viking Posted November 15, 2016 Share Posted November 15, 2016 (edited) BarTop Theme View File !! STILL IN BETA !! Before delivering the final version, I wait to be able to align the items of the wheels. So this is a BETA version with non-definitive wheels, uploaded for debug. Please rate your bug in the forum thread. Thank you! #01. Description: BARTOP theme was created for the 4:3 screens of classic arcades cabinet. But it remains fully compatible with all screen ratios. In addition to this theme, I created and shared 3 large media sets especially designed for him. I invite you to use them to fully enjoy the experience. This theme was tested on 4:3 | 16:9 | 16:10 | 21:9 screens. It works on all "out the box". (Only some minor issue on the 21:9) #02. Features: 5 custom platform view + 5 custom platform view. Custom marquee for platform & Game view. Design for used video in background. Platform & Games views : no video deformation regardless of your screen ratio. (work only with WMP video engine) Custom icon set. (favorites, broken, ...) Custom media set for ClearLogo + Banner + Platform Video. (See below.) Scanline effect plug on "background opacity" setting in BigBox. Use auto config : No adjustments to be made. (Only the video engine) Annotated XAML file for easy customization. #03. Showcase:Pict coming soon, after the release of the final version. Platform view 1 = Design for classic EmuMovie gameplay video, with Hardware banner. Platform view 2 = Design for classic EmuMovie gameplay video. Platform view 3 = Designed specifically for my 4:3 video set. Platform view 4 = Designed specifically for video set like official Cinematix set Platform view 5 = Classic text view, with fanart and Hardware banner. Game view 1 = Classic text view. Design for EmuMovie gameplay video. Game view 2 = Vertical cover wheel. Design for EmuMovie gameplay video. Game view 3 = Horizontal cover wheel. Design for EmuMovie gameplay video. Game view 4 = Horizontal cover flow. Design for EmuMovie gameplay video. Game view 4 = Horizontal game box. Design for EmuMovie gameplay video. #04. Request : LaunchBox Premium with BigBox - v.7.0 (beta) and superior. Windows Media Player must be installed on your computer. #05. How To Install : Download the latest version of the theme. Unzipped the "BarTop" folder into your : .../LaunchBox / Themes. Open BigBox, go to [Option> View] and select [BarTop] as theme. In BigBox option, set the video engine on WMP. Go back into main interface Done ! #06. How to Setup : HOW TO - CHANGING THE VIEW STYLE (platform & games pages) In BigBox Option > Keyboard Mapper > Change View = assign a key. Go back to main view and press this key. HOW TO - USING SCANLINE EFFECT In views where the scanline effect is implemented, it's set by the background opacity in BigBox option. set on 0 : scanline off set on 10 : scanline light set on 90 : scanline strong I suggest to set on 20. #07. Specially designed custom media : In addition, I shared a whole series of media specially designed for this theme. Of course, you can use any media your want. I invite you to download them and follow the installation instructions on each of the pages listed below: #08. Changelog : v.0.9.2 add - Custom marquee view for Platform & Games. v.0.9.1 fix - Platform views = The background video no longer have any distortion. add - Games views = The background video no longer have any distortion. v.0.9.0 Initial BETA release. Submitter viking Submitted 11/15/16 Category Big Box Custom Themes Edited November 18, 2016 by viking 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
viking Posted November 16, 2016 Author Share Posted November 16, 2016 (edited) List of things to fix or add: (you can make your request and remount your bug) @Jason Carr Me again ... sorry to come back with my requests with all the work you already have for the v7. But I did some mokup and upload a BETA to make it clearer. I need you for the first 3 points. Thx !!! add wheel items < left | center | right > alignement capacity. add wheel items < up | center | down > alignement capacity. add wheel items opacity capacity, selected or not, separately. add custom marquee views, for platform and game. ... (coming soon !) Edited November 16, 2016 by viking 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
