Installation

This page will guide you through how to install Playnite-Shell and getting going using the program.

To begin before installing please check the following:

• Playnite is installed and fully closed (check the system tray bottom right or Task Manager)

• Download FFMPEG - https://www.gyan.dev/ffmpeg/builds/ffmpeg-release-essentials.zip

• You have a Video you want to set as the Splash

It is recommended to setup a second PC account with Playnite installed as portable to C:\Playnite\ to prevent any issues on your main account and setting Playnite to portable will let you use the same setup across accounts.

Once the above requirements have been met you can proceed to open the installer (Do not run the installer as admin). The installer will handle the following things:

• Installing Playnite-Shell and required files to run

• Setting the location of your Playnite installation, FFMPEG and video you want to set as splash

• Modifying the registry to set Playnite-Shell as the default Shell for the user account running the installer

The installer will bring a terminal window up asking you to set the location for certain things, below is a example of each:

• Playnite location:

  • C:\Playnite\ or C:\Users\%USERNAME%\AppData\Roaming\Playnite\

• FFPLAY

  • This will be wherever you decided to unzip the folder to but could look like:

    • G:\Playnite-Shell\ffmpeg-6.0-essentials_build\bin\FFPLAY.exe

• Video

  • C:\Users\%USERNAME%\Videos\Video.MOV

• Screen Size

  • 1920 x 1080 | Full HD

    • -x 1920 -y 1080 

  • 3840 x 2160 | 4K

    • -x 3840 -y 2160

The terminal window will auto close it self once complete and you can go back to continue the Playnite-Shell installer through to the last page.

Playnite-Shell is now installed and will start next time you login to the account. To change where Playnite-Shell looks for Playnite, FFMPEG and your Splash video you can use the Playnite-Shell Settings program in C:\Playnite-Shell\