Quick question about Boot animations... - EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

I was not sure where to post this, since it is about help making a Boot animation, but since it is a question, I felt the Q&A section is my best bet.
I want to make my own Boot animation, but rather than animated, I want to just make a short slide show. I have unzipped and looked at the frames in other boot animations, to get a rough idea, but need a little help. To make a slide show animation, would I just put duplicate pics in order, so they stay on screen for a desired time? If so, about how many frames cycle per second on a boot animation? What else besides compiling the images would I need to do to make the animation work?
Edit: This may be a little over my head, but I wanted to give it a try....

Anybody????
Is there anyone who has made a custom bootanimation that can offer a little help?

I've been working on a boot animation myself, I have yet to find an answer (I haven't asked) to this question I was going to just go with trial and error.
How many 'slides' are you going to use?
I would take the average number of frames you see in the other boot animations, divide it by your number and duplicate each slide by the result.
Anyway, if you find an answer to your question outside of this thread, please post it or shoot me a PM I would appreciate it.

jhayes said:
I've been working on a boot animation myself, I have yet to find an answer (I haven't asked) to this question I was going to just go with trial and error.
How many 'slides' are you going to use?
I would take the average number of frames you see in the other boot animations, divide it by your number and duplicate each slide by the result.
Anyway, if you find an answer to your question outside of this thread, please post it or shoot me a PM I would appreciate it.
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I will probably just take an average time of the boot animation from a ROM, and determine the slide count from there. Having each slide up for 1 or 2 seconds. I know there is an additional file in the bootanimation zips that tells the phone how to show the animation. I didn't know if that has to be customized for the animation, or if I can re-use that file and just replace the image files.

Just open one up stick some pics in it and try to see if it works.
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You must be talking about the desc file. It can be reused. It tells the animation how to act.
It will look something like this
480 800 30 (resolution....don't change...but the "30" is the fps...lower it to slow it down)
p 1 0 part0 (the 1 means loop one time, the 0 means 0 sec delay, part 0 is the folder)
p 0 0 part1 (the 1st 0 means infinite loop, 0 sec delay, part 1 folder)
so in this animation, part 0 would play 1 time then part 1 would loop until boot....all at 30 fps.
hope that helps.

bluebeast213 said:
You must be talking about the desc file. It can be reused. It tells the animation how to act.
It will look something like this
480 800 30 (resolution....don't change...but the "30" is the fps...lower it to slow it down)
p 1 0 part0 (the 1 means loop one time, the 0 means 0 sec delay, part 0 is the folder)
p 0 0 part1 (the 1st 0 means infinite loop, 0 sec delay, part 1 folder)
so in this animation, part 0 would play 1 time then part 1 would loop until boot....all at 30 fps.
hope that helps.
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If I am understanding this right, and PLEASE tell me if I am wrong. lol
If I want to use 5 frames and run for 5 seconds, I can change the 30 to 1, and each frame will show for 1 second. If I leave everything else alone, It will loop one time, showing each frame for 1 second, then go to the 2nd folder (Part1). If I just put one Frame in the part one folder, it will just show that one frame "on an infinate loop" until the phone comes on?
btw, Thanks for the info.
One more question, IF I wanted to use a short vid clip, is there a way to extract frames?

Correct you are. That was the example that I gave.....make sure and check the one that you are putting your files in though because it may not be the same. lol
No Prob.
I am sure there is a program that will extract pics from a vid......but I'm not sure what because I've never tried...sorry.
P.S. when you are rezipping the file, make sure that your zip prog is set to "store" and NOT "compress".

I also notice there is a Meta-inf file, which contains Cert.rsa, Cert.sf and Manifest.mf
Should I do anything with these files?

That is the signing file. If I remember correctly, you shouldn't have to resign a boot.....so no.....no need to mess with them.

I tried using a Flashable bootanimation zip for my trial. I unzipped, replaced the files, edited the text, changed the boot sound to the desired clip (renaming it the same), re-zipped making sure to set to store, not compress. I keep getting a "cant find update script" error.

Got it.... I tried using a regular bootanimation (non flashable) and installed with Pushboot.
Thanks for all the help. Now I just have to mess with the timing.

No problem....glad you got it.

Again, thanks for the help. Now I just have to figure out how to make a preview and upload it. The only thing that didn't come out quite right, but it still looks good, is I tried to set it up for landscape, and it still shows as portrait. I am assuming I would have to rotate the images to the right layout, and save them to the file that way.

