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  1. eatkinola
    Updated to 1-beta3, hopefully fixing the VLC crashes which have been a pain. This fix also allowed me to reintroduce hardware accelerated decoding to VLC (which had increased crash rate in the past). I've not noticed any crashes on my system with this update, but please let me know if you spot any with VLC. Don't see how this would be related to the above VLC fix, but please let me know if you're still noticing this error. Thanks again for the video. If that freeze with WMP occurs again, please send me a screenshot of the error message. I've not been getting reports of freezes with WMP (like I was for VLC).
  2. eatkinola
    Okay, then that's probably due to the plugin caching details about your library, to make other aspects of the theme faster. Your library is probably a lot more complex than mine, so it's taking a bit longer to chew on the library details. I'll try to improve this load time in the future. Thanks again. Please let me know what you find.
  3. eatkinola
    Thanks for the video. Is there anything unusual about your setup? Do you use the copy of VLC that comes with LB or another one? Did you test with a fresh copy of Nostalgia without any additions or customizations? Does is happen only when starting BB and loading directly into your Arcade playlist (as a platform), or does it happen with other platforms like Sega Master System? Also, there seems to be a very long delay between the BB startup video and when the platform view is loaded. Is this something you've noticed for awhile? Mine loads up pretty quickly.
  4. eatkinola
    @neil9000: I've not been able to replicate this yet but will try some more.
  5. eatkinola
    Hey @Omen sorry you're having that trouble. What does the screen look like for those 5 seconds. I've not been able to replicate that problem, so I'm not yet sure what's causing it.
  6. eatkinola
    Updated to 1.0-beta2; please see download page for changes. Includes two changes to the media player pool, either of which should put the "media players exhausted" issue to rest. Thanks again for putting up with the bugs and providing great feedback. @neil9000 please test the first item in the change log. I tried to test it but was unsuccessful; BB keeps assigning a per-platform default image even when I delete that setting for a particular platform, so I could not fully test that change.
  7. eatkinola
    Not exactly, but close with your random thoughts. I'm limiting the number of media players created. I'll post an update soon to address this.
  8. eatkinola
    @Retro808: Are you still seeing this "media players exhausted" problem? I am not able to reproduce it on my end. I did make a change (for next theme update) to the pool logic that will impact this. I'm trying to use the media players even more efficiently than in beta-1, because it looks like it improves performance. Anyways, just wanted to check in since I'm working on that bit now.
  9. eatkinola
    Yes, it should support jpg, png, gif, tif, and bmp. I tested it just now with jpg and it worked for me. Are you naming the image exactly the same as your platform or playlist? Did you try restarting BB (though that shouldn't matter)? Are you sure it's set to Visible with a non-zero Opacity? (I'm sure you already checked that). That's because "background.png" is hardcoded in Nostalgia.xaml.
  10. eatkinola
    Not currently, but that's a great idea. I'll add it to my todo list. Btw, are you still having problems with the videos? You mentioned a problem when you upgraded to 0.99; is that still there with 1.0-b1?
  11. eatkinola
    Name the image "Atari 5200" (png/jpeg/...) and place it in folder "Nostalgia\Images\Platform\Fanart\". You can do the same for playlists. I don't think you can specify more than one image per platform or playlist using this approach, but it'll probably suit your needs. You can have Atari 2600, Atari 5200, Metroid (playlist), etc. backgrounds. By the way, you can add the following line to Nostalgia in that style's section to stretch the image: <Setter Property="Stretch" Value="Fill" />
  12. eatkinola
    For what you're after, just set Visibility of that style in Nostalgia.xaml. It will use the fanart background images you have in the folder LaunchBox\Images (which you can override if you want in the Nostalgia theme by placing different images in Nostalgia\Images). Forget all the other stuff about AVLF and @INDEX; that's for if you want to change the background used for a specific platform, playlist, or category in one of the wheel views.
  13. eatkinola
    The background feature you requested is off by default, but yes you can activate it by a quick change to Nostalgia.xaml. I'm not at my computer at the moment, but look in the text-based view section of Nostalgia.xaml and you should see a style with Visibility Collapsed; set the parameter value to Visible. You can also adjust the opacity from 0-1 in that area. After the change, you'll need to reload that view by either restarting BB or entering the Options view. One of these days I'll get around to adding documentation for those little things.
  14. eatkinola
    Thanks for the bug report. VLC seems to do that sometimes; I've not yet found a fix. Please try with WMP and let me know how it works. Backgrounds are specified in the Platforms, Playlists, and Categories subfolders of Nostalgia\Views\Images\AVLF. Look at the @INDEX.txt files in these directories. Each line in the file specifies when to use a certain background image, and how to position the video within the background image. Columns 3 and 4 in that file specify for which platform (or playlist or category) to use that background; if the name in either of these columns matches, the image on that row is used for the background. The background images themselves are located in that same subfolder.
