OverlayHD - Changing both bootlogos

[stevebow]

Just noticed in OverlayHD the very handy "Background image" option to change the image displayed as enigma2 loads at /usr/share/backdrop.mvi. Would it be possible to also have an option to change the preceding boot image too please, /user/share/bootlogo.mvi? Save me from having to do it manually. I've never been a fan of the original BW boot image at all.

[IanSav]

Hi Stevebow ,

Just noticed in OverlayHD the very handy "Background image" option to change the image displayed as enigma2 loads at /usr/share/backdrop.mvi. Would it be possible to also have an option to change the preceding boot image too please, /user/share/bootlogo.mvi? Save me from having to do it manually. I've never been a fan of the original BW boot image at all.

I did not change that screen as I was specifically asked to *not* change it by Jai. As you say it is easy to do.

Regards,
Ian.

[peteru]

Those files are owned by the beyonwiz-bootlogo package. If you go and replace package owned files behind the scenes, future integrity of the system software can not be guaranteed. Symptoms can vary anywhere from no apparent ill effect, through the affected files just being replaced on the next update, to partially updated system and failing package updates. Or any other undefined behaviour, like resurrecting all albinos buried in Paris in 1337 or holes appearing in your underwear.

[adoxa]

If they exist /etc/enigma2/{bootlogo,backdrop}.mvi will be used instead of /usr/share/{bootlogo,backdrop}.mvi.

[IanSav]

Hi Adoxa,

If they exist /etc/enigma2/{bootlogo,backdrop}.mvi will be used instead of /usr/share/{bootlogo,backdrop}.mvi.

Thank you for this reminder. I think I will update OverlayHD to use this mode to substitute *both* logos. I will still keep my promise to not *replace* the master images.

Regards,
Ian.

[stephenh]

How does one go about making these .mvi files if one wanted to change the screens and put a bootlogo.mvi or a backdrop.mvi into
the /etc/enigma2 directory?

Googling the .mvi extension doesn't shed much joy ... most references are to it being a "movie command file used by AutoCAD" which doesn't seem to make much sense. I copied off the backdrop.mvi and bootlogo.mvi files but neither Photoshop or Graphics Converter seem to know what they are or what to do with them, on a Mac at least. Are they just another renamed format or is it some weird proprietary format?

Oh, and what are the pixel dimensions of the screens if I ever was able to make them?

Still not sure whether I would bother changing them but Curious Minds Wish To Know

StephenH

[MrQuade]

most references are to it being a "movie command file used by AutoCAD" which doesn't seem to make much sense.

AKAIK, they really are actual movie files in that they can be animated if you want them to. I think the Beyonwiz logo files are just a single frame movie.

[adoxa]

How does one go about making these .mvi files if one wanted to change the screens and put a bootlogo.mvi or a backdrop.mvi into the /etc/enigma2 directory?
Oh, and what are the pixel dimensions of the screens if I ever was able to make them?

FFmpeg can convert an image to mvi, and I don't think dimensions matter. For example, here's a 640x480 jpeg I just converted: ffmpeg -i YODA.JPG -f mpeg2video yoda.mvi. (This is on my test V2, which has no antenna and the TV can't disable overscan.)

[IanSav]

Hi Stephenh,

The images are built with FFmpeg. I do this on my Windows PC using the following script:

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@Echo OFF
 ffmpeg.exe -v error -y -i "%1.jpg" -r 25 -b:v 20000 "%1.m1v"
 Del "%1.mvi"
 Rename "%1.m1v" "%1.mvi"

I can't find the Enigma2 reference site that gave me the parameters to be used but they work well. You get best results when you are converting pictures that are already in a 16:9 ratio.

Regards,
Ian.

[stephenh]

AKAIK, they really are actual movie files in that they can be animated if you want them to. I think the Beyonwiz logo files are just a single frame movie.

Would have never twigged to them being single-frame video files, good call!
Chucked them into Invisor (a MediaInfo frontend utility for macOS) which managed to mostly make sense of them.

FFmpeg can convert an image to mvi, and I don't think dimensions matter. For example, here's a 640x480 jpeg I just converted: ffmpeg -i YODA.JPG -f mpeg2video yoda.mvi. (This is on my test V2, which has no antenna and the TV can't disable overscan.)

Ok thanks. Who knows - I may have a play if I get really bored or have any bright ideas about what I would like to see instead
Looks like the "built-in" ones are 720p files, 1280 X 720 pixels, probably because that's what the default resolution is on bootup I'm guessing. My U4 then switches to its final configured resolution/frame rate (1080p 25 fps 1920 X 1080 in my case, no 4K TV here yet) as the (ugly) "WizOS" screen comes up. So I guess it would make sense to stick to 720p (or at least 16:9 aspect ratio) "movies" as a default starting position, in the absence of a better idea? Smaller files, and they clearly get scaled anyway ...

StephenH

[stephenh]

The images are built with FFmpeg. I do this on my Windows PC using the following script:

Thanks Ian, very useful.