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[Q] need help with flashing these boot ani's and splash screens

Ive read the tutorial's on these boards on how to do it but i dont know what im doing wrong at all, Could someone help me out? My EVO is on Fresh-3.4.0.1 with the latest radio.
How are we supposed to know what your doing wrong if we do not know what you are doing?
As far as boot animations I use a program called push boot that I found here in the forum somewhere I really can't remember where. It is fairly easy to use. Just search for push boot.
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Helpppppppp meeee pleaseeeee! =]
ok. now i need help please! i am flashing evo fresh 3.5.0.1 now, i am using pushboot to install a custom boot animation. the animation installs just fine, however i cannot seem to get the mp3 to play. I have it named SPC_animation_final. i have been attempting to adjust the desc txt file. i have learned how to add the codes. i have 2 folders for the animation. do i need to add another for the mp3? the codes i have put are as follow:
480 854 30
p 1 0 part0
p 0 0 part1
now these codes above came with the animation. do i add this code for the audio?
480 854 30
p 1 0 android
p 1 0 part0
p 1 0 part1
even after doing this however, the audio will not play and i also run into the issue that the animation will not load. i get black screen. i cant seem to find the correct method to execute this small task. please help me! please!!! =]

[HELP] Boot Animation problems.

I have made my own boot animation with two parts. The first part plays like it should but after that first play it just stops and does not continue to the second part (the second part is a loop see below).
-When I made them into a .zip archive I DID choose Store method.
This is my desc.txt:
480 800 15
p 1 0 part0
p 0 0 part1
-P.S. I have already made sure that there were no Thumbs or DS files in any of these folders.
-P.S.S I have downloaded other boot animations and they work and have the same file structure.
ANY HELP WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED!
Nickster08 said:
I have made my own boot animation with two parts. The first part plays like it should but after that first play it just stops and does not continue to the second part (the second part is a loop see below).
-When I made them into a .zip archive I DID choose Store method.
This is my desc.txt:
480 800 15
p 1 0 part0
p 0 0 part1
-P.S. I have already made sure that there were no Thumbs or DS files in any of these folders.
-P.S.S I have downloaded other boot animations and they work and have the same file structure.
ANY HELP WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED!
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How large is the zip? cuz i tried to make one, and it was around 20 mb, apparently that is too big, according to someone i asked
Also make sure they are all the same file type/color depth, i've had problems where mine wouldn't play because I had mixed color depths where some files were rgb and others were indexed color.
Try to change 15 to 10 in the script to see if that helps. By changing the number of frames played per second, you can trim some frames out making the boot smaller. Before you trim try to change the script only.
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Make sure when you go from the part0 to part1, the files stay in order. For example if your last picture in part0 is boot00050, the first file in part1 should be boot00051.
Thanks to everyone that wanted to help me! But I wound up just completely redoing it and it now runs fine. Still don't know what I did. Oh well got it now. Mods please close.
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custom boot animation!

Trying to put together a bootanimation and I can't get it to work no matter what I do.....I've got the files all in png format. I've created part0 and part1 folders though i do not need to use the part0 I have tried putting things in it and not but neither works......I have used notepad++ to create desc.txt file with 480 800 30, p 1 0 part0, p 0 0 part1 - text inside...on different lines...I've followed about 3 different methods of putting the zip file in to the system/media folder and it's not working at all....All I get is a black screen on startup :S well confused and getting a bit pissed off to be honest lol!!
If your getting a black start up screen then it is loading your bootanim. As when it fails to load a boot animation you get the stock "ANDROID" screen.
Are your PNG's in the correct format? Have you optimised them in any way? Correct size?
They're bang on the right size....haven't touched them but have had another idea that I'm going to try later on. I did a boot anim for a user and it worked perfectly first time so I'm going to keep going until I.can get it to work......
Thanks for your input at least I know its loading up....
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Boot animation not working