  15. eatkinola
    Are you using VLC or WMP for the video engine? Also: What are you doing when the freezes occur?
  16. eatkinola
    Thanks for the report. Bug has to do with the new image caching system. I overlooked that setting in BB when I implemented the cache, but it should be a straightforward fix.
  17. eatkinola
    Thanks for the feedback; let me know what your further testing shows. Are the VLC-related crashes just in Nostalgia, or other themes as well? I notice an occasional crash in Nostalgia when using VLC. The "media players exhausted" message is related to some pooling I do of WMP players, to try and minimize WMP sluggishness; looks like I need to refine that pooling mechanism a bit. Thanks, I also like how they turned out; was working from viking's material so I thought they'd be nice. The couch is my effort; sadly I'm not as good at image manipulation as viking. Perhaps @viking or @Omen can take a crack at a better couch background?
  18. eatkinola
    Posted update v1.0-b1. Let me know if you spot any problems -- hopefully I didn't break anything. Added a caching mechanism for images: a directory will be created in the plugins folder to stash images, and as you use the theme you should notice it performing better with the cache. I also improved the WMP engine; still a little sluggish compared to VLC, but much better now I think. Please see downloads page for a more complete list of changes.
  19. eatkinola
    Hey @Omen I was actually thinking the same thing -- that transition is too quick! I'm making the pause longer in the next update, and it'll be easier to tweak via Styles\Nostalgia.xaml. For example with the update: <!-- AVLF: AUTOPATH VIDEO LOOPER FRAMED (PER-SYSTEM BACKGROUNDS) --> <Style x:Key="NostWheelAVLF" TargetType="aop:AutopathVideoLooperFramed"> <Setter Property="FramePathRoot" Value="pack://siteoforigin:,,,/Themes/Nostalgia/Views/Images/AVLF/" /> <Setter Property="VideoPathUnderlay" Value="pack://siteoforigin:,,,/Themes/Nostalgia/Views/Images/Static.mp4" /> <Setter Property="VideoPositionDebug" Value="False" /> <Setter Property="VideoPosition" Value="1,1,0,0" /> <Setter Property="AllowFallbackRandom" Value="True" /> </Style> <!-- TRANSITION CONTAINERS WHICH CONTROL FADEIN/CROSSFADE --> <!-- BG: BACKGROUND @@ NOW LOADING..., PER-SYSTEM BG/AVLF --> <!-- FG: FOREGROUND @@ CLOCK, WHEEL, VERTICAL YEAR, ETC.. --> <Style x:Key="NostWheelCtBG" TargetType="aoc:ContainerTrans"> <Setter Property="Transition" Value="Crosslite" /> <Setter Property="Duration" Value="0:0:0.2" /> <Setter Property="Background" Value="#555555" /> </Style> <Style x:Key="NostWheelCtFG" TargetType="aoc:ContainerTrans"> <Setter Property="Transition" Value="Fadeintro" /> <Setter Property="DurationDelay" Value="0:0:3.0" /> <Setter Property="Duration" Value="0:0:0.2" /> </Style> I'm very close to posting an update so y'all can road test it some more.
  20. eatkinola
    Looks like the platform name will NOT show up for a platform's game list. I suppose this is by design in BB, since you'd already know the platform you selected? However, the platform name also does not show up for playlists marked as "include with platforms" in LB; which is to me a bug. The platform name does show up in the All Games list:
  21. eatkinola
    Info in the game details view is controlled using BB settings. Look under Options > Game Details, and select "Show Platform". P.s. I implemented the background feature you suggested for that view. It will be in the next Nostalgia release.
  22. eatkinola
    @Jason Carr I fixed a bug similar to (possibly the same) as what you reported, but I've not yet posted that update -- trying to work in some more changes first. So, I don't think it's related to the latest beta. At least I cannot replicate on my system with the latest beta and my working copy of Ao.Bigbox.Plugins. @alnyden Not sure about those freezes. Would you please post some more details about the freezes in the Nostalgia thread? E.g., Does it only occur with VLC or also with WMP, what were you doing in BB at the time?
  23. eatkinola
    Quick update: I've addressed almost all the issues and added some new features. I'm currently working to improve performance and it's going well so far. Once I finish an image caching subsystem that should improve performance nicely, I'll be close to posting an update; probably next week. Please let me know if y'all find any new issues in the meantime.
  24. eatkinola
    Nice troubleshooting! I'll fix this for the next release. Again I'm a touch envious. Nice setup! :^) That's a good idea. I just finished the viking category backgrounds and will include those in the release. See what you think of those. We can always add more; I like the idea of giving more options.
  25. eatkinola
    @Retro808: Sadly no stand-up arcade here, nor is my tv that big but at least I have a comfy couch to sit on. If you have other ideas for a default background, let me know and I'd be happy to try some new concepts. @Omen seems pretty handy with photoshop, so perhaps he can whip up something? Hey @Omen would you please send me that blank background by the way?
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