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      Nismo
      last edited by Nismo

      @fieldofcows My theme it's being made with video support in mind so if I don't include version tags it still working with latest ES? Just because if I do that, I need to modify a lot of lines of code... and my theme desing it's not made for old ES.

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        fieldofcows @Nismo
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        @Nismo I haven't made any changes to support the <version> tags yet :) But when/if that change is made the use of the tags will be purely optional: if you want to support non-video ES then you can use the tags, if you don't want to support non-video ES then you can leave them out.

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          Nismo @fieldofcows
          last edited by Nismo

          @fieldofcows And what happen when apart from video view you use things like this (from carbon with video support):

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

          I use it on my theme too, and don't remember but in pixel theme uses it too...

          I suposse we need to divide the views to make it backward compatible and place the version tag...

          Anyway i think your solution it's the best one for all...

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            fieldofcows @Nismo
            last edited by

            @Nismo said in Video View For All Themes:

            @fieldofcows And what happen when apart from video view you use things like this (from carbon with video support):

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

            I believe that is already ignored by the non-video ES.

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              Nismo @fieldofcows
              last edited by

              @fieldofcows Yeah I imagine that, we need to separate views in order to place the "version" tag. It's a little bit more work but that way we can have the compatibility we are looking for...

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                Nismo
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                So I think if finally we use the "version" workaround, the themes uploaded to github must be backward compatible so no problems for anybody...

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                  fieldofcows
                  last edited by

                  I've made the change to my ES to support the <version> tag to try it out and it works fine. I've set the current version of the theme to '4' whereas the non-video ES uses version '3'. This means this code works on the video supported ES (with my fix which is currently not in the RetroPie fork) but is ignored on older versions of ES:

                  <version minimum="4">
                     [video config]
                  </version>
                  

                  What does everyone else think of this solution? Is it the right way to fix this?

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                    lilbud @fieldofcows
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                    @fieldofcows I'm thinking this would be the right way. Having to add video support to 80+ systems is not the way I'd imagne spending an afternoon.

                    Creator of the Radiocade: https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/6077/radiocade

                    Backlog: http://backloggery.com/lilbud

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                    • herb_fargusH
                      herb_fargus administrators @fieldofcows
                      last edited by

                      @fieldofcows looks like the best option to me. I suppose if grid view is ever incorporated this will be a solution for that too.

                      If you read the documentation it will answer 99% of your questions: https://retropie.org.uk/docs/

                      Also if you want a solution to your problems read this first: https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/3/read-this-first

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                        Nismo @fieldofcows
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                        @fieldofcows I'm not totally sure but version 4 is not for kids support?

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                          mattrixk @fieldofcows
                          last edited by mattrixk

                          @fieldofcows Any theme that supports @Zigurana's child-friendly icons also needs to be version 4. Does that mean those themes also need to support video previews?

                          Edit: Hehe, @Nismo beat me to it by 30 seconds.

                          My ES themes: MetaPixel | Spare | Io | Indent

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                            Nismo @mattrixk
                            last edited by Nismo

                            @mattrixk lol, yes @fieldofcows commit must be changed to version 5...

                            And for me, yes it's the right way...

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                              fieldofcows @Nismo
                              last edited by

                              @Nismo said in Video View For All Themes:

                              @fieldofcows I'm not totally sure but version 4 is not for kids support?

                              Well, this is the problem with multiple ES forks. The RetroPie fork is still on version 3:

                              https://github.com/RetroPie/EmulationStation/blob/master/es-core/src/ThemeData.cpp#L98

                              This would naturally go up to 4 to support this change. However, if there are themes out there for a different fork then it is going to cause problems...

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                                Nismo @fieldofcows
                                last edited by Nismo

                                @fieldofcows Yes, it's a mess... but I'm still thinking it's the best way to solve the issue...

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                                  fieldofcows
                                  last edited by

                                  Another thought. Instead of checking version numbers we could use something like this:

                                  <feature supported="video">
                                    [configuration if ES supports video]
                                  </feature>
                                  
                                  <feature supported="grid">
                                    [configuration if ES supports grid]
                                  </feature>
                                  
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                                    Nismo @fieldofcows
                                    last edited by

                                    @fieldofcows Omg you are a genius, that's totally amazing...

                                    Will that thing cause troubles with older versions of ES?

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                                    • herb_fargusH
                                      herb_fargus administrators @Nismo
                                      last edited by

                                      @Nismo I agree, I think it makes more sense with all the forks...

                                      If you read the documentation it will answer 99% of your questions: https://retropie.org.uk/docs/

                                      Also if you want a solution to your problems read this first: https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/3/read-this-first

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                                        fieldofcows @Nismo
                                        last edited by

                                        @Nismo said in Video View For All Themes:

                                        @fieldofcows Omg you are a genius, that's totally amazing...

                                        Will that thing cause troubles with older versions of ES?

                                        No, it won't cause trouble with older versions. Ok, I'll make it so.

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                                        • herb_fargusH
                                          herb_fargus administrators
                                          last edited by

                                          As an aside at some point it might be good to add the theming docs for video view to the GitHub themes.md

                                          If you read the documentation it will answer 99% of your questions: https://retropie.org.uk/docs/

                                          Also if you want a solution to your problems read this first: https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/3/read-this-first

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                                            Nismo @fieldofcows
                                            last edited by

                                            @fieldofcows Yes, I think that's better than the version thing because can be compatible between different forks and doesn't interfere with child icons.

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