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General / screen saver not going to next video

« on: December 28, 2023, 04:15:39 PM »

I'm setting up a cabinet and noticed the screen saver doesnt continue to the next video after the first one it plays. It just sits there on the last frame of the video and doesnt ever transition to the next. Ive let it sit for a few minutes to see if it ever does but no cigar. It doesnt freeze since i can press a button and it returns to the front end fine so i'm not sure what could be happening. This is version 2.7 on windows 11 but its the same video files and configuration ive used on previous builds. Anyone have a clue? I searched for similar issues but couldnt find any

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Scripting / Static picture with LCD marquee & multimon

« on: January 01, 2023, 07:58:24 PM »

Just began to mess with the MultiMon plugin and a second monitor i had lying around. Im about to build a new 4 player arcade cab and thought maybe i would go LCD marquee this time around, but i'm not sure if i can do what i want. I would like to be able to display a static picture on the marquee, and then once a game is launched it transitions to the games marquee, and then back to the original picture when the game is exited. Is this possible? Thanks

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Scripting / Display with all collections/categories?

« on: November 24, 2021, 08:48:33 AM »

I was looking at creating a display with nothing but different categories/collections to organize games (i.e. one for fighting games, one for shmups, etc) like how the guy in this video has his setup with all his collections but i cant seem to find any info except how to create a favorites list. Any info or links to tutorials anybody can provide? Thanks
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xw5pKcckDkQ&ab_channel=HarrisonHacks

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General / losing focus tips/tricks?

« on: January 03, 2021, 04:54:43 PM »

Are there any guidelines to follow to reduce or eliminate the possibility of AM losing focus either on itself when exiting a game, or on the game when it launches? I have AM as the shell startup executable instead of explorer.exe, so explorer is never running when AM is unless I start it manually, but sometimes when a game starts it wont be the focused window and wont respond until I Alt+Tab so i'm not sure what else it could be focused on. It happens with multiple emulators as well but mostly ones that use Retroarch. MAME seems to work great. Are there any settings in windows and or AM that i should apply to ensure that games or AM doesnt lose focus? Ive looked around on the forum but theres not any centralized information around this subject. I'm currently using AM 2.6. Thanks! 

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General / Hidden display

« on: November 27, 2020, 09:38:40 PM »

I'm wondering if it is possible to create a display (possibly favorites?) but only pull it up with a separate key command instead of just going left and right with the joystick to access it like all the other displays i have? I want to put some specific games on a list that i dont want to be accessible except to people with the key command to pull up the list. Is this possible? Thanks