(Menu) Video preview for games / video files
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Description
Video preview for games / video files¶
Description¶
The RetroArch frontend can currently display a screenshot of a video file (actually taken from the media file) or an archived screenshot / box art of a game inside the menu beside the medgame / video ia entry.
This project idea would implement a video preview feature. For this the frontend needs to be extended to preview a video file, or be able to display a pre-recorded gameplay video of the game in case instead of a screenshot.
For this we would need to write a new widget that displays a video (using the ffmpeg core) and a way to connect a game entry and a pre-recorded video file (like screenshots / box arts are currently distributed).
Further readings:
https://github.com/libretro/RetroArch/tree/master/menu/widgets
https://github.com/libretro/RetroArch/tree/master/cores/libretro-ffmpeg
Needed knowledge:
C, Video decoding
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start by reviewing the existing widgets in menu/widgets and the libretro-ffmpeg core to understand how RetroArch currently displays media and game artwork. Trace how game entries connect to distributed screenshots or box art. Done means the menu can preview a video file and associate a game entry with a prerecorded gameplay video.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- c
- Domain
- audio-video-rtc, frontend
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100