I have made a simple boot animation, but I can't get it to play the "part1" stuff. My desc.txt looks like this:
Code:
720 1280 24
p 1 0 part0
p 0 0 part1
And there are 164 frames in the "part0" folder, which I want to play once, followed by looping the 24 frames in the "part1" folder until boot. That's a total of 188 frames, and I have them numbered all the way from 000-187 (000.png, 001.png, etc...). I have tried both continuous numbering, and starting over at 000 with the "part1" animation, but every time, I get the first 164 to play, and then black until boot. Am I doing something wrong here, or am I just missing something? I could split it up into more parts if that needs to be done, but I don't see why it should matter.
EDIT: Is it a problem if there isn't an empty line at the end of desc.txt?
The numbering in folder 1 should continue from folder 0. So if the last image in folder 0 is 112 then the first image in the next folder should be 113. Also make sure you add the images with no compression.
Send me a link when your done, I've been looking to use a new boot animation or if you just want my help I can fix it for you.
mikeman45 said:
The numbering in folder 1 should continue from folder 0. So if the last image in folder 0 is 112 then the first image in the next folder should be 113. Also make sure you add the images with no compression.
Send me a link when your done, I've been looking to use a new boot animation or if you just want my help I can fix it for you.
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I actually got it working. It was because I forgot the empty line at the end of desc.txt
If you want to see it, flash NovaGen mmontuori, the dev over there, started using it
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Lg boot screen?

