[XAML Tips and Tricks]

5 hours ago, viking said:

OK. So, in WheelGamesView.xaml , found line 66 this piece of code : 

<!-- VIDEO BACKGROUND -->
            <Viewbox Grid.Row="0" Grid.Column="0" Grid.ColumnSpan="25" Grid.RowSpan="18" Stretch="UniformToFill" VerticalAlignment="Center" HorizontalAlignment="Center">
                <transitions:TransitionPresenter TransitionSelector="{Binding ImageVideoTransitionSelector}" Content="{Binding ImageVideoView}" IsContentVideo="true"/>
            </Viewbox>

Delete and replace with this piece of code :
 

<!-- VIDEO BACKGROUND -->
            <transitions:TransitionPresenter x:Name="vidsource" Grid.Row="0" Grid.Column="0" Grid.ColumnSpan="25" Grid.RowSpan="18" TransitionSelector="{Binding ImageVideoTransitionSelector}" Content="{Binding ImageVideoView}" IsContentVideo="True" Visibility="hidden"/>
            <Border Grid.Row="0" Grid.Column="0" Grid.ColumnSpan="25" Grid.RowSpan="18">
                <Border.Background>
                    <VisualBrush Visual="{Binding ElementName=vidsource, Path=Content}" Stretch="UniformToFill" AlignmentX="Center" AlignmentY="Center"/>
                </Border.Background>
            </Border>

This code was written by Grila. thanks to him ! It must work, but break the transition effects.
Follow the link, he wrote another answer a little lower that preserves the transition, but I can not test it now.

 

This theme deserves a total rewriting. But I'm focused on Colorful right now. I do my best !

I'm not sure we're talking about the BarTop theme or maybe I have an old version of it?

Because there's unfortunately no code like you pasted

<!-- VIDEO BACKGROUND -->
            <Viewbox Grid.Row="0" Grid.Column="0" Grid.ColumnSpan="25" Grid.RowSpan="18" Stretch="UniformToFill" VerticalAlignment="Center" HorizontalAlignment="Center">
                <transitions:TransitionPresenter TransitionSelector="{Binding ImageVideoTransitionSelector}" Content="{Binding ImageVideoView}" IsContentVideo="true"/>
            </Viewbox>

Here's my "WheelGamesView.xaml" file https://pastebin.com/1xVUr9ST

Thanks for your help ?

[XAML Tips and Tricks]

1 hour ago, viking said:

I take a look tomorrow. (10pm here) ?

Alright thanks a lot

[XAML Tips and Tricks]

Hi my dear friends! I have a bartop with a 16x9  Full HD screen. I want to use the 4x3 Hyperspin video pack from EmuMovies. I found what seems to be the perfect theme so far which is "Bartop" by viking. I think you're still active on the forum so maybe you could help me out with this!

What is happening at the moment is that the video is stretched to 16:9. So the left wheel is overlapping the video and the video aspect ratio is broken. See attached image "Screenshot_2.jpg".

I'm using the "WheelGamesView.xaml" and found out that this line seems to be what I'm looking for to edit

<transitions:TransitionPresenter TransitionSelector="{Binding BackgroundTransitionSelector}" Content="{Binding BackgroundView}" Height="{Binding ElementName=Canvas, Path=ActualHeight}" Width="{Binding ElementName=Canvas, Path=ActualWidth}" IsContentVideo="true" />

I've tried forcing the aspect ratio by giving it width and height properties like that

        <transitions:TransitionPresenter TransitionSelector="{Binding BackgroundTransitionSelector}" Content="{Binding BackgroundView}" Height="1080" Width="1440" IsContentVideo="true" />

It works but the video is centered and no matter what I try it stays centered. See "Screenshot_3.jpg" I tried things like that before "content"

VerticalAlignment="Stretch" HorizontalAlignment="Right"

I've tried both VLC and WMP and WMP is laggy and have trouble loading some videos, so this is a no go for me.

Who could help me align the video to the right keeping it's 4:3 aspect ratio?

Thanks a lot :)-

[Silver Ring - ClearLogo Set]

These are all the ones missing from the official pack. Also find SPORTS, RUN & GUN & PUZZLE in page 16 of this thread, I haven't made those but I think they're awesome and gave me the idea of continuing in this way. I've made all of these because I'm sure a lot of people search these. Actually all of these are needed if you created the playlists with LB Mame importer. Hope you like ?

[Batch converting games ISO to CHD]

Hey guys! I'm using an old version of chdman that came with a .bat file to bath convert ISO games to CHD.

I noticed that some CHD I got from elsewhere were way smaller than the one I'm producing. I read a bit on the internet and I saw my chdman version is outdated and there's a new version with the new gzip compression algorythm.

I've downloaded Mame and took the new chdman.exe file but my .bat file script doesn't work anymore.

Can anyone help me and guide me on how to batch convert to CHD with the new chdman?

Current (OLD) code in the batch file:

for /r %%x in (*.cue) do chdman -createcd "%%x" "%%x.chd"

Thanks a lot!

