[Videos not playing in LB?]

31 minutes ago, Mojojojoey said:

thanks, i dont want to uninstall and download all the are work and button configurations. im downloading media player right now , and k-lite full too right now. ill try manually. first. if not ill reinstall if i have too with Minium deletion at least to keep my art works.😒 

You would be doing just the reinstall over you existing installation part.  No uninstalling.  Doing it this way you wouldn't lose any of your existing settings, imported games, downloaded etc.

But... manually downloading and installing K-Lite works too.  

[Videos not playing in LB?]

7 minutes ago, Mojojojoey said:

thanks, thats what i was thinking but i skipped it during the installation. now i just need to figure out how to install now.

If you didn't install the codecs before, you should be able to just reinstall LaunchBox and it'll ask again.  Click yes this time.  

Instructions here:  https://feedback.launchbox.gg/help/articles/8637029-installing-updating-and-managing-launchbox#owlpb0sqz6q

Make sure to select the correct directory to re-install to as described here:  https://feedback.launchbox.gg/help/articles/8637029-installing-updating-and-managing-launchbox#rcilxi12sqr

[LaunchBox 13.22 - Beta Thread]

Progress Badges:  "last ditch effort"

I like the colored Progress Badges found in Nostalgic Platform Badges (\Nostalgic Platform Badges\Progress\) (beta-3).  

"Issue":  When using the Legacy Conversion Badge Pack, the "last ditch effort" isn't kicking in show the Progress badges from Nostalgic Platform Badges.  

Result: No progress badges are shown.  (They do show when Nostalgic Platform Badges is selected.)

 

Some Testing:

Attempted copying the images directly into \Nostalgic Platform Badges\ (from the Progress subfolder) to no avail.

Copying the \Progress\ folder into \Legacy Conversion Badge Pack\ does work.

 

[LaunchBox 13.22 - Beta Thread]

5 minutes ago, andyco47 said:

windows media playback does not work for me if i switch back to vlc its fine any answers for me please?

Did they work for in LaunchBox version 13.21?   When you initially updated to 13.21, did you install the K-Lite Codec Pack?  Or by-pass/skip that part of the update?

[LaunchBox 13.22 - Beta Thread]

8 minutes ago, Drybonz said:

How does the automatic game progress work?  How does it know the stage you are at in the game?

Look under Default Rules and Values in the link provided.

[A few questions about BigBox as Windows shell]

5 minutes ago, Kefka2b said:

Yep I have auto hide on, I'll try to add -silent to all my startup apps (Steam, reWASD, NVidia app, Sinden software and MSI Afterburner with RivaTuner)

-silent was only for Steam.  Use the shortcut method for all others.

Maybe I'm missing something, but why start up an NVidia app? Unless when shelling direct into BB, it's necessary.  If you actually actively use stuff in the "GeForce Experience", then maybe.  Otherwise, (like myself) I removed that from the driver updater/installer. A form of bloatware as I see it. But that's just me.

And also Afterburner.  If when using it, you see physical improvements during gameplay, then sure.  If you only see "improvements" in the number display, graph thingys, but don't really notice in actual game-play, may not be worth it.  That was my personal experience at least.  But then again, I'm not really a hard-core hardware guy. So may not know any better in that regards.

[A few questions about BigBox as Windows shell]

4 hours ago, Kefka2b said:

I am trying to find a way to have the taskbar hidden on boot, it always shows up for a bit after going hidden...but it seems impossible.

I'm guessing you have it on auto-hide?  It might be one of the extra startup apps taking focus.  Maybe not actually "taking focus", but going to the taskbar, making it popup.  If that's the case, the shortcut method might resolve that.  But once BB is "in play", you should never see it.

[Multi monitor issue. Not the norm.....]

No idea what "SW and MC" and "SW,ESB" are.  If they're arcade machines, check if there's a "SW and MC".ini file or "SW,ESB".ini file.  Of course, replace you acronyms with the ROMs' name. 

Or look for an ini file named after those machines BIOS name or parent system.

