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General Discussion & Help / Collection Video of differing position..

« on: October 09, 2021, 10:54:19 AM »

Hi all,

Im trying to add another video (seperate from the roms video) as a background behind.
Rather than cover art to all collections to the lower half of the screen.

I can do it at a video src element (global) , but what i would like to do is change the x,y's on specific collections.
So ps1 the y would be this high, ps2 slightly lower etc.

Im only changing the y's..

So reloadable video ps1, x=0, y=700
ps2 x=0, y=800.

im writing a 3 tier menu layout and this would only be needed in menuIndex="2"

My thought process was have in every collection/system_artwork/videofile

then a code in layout every collection name with varying y values mode="system".
Sratching head on how..

Im not sure if this is possible but if it is can anyone point me in the right direction.

Many thanks in advance.

General Discussion & Help / Fade wheel on collection exit...

« on: September 19, 2021, 09:51:54 AM »

Is there anyway to fade the games wheel upon collection exit?
Im not running any cover art thoughout im just having one video that plays constantly,
so upon starting a new collection you get the last collection still there briefly. I know this isnt a biggy but i want to solve it...

I dont need to fade it becuase i can see it in the collections menu, i just mean the 2nd collection I select the last collections roms are still visible for a sec...

Ive tried onmeuenter/exit parameters with animate alpha to 0/1 (which compiles). But as each rom in the wheel has its own alpha setting im not sure how to get around it....

here is my code :
<menu menuIndex="1" type="custom" imageType="logo" orientation="vertical" width="480" height="240" scrollTime=".25" minScrollTime=".06" scrollAcceleration=".04">
      <itemDefaults spacing="2" y="center" x="655" yOrigin="center" xOrigin="center" fontSize="35" width="260" maxHeight="120" layer="7"/>

      <item xOffset="580" yOffset="-664" width="50" maxHeight="20" alpha="0"/>
      <item xOffset="580" yOffset="-500" width="75" maxHeight="30" alpha="0.25"/>
      <item xOffset="580" yOffset="-400" width="100" maxHeight="50" alpha="0.55"/>
      <item xOffset="580" yOffset="-300" width="150" maxHeight="75" alpha="0.95"/>
      <item xOffset="580" yOffset="-175" width="250" maxHeight="125" alpha="0.95"/>

      <item xOffset="580" yOffset="0" layer="9" width="400" maxHeight="200" alpha="1" selected="true"/>

      <item xOffset="580" yOffset="175" width="250" maxHeight="125" alpha="0.95"/>
      <item xOffset="580" yOffset="300" width="150" maxHeight="75" alpha="0.95"/>
      <item xOffset="580" yOffset="400" width="100" maxHeight="50" alpha="0.55"/>
      <item xOffset="580" yOffset="500" width="75" maxHeight="30" alpha="0.25"/>
      <item xOffset="580" yOffset="664" width="50" maxHeight="20" alpha="0"/>
   </menu>

I know its not a biggy but thanks in advance...

edit : or animate the layer upon enter / exit

General Discussion & Help / Mirror Video

« on: March 28, 2021, 05:05:48 PM »

Bit of a long shot this one...

Anyway can you flip a reloadable video horizontally? I want to mirror the video directly underneath the original.. Angle is 180 but obviously needs to be flipped...

If not, is there a way i can flip the video manually and then implement that from a folder ' reflections '... ?

reloadable so video is rom name, so if there is no command to flip, i would need to know how to direct to reflections folder please.. Tryed usual methods so sorry if this obvious...

I have both videos working currently...

Thanks in advance ..

General Discussion & Help / Metadata on collection

« on: June 10, 2020, 08:40:41 PM »

Im trying to show manufacturer and year on my mame collection.

I understand from searching here that is lb_manufacturer and lb_year?

Is this correct?

I would like to know how to call such data from the metadata.xml or mame.xml etc.. and how to call it in the layout..

Thanks in advance.. My first post here.. im sure of many...

EDIT - So Ive worked out from the manual, its reloadable text type "manufacturer" and "year".. All good.

Does the mame.xml have to be in mame folder or in meta/hyperspin or something else please?