Necromancyr Posted October 21, 2011 Share Posted October 21, 2011 Basically, to the right and below I'm getting a faded image of the video that's playing for my video snaps. It looks kind of crappy and I can't figure out what setting is making it happen...it happens across themes it seems. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adultery Posted October 21, 2011 Share Posted October 21, 2011 Hmm. I haven't noticed but I think I know what you mean. It looks like an oldschool 3D effect where a box has another box behind it and looks like a drop shadow kinda right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Necromancyr Posted October 22, 2011 Author Share Posted October 22, 2011 Exactly. Know of a way to turn it off? I switched between 2d/3d Transitions and it's present on both. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adultery Posted October 22, 2011 Share Posted October 22, 2011 I have an idea about it... try disabling the foreground topmost setting and see if it still does it. It never did it before this feature was added, maybe my hunch is correct. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Necromancyr Posted October 24, 2011 Author Share Posted October 24, 2011 Nope, still does it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adultery Posted October 24, 2011 Share Posted October 24, 2011 Bummer. Yeah I noticed on my cab but it's hard to see in my theme unless I look close. If it really is rendering the video twice, its definitely a bug that consumes extra CPU unnecessarily and probably needs to be addressed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Necromancyr Posted October 24, 2011 Author Share Posted October 24, 2011 Changed topic and this can be considered a bump to get tom or HK or whomever to take a quick look/comment on the issue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krakerman Posted November 21, 2011 Share Posted November 21, 2011 Yes I can see it on my new theme and confirm this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Speirs Posted November 21, 2011 Share Posted November 21, 2011 Its deliberate. I think it looks nice myself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krakerman Posted November 21, 2011 Share Posted November 21, 2011 Hahaha you crack me up Tom. Is there a way to remove it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigby Posted June 12, 2012 Share Posted June 12, 2012 Any news on if it will be possible in future to disable this effect? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Speirs Posted June 12, 2012 Share Posted June 12, 2012 OK, I will remove it.Cheers.Tom. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigby Posted June 12, 2012 Share Posted June 12, 2012 Great, Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Draco1962 Posted June 12, 2012 Share Posted June 12, 2012 I kinda like the effect. I find that it adds a little extra dimension to the display (i.e. drop shadow). Any chance that it can be set to enable/disable so those of us that like it can enable it via Theme Editor or display settings via Setup Wizard? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Speirs Posted June 12, 2012 Share Posted June 12, 2012 I kinda like the effect. I find that it adds a little extra dimension to the display (i.e. drop shadow). Any chance that it can be set to enable/disable so those of us that like it can enable it via Theme Editor or display settings via Setup Wizard?The majority rules on this one. I dont want to add a setting for something so minor. With the latest change its going to be just enabled in v3 and v1 themes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
u-man Posted June 12, 2012 Share Posted June 12, 2012 hoooraaay.... ok, sorry for that .@draco: if you want such a effect, you can do it in your background picture.myself see it like Adultery, its something that just uses extra CPU, as it is no shadow exactly, its more a copy of the video and behind the original video. no offense to Tom, you do your best and 99% is a good job done, but a dropshadow with no softness at all, is somehow mmmmh... cheesy . i appreciate your effort to remove this "feature" a lot, or better say, all your effort regarding our wishes. you (and many others) are the best.... really. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Draco1962 Posted June 12, 2012 Share Posted June 12, 2012 Yeah, I know... want to edit all 20 gazillion images for me? LOL! Not a problem for me one way or the other really. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
u-man Posted June 12, 2012 Share Posted June 12, 2012 oh, it seems you misunderstood me. with the background image, i meant the background of your theme. this can only work, if the videos are NOT floating free in your theme and have some frame or something similar. then you could make a nice dropshadow for your frame, border or whatever . hope that was clear enough. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Draco1962 Posted June 12, 2012 Share Posted June 12, 2012 I understand and it will depend on the theme.. The present one I am working on is an HTPC - Simple theme with minimal foreground and background elements and menus, lists, snaps, and vids will be free-floating. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
u-man Posted June 12, 2012 Share Posted June 12, 2012 (edited) ok, thats sad . i mean you could still make a dropshadow in your background-theme-picture, but if you select another game later, you would see just the dropshadow for a short time, which will not look nice... and you have problems for horizontal and vertical MAME games, as the dropshadow can only fit one style.and what if you change your theme to V3 ? i dont know the differencies at all, but Tom said, he will keep the feature within these versions. Edited July 30, 2012 by Draco1962 This thread is now marked as Resolved and has been closed. If the problem re-occurs, please start a new thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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