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    • RookervikR
      Rookervik Global Moderator
      last edited by Rookervik

      Updated the Pixel Metadata repo with fixes for "box art behind videos" and "too much metadata on Retropie screen". Give yours an update and tell me if it all works.

      As far as gifts... I should set up a donation page. LOL.

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        RetroNESguy @Rookervik
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        @rookervik Will update later tonight and give feedback. Thanks

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        • madmodder123M
          madmodder123 @Rookervik
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          @rookervik The "ports" section still has metadata, I don't know if the majority of people prefer it like that? It is fine if you want to leave it, it is pretty easy for me to edit it out :)

          Anyways I think you should set up a donation page, i'm sure people would be glad to donate for all your hard work :)

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          • RookervikR
            Rookervik Global Moderator @madmodder123
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            @madmodder123
            Yeah I left metadata on the ports section since I think I only have one port that isn't a game. You no likey? Can just copy the retropie theme.xml over to ports to fix it. If others don't like having metadata on the metadata theme I can remove it. :P

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            • madmodder123M
              madmodder123 @Rookervik
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              @rookervik
              I use Kodi, LXDE Desktop, and moonlight. The only games I have are Mr. Boom (awesome) and Super Mario War (awesome). Which games do you have there? Are there are more good multiplayer games?

              Thanks for the updates

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              • RookervikR
                Rookervik Global Moderator @madmodder123
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                @madmodder123 Mm, probably not. I have the Quakes, Doom, Wolfenstein, Marathon, Beats of Rage, OpenBlok and such. OpenBlok is a good 2-player tetris clone. Beats of Rage is 2 player. You might just browse what's available on the wiki. I'd link you but the new documents you can't really link to main sections. This gets you to the wiki tho: https://retropie.org.uk/docs/

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                  RetroNESguy
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                  Looking good, box art now fades out when video plays. Thanks!

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                  • RookervikR
                    Rookervik Global Moderator @RetroNESguy
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                    @retronesguy Thank @jdrassa for that! I was not aware that the video previews would put the box art up while the delay was active.

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                      KillerQ @Rookervik
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                      @rookervik said in Pixel Theme:

                      @retronesguy Thank @jdrassa for that! I was not aware that the video previews would put the box art up while the delay was active.

                      Is there a way to have it start with just the video and not the boxart first?

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                        KillerQ
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                        @Rookervik, great theme! It's still the only one I ever use and I've been using it through ever version You've made!

                        A few months ago, before the latest theme updates, I took a lot of time and customized the theme for other systems and artwork. I didn't like having blank or mismatched system screens...

                        The new theme is absolutely AMAZING, however, all my work for my systems isn't there (obviously)...

                        Check this video and you'll see how my setup looks with my complete, custom theme and then the second part of the video shows how it looks with the new updated pixel theme.

                        Is there an easy way to merge them or for me to migrate my custom art and systems over to the updated the..

                        Thanks!

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                        • RookervikR
                          Rookervik Global Moderator @KillerQ
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                          @killerq You look like you had added a ton of custom systems that aren't supported "out-of-the-box" like say, SNES is. For each system that you created a custom system for, you will have to add that system folder to the new pixel theme. Adding the console.png, logo.png, and then a theme.xml from whichever color system you like will give you a custom theme.

                          For whatever reason, you have 2 MegaDrive systems. So the first Megadrive shows up correct. I don't know what your es_systems.cfg asks for... you'll have to check.

                          <system>
                           <name>md_custom</name>
                              <fullname>MegaDrive Rom Hacks or Something</fullname>
                              <path>%HOME%\roms\md2</path>
                              <extension>.iso .ISO</extension>
                              <command>%HOME%\.emulationstation\...etc</command>
                              <platform>md2</platform>
                              <theme>md2</theme>
                          </system>
                          

                          In this case, md2 is the folder of the theme you are calling for.

                          So make sure you copy logo.png, console.png, and a theme.xml from another system that uses a color you like.

                          0_1512339569635_55abd25b-2d18-4ea2-b3aa-eda30f369f39-image.png

                          Basically you'll have to re-build all the modifications you made. Or keep using the old version you were using. The new version has far simplified code that makes changes far easier in the future. I won't have to go back and edit every xml like I had to before.

