MX Boot Animation at testing

[dolphin_oracle]

@CharlesV
My MX-MacBook Pro 15 nvidia is when shutdown,
all nothing pisplay (blackscreen) and shuts down.
I think this is not boot plymouth problem, other cause.
(I think your code is probably perfect.)

Your tested 5machines included low resolution model? (ex: 1366x768,1024x768, 1280x800 etc.)

If this boot-animation can run on low resolution machines,
Our works is looks like perfect.

Cool.. I dont have anything that goes down below 1280x800 . And that worked ok. The slowest Dell laptop I have is slower i3, but has an ssd in it, and the animation wasnt smooth on it but it was ok.

The 1920x1200 images as D_O said will be cut off top and bottom by any screen under 800, the other issue is file size. The 1920 graphics will be a tiny bit slower, but they are only 8kb larger, so it probably wont be too much more noticeable.

I have one slower computer I will test today after I build it ;_) .. I believe the slowest thing I have is an AMD FX-8350 on platter - I will check. Probably setup on a pocket drive and on a slow computer will be a little off.

I don't think speed is really an issue. even my eeepc was fine IMO.

[CharlesV]

Cool... good to know!

[CharlesV]

So, even on my slowest machine the animation graphic seems ok. ( again, smallest monitor I have is a 1280x800) . The older feb code / graphics is a little smoother looking, but its minimal.

One thing I noticed when I ran the code on the MX 23 Alpha I have, the MXLive theme name was changed to MXLiveLogo, however the script remarks were not modified and still say MXLive

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## 1) Create and copy all of these files to 
##    /usr/share/plymouth/themes/MXLive
## 2) set these files into use with the following command
##    sudo plymouth-set-default-theme MXLive -R  

With the name change, that should be

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## 1) Create and copy all of these files to 
##    /usr/share/plymouth/themes/MXLiveLogo
## 2) set these files into use with the following command
##    sudo plymouth-set-default-theme MXLiveLogo -R  

[CharlesV]

The latest mods to MXLiveLogo ( MXLiveLogo_230617aa.zip )

- Dropped back to the 60% images Freja created (thank you) and this resolved most issues with size.
- Added password dialog for encrypted setup, hidden on non encrypted.
- Found an interesting 'second cycle' happening on startup screen. Fixed
- Modified all scripts, files etc to be MXLiveLogo
- Modified directions IN script to use MXLiveLogo
- Tested on various VM sizes, and 1920, 1280, 1024, and even tortured it down to 800x600
- Tested on 6 machines, 4 VM's ( 9- 21.x 1- mx23 beta HP 2022 laptop)

Going to do more testing over the next few days, but pretty confident it will work well.

The code MXLiveLogo_230617aa.zip
https://u.pcloud.link/publink/show?code ... 0UP5KoBP07

And screen shots of boot logo with new encrypted password dialog box:

[CharlesV]

OK, final touches done, testing completed. (still no shutdown on MX23 on any laptop I have - desktop ok.)

This version includes the following mods:
- Freja added to script header for Artwork (sorry - I kept forgetting this!)
- Optimized script for smoother transitions during animation
- Optimized shutdown images again.
- Setup progress indicators, but left remarked out
- Password dialog for encrypted drives, visual mods.

This new version can be downloaded here.
https://u.pcloud.link/publink/show?code ... dXPhLNBHTk

[Melber]

@CharlesV
Just wanted to say you have done a fantastic job with the animation.
It looks great.

OK, final touches done, testing completed. (still no shutdown on MX23 on any laptop I have - desktop ok.) _

Is this only an issue with the latest version?
I'm using whatever version came with mx23 beta. Animation shows for both startup and shutdown on my laptop.

[CharlesV]

@CharlesV
Just wanted to say you have done a fantastic job with the animation.
It looks great.

OK, final touches done, testing completed. (still no shutdown on MX23 on any laptop I have - desktop ok.) _

Is this only an issue with the latest version?
I'm using whatever version came with mx23 beta. Animation shows for both startup and shutdown on my laptop.

Thank you. Freja artwork was excellent!!

No, the MX23 beta 2 version that was installed was the first time I saw an issue with the shutdown animation. In fact, I cannot get ANY animated shutdowns to work on either of my two testing laptops. (ie not just mine) Desktop works fine though.. so .. something amiss there with the drivers or plymouth... still working that one out.

[Freja]

The original video file I made is converted into a
Plymouth animation with .png sequence numbers.

To be able to smoothly play on various pc/mac models,
CharlesV many tried and errored in script creation.

His tenacity has resulted the best built-in animation.

[CharlesV]

The original video file I made is converted into a
Plymouth animation with .png sequence numbers.

To be able to smoothly play on various pc/mac models,
CharlesV many tried and errored in script creation.

His tenacity has resulted the best built-in animation.

Thanks Freja

[Melber]

The original video file I made is converted into a
Plymouth animation with .png sequence numbers.

To be able to smoothly play on various pc/mac models,
CharlesV many tried and errored in script creation.

His tenacity has resulted the best built-in animation.

Thanks Freja

@Freja Sorry, I didn't realise how integral you were in the process.
A big well done in your direction too.