I've just installed the latest GA 2021.08, and having issues again with video snaps in attractmode.
I'm using the emumovies mame HQ videos, which I've had running on another virtually identical groovyarcade install just fine.
The videosnaps take almost 10 seconds to load before they play, and AM freezes until they're loaded.
Once loaded they play fine until they reach the end where they stop instead of looping.
Each time I change a game to a new one in the list, this happens.
I've got a fast Ryzen 3600 CPU, more than enough RAM, and a Radeon HD6450 card.
It's basically the exact same setup I'm running in my other cab with I believe 2020.06 version of GA. Videos from same source. Same AM theme except I am using the plugin to rotate the screen as this is for a vertically mounted monitor.
I am also getting an issue where I exit a game from mame, and I just get a black screen, it doesn't take me back to AM's gamelist.
Any ideas?
Thanks
UPDATE: The video issue seems to be random... some times I boot GA and it's fine, videos loading immediately (still not looping though), and others it takes up to 10 seconds to load each video. Also, in "General" settings of AM, I only have to choose from either blank or "software" as the video decoder. Neither makes a difference. The videos are the 640x480 mp4's from emumovies.
UPDATE 2: After some more testing, I think the randomness of the video issue happening may be something to do with the timing of attractmode loading. On a few occasions I have booted up into attractmode where the issue happens, then I quit attractmode into gasetup, then instantly run the frontend again from gasetup, and the issue is gone, videos load fine (however they still don't loop!).
UPDATE 3: The rotationcontrol plugin has nothing to do with it, it still does this regardless of using this plugin.