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Hi all, I have a full membership to EmuMovies and have the paid version of LaunchBox/BigBox and media syncs. However I noticed that there are only about 90ish videos for Microsoft Xbox. I went to EmuMovies FTP and found 395HQ and SQ videos and downloaded them. Other than copying them into the correct folder will I need to do anything else to get them recognized in LaunchBox/BigBox like manually renaming the files? I forget how the system treats media names compared to rom names for example and if everything has to match up. It's been quite some time since I setup the cab and I haven't used it much so sorry for the noobish questions and thanks in advance. I'm hoping to NOT have to manually rename hundreds of files and also wondering why they don't sync over automatically like some other media does.

Thank you - this was bugging me and you solved it for me too. 👌

I had to try it I just added an mp3 as the rom file and VLC Media Player as the emulator, at first it didn't work but it was because I already had VLC open in tray. Closed it and it worked. @JoeViking245 would I be able to import my mp3s like roms? Otherwise it would take forever adding them one at a time. Edit: That's just crazy, it all works lol.

Added some more including Chiaki to launch my PS5 or PS4. I use a capture card and OBS with Chiaki (unofficial Playstation Remote Play) to play them from my PC. VLC Media Player is also on the bottom. But pretty much you could make Launchbox your all inclusive PC handler. Technically it's called Launchbox not Gamebox anyway. I could still add the calculator and some other stuff. I mean really I already have all this in my start menu so like I said in the topic there's no good reason to do it at all, just because. I actually launch my PS4 and PS5 through keyboard shortcuts which I turned into controller shortcuts. So I can just start them from my controller.

I've placed my application folder under that ThirdParty directory and then coded my plugin to call it from there.

Can we get the logos for this game please? https://gamesdb.launchbox-app.com/games/images/83130-hole-in-one the current logo is taken from the title screen

I've been experiencing the exact same issue since 16/11. Any solutions?

And yes they do all work. Only way I would do it is if I could hide these apps from my games. I didn't think All could be hidden but it actually can in tools > options > sidebar (thanks to JoeViking for that tip) So I hid All and made a category called Games that have all my games separate from other apps. I might just have launchbox do everything on my computer including launch documents folder, outlook mail, VLC Media Player and such lol. Only bad thing is when you add a game or in this case a random app that's not a game it will add them to all so you have to unhide all add the game to the playlist you desire and then hide all again. Not a big though takes a few seconds.

i'm sitting here wondering why a virtualized disk is even being talked about. this is not how I would imagine these services to operate. mind blown 💥 I would bet the problem is using anything virtualized. you wouldn't have that specific issue if you are were launching files from a real local directory. with that said you should try changing your Google Drive for Desktop settings to have files stored locally too using mirrored setting. surprised this wouldn't be the default. frontend needs access to these files even if you're not online your posts give me the impression you're running the frontend from the cloud? if this is the case, it offers an explanation. makes total sense why LB immediately crashes if the service is shutdown. it's no different than ripping a SATA disk out of your PC case, if said program was on that disk it's going to crash.

Also, when I right click a platform there is only an option to add, edit, or delete. If I click add the only thing that happens is I'm asked if I want to manually add a platform. There is no option for new category after right-clicking on a platform and choosing add.

Thanks for the replies so far. What I care about is just what appears in BigBox since that is the front end where game selection and playing takes place. I just want my 10ish systems/platforms on the main menu (which they are so no changes needed) and then when I select a platform, NES for example, I want to see all my NES games sorted as best rating to worst. I don't want multiple gategories/lists per system to appear in BigBox. If you're saying that your instructions will let me accomplish my goal I will go try them. Please confirm. Thank you. Side note* It seems crazy bizarre to me that LaunchBox has a way to display the games for a system in star rating order with a click or 2 but there isn't a way to do that in BigBox? BigBox will let a user select a theme (or view I thnk) and apply it system wide or per platform, it seems it should let a user select a game view order and apply it either per platform or cab-wide. This seems like such a critical no-brainer feature for a product like this... Basically I want to change nothing in BigBox other than what order the games of each system are listed in. Best to worst instead of alphabetical for each system.

