View Full Version : Random game video in main menu
Miyamoto340
08-23-2011, 12:18 AM
I donīt know if it has been posted before, but I think that would be a good idea to display a random video of a game from a system on main menu. And much better if itīs changed after a period of time defined by the user.
Hypnoziz
08-23-2011, 01:09 AM
The intro videos from Emumovies already display multiple games for each system and usually show the most recognizable games. It works quite well. Also, the intro videos are longer than the actual game preview videos.
But...if you wanted it to only display one game and wanted it to be at random, then you could write a batch file to swap out the Main Menu video for that system to be replaced with a game preview video at random at certain time intervals. I don't think this is a feature most people would agree with, but if you want assistance with it, I can provide it. :)
Miyamoto340
08-23-2011, 01:42 AM
The idea is that the game video change after a short time. The intro videos arenīt bad but they are always the same and only surprise the first few times.
yuskis1
09-12-2011, 02:03 PM
I would totally be interested in this too! Good idea
BadBoyBill
09-12-2011, 10:10 PM
I donīt know if it has been posted before, but I think that would be a good idea to display a random video of a game from a system on main menu. And much better if itīs changed after a period of time defined by the user.
This is very doable and I'll consider it when I get to that part of the code. An even better idea I had a while ago was to have dynamically created video mixes from your video directory, complete with some basic transitions. This might be a little tedious to code but would give the same effect of Circo's intro videos but having different video's every time. It wouldn't guarantee what videos show up each time but it would never be the same mix.
brolly
09-13-2011, 09:17 AM
That sounds pretty interesting BBB, we'd get a different intro video showcasing several games every time. Nice idea I like it. Of course we could end up with terrible mixes, but would be worth it.
Yea good idea. If a movie is found, it should play that instead of creating a random one.