about 2 years ago i set about getting the boot videos working on the alien2,
the HDMU image was the easiest as that had it built into the code but only worked for mkv files so i had to change that
but at the time i was using pkt so heres how i started
extract the files and you will have 3 files in it one is the boot logo the other the boot video the other is the rcS file with amended code to switch video on
(ps cant switch it off yet off thats way past me)
goto /etc/init.d and replace the rcS file with the one i have given you (backup your own first though)
goto /boot and replace the bootvideo.mkv and bootlogo.mvi with the ones i have given you
reboot box and watch
the problem you may have though is you may have to alter the rcS file manually
this is the bit of code that is changed in the rcS file
deleted the part that boots to bootlogo.mvi and replaced with this
#(sleep 8; killall eplayer3) &
(/bin/eplayer3 /boot/bootvideo.mkv; showiframe -p /boot/bootlogo.mvi) &
now you could change the mkv to .* so that it can use mp4 files
so that was on the pkt image
now for the HDMU image, this was the easiest of then all as the code is already in there but it only could use mkv files only and need to be switched on in HDMU center
so to use any avi file we goto /etc/init.d and edit rcS on line 484 or there about you will see this
#(sleep 8; killall eplayer3) &
/bin/eplayer3 /boot/bootvideo.mkv &
this needs to be this
#(sleep 8; killall eplayer3) &
/bin/eplayer3 /boot/bootvideo.* & save and reboot
this is the boot.mvi file
like i said this was 2 years ago and was done as a bit of fun
ill upload a few more boot videos i did for other boxes, mips is a bit different as that uses eplayer4 and a slightly different method , but i manage to do that with the help of hdf as they did a plugin for that
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this was a gigablue one i did
it was a rotating globe , play the vid and you will understand