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Front End Support => MaLa Frontend => Topic started by: PaTrYcK on March 15, 2011, 02:38:29 pm

Title: Screen saver
Post by: PaTrYcK on March 15, 2011, 02:38:29 pm: Hello!
i use video as screensaver, many times i see video of unknow game and i want play it...but i don't know the name :(
Is possible show the name of the game in screensaver?
Thanks!
:applaud:
Title: Re: Screen saver
Post by: TopJimmyCooks on March 15, 2011, 05:03:08 pm: I think that would be a programming change. The only thing I could suggest is that the videos/screens pull from the gamelist that is active when it goes into screensaver, so if you narrow it down by letter, type of gameplay, etc. you can narrow the possibilities. You might request this as a feature from Loadman, maybe it's an easy modification?
Title: Re: Screen saver
Post by: kako121 on March 17, 2011, 06:28:17 am: One of my suggestions for a future version of MaLa would be that, upon pressing a specific key be thrown the Game of the videosnap that is being visualized in the screensaver.

Loadman? :angel:
Title: Re: Screen saver
Post by: PaTrYcK on March 18, 2011, 08:32:04 pm: Hi Loadman, What do you think about name game in screensaver?

Thanks :applaud:
Title: Re: Screen saver
Post by: loadman on March 18, 2011, 10:14:29 pm: Quote from: PaTrYcK on March 18, 2011, 08:32:04 pm
Hi Loadman, What do you think about name game in screensaver?

Thanks :applaud:

I fair bit of work.

It is straight forward to display the name of the video

What happens if the video name has exact matching game?

What happens if the video is for another emulator? Does mala search every single emu trying to work out if there is a match and then switch emu's then launch game?

Sounds like a lot of work.... :P
Title: Re: Screen saver
Post by: Gray_Area on March 19, 2011, 08:07:54 pm: That's why I think a screen saver of MAME (or pick your emulator(s) ) running would be better. Then if you wanted to play it, you could just press coin up.
Title: Re: Screen saver
Post by: loadman on March 19, 2011, 08:28:29 pm: Quote from: Gray_Area on March 19, 2011, 08:07:54 pm
That's why I think a screen saver of MAME (or pick your emulator(s) ) running would be better. Then if you wanted to play it, you could just press coin up.

Not sounding any easier to implement.

Sounds like a job for a keen plug-in creator. ;D

That's what they are for.
Title: Re: Screen saver
Post by: PaTrYcK on March 19, 2011, 08:56:13 pm: Ah...I don't think it was very complicated...
It's option interesting but unnecessary !
Thanks!

:applaud:
Title: Re: Screen saver
Post by: Stormrider on March 21, 2011, 12:13:52 pm: I implemented that in my layout, using Autohotkey scripts. After some minutes of inactivity (while in the gamelist), a random game is launched in MAME, it runs for some minutes, then quits, and another random game is launched. At any moment you can insert coin and start playing (breaking the cycle), or simply quit the running game and go back to the gamelist, which also breaks the cycle (cancelling the screensaver). This screensaver only works like that while in Mala's gamelist. If you are using Windows, he blank screensaver is used instead.
Title: Re: Screen saver
Post by: PaTrYcK on March 21, 2011, 05:12:09 pm: Great idea!
You can say how work your script Autohotkey?
;D
Title: Re: Screen saver
Post by: TopJimmyCooks on March 22, 2011, 07:10:49 pm: Definitely interested in a look at that autohotkey script as well, Stormrider. Amazingly powerful tool, AHK. I need to spend more time with it.