Splashscreen Intro Video

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Splashscreen Intro Video

Post by Robots86 » Thu May 19, 2016 1:08 pm

https://github.com/RetroPie/RetroPie-Se ... lashscreen

So i followed the info on the above retropie wiki link to set a video a made as a splashscreen.

When i boot up i can just see the command line text. No video plays.

Anybody have any experience with this?

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Re: Splashscreen Intro Video

Post by Fleder » Thu May 19, 2016 1:34 pm

Robots86 wrote:https://github.com/RetroPie/RetroPie-Se ... lashscreen

So i followed the info on the above retropie wiki link to set a video a made as a splashscreen.

When i boot up i can just see the command line text. No video plays.

Anybody have any experience with this?
Fleder wrote:Here is a tutorial on how to make it play a video while loading with RetroPie:
Go to the following directory on your SD Card:
/home/pi/RetroPie/splashscreens
Create one Folder for every Video you want to have, you can switch between them later.
If you have 2 Videos (Video1.mp4, Video2.mp4) create those folders:
/home/pi/RetroPie/splashscreens/Video1/
/home/pi/RetroPie/splashscreens/Video2/
And put those Videos in their respective folders (/home/pi/RetroPie/splashscreens/Video1/Video1.mp4 and so on).

Now, in RetroPie, go to "RetroPie" then RetroPie settings, then choose the 3rd Menu Item.
After that, search for the "Choose Retropie Splashscreen" Menu item, or something similar.
Go to "Choose Own Splashscreen" and choose your desired folder which contains the video.
Now go back and restart your Pi to watch it play the video instead of boring text.


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Re: Splashscreen Intro Video

Post by Ganreizu » Thu May 19, 2016 1:47 pm

Speaking of which does anyone have a link to download the mp4 (?) of the original nintendo "ding" boot up video?

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Re: Splashscreen Intro Video

Post by Kilren » Thu May 19, 2016 1:50 pm

Ganreizu wrote:Speaking of which does anyone have a link to download the mp4 (?) of the original nintendo "ding" boot up video?
I do. let me find it...

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Re: Splashscreen Intro Video

Post by Kilren » Thu May 19, 2016 1:59 pm

@Ganreizu Here you go mate. I included both the mp4 and mp3. The mp3 is timed appropriately for the mp4

The Sound of Happiness

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Re: Splashscreen Intro Video

Post by Ganreizu » Thu May 19, 2016 2:08 pm

Kilren wrote:@Ganreizu Here you go mate. I included both the mp4 and mp3. The mp3 is timed appropriately for the mp4

The Sound of Happiness
What a god. Thank you sir.

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Re: Splashscreen Intro Video

Post by Kilren » Thu May 19, 2016 2:14 pm

Ganreizu wrote:What a god. Thank you sir.
Ha. No problem. I did this a couple of weeks ago for the same reason. I'll share with you and whoever needs it the how.

Find your boot screen clip on youtube. I searched "Gameboy DMG bootup video" in google. Watch and make sure that it is what you need.
Use one of any number of youtube video converters for download. I personally use clipconverter.cc (here is the plug of "don't take anything that is copyrighted, pirated, doesn't rightfully belong to you, etc."). Go through the simple directions given there. They have options for a couple of different video formats, as well as a few audio only formats.

Repeat for any other console boot screen your heart desires.

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Re: Splashscreen Intro Video

Post by Fleder » Fri May 20, 2016 12:14 am

There is also this one I made:
https://www.youtube.com/embed/SIph9sRYEHQ

Download long Version to go with the long boot time:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B17ug8 ... sp=sharing

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Re: Splashscreen Intro Video

Post by tanooki » Fri May 20, 2016 6:27 am

Fleder wrote:There is also this one I made:
https://www.youtube.com/embed/SIph9sRYEHQ

Download long Version to go with the long boot time:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B17ug8 ... sp=sharing
What software did you use to make your video? I have my own idea for a boot up video that I would like to try out. Thanks.

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Re: Splashscreen Intro Video

Post by Robots86 » Fri May 20, 2016 6:35 am

i havnt changed anything but the video appears to be working now :mrgreen:

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