Bigbox Intro

[dmjohn0x]

So I commissioned an intro for my Bigbox Setup that went with the 80s theme and aesthetic.

Intros have been integrated as of 7.5. You can download THIS intro under downloads then "Launchbox/Bigbox Official Media " and "Bigbox 1080p Retro Intro"
or by clicking this link 

To get this working. Simply download the intro, rename it to startup.mp4 the drop it into your ...\Launchbox\Videos\ folder.
Then, in bigbox, navigate to options>General and set a  startup delay/turn off bigbox logo on start.



Or you can watch this tutorial for more insight: 

 

 

Edited January 20, 2017 by dmjohn0x

[Jason Carr]

Hi @dmjohn0x, that's pretty awesome. Try appending the --fullscreen command line parameter to the VLC line. I think just putting that at the end of the line should work.

[dmjohn0x]

Well, I feel like an idiot, because I just realized half my issue is that VLC isnt even being called and instead my mp4 is opening in whatever windows10 has listed as default for the mp4 player.

VLC is installed however. Do the windows 10 default file associations override even a bat file with specific order of events?

[Jason Carr]

Basically you just need to provide the complete path to VLC, like this: "C:\Program Files\VLC\VLC.exe". That will probably help.

[dmjohn0x]

Would that mean my PATH dir isnt setup properly? Im use full path because thats easier. just curious.

[Jason Carr]

Are you using a %PATH% environment variable? Honestly, I would just stick to using the full path since %PATH% is system-wide.

[dmjohn0x]

So My bat still wont launch fullscreen.

Bat:
@echo off
start "C:\Program Files (x86)\VideoLAN\VLC\vlc.exe --fullscreen" "F:\LaunchBox\Intros\BigBox_Retro1080.mp4"
timeout /t 15
start F:\LaunchBox\BigBox.exe
timeout /t 7
taskkill /f /im vlc.exe
exit

[Jason Carr]

Oh, try like this:

start "C:\Program Files (x86)\VideoLAN\VLC\vlc.exe --fullscreen F:\LaunchBox\Intros\BigBox_Retro1080.mp4"

Does that work?

[Jason Carr]

Gotta admit though, you've inspired me to do some late night coding. We might see a beta with it supported natively pretty quick here.

[dmjohn0x]

Thats not working either. Instead its launching a weird command line prompt:






Also, if anyone else wants the intro, they are free to use  it:  https://mega.nz/#!UE4QEZCT!xSuumSQSXgU4V7GYH9eXW88dHGtS5aqDTi5k-ZJq3e4

[Jason Carr]

Last try:

start "C:\Program Files (x86)\VideoLAN\VLC\vlc.exe" --fullscreen "F:\LaunchBox\Intros\BigBox_Retro1080.mp4"

If that doesn't work, I give up for now. The command prompt is shown because it's a batch file, so that'll be there no matter what you do (which is why native would be better).

[dmjohn0x]

5 minutes ago, Jason Carr said:

Gotta admit though, you've inspired me to do some late night coding. We might see a beta with it supported natively pretty quick here.

If you do get native support in. I'd love the ability to play your bigbox sound effect over the video at a given time. would save me from having to edit the video. Initializing bigbox SE sounds great with this intro btw. reminds me of some classic terminator ish.

[dmjohn0x]

5 minutes ago, Jason Carr said:

Last try:

start "C:\Program Files (x86)\VideoLAN\VLC\vlc.exe" --fullscreen "F:\LaunchBox\Intros\BigBox_Retro1080.mp4"

If that doesn't work, I give up for now. The command prompt is shown because it's a batch file, so that'll be there no matter what you do (which is why native would be better).

Not working. It's looking for --fullscreen as a file. removing it launches the video again but puts us back at square one. I can just wait on the new beta. Im not that impatient.

[Jason Carr]

Well, I have it working natively already (without any settings or anything), but Big Box loads way too quick to end up seeing much of the video. We'll probably have to put in a setting for delay, methinks.

[dmjohn0x]

Yeah. I had a 15 second delay as bigbox tends to open for me in 3-4 secs.

Though an adjustable setting would probably be best so that people can drag and drop intros, also some beefier builds may take more or less time to boot.

Edited January 18, 2017 by dmjohn0x

[Jason Carr]

The new beta is out @dmjohn0x. Also hoping we can use your intro video as the demo for our news video this week.

[dmjohn0x]

Nice. I was inspired by the City Hunter Theme. Hope they go together as well as i hoped. Time to update to the latest beta, bois!

[neil9000]

Hi @dmjohn0x, This intro video is exactly what I wanted as a startup video, great work. Quick question what is the music you are using on it? It sounds familiar to me, but I'm not sure. Thanks again.

[SentaiBrad]

Would you mind if I uploaded the intro video to our Download section?

[Jason Carr]

Actually, should have @dmjohn0x upload it, that way people will know it's his.