract Mode version, you also see a copy of the box art in the theme as a case/box next to the TV. Would it be possible to try and do that as well?
I may be holding off until the Spring to see if there is an updated Pi (like there have been the past two Februrarys) before I build my RetroPi, but I'll definitely be using this theme.
I'm hoping to see some optimized/compressed video collections as well
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@enderandrew I'll upload the megadrive-genesis pack soon. Next will be snes or mame.
We can display the case/box next the tv instead of displaying marquees/wheel art. I only need to scale the image so easy.
It can take some time to get finished but i can upload updates of the theme when new system added.
What do you think?, and do you think is better case/box instead of wheel art/marquee? maybe the case will look so small there...
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The Attract Mode version combines both by having the logo in the spinner on the right, and then the box art/case by the TV.
In this case, your approach was probably the best one for ES if you can't do the spinner with the logo.
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@Nismo Oh wow! This is AMAZING!!! What fantastic work! This makes all the work of getting a Windows build worthwhile :D
Regarding overlaying images on top of video - anything is possible. I'll have a look to see what I can do. Let's see if we can keep this ball rolling and get some more features put into ES to make the perfect themes!
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@enderandrew At the moment is not possible, because fieldcows fork of emulationstation doesn't load the video and the image at the same time, if there are video, it doesn't load the image so i have to use the marqueee image only.
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@fieldofcows Thanks, I'm very glad you like the theme. Don't worry if you can't overlay images, the theme still looks good this way, and is a proof what we can do now thanks to your work.
I whould like a new sound when changing/swapping systems.. whatch the video above, but I'm very happy with emulationstation right now.
And of course keep the ball rolling...
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@Nismo said in Video Preview in EmulationStation:
@enderandrew At the moment is not possible, because fieldcows fork of emulationstation doesn't load the video and the image at the same time, if there are video, it doesn't load the image so i have to use the marqueee image only.
I can make this possible too...
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@fieldofcows Nice!
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Right. There's a new build available. I've done very limited testing on this seeing as it's getting late and I need some sleep :) Please forgive me if it doesn't work as planned...
Download it here: https://github.com/fieldofcows/EmulationStation/releases/tag/v0.1-beta.3
This fixes/implements the following issues:
- Issue #7 Relative paths for videos do not work properly (now consistent with Image paths)
- Issue #6 Delayed start videos start playing even if the gamelist selection is changed or if the game is started
- Issue #4 Add the --no-splash option from Herdinger's fork
- Issue #3 If a game does not have a video then the video preview should display a fixed image - the image is also displayed whilst the video is loading. See what you think about this and let me know
- Issue #8 Add support for <image name="md_image"> tag on video view to allow static snapshot image display alongside video
- Issue #9 Render videos behind 'extra' images with transparency to allow framing of videos
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very good work guys. i have 2 ideas but i'm not able to implements :)))
1 video intro when i launch emulationstation;
2 putting music to the menu for the console choice. Maybe even an mp3 for different system (eg. Mario's theme for nes, Sonic's theme for megadrive ...).
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@fieldofcows said in Video Preview in EmulationStation:
Right. There's a new build available. I've done very limited testing on this seeing as it's getting late and I need some sleep :) Please forgive me if it doesn't work as planned...
Omg!! you are on fire today!!!
Ok, let's get started:
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Issue #7 - Relative paths for videos do not work properly - NOT FIXED
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Issue #9 - Render videos behind 'extra' images with transparency to allow framing of videos - WORKING LIKE A CHARM... Now we have round tv borders and scanlines working, I've tested.
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Issue #4 - Add the --no-splash option from Herdinger's fork -WORKING LIKE A CHARM... Use <bool name="SplashScreen" value="false" /> in es_settings.cfg for disable splashscreen.
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Issue #8 - Add support for <image name="md_image"> tag on video view to allow static snapshot image display alongside video - WORKING.
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Issue #6 - Delayed start videos start playing even if the gamelist selection is changed or if the game is started - FIXED BUT... now when I exit emulationstation video still sound for about 5 seconds, didn't happen before. With older builds when you exit emulationstation sound stop inmediately.
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Issue #3 - If a game does not have a video then the video preview should display a fixed image - the image is also displayed whilst the video is loading. See what you think about this and let me know - WORKING but I don't like so much the results.
