#Rodflash video screensaver 480p
#Rodflash video screensaver install

I haven't tested adding videos to multiple systems yet so I will get to that a bit later. Lastly, when I didn't close out a video tag properly in the gamelist file, the screensaver would default to a dim screen which is nice. I checked the videos I have on my computer and didn't notice the same effects. Also, it looks like there are occasional screen tearing and small artifacts while the video is being played.

#Rodflash video screensaver 480p

I'm testing on a 1080p monitor, so when it plays 480p videos the screensaver stretches across the screen. Next, I installed sselph scraper to set read gamelist from rom folders, and I put a couple of videos for the Sega Genesis system to test it out after editing the gamelist file.Īnd it works! A few things I noticed.

So I installed a new RetroPie image on Raspberry Pi 3.

#Rodflash video screensaver install

If you want to install it manually, you can direct download from the platforms link that matches your platform then in Kodi look for. Simply look for the 'Get More' button in the Add-Ons menu. To download this Add-On, we highly recommend you do it via the user interface in Kodi. Assuming you have some tags in you gamelists you should see a full-screen video when the screensaver is activated. Create a screensaver from any Kodi video source. In the screensaver settings in the ES GUI your should now see an option for 'Random Video'. Sudo cp emulationstation /opt/retropie/supplementary/emulationstation/ Make executable and replace the original ES.Sudo apt-get install libvlc5 libvlccore8 vlc-nox I've given this a really good shakedown and it works fine but once again I'm asking the wider audience for anyone that is willing to give this a go before submitting a PR to the RetroPie ES.Įither download a fresh copy of retropie from and install it on an SD card or use a pre-configured (and backed up) configuration.īoot the raspberry pi and exit ES back to the terminalĭownload or copy the new ES that supports video screensaver from into the home directory, e.g. If none of the gamelists contain any videos then the screensaver reverts to showing a black screen. This continues until the user dismisses the screensaver. After 30 seconds another random video is picked. What this does is that when the screensaver timeout expires, the screen fades out then fades in a video which is picked from any game from any system at random. As a little side-project of the video preview development, I extended the screensaver functionality in ES to include a new option for a 'Random Video'.