Re: [Boot Video] Maemo 5
 

Are you sure you followed the instructions correctly?
I have tested it myself and it worked fine.

Re: [Boot Video] Maemo 5
 

definately.
everything is placed correctly and the symlink-command also did it's job obviously.
don't know why it isn't loading at all.

i'll go back to default and check if the nokia hands are still playing.

Re: [Boot Video] Maemo 5
 

ok... nokia hands video no longer shows up too....

mhm... i had powatool installed before but reverted the changes before i uninstalled it.... but maybe there went something wrong?

albeit... the only changes made by powatool where a new folder and a .disabled extension on the nokia hands video (it renamed the video so .avi.disabled so it wasn't loaded at bootup). but like i said: every single change is undone. o.O

i'm crawling in the dark ^^

Re: [Boot Video] Maemo 5
 

hi guys is there anyway to get ya vid on using ssh, after a ton of readin i have figured out how to use it and its much easier, its more of a "windows" feel, the terminal just baffles me. so if it would be possible could ya please just tell me what to put where through winscp. i can find the folders and move whatever to whereever. and also i was wondering why cant i just remove the welcome video and just replace it with mine? doesnt it just play whatever vid is in that folder? i have tried this but it dont work, it just skips the vid i put in, but as soon as i put the original vid back it works, even if i name mine in the exact same way and encode it the same, how is that possible. anyway would appreciate any help thanx.

Re: [Boot Video] Maemo 5
 

ok... nokia hands showed up again... i deleted the default.conf and made a new one in x-term with vim.... and taaaadaaaaaa... there it was :)
(maybe there was something wrong with the copied default.conf?!)

after that i edited the file and changed the name behind filename= to maemo.avi but that doesn't seem to work at all. :/

EDIT:
after all it worked but i don't know why it didn't at the first attemp. ^^
i only copied the video again to MyDocs and moved it from there to /opt/media/ (which i symlinked to /usr/share/hildon-welcome/media/) and blapp.... the video showed up smoothly :D

strange behaviour though.... but now i'm happy ;D

Re: [Boot Video] Maemo 5
 

It can be done via SSH yeah, and there are instructions on other threads about it.
What you have to do is edit the default.conf file found on: /etc/hildon-welcome.d/

You want to change the name of the hands video with a custom one(for example boot.avi).
Then you need to place your custom boot video(e.g boot.avi) on: /usr/share/hildon-welcome/media/

Re: [Boot Video] Maemo 5
 

cheers ok i understand the placement and renameing. its just the editing the config file no idea how to do do that. do i just download the one mentioned at the beginning of this thread and replace it with that?

Re: [Boot Video] Maemo 5
 

No, the one on this thread is supposed to be used with the boot video included in this thread.

If you want to use a different boot video, you need to edit the name of your default.conf file by yourself.
That can be done through your device terminal(you need leafpad or a different text editor application to do that) or via Terminal on Mac/Linux PC(sudo pico default.conf)

Re: [Boot Video] Maemo 5
 

ohh right im starting to understand now. thanks for all your help and patience lacedaemon looks like i got a lot to learn i only know windows.

Re: [Boot Video] Maemo 5
 

I have pretty much everything figured out by now. But here is the deal. The vids only show if I place them directly in the media folder. If I place them somewhere else e.g. /opt and link them into the media folder....no go. Nothing shows. Tried like 50 million times. Somehow my simlink won't work. Strange.
Guess I just have to use the space on my root (bummer, but for one vid not the end of the world).