i've like the boot vid, and i want it to, but how can i do this:
Instructions:
1- Copy the video to /usr/share/hildon-welcome/media
2- Go to /etc/hildon-welcome.d/ and edit the default.conf file or create a similar one (the videos will play by the alphabetic order of the .conf files)
Hoe can i copy it to usr/share/hildon-welcome/media???
OK changde the compression method from whatever i had to regular xvid avi so these SHOULD work^^ it's now a rar pack with 2 versions of the same video, one with and one without sound so you can chose for yourself, atm i like the one without sound the best^^
@ Phonix Vid runs smooth now, but not full screen.
I could upload a video to Youtube, that you see what i mean.
hmm please do so i can se what you mean, it might be that iv'e just made it to small but hell it's 800 x 480 so why it wouldnt work i don' know^^ but is it not fullscreen when you boot the device or when you try to play it with your device?
upload it to youtube and i'll take a look, will be fun to se my video in action, and on another device and not my own
only the audio one ot both of them? and what are your comments about the audio? i myself though that the first shrieking bit might not work on the device speakers :/
"As a matter of fact the hildon-welcome is fully configurable.
You don't need to remove/replace the Nokia hands animation file to add your own animation or sound to the startup. Hildon-welcome supports unlimited number of "logo animations" (either video or image+sound) in sequence. It reads all configuration files in the hildon-welcome.d folder and interprets them in alphabetical order. "
Instructions:
1- Copy the video to /usr/share/hildon-welcome/media
2- Go to /etc/hildon-welcome.d/ and edit the default.conf file or create a similar one (the videos will play by the alphabetic order of the .conf files)
can someone pls explain how i find these files on my n900 ? i do not see a directory that contains the startup video.. do i have to install additional software to see it or something ?
only the audio one ot both of them? and what are your comments about the audio? i myself though that the first shrieking bit might not work on the device speakers :/
I only tested the one with audio. First shrieking is a bit loud, maybe too high.
can someone pls explain how i find these files on my n900 ? i do not see a directory that contains the startup video.. do i have to install additional software to see it or something ?
Paulhax, heres a quick rundown of what I just did to replace the video. You can do it one of two ways, but I prefer using the remote login via winscp method, so I'll explain that one (the other one requires copying files via xterm I believe, so we'll do this )
Make sure you're on a wireless network with a pc.
1. Go into the extras repositories and download rootsh as well as OpenSSH Server.
2. Open up xterm (it will ask you to enter a password here, remember it youll need it), type in the following two commands:
Code:
sudo rootsh
ifconfig
Look for the ip address of the n900 (usually a 192.168 number)
3. download winscp from the internet onto your computer
4. Host name: The IP address of the n900
user name: root
password: The password you put in xterm.
5. In winscp, look for the /usr/share/hildon-welcome/media folder.
6. Copy your video from your pc into that folder.
7. Once copied, switch to the /etc/hildon-welcome.d/ directory.
8. Edit the default.conf file to be the name of the video you added.
And you're done!
I know theres a few extra steps (you dont REALLY need to ssh into your n900 to do this), but like I said, for those not comfortable with xterm, its probably easier and more in friendly territory for now.
Please thank Elvind from a few pages previously in this thread. He was who I learned it from