Good job mate.
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@Nismo Haha - Not bad. 4 out of 6. I would normally do a bit more testing myself before giving it to others but I seem to have a willing tester at the moment... :D
Issue 6 - Are you sure this didn't always happen but you had metadata saving turned off? Getting the video to stop at the right time is turning out to be a real pain due to the lifecycle of the views.
Regarding the preview image - that was working fine on my test platform although I only have a single system. I can imagine what the problem is though and it is easy to fix. Is it always in the upper-right corner? On all your themes? Mine is always in the same place and the same size as the video. Hmmm...
Ok, so next time I get a bit of time I'll revisit the above two and get them stable.
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@fieldofcows Issue 6 - Videos in emulationstation was working very good now, it works like expected, only issue is that when I exit emulationstation still sounds for a few seconds, in beta 2 was working ok.
The preview image... it's works for me on mame ( I started working on mame theme), but i have mixed images so the result it's very bad. Metadata saving is turned on since you fixed in this build.
On megadrive doesn't display the preview on the screen, and now my marquees and gamelist background are gone... not sure if it's a theme issue, need to test more.
I have one request and I don't know if could be possible. I'ts very annoying when I launch a game to see desktop and cmd window and anything else until the game starts.
There is any way to see black screen until the game start? or if not possible can we see the cmd window fullscreen or maximixed?
Thanks again for all.
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@Nismo said in Video Preview in EmulationStation:
The preview image... it's works for me on mame ( I started working on mame theme), but i have mixed images so the result it's very bad. Metadata saving is turned on since you fixed in this build.
Can you explain what you mean by 'mixed images'? - it might help me find the problem. Thanks.
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@fieldofcows There is no problem, simply the image doesn't fit the screen and looks ugly but it's because the image itself.
This is mixed image:
A lot of people uses Universal XML scraper so has the images like mine.
Anyway the preview issue seems working, need to test but I notice that I loose a lot of changes in the theme, I don't know how. So you get 5 out of 6, nice score!.
OMG!!! I found the error and know I know why I lost the images and marquees on megadrive system. I did another scrape for downloading 3d box art and didn't notice the filename was wrong in all images because the suffix "-image". That's because not showing marquees in megadrive system!! I'm a fool!!!
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@fieldofcows Ok finally can confirm that all your fixes are working except for the sound issue at exit emulationstation.
Anyway I'll upload a video for you so you can see the result of previews in theme. It'so ugly because I need to use md_image for cartridges or 3d boxes and marquees for wheel art (on console system, not mame).
I prefer a "md_no_video" default video for non video roms. But it's only an opinion. Anyway you did a lot of work and i thank you.
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@fieldofcows Here you have video preview and download link for the theme (only mame and megadrive-genesis at the moment):
Download:http://www.mediafire.com/file/8citsedr7cafagl/oldroom_beta.zip
Preview video:
Mame videos still my old not-very-good quality videos you can notice.
I hope you enjoy the theme. I whould like to add rating and times played at bottom.. maybe.. not too much place.
Forgot to say that I edited my post about the fixes to say that image preview is working.
What about to see black screen until the game start? it's not possible?
Regards.
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@Nismo That looks absolutely fantastic!
Thanks for all you guys work on this, the technicalities of whih are way over my head, but I can certainly appreciate the end result!
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@Nismo That looks really fantastic! I see what you mean about the preview image though.
I can see a couple of options for fixing this:
- Add a new field to gamelist.xml specifically for static in-game images. This can then be used as the preview image when a video is loading or if no video exists, separate to the boxart image
- Enhance the <video> tags in the gamelist to support static image files as well as video files so you can have one or the other
- Add a video with md_no_video tag in the theme for games with no video (like you suggest)
I think in any case, if a preview image is displayed that is then replaced with a video there should be a nice fade between them rather than a jump.
Looking good though:D
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@fieldofcows preview an image and then replace it with a video is not more resource demanding? it looks very nice before anyway...
I don't care because I'm on windows but I don't know how good can achieve this a raspberry pi.
I vote for 3. Add a video with md_no_video tag in the theme for games with no video. XD
I can add something like this for games without video (but without annoying sound of course):
Or this one:
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