VysetheBlueRogue Posted August 29, 2016 Share Posted August 29, 2016 Was also posted in Big Box Themes forum, but I figured I could try here too I'm somewhat computer savvy, but not enough to figure this out on my own unfortunately, so I was wondering if anyone could help me out. What I'm looking to do is replace the default Big Box splash screen and sound effect with instead a video that I render of a pseudo-startup sequence instead. I was wondering if it would be a simple matter of just telling Big Box what it had to execute to startup or if there was more to it, or if it simply was just not possible. If the latter is the case, how do you go about replacing the Big Box splash with a custom image and sound? Thank you in advance for any feedback, it is much appreciated. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
imdavid555 Posted August 29, 2016 Share Posted August 29, 2016 To change the startup sound, just replace the "startup.wav" file found in the Sounds folder of your launchbox install. You can find some sound packs here or in the downloads sections and you can always make your own. Don't believe you can replace the splash screen at the moment. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Carr Posted August 30, 2016 Share Posted August 30, 2016 That is correct. Unfortunately it's currently not possible to replace the startup image. There is an intro video ticket on BitBucket to vote on though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VysetheBlueRogue Posted August 30, 2016 Author Share Posted August 30, 2016 Would there be any way where I could make windows load up a video full screen and then open up big box on startup? Like: Boot up the PC & log in >intro video plays >big box launches after Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
imdavid555 Posted August 30, 2016 Share Posted August 30, 2016 I'm sure you could make a batch file that can do that for you when Windows starts up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VysetheBlueRogue Posted August 30, 2016 Author Share Posted August 30, 2016 Any suggestions on how to learn to script .bat files? I'm googling it anyways, but if you've got something you'd recommend I'll take it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
imdavid555 Posted August 30, 2016 Share Posted August 30, 2016 I would say, Google is your best bet. I would start by trying to find out how to create a batch file to open a program (BigBox) first since this is easiest. Then find out how to create a batch file to play your video. Finally, figure out how to combine those together maybe into one batch file working seamlessly. Goodluck! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sithel Posted August 30, 2016 Share Posted August 30, 2016 (edited) You can try something like this but I don't think your going to find something smooth like your wanting. I tested it and it works but you have to probably fine tune the timeouts (seconds) to delay actions. What I did is base it off a 30 second video and I used vlc player. Make sure you have your player to play fullscreen. Create a text doc and paste the contents below and change the extension to .bat and put it in your start up folder. One thing I noticed is that when it starts BigBox it shows the start bar, so like I said not very smooth. To explain what the script is doing. it's starting the video through VLC player, waiting 5 seconds then starting BigBox then waiting 20 seconds and killing the vlc player process. Maybe there's better ways but I just don't see it. Don't forget to change the paths to where your video and BigBox is located. BTW. doing this you can't skip the video, it will always run on startup. @echo off start "vlc" "D:\videos\Intro.mp4" timeout /t 5 start D:\LaunchBox\BigBox.exe timeout /t 20 taskkill /f /im vlc.exe exit Edited August 30, 2016 by Sithel 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DOS76 Posted August 30, 2016 Share Posted August 30, 2016 You can turn off the BigBox splash screen in the settings if that helps Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VysetheBlueRogue Posted August 30, 2016 Author Share Posted August 30, 2016 I think that'll work just fine actually! I really appreciate the help guys, I'll have to show it off when it's all finished 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmjohn0x Posted January 18, 2017 Share Posted January 18, 2017 Im currently working on doing the same. Best of luck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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