[RESOLVED] Faded, shadow of video behind video snaps

[Necromancyr]

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.

[Adultery]

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?

[Necromancyr]

Exactly. Know of a way to turn it off? I switched between 2d/3d Transitions and it's present on both.

[Adultery]

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.

[Necromancyr]

Nope, still does it.

[Adultery]

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.

[Necromancyr]

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.

[Krakerman]

Yes I can see it on my new theme and confirm this.

[Tom Speirs]

Its deliberate. I think it looks nice myself.

[Krakerman]

Hahaha you crack me up Tom.

Is there a way to remove it?

[Bigby]

Any news on if it will be possible in future to disable this effect?

[Tom Speirs]

OK, I will remove it.

Cheers.

Tom.

[Bigby]

Great, Thanks!

[Draco1962]

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?

[Tom Speirs]

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.

[u-man]

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.

[Draco1962]

Yeah, I know... want to edit all 20 gazillion images for me? LOL! Not a problem for me one way or the other really.

[u-man]

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.

[Draco1962]

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.

[u-man]

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
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