[Epic 80's - Startup Video]

Here we go @Retro808, I just modified it with an ending. I made 2 versions. One that mimic a retro television shutting off and the other one with a filmic dissolve more known as a fade out. So it's up to the user which one they prefer! Now it's a 15 seconds intro instead of 12. I agree with you that it was ending roughly.

Hope you guys like it!

[Epic 80's - Startup Video]

1 hour ago, Retro808 said:

@G22 I like it. Nice and clean, does not feel over done. A few extra seconds added would be a recommendation as it kind of feel like it just stops. But either way I added it to my rotation. Look forward to more. 

Hey thanks man! I'll try to work a version 3 with a longer intro. At first I wanted to make a quick video so it go quickly to the system list.

[Epic 80's - Startup Video]

Though I'd share with you the splashscreen I made for my installation.

Download: https://github.com/Emulga/BigBox-Splashscreens

Hope you like it!

[Building my intro video]

Hi, I'm making my video intro but wanted to know what are the size, codec, bitrate, etc recommended for a video intro.

I also want to know if there's a place with bigbox and launchbox logos.

Thanks.

[Will theses specs run PS2, Wii, GC, Saturn, DC?]

Well that's really good to know. I think Demul fits in my standard of playable emulation. I think also it works with my fullset of cdi discs. They're great for saving ton of space!

Thanks for your even more detailed answers  I'm all excited to start my build!

[Some questions]

Thanks for your detailed answers. The number 3 answer you gave me made me think of something else.

3A. How's the naming convention? Is it Hyperspin (like there's a gamelist and your roms needs the same name?). Or it's more like emulation station? You create your gamelist from your rom names and gather the information with the scraper?

3B. Like is it compatible with romsets that have a folder called wheel, snaps, box, cart, etc?

[Will theses specs run PS2, Wii, GC, Saturn, DC?]

Oh damn, that's sad! I really wanted to finally discover this console as being a kid I never had the chane to get one. They are rare now and anyway I don't have any thrill to get real consoles now. Lots of people told me that there are great titles on the DC.

[Will theses specs run PS2, Wii, GC, Saturn, DC?]

Really good informations here. I'll definitely try to setup my favorite PS3 games and see for myself!

Thanks again!

[Will theses specs run PS2, Wii, GC, Saturn, DC?]

Just now, Lordmonkus said:

It's should be more than enough for PS2, Wii, GC and DC.

It's just about right and even a bit more than enough for Saturn which is a pretty CPU intensive CPU but you will be fine.

PS3 is the big question mark because it's such an early in development and very reliant upon speed hacks so it's difficult to say exactly how well that will perform.

Thanks for your answer! I'll have to try for the PS3. But I guess time go and emulators will be improved.

[Will theses specs run PS2, Wii, GC, Saturn, DC?]

3 minutes ago, DOS76 said:

yes

Awesome thank you! I'll miss my PS3 for some years until emulating it gets possible

[Some questions]

Hi guys, I'm actually a Batocera user and I'm pleased with it for older computers. But I want to go to a more serious emulating multi systems computer and of course I mean LaunchBox.

I have few questions:

1. I know I can set windows to automatically load big box after boot. Can I be able to use the system without a keyboard and mouse once it's all setup? I would like tu put this in an arcade cabinet, that's why. Like just pressing ON on my bluetooth controllers and go play.

2. How's the scraper? I'm really looking to fill most consoles with fullsets all scraped. I've achieve this on Batocera (Recalbox), it took me 4 months for like 45 systems. How good is the built-in scraper? Do I have to do this all by myself or I can download scraped romsets somewhere? Is it really good? I've tried OpenEmu on my imac for example and the scraper is really bad. Is most games have videos, 3d box, etc?

3. I've seen lots of nice theme. Lots of them were using game box. Can I tell the theme to use 3D box image instead? I saw these on some systems on this website.

4. Is there a Facebook user group community?

5. Is it the good choice? Honestly I feel like yes it is. Hyperspin looks like an old broken hard to configure thing.

6. How's the cloud actually working? I have an unlimited Google Drive account. I would like to backup save my library there in case of a crash.

7. I think theres a way to play the games on my iphone? If yes can I do it on LTE outside my house?

Thanks a lot for your help and this awesome front-end!

[Will theses specs run PS2, Wii, GC, Saturn, DC?]

3 minutes ago, DOS76 said:

well you would need to really know what specific i5 it is if its a 1st gen chip compared to a 8th gen chip it would be a huge difference if its at least 3rd gen or up I would say it will probably do what you want and I would suggest getting that 760 from him instead of the 550

It's a i5 4670K 4th generation I think. And I'll have both graphic cards.

Will it work for my needs?

[Will theses specs run PS2, Wii, GC, Saturn, DC?]

Hi, one of my friend wants to exchange me my PS1, PS2 and PS3 and all my games for his old gaming computer.

It's outdated for today's gaming but I think that it's a good exchange for me to get a good emulation machine. I just want to verify the specs with you.

 

Processor i5 3.5ghz 4 core
Ram 8GB
SSD HDD
GPU GTX 550 and a GTX 760 (I guess I canno't SLI different cards so I'll have to use just one)

 

I want to emulate up to PS2, Wii, Gamecube, Saturn, Dreamcast, PSX, etc.

Will this work?

Thanks for your help!