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                          • RookervikR
                            Rookervik Global Moderator @KillerQ
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                            @killerq And to skip the box art, open the pixel.xml and set the delay to zero. And possibly turn off showSnapshotNoVideo. Some of these options I haven't played with since I have and will never add videos to my system.

                            		<video name="md_video">
                            			<pos>0.766 0.322</pos>
                            			<origin>0.5 0.5</origin>
                            			<size>0.366 0.480</size>
                            			<delay>0.0</delay> 
                            			<showSnapshotNoVideo>true</showSnapshotNoVideo>
                            			<showSnapshotDelay>false</showSnapshotDelay>
                            		</video>
                            
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                              KillerQ @Rookervik
                              last edited by KillerQ

                              @rookervik
                              Thank you so much, your answer makes perfect sense. I just wanted to check that it wasn't missing something quick before I made the manual edits.

                              Also, the second Mega Drive is for Mega Drive Japan titles.

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                              • johnodonJ
                                johnodon
                                last edited by johnodon

                                I was trying to search the thread to see if anyone else bought this up but couldn't find a way to do so...

                                If I enable 'Use OMX Player' in Other Settings, video snaps are placed on top of the game title. If OMX player is turned off, video is under the game title but videos are awful looking.

                                Can others confirm they see the same? Is this an easy config change ore require updated code?

                                TIA!

                                John

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                                • ruckageR
                                  ruckage @johnodon
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                                  @johnodon
                                  OMX player is hardware accelerated but the downside is that it has to be rendered on top of everything else, nothing you can do about it I'm afraid.

                                  SNES mini/Nes mini/Famicom mini theme developer.

                                  If you'd like to support my work you can donate here: Donate

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                                  • razielleonhartR
                                    razielleonhart
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                                    Just wanted to say I love this theme it's now my go to theme when building my retropie

                                    You've heard every last tale of the wolf by now. All of them are true.

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                                    • SgtJimmyRustlesS
                                      SgtJimmyRustles
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                                      @Rookervik

                                      Welp, now I've got a 1080p monitor (spare) that I can use so I can kick that 5:4 monitor to the curb if needed. I wanted to know if I could use that pixelated background from one of your desktop backgrounds as a header image for this subreddit I've made. I wanted to ask permission, and if you say no, then I'll do something else. I just thought it looked cool.

                                      Check out /r/SBCGaming for Retropie, Recalbox, OGST (Odroid) talk and more!
                                      http://www.reddit.com/r/sbcgaming

                                      Hop on the Dicscord as well and chat about all things Retropie (or recalbox, lakka, etc)
                                      https://discord.gg/JdXc6nx

                                      Check out our Podcast!

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                                        movisman @Rookervik
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                                        @rookervik said in Pixel Theme:

                                        Updated the Pixel Metadata repo with fixes for "box art behind videos" and "too much metadata on Retropie screen". Give yours an update and tell me if it all works.

                                        As far as gifts... I should set up a donation page. LOL.

                                        Hi there,

                                        This is a really great theme and is so polished, thanks a lot for creating it!

                                        Just wondering, would you be able to apply the 'box art behind videos' fix to the regular Pixel theme (non-metadata)? I guess similar to this commit:
                                        https://github.com/ehettervik/es-theme-pixel-metadata/commit/77f0c418794839a6823d57255ede05772f279a97

                                        I noticed when using both themes, that the metadata one works really well with videos (boxart disappears when video plays), but the regular one still shows the box art behind the videos and doesn't disappear.

                                        Thanks!

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                                        • hiulitH
                                          hiulit @movisman
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                                          @movisman @Rookervik That'd be great!

                                          My little contributions to the RetroPie project:

                                          • Shell-Script-Boilerplate
                                          • Fun-Facts-Splashscreens
                                          • Limit-Last-Played-Games
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                                            movisman @hiulit
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                                            @hiulit

                                            I just created a fork of the Pixel theme on GitHub (my first time doing this but seems ok!) and I made the necessary changes to the pixel.xml file in order to fix the issue with the image appearing beneath the video. I based it on the metadata commit I mentioned above, by changing md_image to be in detailed view only.

                                            When I get home, I will test it, and if it works I will create a pull request to merge my changes into the master. Once @Rookervik has approved it you will be able to update the theme via RetroPie-Setup to get the fix.

                                            Cheers

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