Aw snap! That what happens when I try to clean up my working code. 😊 I'll fix that post for future readers. Glad it all worked as intended. Sorry the outcome wasn't as hoped. 👍 👍

Home Alone (Genesis)

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Also attaching a video at the correct timestamp that shows some other use-cases on how you can create playlists

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Hi @djdaveoc22 thanks for the reply and no worries at all. I totally understand it can be tricky to track down some information and I also realised playlists is one of those areas we're yet to have a dedicated tutorial for. It's certainly something we're looking to improve. Here's how you can go about the workflow I mentioned. If you're looking to be able to view each platform by star rating, my suggestion would be to create a new category, and then nest some playlists for each platform inside that. Here's how to do it 1. Make sure you're in the platform category section of LaunchBox 2. Right click on any platform and select Add > New Category. Give it a name, and under the Parents tab, choose where you want to nest it (select Root if you want it to appear with your other platform categories) 3. Then, right click again, and select Add > New Playlist. Under the Auto-Populate tab, this is where you configure what appears in that playlist. Here's an example below 4. Back on the Details tab, under Sort Games By, this is where you choose what you want that playlist to sort by. Choose Star Rating 5. Finally, choose where you want that playlist to live from the Parents tab. You can have it appear under that new category you just created, or somewhere else. It's worth noting you don't have to add the new category first, you could nest the playlists directly under each platform, it's entirely personal preference. This playlist will now also appear in Big Box and will respect the sort order by star rating. Hope that helps, give me a shout if you get stuck along the way or have any further questions

Hello, For marquee users, is there an example compilation of all the different marquee priorities? There are like 50 different types of images and was wondering if there is a list that shows all the different types. ie. One image of what the "Banners" , "Epic Games Background", "Fan Art Background" "GOG Poster" "Screenshot- Game Title" look like (each game will obviously be a little different but the format and style will be the same) instead of having to go into each one and pull it up, then change and repeat?

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OK, so I have good news and bad news. The good news is that your script worked! I needed to adjust the file paths and there was a missing (") at the end of the LaunchBox path, but it did work like a charm! The BAD news is that this doesn't solve my problem. Without Google Drive for Desktop running, the virtual drive the app creates stops functioning. In other words, as soon as the app is gone, Launchbox crashes, as the files it is looking for are no longer there (even though they are there, just not where LB thinks they should be, because Google Drive works off an ever-changing cache file). In other words, I'm going to need to figure out another way of doing this. I have read that using symlinks might make things better, because LB will be looking for file paths that are always "there" (even though they just point to the relative paths created by Drive). I am determined to make this work, so I'll keep experimenting! Since you did solve this for me, marking this thread as solved.

Hello, I'm creating a plugin which calls a separate app, but I'd like both the plugin and app to be self-contained under the Plugins folder. I.e. myPlugin.dll is placed within the standard plugin folder: ./plugins/myplugin/myplugin.dll I have additional exe's stored in my plugin folder within sub-directories: ./plugins/myplugin/requiredApp/myApp.exe ./plugins/myplugin/requiredApp/myAppDependency.dll However, I'm running into an issue where Launchbox is trying to load the "./plugins/myplugin/requiredApp/myAppDependency.dll" assembly which fails due to compatibility issues (and crashes launchbox). So...is there a way for me to tell launchbox to omit sub-folders in the plugin directory? I.e. adding an ".ignore" file or something to prevent launchbox from recursively searching some plugin directories? I see some other plugins have added additional dependencies into a "ThirdParty" folder. Is that standard practice here versus a self-contained plugin folder?

Default - Featherweight View File For users that wanted to play their games with no "fluff". This theme removes a lot of the "extras" that a game could have, while keeping as close to the look of the default theme that you can get. This theme was built during an official live stream. Come join in the next one: https://www.twitch.tv/launchboxofficial What is removed/changed? The Platform View Game Details View Top banner Full screen mode Badges All dynamic elements that react to different width sizes All load delay animations Achievements MAME High Score Leaderboards Box View Change alignment to Left (instead of Stretched) Submitter faeran Submitted 11/20/2024 Category Custom Themes