Main Restorations Software Audio/Jukebox/MP3 Everything Else Buy/Sell/Trade
Project Announcements Monitor/Video GroovyMAME Merit/JVL Touchscreen Meet Up Retail Vendors
Driving & Racing Woodworking Software Support Forums Consoles Project Arcade Reviews
Automated Projects Artwork Frontend Support Forums Pinball Forum Discussion Old Boards
Raspberry Pi & Dev Board controls.dat Linux Miscellaneous Arcade Wiki Discussion Old Archives
Lightguns Arcade1Up Try the site in https mode Site News

Unread posts | New Replies | Recent posts | Rules | Chatroom | Wiki | File Repository | RSS | Submit news

  

Author Topic: Can't get video previews to work?  (Read 2466 times)

0 Members and 1 Guest are viewing this topic.

Hunterup

  • Trade Count: (0)
  • Jr. Member
  • **
  • Offline Offline
  • Posts: 2
  • Last login:August 04, 2013, 08:29:47 pm
  • I want to build my own arcade controls!
Can't get video previews to work?
« on: August 04, 2013, 07:40:16 pm »
I'm trying to get video previews to work on my front end.  For some reason I can't get them to work but I can get snapshots to work.  I've double checked my directories and made sure everything was checked in the options.  I've also tried different layouts with no avail. 

I'm using the videos off of emumovies.  I've read through the wiki but still can't figure out whats wrong.

I can provide more info if its needed.

Thanks

Le Chuck

  • Saint, make a poll!
  • Wiki Contributor
  • Trade Count: (+6)
  • Full Member
  • ***
  • Offline Offline
  • Posts: 5509
  • Last login:June 14, 2025, 06:26:06 pm
  • <insert personal text here>
Can't get video previews to work?
« Reply #1 on: August 04, 2013, 07:59:46 pm »
Mala doesn't handle many formats, what format and codec are they? If they aren't xvid avi you need to convert.

Hunterup

  • Trade Count: (0)
  • Jr. Member
  • **
  • Offline Offline
  • Posts: 2
  • Last login:August 04, 2013, 08:29:47 pm
  • I want to build my own arcade controls!
Re: Can't get video previews to work?
« Reply #2 on: August 04, 2013, 08:08:09 pm »
I'm pretty sure they are MP4, how do I go about converting them?

Le Chuck

  • Saint, make a poll!
  • Wiki Contributor
  • Trade Count: (+6)
  • Full Member
  • ***
  • Offline Offline
  • Posts: 5509
  • Last login:June 14, 2025, 06:26:06 pm
  • <insert personal text here>
Re: Can't get video previews to work?
« Reply #3 on: August 04, 2013, 08:49:22 pm »
I like to use Pazera (first link after the break)

BadMouth

  • Trade Count: (+6)
  • Full Member
  • ***
  • Offline Offline
  • Posts: 9269
  • Last login:Yesterday at 10:17:06 am
  • ...
Re: Can't get video previews to work?
« Reply #4 on: August 05, 2013, 11:09:25 am »
emumovies has an option to convert them as they're downloaded.  I don't remember if it has an option to convert them afterward, but it might.

That said, the latest beta version of Mala supports mp4. (v1.745)
http://www.malafe.net/index.php?page=download
I'm using the mp4 files from emumovies with it.

If you're using v1.745 and it doesn't work, try a different codec pack.
I can't remember which one exactly.  I installed the k-lite pack with the old version of Mala, but I remember installing ffdshow for some reason also.



« Last Edit: August 05, 2013, 11:16:29 am by BadMouth »