Anyone know if the Lg part of the boot animation can be disabled? I a newb, but I think it may be affecting my custom boot animation making it cut off too early. I'm on the skydragon rom. Also I set permissions to r-w-r-r on both bootanimation.zip as well as poweron.ogg. Thanks in advance for any help you can provide!
Demonic7789 said:
Anyone know if the Lg part of the boot animation can be disabled? I a newb, but I think it may be affecting my custom boot animation making it cut off too early. I'm on the skydragon rom. Also I set permissions to r-w-r-r on both bootanimation.zip as well as poweron.ogg. Thanks in advance for any help you can provide!
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If you are talking about the screen that says powered by android at the bottom (splash screen), it's separate from the boot animation. I don't recommend disabling it. You can change your bootanimation settings in your desc.txt file. If you have multiple folders, part0, part1,.... etc.... change the p of the folder line to c and that should make your boot animation complete before going to your default screen. Here's an example of how to modify your desc.txt. The change is in BOLD:
Text to right between (....) describes each "setting" in desc.txt and are not part of the desc.txt file.
Original
1080 1920 30 (1080x1920 resolution at 30fps)
p 2 10 part0 (play,# of times to repeat, amount of frame pause, folder part)
p 3 0 part1 (play,# of times to repeat, amount of frame pause, folder part)
Changed
1080 1920 30 (1080x1920 resolution at 30fps)
p 2 10 part0 (play,# of times to repeat, amount of frame pause, folder part)
c 3 0 part1 (complete, # of times to repeat, amount of frame pause, folder part)
Hope this helps.
Thanks for info I'll try it out when I get a chance, or in the mood rather to switch it back out. I'm currently using one from one of the themes for cm12, but right now I'm on blisspop.
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jran0880 said:
If you are talking about the screen that says powered by android at the bottom (splash screen), it's separate from the boot animation. I don't recommend disabling it. You can change your bootanimation settings in your desc.txt file. If you have multiple folders, part0, part1,.... etc.... change the p of the folder line to c and that should make your boot animation complete before going to your default screen. Here's an example of how to modify your desc.txt. The change is in BOLD:
Text to right between (....) describes each "setting" in desc.txt and are not part of the desc.txt file.
Original
1080 1920 30 (1080x1920 resolution at 30fps)
p 2 10 part0 (play,# of times to repeat, amount of frame pause, folder part)
p 3 0 part1 (play,# of times to repeat, amount of frame pause, folder part)
Changed
1080 1920 30 (1080x1920 resolution at 30fps)
p 2 10 part0 (play,# of times to repeat, amount of frame pause, folder part)
c 3 0 part1 (complete, # of times to repeat, amount of frame pause, folder part)
Hope this helps.
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Hey tried it. It didn't even show up at all. I was using a boot animation in themes (I'm on blisspop atm) Pretty sure I've done everything right unless there are different steps than on kk?
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Demonic7789 said:
Hey tried it. It didn't even show up at all. I was using a boot animation in themes (I'm on blisspop atm) Pretty sure I've done everything right unless there are different steps than on kk?
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Sorry forgot to say I did switch back to the stock blisspop BA before setting it up. I didn't reboot before doing that though. Could that be the problem?
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Is your bootanimation part of a theme you are developing? Or is it only a boot animation.zip file? If just a file, you can try and place it in /data/local/tmp and see if it supersedes the stock one. I have been having an issue getting a custom bootanimation to work on rooted stock D851, both KK and LP. If I place in /system/media or /data/local/tmp and either rename the original BA or move it to another location, when I reboot phone, it shows LG screen until boot complete. Seems to be on going issue. Wouldn't think it would affect CM based ROMs with theme engine. You may want to work it into a theme a see what happens.
jran0880 said:
Is your bootanimation part of a theme you are developing? Or is it only a boot animation.zip file? If just a file, you can try and place it in /data/local/tmp and see if it supersedes the stock one. I have been having an issue getting a custom bootanimation to work on rooted stock D851, both KK and LP. If I place in /system/media or /data/local/tmp and either rename the original BA or move it to another location, when I reboot phone, it shows LG screen until boot complete. Seems to be on going issue. Wouldn't think it would affect CM based ROMs with theme engine. You may want to work it into a theme a see what happens.
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It's just a bootanimation.zip I ran it fine rooted on SkyDragon putting it in system/media. Aside from the issue the op was about. Could point in the right direction for working it into a theme?
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Try placing it in /data/local/tmp and reboot. Sometimes that'll work. As for theme development, there are excellent resources here on XDA. Search theming, cm12 themeing, or similar. Also check github.com/cyngn for the latest CM12.x theme templetes and requirements.
Good luck.
jran0880 said:
Try placing it in /data/local/tmp and reboot. Sometimes that'll work. As for theme development, there are excellent resources here on XDA. Search theming, cm12 themeing, or similar. Also check github.com/cyngn for the latest CM12.x theme templetes and requirements.
Good luck.
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Thanks I'll see if that works. Also wanted to look into making themes anyway. So win win I guess. If you don't care it'd be nice to add you to share what I come up with.
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Definitely. I don't mind at all.
jran0880 said:
Definitely. I don't mind at all.
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Hey would I need to edit the files usong a computer instead of like es file explorer. I decided to go rooted stock for a while. Still didn't work.
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As long as you can extract a zip and repack it, you can change the desc.text file or any of your frames in the boot animation. Just make sure there is no compression selected when you rezip. Make sure you select "Store" for your level of compression (which is zero compression). For some reason, rthe G3 doesn't want to accept an alternate boot animation. I've tried /system/media and /data/local/tmp for storage with no luck. Usually get the splash screen until boot or sometimes a blank screen after splash screen until boot. I am probably going to try CyanogenMod or another ROM that has the CM theme engine and use my personal theme as a test to see if that works.
jran0880 said:
As long as you can extract a zip and repack it, you can change the desc.text file or any of your frames in the boot animation. Just make sure there is no compression selected when you rezip. Make sure you select "Store" for your level of compression (which is zero compression). For some reason, rthe G3 doesn't want to accept an alternate boot animation. I've tried /system/media and /data/local/tmp for storage with no luck. Usually get the splash screen until boot or sometimes a blank screen after splash screen until boot. I am probably going to try CyanogenMod or another ROM that has the CM theme engine and use my personal theme as a test to see if that works.
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Well it working fine stock rooted. Except for not playing all the way through. I had to extract it with es to edit it. That said I had no idea what to select when I reziped it. That's probably where I screwed up.
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Stock KK or LP? I tried both with no success in either folder. As far as it completing boot before animation completes, do you have more than 1 "part" folder? If so, make sure all "part" folders (part0, part1, part2.....) run only 1 time. Your last "part" folder should repeat, but not infinitely (do not set to 0 for loop number). If your animation is excessively long, try increasing frame rate to play faster.
Would you please walk me through the process you went through to install your animation? Also, what are your settings in "desc.txt" file? As well as the size of each image in your "part" folders? Are your images .png or .jpg? I'm wondering if maybe my image resolution is not high enough for this screen....
jran0880 said:
Stock KK or LP? I tried both with no success in either folder. As far as it completing boot before animation completes, do you have more than 1 "part" folder? If so, make sure all "part" folders (part0, part1, part2.....) run only 1 time. Your last "part" folder should repeat, but not infinitely (do not set to 0 for loop number). If your animation is excessively long, try increasing frame rate to play faster.
Would you please walk me through the process you went through to install your animation? Also, what are your settings in "desc.txt" file? As well as the size of each image in your "part" folders? Are your images .png or .jpg? I'm wondering if maybe my image resolution is not high enough for this screen....
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I'm not to sure about what file type haven't looked as I didn't make it myself. I haven't edited the desc file yet. Also I'm stock kk. I used es file explorer with root explorer turned on copied the bootanimation to system/media, and the poweron.ogg file to system/media/sounds/ui. Set permissions to r-w-rr, and rebooted. Also if you need to find the files types you can find the boot animation I'm using here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/lg-g3/themes-apps/bootanimation-android-5-0-l-boot-t2814467
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