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    • ruckageR
      ruckage @johnodon
      last edited by

      @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
        last edited by

        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
          last edited by

          @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

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          • M
            movisman @Rookervik
            last edited by

            @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
              last edited by

              @movisman @Rookervik That'd be great!

              My little contributions to the RetroPie project:

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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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                • hiulitH
                  hiulit @movisman
                  last edited by

                  @movisman Nice!

                  My little contributions to the RetroPie project:

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                    movisman @hiulit
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                    @hiulit

                    Hello,

                    I tested my changes and it works absolutely fine - now when you have an image and a video available, it displays the image for a moment, fades, and plays the video, instead of keeping the image behind. So it now works in the same way as the metadata variant of the theme does.

                    @Rookervik hope you don't mind me fixing this - I will open a pull request shortly for my changes and perhaps you can check it out when you have a free moment. And if you are happy would you merge the changes into the main repository so others can update?

                    Thanks!

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                      movisman
                      last edited by

                      Pull request completed, as follows:
                      https://github.com/ehettervik/es-theme-pixel/pull/5

                      Also noticed the readme for that particular theme doesn't have the right title, so put another request in to correct this too:
                      https://github.com/ehettervik/es-theme-pixel/pull/6

                      Hopefully these can be merged across at some point.

                      Thanks!

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                      • madmodder123M
                        madmodder123 @Rookervik
                        last edited by madmodder123

                        @rookervik Have you been working on system icons/text for custom collections or are you busy?
                        I grabbed some pictures from this thread for the "favorites" collection, and I also edited the joystick selection icon you made and paired it with some "Multiplayer" text in a Minecraft font.
                        See here: https://imgur.com/a/vxOs3
                        Better screenshots here: https://imgur.com/a/yLWOt

                        I'm pretty satisfied with how they both turned out, I was just curious if you were still working on them.
                        If anyone wants the files, hit me up.

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                        • r0ckarongR
                          r0ckarong
                          last edited by r0ckarong

                          I started using the pixel-tft theme on my Freeplaytech CM3 and noticed that there was no theme support for the automatic game collections (all, recent, favorites). I created some logos and graphics for those and created a pull request on the repository but it seems the guy was last active 2 years ago.

                          https://github.com/djbriane/es-theme-pixel-tft/pull/3

                          All Games
                          Favorites
                          Recent

                          Is this the right place to let people know? I've installed this manually onto my device. Looking forward to what you guys say.

                          EDIT: I realized the regular pixel theme didn't have these either so I created a pull there too. Not sure if I should create another one for the other variant.

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                          • madmodder123M
                            madmodder123 @r0ckarong
                            last edited by

                            @r0ckarong those look good,except the recent system image is fucked up, it is blurry and not fully pixelized

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                            • r0ckarongR
                              r0ckarong @madmodder123
                              last edited by

                              @madmodder123 I'll rework that one. It looks fine on my 3.2" handheld but now that I see it larger I agree it's not good enough.

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                              • razielleonhartR
                                razielleonhart
                                last edited by

                                Is there or is anyone working on adding custom images for the NES, Famicom, SNES, SFC classics and maybe a msu1 menus for the snes and super famicom?

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

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                                • madmodder123M
                                  madmodder123 @r0ckarong
                                  last edited by madmodder123

                                  @r0ckarong Did you get a chance to fix the image yet?

                                  EDIT: I was bored/impatient so I just did it myself...

                                  alt text

                                  PNG + Photoshop file:
                                  https://www.dropbox.com/s/imf2nctnsjkdxjd/recent_image.zip?dl=1

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                                  • hiulitH
                                    hiulit
                                    last edited by

                                    This is my favorite theme. It's the only one in my cabinet. It fits perfectly :D
                                    But it doesn't seem to be updated by its main developer, @Rookervik , lately :( Speaking of Pull Request, at least.

                                    I've took the liberty to fork Pixel theme and fix all the open Pull Requests.

                                    • Remove -Metadata from title (readme.md) from @movisman
                                    • Fix for image remaining under video during playback from @movisman
                                    • Missing Angle Bracket causing XML parse to fail. from @Zenjiro
                                    • Fixed comment tags. from @meleu
                                    • using "x" rather than " × " from @meleu
                                    • Use '&' rather than '&' from @meleu

                                    Actually some of them were actually in the main repository.

                                    I've also formatted all the xml, removed pixel - copia.xml and fixed a couple typos.

                                    If you'd like to use it, here's the repo: https://github.com/hiulit/es-theme-pixel

                                    Installation

                                    First of all, backup the Pixel theme.

                                    Go to /etc/emulationstation/themes and copy the pixel folder to another folder, for example.

                                    Now, open the terminal and enter:

                                    cd /etc/emulationstation/themes
                                    sudo rm -rf pixel 
                                    git clone https://github.com/hiulit/es-theme-pixel pixel
                                    

                                    And... you're good to go!

                                    A part from that, and a little off-topic, I saw that in the README.md it says:

                                    Do not modify this theme or use graphics in other projects.

                                    and in the readme.txt:

                                    License
                                    =======
                                    DO NOT modify this theme or use any assets in other themes or projects.

                                    Does this mean that I'm not able to do what I've just done?

                                    Because I also saw in the pixel.xml:

                                    license: creative commons CC-BY-NC-SA

                                    Isn't that contradictory?
                                    I mean, I'm not against @Rookervik not wanting anybody to modify the theme, but this type of Creative Commons license permits it, right?

                                    Anyway, I want to say that I really love this theme and that I really appreciate the time @Rookervik spent on it! :D

                                    My little contributions to the RetroPie project:

                                    • Shell-Script-Boilerplate
                                    • Fun-Facts-Splashscreens
                                    • Limit-Last-Played-Games
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                                    • SgtJimmyRustlesS
                                      SgtJimmyRustles @hiulit
                                      last edited by SgtJimmyRustles

                                      @hiulit

                                      Yeah, you're going against his wishes at least from what that's stating. Unless he's given you explicit permission to do this.

                                      Check out /r/SBCGaming for Retropie, Recalbox, OGST (Odroid) talk and more!
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                                      Hop on the Dicscord as well and chat about all things Retropie (or recalbox, lakka, etc)
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                                      • hiulitH
                                        hiulit @SgtJimmyRustles
                                        last edited by

                                        @sgtjimmyrustles He hasn't. But what I've done it's only fixing xml tags and such, I haven't touch any of his art: logos, backgrounds, etc. I haven't even moved a thing. Everything is exactly the same, looks-wise.

                                        My little contributions to the RetroPie project:

                                        • Shell-Script-Boilerplate
                                        • Fun-Facts-Splashscreens
                                        • Limit-Last-Played-Games
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                                        • SgtJimmyRustlesS
                                          SgtJimmyRustles
                                          last edited by

                                          @hiulit
                                          What I'd recommend is speaking with him on the IRC. He's still there (Spoke with him yesterday), so that might help clear things up. But by technicality of modifying the xml stuff, you're modifying a theme. I'm not being a jerk about this either, just stating my interpretation of what you've done and what the readme license said.

                                          Check out /r/SBCGaming for Retropie, Recalbox, OGST (Odroid) talk and more!
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                                          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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                                          • hiulitH
                                            hiulit @SgtJimmyRustles
                                            last edited by

                                            @sgtjimmyrustles Yeah, no worries. Didn't think you were being a jerk ;) But there's also this Creative Commons license in the pixel.xml, so it conflicts with the "no modification" in the readme... Anyway, I'll gladly try to talk to him on the IRC, but how can I do that? :P I mean, is there's a RetroPie channel?

                                            My little contributions to the RetroPie project:

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