Use usb - automount and loading splashscreens from sd-card possible?

Capt_MorganCreek

Hi,

I'm having trouble with (video-) splashscreens on the latest retropie 4.1 using the easy automount option.
Automount usually works very reliable and I don't have any issues loading roms or anything else, but about 1/3 of the time the USB stick initialization fails before showing the splashscreen, so my video does not play.

Error message is:

[FAILED] failed to start usbmount@dev-sda.service
See 'Systemct1 status usbmount@dev-sda.service' for details

I would guess the usb device does not always initialize fast enough to be used. The stick is a SanDisk Ultra Flair 64GB usb 3.0.

Can I store the splashscreen on the SD-card to prevent this from happening? I know it's a only small annoyance, but I'm crazy perfectionistic about this stuff.

Thanks!

Pi model or other hardware: 3B
Power supply used: 3a
RetroPie version used: 4.1
Built from: Pre made SD Image on RetroPie website 5th November 2016
USB devices connected: Keyboard, HuiJia GamePad (N64 usb adapter)
Controller used: N64
Guide used: Official Installation Guide

BuZz

@Capt_MorganCreek Yes, if using a custom splashscreen and using automount you should place it elsewhere. Just copy it to /home/pi or somewhere and adjust /etc/splashscreen.list to the new location. (you can manually edit this from the splashscreen configuration menu)

EctoOne

I had the same problem and in the end I've put my video into /opt/supplementary/splashscreen/
It's the same folder the pre installed Splashscreens are in and so far it works fine. It's easy to set up from the configscreen afterwards.

Capt_MorganCreek

Thanks guys!

This is exactly what I was looking for :)

Capt_MorganCreek

Hmm. I followed your advice and copied the video-splashscreen over to /home/pi/splashscreens and changed the line in /etc/splashscreen.list accordingly. Strangely this doesn't work, the splashscreens never appears.

I even double- and triple-checked the paths and tried different folders, but the splashscreen won't show up.

Edit:

Just got it to work. After copying it over to /opt/retropie/supplementary/splashscreen/ to the default splashscreens and selecting it it works like a charm!