Closed ghost closed 4 years ago
this shouldn't matter since it takes randomly from your system's video folder! what's your video format ? it only accepts mp4 and flv but I can add more if necessary
I have only mp4 and flv files as snap videos.
I suspect this is the problem: In the scrrensaver.nut I added a print ("vid = "+vid+"\n") to this function:
function get_new_video( obj )
{
local sys;
if(fe.game_info(Info.Emulator) == "@")
sys = fe.game_info(Info.Title, rand() );
else
sys = fe.game_info(Info.Emulator);
local a=0;
local vid;
while(1){
vid = get_random_file(medias_path + sys + "/Video");
print ("vid = "+vid+"\n");
if( vid.find(".mp4") || vid.find(".flv") || a>5 )break;
a++;
}
local s = split( vid, "/" );
obj.file_name = vid;
return s;
}
In Main Menu, Mame and Daphne where the screensaver works, the print output is for example (mame): vid = E:\HS_Themes\Media/mame/Video/uopoko.mp4 vid = E:\HS_Themes\Media/mame/Video/triothep.mp4 vid = E:\HS_Themes\Media/mame/Video/sfiii.mp4 vid = E:\HS_Themes\Media/mame/Video/lastday.mp4
When I go to any other system, the print is: vid = (loops forever until I exit the screensaver). It doesn't find a video to play...
My money is the problem is "Info.Emulator"!!
i noticed that , the fe.game_info returns empty on some system , dont know why
I confirmed the issue. If the Emulator name in the romlist is different than the display name, the result is vid=
Case study, Atari 2600 system: Screen saver blank screen with this:
#Name;Title;Emulator;CloneOf;Year;Manufacturer;......
2005 Minigame Multicart (USA) (Unl);2005 Minigame Multicart (USA) (Unl);atari2600;;2005;Self-Published;;;;;;;;;;;
Screen save works with this:
#Name;Title;Emulator;CloneOf;Year;Manufacturer;......
2005 Minigame Multicart (USA) (Unl);2005 Minigame Multicart (USA) (Unl);atari 2600;;2005;Self-Published;;;;;;;;;;;
Emulator name: atari2600 (blank) vs atari 2600 (works because same as display name in AM)
EDIT: Confirmed it also with atari lynx and atari 7800. in their romlists, I changed the Emulator string from 'atarilynx' to 'atari lynx' and 'atari7800' to 'atari 7800'.
Can the code use the [DisplayName] magic token instead of the Emulator string?
Confirmed , changed to fe.list.name as Fe.Display and info.System have erratic behvaior.
Resolved!
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Screen saver shows a black screen when a system has only the default theme? My mame and daphne systems have many game themes and the screensaver works on them. Other systems with only the default themes show a blank black screen...