viking Posted November 16, 2016 Author Share Posted November 16, 2016 First update with BETA v.0.9.1 fix - Platform views = The background video no longer have any distortion. add - Games views = The background video no longer have any distortion. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nyny77 Posted November 17, 2016 Share Posted November 17, 2016 Salut Vik, Je sais pas si c'est un bug ou une mauvaise configuration de ma part mais j'ai les vidéos de plateforme qui ne s'affiche pas, par contre j'entend le son. En visuel j'ai que les grosse flèches haut et bas. Info : Thème Bartop 9.01 Moteur video VLC Dernière version LB Vidéo plateforme : Plateform Video set 4:3 set Ecran 16-9 1920x1080 Merci a toi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
viking Posted November 17, 2016 Author Share Posted November 17, 2016 (edited) @Nyny77 : Damn you're right !! I use WMP for videos and it works very well. But with VLC, there are no more platform videos and the gameplay videos are zoomed! Someone has an idea? [ Same in French : Arg ! J'utilise WMP pour les vidéos et il n'y a pas de problème. Mais avec VLC, effectivement, ça déconne complet. Les platform ne s'affiche pas et les games sont zommé. Quelqu'un a une idée ? ] Here is the code I use for Platform page : <transitions:TransitionPresenter TransitionSelector="{Binding ImageVideoTransitionSelector}" VerticalAlignment="Stretch" HorizontalAlignment="Right" Content="{Binding ImageVideoView}" IsContentVideo="true" /> This is the basic code of the PDF ... I don't understand EDIT AFTER TEST : OK, These are the alignment commands that bug with VLC. Without it, it works. Very strange no? @Jason Carr did you have an idea? These are the controls that work with WMP and not with VLC: VerticalAlignment="Stretch" HorizontalAlignment="Right" I'll try to find a way, but in the meantime, uses the WMP engine for everything to work. =) Edited November 17, 2016 by viking Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Carr Posted November 17, 2016 Share Posted November 17, 2016 Hi @viking, sadly I'm having major issues getting the video alignment stuff to work properly. I've been working with Cid as well to fix this and it's been a royal pain. For now, unfortunately the VerticalAlignment and HorizontalAlignment properties won't work properly on the video elements. I'm hoping to fix this soon. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
viking Posted November 18, 2016 Author Share Posted November 18, 2016 (edited) @Jason Carr A BIG thank you for all your work. For these video alignment, it works with WMP. So no real worries here. By the way, I allow myself to raise you on the other points listed above (3 post up). Really sorry to insist so much ... But I'm excited to deliver the final version of my theme! EDIT : update with BETA v.0.9.2. Add custom marquee view for platform & games. I tried to stay sober and elegant. I hope you will like it. I still have to test them on very panoramic screens. Edited November 18, 2016 by viking Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
throwingmuse Posted November 18, 2016 Share Posted November 18, 2016 Would it be possible to add a black outline to the Release Date text fields? They sometimes tend to blend into the video backgrounds. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
viking Posted November 18, 2016 Author Share Posted November 18, 2016 I didn't figure out how to make the outline. But I can make the text less transparent and add a little solid shadow for better reading. I think, this will be the most elegant. You will find them in the next release. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
throwingmuse Posted November 18, 2016 Share Posted November 18, 2016 One last request: would you be able to create a Cave platform video? The default Launchbox install creates an Arcade, Capcom 1-3, and Cave platform. A Cave platform video is currently missing from your set. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jtb1987 Posted July 20, 2020 Share Posted July 20, 2020 @viking Hi Viking, I really liked your theme so I'm attempting to use it on my cabinet/CRT. I'm having the same problem as the other user in this thread in regards to using VLC and experiencing the videos zoomed in. I'm fine with not using VLC, but when I switch to Windows Media Player in the options it says its not recommended and that I may have compatibility issues. When I select it to test, I only will hear audio for the preview videos but cannot view them. Have you been able to figure out the cause of VLC not working correctly or have any suggestions of how I can successfully convert to Windows Media Player? Thanks for any help! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