If the machines use the same monitor type atypical to most games, look for their monitor type .ini file (vector, raster, lcd...)

Whatever may be in those would override what's in mame.ini.

[Downloading images]

email support@unbrokensoftware.com

[A few questions about BigBox as Windows shell]

3 hours ago, Kefka2b said:

1. How do you start other programs without them being launched on top of BigBox on startup (I.e. completely minimised, and also so that alt-tab doesn't display them)? this happens mainly with Steam but it's random. I tried to add -minimized as parameter in the startup apps options but it's not doing anything.

For Steam, last I read you can add the parameter -silent.  Whether it's still valid in 2025, not sure.

For apps that just hang out in the background waiting to be used/triggered, you should be able to:

• Create a shortcut to the app
• Right-click the shortcut and select Properties
• Next to Run: change it to Minimized
• Click OK to save
• Then point your Startup to the Shortcut

 

3 hours ago, Kefka2b said:

3. Is there any performance benefits running BigBox as shell or any downsides maybe apart from what I described already?

No. Not really.  If you do see a performance boost by running it shelled, you're probably running your system near it's limits already.

The main benefit I see is that it's just plain cool to turn on your cab and have Big Box do its thing.  

I personally don't use the shell feature because I'm OK with clicking an icon on the task bar.  Also, I'm periodically making changes (emulator or game or writing a new plugin) and need direct access back to LaunchBox or Windows.

 

3 hours ago, Kefka2b said:

2. Is there a way to still have Windows features (or alternatives) like sound control or bringing up virtual keyboard (I have hotkeys created in reWASD for both doesn't work when BB is set as shell)?

Hopefully someone else will chime in on this one.  I've never used the Big Box shell feature.

[ScummVM- What am i doing wrong?]

I've never used that plugin that was mentioned and creates the batch files.  I believe that when LaunchBox sees that the emulator is "ScummVM", it only looks for the games' folders.  As that's what ScummVM looks for also.  You might be able to change the name of the emulator you setup in LaunchBox (and probably rename the exe) so that LB will recognize files as games (vs looking only for folders).  If you're wanting to stay that route.

There is the option to let LaunchBox set things up for you.  Yes, it will require starting the ScummVM process over.  But it's pretty straight forward, fast and easy.  It also adds the benefit of making ScummVM portable.  aka, no data needs to be stored under /AppData/ for the emulator.

[LaunchBox 13.22 - Beta Thread]

2 hours ago, Jakatsu said:

Using beta 2. Gameplay video keeps playing on top left after I go back from Games List to the Platform List. Using the Platform Hybrid View. Disabling "Use Platform Background Videos" helps, but then it gets replaced by the platform video itself, which plays on that small window instead.

Edit: Switching to VLC helps, gameplay video stays there for a second and then disappears. Codec issue? I've been using K-Lite Codec Pack Standard for a long time.

Can confirm, I'm seeing this too. 

Using the Hybrid View 1, when returning from the Game View to Platform View, the last game viewed will have it's video playing in the upper left of the main section of the Platforms View.  Switching platforms, the same game-video continues to play.

Switching to use VLC - when exiting the Game View, the video still appears, but goes away after a second (maybe 2).

Windows 10  /  LB13.22-Beta-2 

[LaunchBox 13.22 - Beta Thread]

54 minutes ago, 8d6FireDamage said:

Is the out of memory error still in scope to be addressed with this release?

Yes.  Best efforts are being made to resolve the hybrid sleep "out of memory" error for this release.

[SteamGridDB Scraper]

11 hours ago, AustinThinker79 said:

I just updated to 1.2.9a and when I right click to save the file, nothing happens. Is anyone else having this issue?

When I check the log, it shows that my   SteamGrid API key was found. 

Switch to Add Image.  Make sure the image type is correct, then click Add Image.

This was changed in an earlier update and I didn't update instructions. Sorry about that.

