harryoke Posted February 28, 2019 Share Posted February 28, 2019 (edited) could we change the pics to video? so instead of: we can have : @Jason Carr Edited February 28, 2019 by harryoke Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Carr Posted February 28, 2019 Share Posted February 28, 2019 Hi Harry, yes, you can use videos on the startup theme; you just have to customize the startup theme XML and include a VideoControl. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harryoke Posted March 1, 2019 Author Share Posted March 1, 2019 @Jason Carr do you know anyone that would be willing to add a video control to the XML file as i have no idea how to do this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Retro808 Posted March 2, 2019 Share Posted March 2, 2019 I have been messing around more and have videos working in another startup theme I am learning to code. What in particular are you looking for when it comes to video in a startup? I can try to mess around and see what I can do. Slowly learning so it will give me something to mess with. Cannot promise anything but I can try. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harryoke Posted March 2, 2019 Author Share Posted March 2, 2019 36 minutes ago, Retro808 said: I have been messing around more and have videos working in another startup theme I am learning to code. What in particular are you looking for when it comes to video in a startup? I can try to mess around and see what I can do. Slowly learning so it will give me something to mess with. Cannot promise anything but I can try. just play a .mp4 file in fullscreen instead of png background and you can define the filename so different vids for different systems if possible Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Retro808 Posted March 2, 2019 Share Posted March 2, 2019 7 minutes ago, harryoke said: just play a .mp4 file in fullscreen instead of png background and you can define the filename so different vids for different systems if possible OK. That is actually what I am working on. I can get the video set just need to figure out how to properly bind the data element so it can play the target video based on the defined criteria. Videos though do need to be short as they will not play in full before the emulator shows the game. I am hoping to do something like play a bios/boot screen for systems that have them and those that don't default to a standard startup video. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harryoke Posted March 2, 2019 Author Share Posted March 2, 2019 Just now, Retro808 said: OK. That is actually what I am working on. I can get the video set just need to figure out how to properly bind the data element so it can play the target video based on the defined criteria. Videos though do need to be short as they will not play in full before the emulator shows the game. my psx loader vid. psx loader.mp4 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Retro808 Posted March 2, 2019 Share Posted March 2, 2019 1 minute ago, harryoke said: my psx loader vid. I have been testing with that and your T2 Arcade. 10 seconds seems to be a good clip length. Works for now if I target a set video. I just need to read more on how to set the proper data criteria to trigger to correct video. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harryoke Posted March 2, 2019 Author Share Posted March 2, 2019 ok no problem , the t2 arcade is much quicker to render just need to change icon for each system Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Retro808 Posted March 2, 2019 Share Posted March 2, 2019 2 minutes ago, harryoke said: ok no problem , the t2 arcade is much quicker to render just need to change icon for each system Cool. If you could make one with him holding a Now Loading or Loading icon/text that would be great. Would love to have that as a default if a system is missing. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Retro808 Posted March 2, 2019 Share Posted March 2, 2019 Here it is in simple version just playing a set video. Now to figure out the rest. I trimmed the clip a couple seconds and it still cuts the end off. 2019-03-02 12-32-08_Trim (3).mp4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harryoke Posted March 2, 2019 Author Share Posted March 2, 2019 (edited) cool as F*** encoding now Edited March 2, 2019 by harryoke Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harryoke Posted March 2, 2019 Author Share Posted March 2, 2019 do you want music or without? @Retro808 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harryoke Posted March 2, 2019 Author Share Posted March 2, 2019 (edited) loader.mp4 have fun @Retro808 Edited March 2, 2019 by harryoke 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fromlostdays Posted March 2, 2019 Share Posted March 2, 2019 I don't know how any of this stuff works and I appreciate you all tackling this! If I could make a suggestion, it would be awesome if this would call to a video folder named exactly like the rom first, nested in a directory named after the system. So for instance, if you launch Super Metroid: It looks in Startup Videos/Super Nintendo Entertainment System/Super Metroid/ In the absence of a game specific video, it would then look directly in the system folder: Startup Videos/Super Nintendo Entertainment System This would allow users to do both Game Specific Startup vids for particular games, while utilizing System Specific Vids for the rest. So you could have: Startup Videos/Super Nintendo Entertainment System/Super Metroid/gamevideo.mp4 Startup Videos/Super Nintendo Entertainment System/Systemvideo.mp4 Just a thought. Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Retro808 Posted March 6, 2019 Share Posted March 6, 2019 @fromlostdays Not sure if my knowledge can achieve that right now. My coding skills are pretty much on the fly research, trial and error, and dissecting other themes. If I progress more I will keep it in mind. For now though the theme is on hold. I am struggling with a fallback piece. I posted a request for assistance so just holding for now. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Carr Posted March 18, 2019 Share Posted March 18, 2019 FYI guys: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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