viking Posted July 20, 2020 Author Share Posted July 20, 2020 (edited) Hi @jtb1987 ! Hum, strange problem. I dont remember a zoom problem in platform video. Can you share a screenshot? I recommend VLC because Jason found a memory leak with Windows Media Player. Leak from microsoft, so there is nothing he can do about it. But if WMP works well for you, that's perfect! The preview in the Plaform Video download tool has a problem with 4K videos. I can't do much about it. Maybe HD test? There is no need to convert anything. All videos are in the .MP4 (H264) standard format. If your system is struggling with the "4K" version, I suggest you try the "HD" version. Sorry, I thought I was on the COLORFUL topic ^^ !! I recommend VLC because Jason found a memory leak with Windows Media Player. Leak from microsoft, so there is nothing he can do about it. But if WMP works well for you, that's perfect! But the problem is, it's a very old theme. We would have to recreate it from scratch. Sorry =/ Edited July 20, 2020 by viking Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jtb1987 Posted July 20, 2020 Share Posted July 20, 2020 4 hours ago, viking said: Hi @jtb1987 ! Hum, strange problem. I dont remember a zoom problem in platform video. Can you share a screenshot? I recommend VLC because Jason found a memory leak with Windows Media Player. Leak from microsoft, so there is nothing he can do about it. But if WMP works well for you, that's perfect! The preview in the Plaform Video download tool has a problem with 4K videos. I can't do much about it. Maybe HD test? There is no need to convert anything. All videos are in the .MP4 (H264) standard format. If your system is struggling with the "4K" version, I suggest you try the "HD" version. Sorry, I thought I was on the COLORFUL topic ^^ !! I recommend VLC because Jason found a memory leak with Windows Media Player. Leak from microsoft, so there is nothing he can do about it. But if WMP works well for you, that's perfect! But the problem is, it's a very old theme. We would have to recreate it from scratch. Sorry =/ Hi thanks for the reply - Understand it's an older theme, I'm having trouble trying to sort/group by 4:3 themes only and was happy to find yours. I only was trying to change it to WMP as per the posts above in this thread were indicating that with WMP, the video didn't "Zoom" in and it sounded like the theme was supposedly working well with WMP but not VLC because of some uknown video alignment issue. But when I tried WMP, I can't get it to play videos at all. Anyways, thanks for the help Damn you're right !! I use WMP for videos and it works very well. But with VLC, there are no more platform videos and the gameplay videos are zoomed! Someone has an idea? [ Same in French : Arg ! J'utilise WMP pour les vidéos et il n'y a pas de problème. Mais avec VLC, effectivement, ça déconne complet. Les platform ne s'affiche pas et les games sont zommé. Quelqu'un a une idée ? ] Here is the code I use for Platform page : Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
viking Posted July 20, 2020 Author Share Posted July 20, 2020 It must be an old piece of code. This theme deserves to be rewritten from scratch! In French : Ben écoute, ce doit être un vieux bout de code qui déconne. C'est très étrange quand même ! Surtout les vidéo de GamePlay ! Si WMP fonctionne bien chez toi, ne cherche pas forcement plus loin, tout le monde n'a pas le bug de fuite de mémoire. Chez moi, sur mon Bartop 4:3, j'utilise ce thème sans aucun problème depuis tout ce temps ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fugus Posted June 15, 2022 Share Posted June 15, 2022 (edited) Nice, theme, if you go for a rewrite, I would make a request in it if you don't mind. The option to remove the scanline filter on the videos. Can't find the option to do so and if I remove the scanline.png, it starts giving error messages. Edit: Nevermind, just found the option on this page, lol. Thank you either way, good theme. Edited June 15, 2022 by Fugus 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fugus Posted June 16, 2022 Share Posted June 16, 2022 Also, slight update. I couldn't find "Background Opacity" as an option, asked in the noobs sections to be told it wasn't an option that you must have meant "Background Fade", I set that to zero but still didn't seem to impact it for me, so edited the xml files to remove it and worked fine. Still the best BigBox theme for my viewing style. Like my menus on the left hand side with clear and readable text and prefer just to have the Box Art and the movie playing because no body I really know bothers to read the descriptions of the games. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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