StephenH

[MrQuade]

Looks like the "built-in" ones are 720p files, 1280 X 720 pixels, probably because that's what the default resolution is on bootup I'm guessing.

It's probably because the whole UI is rendered at 720p internally and then the whole GUI is then scaled to whatever your screen resolution is. Having the images in 720p would minimise the number of times they would need to be scaled, and thus preserve quality.

[IanSav]

Hi Stephenh,

I should also mention that OverlayHD 1.80 is almost ready to release. It has some code fixes and code optimisations as well as allowing the changing both the boot and background logos.

As I mentioned before, this won't be available to Beyonwiz users until Beyonwiz catches up with other OE-Alliance images.

Regards,
Ian.

[stephenh]

I should also mention that OverlayHD 1.80 is almost ready to release. It has some code fixes and code optimisations as well as allowing the changing both the boot and background logos.

As I mentioned before, this won't be available to Beyonwiz users until Beyonwiz catches up with other OE-Alliance images.

Thanks, would be useful indeed if it ever got to Beyonwiz firmware.
Have you tested it with multiple-frame mvi files?
Has anyone in the OE-Alliance world bothered to create any nice animated startup images?
If so are there any examples you could point me to/link me to?

[prl]

Has anyone in the OE-Alliance world bothered to create any nice animated startup images?

I'm not sure about "nice", but the OpenViX boot screen is animated with the letters of silver text spelling VIX rotating in the top left. However, I think the animation there is simply the system spinner.

If so are there any examples you could point me to/link me to?

A Google image search for the keywords "openvix bootlogo.mvi" gives you a whole bunch of boot screen screen images (for both ViX and other enigma2 images), though they may not be in .mvi format, and curiously, the first page of Google resultsdoesn't seem to include the current OpenViX splash screen..

The enigma2 splash screen (the "bubble" screen in Beyonwiz images) is displayed by /etc/init.d/bootlogo, and uses /usr/bin/showiframe to display it.

[MrQuade]

Has anyone in the OE-Alliance world bothered to create any nice animated startup images?
If so are there any examples you could point me to/link me to?

I vaguely recall that the very original T3 firmware had multiple frames in the boot logo. Probably fewer than a dozen, and they were all identical frames, so there was no animation as such.

You'd probably have to dig up one of the very first firmware releases before PeterU cleans them all up if you wanted an example .

[stephenh]

Thanks to all for the info/tips.

I'm struggling to find a justification for bothering to change the images beyond "because I can", but the information is nevertheless useful for those who may follow and absolutely "have" to change them I guess ...

StephenH

[adoxa]

Have you tested it with multiple-frame mvi files?

It doesn't work, just displays the first frame.

Has anyone in the OE-Alliance world bothered to create any nice animated startup images?

I've modified my binary to allow for two spinners - a fancy startup one (I have Felix the cat pacing up and down on a beach) and then a more discrete one (I have a "negative" version of the normal spinner). Here's the collection of spinners I got it from (extracted directly from 3.0_all, didn't try and make the plugin work).

[IanSav]

Hi Stephenh,

The MVI files can not be animated / video sequences. As Adoxa mentioned, only the first image is used. I believe that the point of the .MVI format is to use the hardware movie render engine to load and display the image directly into the video frame buffer. This leaves the CPU free to get on with the job of booting or restarting the system. This arrangement also allows the UI to be displayed over the background image while the video hardware is being readied.

If/When the Beyonwiz developers bring the Beyonwiz firmware up to date I will try to get OverlayHD ready to go ASAP.

Regards,
Ian.

[stephenh]

Ah, OK, if they can’t be animated then that limits the possibilities a lot.

StephenH

[adoxa]

I added an on-screen progress display for the T2, which almost turned into animation. I also created a boot progress display (just a bar across the bottom); I had thought of having a bubble go up the screen, but I can't draw for nuts.

[stevebow]

If they exist /etc/enigma2/{bootlogo,backdrop}.mvi will be used instead of /usr/share/{bootlogo,backdrop}.mvi.

That would be preferable, thanks for the tip.

[IanSav]

Hi,

I have also added the ability to change "radio.mvi" into OverlayHD though that functionality is not yet in the code.

Regards,
Ian.

[prl]

I have also added the ability to change "radio.mvi" into OverlayHD though that functionality is not yet in the code.

I'd always thought that the radio.mvi backdrop looked designed for a 13yo male audience.

[IanSav]

Hi Stevebow,

By the way, if you do create some custom backgrounds just place them into "/usr/share/enigma2/OverlayHD/backgrounds/" and they will automatically be included for selection in the OverlayHD plugin. The same applies to spinners. You will need to restart the GUI for any additions to be detected and made available for selection.

I have been improving OverlayHD over the weekend and the items you requested are now in OverlayHD version 1.79. If / When Beyonwiz catches up I will make sure to get a Beyonwiz update available ASAP.

Regards,
Ian.

[stevebow]

Ok, thanks.