boot animation!!![ improved ]

[ric96]

any ideas??
using plymouth or anything else???

[63854]

Using a boot animation would make the startup slower.

[ric96]

would it be very very very slow
or very slow ,cuz thats fine

[Jim Manley]

If you use the GPU for its engineer(aka God)-given talents, you can do 2-D (OpenVG as in Vector Graphics) or 3-D (OpenGL or OpenMax) animations without slowing down the CPU one iota during boot. Check the /opt/vc/src/hello_pi directory for the demos and build them all using sh rebuild.sh when in that directory. Then, put a link to any of the demo executable files (or modified copies) in the directory where the animation should be kicked off, after ensuring the executable bit has been set (e.g., chmod +x my_animation.bin).

[ric96]

um,
im not that advanced in linux just a starter
so, if you could guide me (step-by step;code-by-code)
that would be great !!!!!

[ric96]

http://kb.gosi.at/content/43/141/en/how ... pbian.html
got it
havn't tried it yet but will get back as soon as possible!!!!

[skidoobond]

I have followed that link and use the splash screen all the time now.

[mrpi64]

What, Like android or XBMC?

[ric96]

xbmc For now

[mrpi64]

http://kb.gosi.at/content/43/141/en/how ... pbian.html
got it
havn't tried it yet but will get back as soon as possible!!!!

Ok, I'm trying it. If it stops my Pi working, you'd better find a way to delete it! (PS: I have another SD card with raspbian to help with deleting is neccessary).

And, yes, I know that I could have installed it on the other Pi, but, ah well.

[LemmeFatale]

http://kb.gosi.at/content/43/141/en/how ... pbian.html
got it
havn't tried it yet but will get back as soon as possible!!!!

Oh, cool! I'm going to give this a go as well, when I've got a moment - I've got a favourite geeky pic that I'd love to have as a splash-screen.

And, yes, I know that I could have installed it on the other Pi, but, ah well.

Hopefully you made a backup, first, too?

[mrpi64]

http://kb.gosi.at/content/43/141/en/how ... pbian.html
got it
havn't tried it yet but will get back as soon as possible!!!!

Oh, cool! I'm going to give this a go as well, when I've got a moment - I've got a favourite geeky pic that I'd love to have as a splash-screen.

And, yes, I know that I could have installed it on the other Pi, but, ah well.

Hopefully you made a backup, first, too?

Sorry, it wont work. When I was just about to install it, I noticed that It installs an OpenGL Related Library. If the animation requires OpenGL, It will certainly not work on the Pi.

[LemmeFatale]

Sorry, it wont work. When I was just about to install it, I noticed that It installs an OpenGL Related Library. If the animation requires OpenGL, It will certainly not work on the Pi.

The instructions linked to by ric96 clearly refer only to still PNG images.

[AndrewS]

Sorry, it wont work. When I was just about to install it, I noticed that It installs an OpenGL Related Library. If the animation requires OpenGL, It will certainly not work on the Pi.

I think you must have done something wrong

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pi@raspberrypi ~ $ apt-cache show fbi
Package: fbi
Version: 2.07-10
[snip]
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.13-28), libcurl3-gnutls (>= 7.16.2), libexif12, libfontconfig1 (>= 2.9.0), libfreetype6 (>= 2.2.1), libgif4 (>= 4.1.4), libjpeg8 (>= 8c), libpng12-0 (>= 1.2.13-4), libtiff4 (>> 3.9.5-3~), zlib1g (>= 1:1.1.4), ghostscript
Suggests: imagemagick
[snip]

Nothing in there about OpenGL...

P.S. (added emphasis)

Ok, I'm trying it. If it stops my Pi working, you'd better find a way to delete it!

Like most instructions/software you find on the internet, you follow/install them at your own risk. It's your own responsibility to make backups etc. and if you're doing it on a system which you can't afford to trash, then you shouldn't be experimenting on it in the first place. All IMHO

[omega1]

Can anyone confirm the instructions in the link work?

[LemmeFatale]

Can anyone confirm the instructions in the link work?

I'm should have the time to give it a go tonight, with any luck. I'll post back with confirmation (or not), when I do, if no-one else beats me to it.

[omega1]

Thanks

[joan]

If you are referring to
http://kb.gosi.at/content/43/141/en/how ... pbian.html

then the linked instructions work with the following provisos.

1) The image is referred to as /etc/splash.png and /etc/splashscreen.png in different places. Choose one name and use it throughout.
2) The image won't be displayed until quite a few seconds into the boot process.
3) I don't think fbi supports animations.

[LemmeFatale]

Ok, I'm back. I've had a good old go at it, but I can't get the instructions to work for me at all, and I don't know enough (or anything, really!) about scripting to be able to figure out what or where the problem is.

It doesn't prevent booting, at least - it just gives a message that the script failed, which appears during boot.

[ric96]

works like magic!!!!!!!
you need to enable boot to desktop or you will get a blank screen
in the link /etc/splash.png should be /etc/splashscreen.png or else what i did was copied the splash screen to home folder and replaced /etc/splash.png with /home/pi/splash.png
it is Pure Awesome!!!

mah boot screen

[LemmeFatale]

works like magic!!!!!!!
you need to enable boot to desktop or you will get a blank screen

Thanks for this information.

It would have been handy if the instructions had made a mention of it, though!

[noob]

really? comic sans? also the link does not work, acces denied.

[ric96]

.... also the link does not work, acces denied.

another link http://www.recantha.co.uk/blog/?p=799
and another http://www.edv-huber.com/index.php/prob ... i-raspbian
a video link of how it works http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q_uocuFkbR0

[ric96]

this tread started with creating boot "animation" for the pi
we have reached a point (at least some of us) where we are able to have a
static boot logo.

2 years ago i was going thru the boot directory of my android phone(2.1)
i found under the boot folder a folder that contained the boot animation
it wasnt a .gif or a video file, infact it were a set of around 90 odd frames in a .jpg/.png image

so, i was thinking if the script that we use for static boot logo could be modified as such to
display .png @15-30fps !!!

[forenbenutzer]

I tried to do something like that yesterday. The problem is, that you have to "kill" fbi everytime and load the next animation frame, which causes some unnecessary load during boot. So this is not a solution.