OMXPlayer default settings change system wide

pjft

@__Scannigan__ thanks. Should be getting better in the coming days, it's been a rough week for him these past 7 days, but it's just one of those things young kids get and need to go through to get their immune system in order. The older one doesn't get these things anymore.

That's an interesting take - hadn't considered that customization angle for the different themes. Would you want to share a picture of a video running with your font?

I may consider adding one such setting on the configuration file - I'm not sure that'd be proper for the actual ES menu. Still, that will take a while as I'm now stuck on a few more interesting things in ES land.

I hope to have something to share with the community over the weekend or maybe early next week, depending on how it goes. It should be fun, though.

Hope you're gaming fun with the new set up, though! I'll probably still ask you to test a few things if possible - I'll reply on the main thread tomorrow on my laptop.

**Scannigan**

@pjft not a problem dude happy to help, I'll post a video tomorrow, i show you it over the screensaver :)

**Scannigan**

@__Scannigan__ subtitle example

As promised @pjft as you can see I've changed the subtitle by replacing the default font, with new font just renamed as the font that needed replacing, as you can see the font size is rather large :)

pjft

I see - thanks!

It is quite a wide font, so I can tell that's not going to work out well as it currently is :)

A suggestion, in the meantime: would considering a thin-width 8-bit pixel font be something you would be open to?

I imagine that, for the current font width, we'd probably have to reduce the size in half to make it fit, but then it would perhaps not be that readable? Try it out manually and see what would work for you, just out of curiosity. Might be easier to test different fonts.

The command, if you want to try, is

omxplayer  --layer 10010 --no-osd --aspect-mode letterbox --font-size 55 --subtitles /home/pi/tmp_sub/subtitle.srt <path to one of your videos - ex: /home/pi/RetroPie/where you store videos/video.mp4  >

Mind you, I'm not setting a font size - 55 is the default.

Also, you should have a subtitle file somewhere - in this case I'm using /home/pi/tmp_sub/subtitle.srt as an example.

You can create one there by doing

Exit EmulationStation
Create a fake subtitle file

cd /home/pi
mkdir tmp_sub
nano subtitle.srt

and paste there

1
00:00:01,000 --> 00:00:08,000
Test Game
<i>Test System</i>

2
00:00:29,000 --> 00:00:35,000
Test Game
<i>Test System</i>

exit with Ctrl+X, and Y(es)

pjft

@__Scannigan__ Have you managed to sort out your captions, and are you happy with them? Just checking :)

**Scannigan**

@pjft Haven't tried yet, had a manic couple of days. Just to clarify, what you've suggested is a way to test new fonts to replace the existing default, but won't actually allow me change font size, borders, etc

pjft

@__Scannigan__ Kind of correct.

It's a way for you to see if there's any font that would work well with your theme at the current size, or whether the font you selected at a different size would be preferable, after you test it out.

Best.

**Scannigan**

@pjft Actually just tried it and those fonts you linked to were perfect, found a nice teeny one which fitted really well, thanks for all your help

pjft

Great to hear :)

**Scannigan**

@pjft Just had a thought bud, if I upgrade ES I'll lose the screensaver won't I?

pjft

@__Scannigan__ yeah, you'll lose screensaver, OMX Player and random game selection (via screensaver). Unfortunately that is indeed the case. Anything in particular you're looking for from the main build?

**Scannigan**

@pjft the carousel theme mod more than anything, but I'm sure it will all get merged eventually

pjft

@__Scannigan__ yeah, that's the hope. I figured that'd be the case - @Zigurana and @jdrassa (I believe - maybe I'm confusing people) did a tremendous work there.

The new work in doing is based on the main branch, so future developments won't suffer from so many delays, I hope :)

Unfortunately, though, it has nothing to do with videos or screensaver, but hopefully it'll be useful for the community :) I've been fairly stick at work and little spare time at home, so it is taking a bit more time than I expected.

Sorry for the news:/

TMNTturtlguy

@pjft @Scannigan I think that there are a lot of new changes in ES dealing with Themeing that have been released. The modifications have some effect on how themes are created and perform between the old ES and the new updates. I have found some of these by taking my created theme and installing them side by side on 2 separate builds, one with your updated screensaver build and one with the most current ES. The 3 biggest difference i have found so far are :

fixes to the white screen of death, i have issues with white screen in my custom build on the screensaver ES, those issues do not exist on the updated ES.
maxSize has been added to video views in themes. When i put my video view that is sized without the maxSize ability in the screensaver ES into the new updated ES the videos and images shift and are not longer sized correctly, this is most evident in videos and images stretching to fill the size ratio instead of just resizing to the maxSize while maintaining ratios. This means my themes will not work for everyone else who has updated.
The carousel release - this is absolutely cool! How to decide between carousel and screen savers? Current solution is 2 builds, one for my arcade cabinet, one for the TV....The TV doesn't get video screen savers :(

pjft

@TMNTturtlguy

should be fixed by increasing your VRAM or video split. There was a request to actually reduce the VRAM split for testing, for @Scannigan - if you would be able to test that that'd be great! Unfortunately videos from the screensaver do increase the memory consumption. Not much I can do there.
the max size changes don't seem to be awfully complicated, hopefully. I could consider looking into putting that, but honestly that feels like swimming upstream. I'd rather wait on the video screensaver to make it to the main branch.
the carousel is a tremendous feature. This one I doubt I'd port it over. Too big an effort.

We'll see what the future brings:)

TMNTturtlguy

@pjft 1. Yup, i have that all resolved on my arcade build with the screensaver ES. I am running a 320 spit with my VRAM at 120 and it works perfectly. So no real issues for me, if i share the theme, people who have not updated may experience lag or white screen if they don't read the instructions to update the split and VRAM. Issue seems to be resolved without modifications on the new ES - not worth your time to deal with this.
2. Probably not worth your time. It is an issue for sure, but mostly a backwards compatibility issue. I can build it on my screensaver ES and update it on my Main Branch ES - the only issue will be backwards compatibility, it might breaks some peoples themes if they are running outdated ES builds.
3. Understood! No need for you to waste time on this. I think what would be the best result would be trying to get @fieldofcows with your modifications OMX option and Screensaver stuff to the main branch! I love how there is simply an option to turn OMX on or off, as well as the screen savers. Really this update gives ultimate flexibility and allows you to run the Main Branch and then turn on and off the updates! i know you guys are both busy....so i will cross my fingers for future incorporation.

Thanks again for all your hard work and responses!