[Switching from HS to LB - Rlauncher question]

9 minutes ago, damageinc86 said:

He's probably thinking of pause menu items that rocketlancher has, and seeing them presented in that way.  It's a way more robust pause menu.

Yeah, I got that part.  I've never used RL so was curious what other [pause] menu items there could be.  "Menu items" being clickable things vs. just the aesthetics of it all.

[Switching from HS to LB - Rlauncher question]

51 minutes ago, Shredder_guitar said:

I do wish to add more menus than just save states and manual viewings, if that's even possible.

I would want some other menus besides just save states and a manual menu

What other menu items are you thinking?  Like view game images or game-specific controller images? Others?  Just curious what things I may be missing out on.  

[ScummVM- What am i doing wrong?]

1 hour ago, launchretrogirl2562 said:

Shredder_guitar was referring to starting scummvm games with bat files created by Epicfail's tool

I am also using the bat files and it works flawlessly.

Example of contents of bat file for 3 Skulls of the Toltecs :
@echo off
"D:\LaunchBox\ThirdParty\ScummVM\scummvm.exe" --no-console -f -gNormal --path="D:\LaunchBox\Games\ScummVM\3 Skulls of the Toltecs (CD DOS)" toltecs

Ahh, OK.  That makes sense.  Looking through the plugin description, with the ROM path pointing to that batch file, do you still have the game using an emulator (i.e. Edit game, Emulation section, Use Emulator?)  And that emulator points to the plugins "ScummVMLauncher.exe"?

 

For reference, that command passed for the LaunchBox installed version of Scummvm (the one where, if you try to launch a game without having previously setup the emulator and LaunchBox asks if you want to have it installed for you) looks like below.  Note, there's no user interaction with ScummVM needed.  i.e. No need to load the games into the emulator via the UI, first.  (may have to do with the --auto-detect parameter?)

"D:\LaunchBox\Emulators\ScummVM\scummvm.exe" -p "D:\LaunchBox\Games\ScummVM\Amazon - Guardians of Eden (DOS)" --auto-detect --fullscreen

 

In the end, use whatever works. If it ain't broke, don't fix it.  

[XBSX LAUNCHPASS - XENIA CANARY PLAYLIST]

1 hour ago, MONKEYFRITZ said:

I've added xbox 360 games to launchpass on my pc, and it shows up on a playlist there with all the metadata attached, however when i load it up on my series s it doesn't show up in the launchpass app. It shows all my other platforms like normal (gamecube, ps1 and ps2) but not the 360 library. please assist

Probably should ask the creators of LaunchPass.  Maybe on their Discord site. 

[ScummVM- What am i doing wrong?]

3 hours ago, Shredder_guitar said:

The"3 Skulls of the Toltecs (CD DOS)" game is unzipped into a folder and is the only game I'm actually testing...my previous comment was just answering your question as to what most of the games are. 

When I tried using the scummvm launcher and a batch file was created with it, the batch file itself worked, but it seems that Launchbox does not recognize the batch file when it is imported...so that method seems to not work
When I try to just drag n' drop the games in, the folder is recognized and i have also loaded the game into scummvm, according to the video, i should be able to just click on the game and it works...but nothing happens. 

Actually it was C-Beats that was asking about the game formats.

Can't say that I've ever heard of ScummVM creating a batch file.  But if, in LaunchBox, the game is pointing to a batch file and you have ScummVM set as it's emulator, I can see how that wouldn't work.  My guess is the batch file is what DOSBox uses.  As I tried illuding towards earlier.

For your last 2 games you showed that don't have a batch file, in LaunchBox they should be set to use ScummVM in Emulation and the games ROM File paths should point to their respective folders.   vs. pointing to a file. And especially not a batch file.

  

I don't know if it makes a difference, but I had LaunchBox install and setup ScummVM for me.  (vs. me installing it myself) 

The above screenshots are just for reference.  I never open ScummVM by itself.  I Just placed the game folders inside the /ScummVM/ folder and LaunchBox automatically imported them.  Then when I clicked Play, it asked if I wanted it to install the emulator.  "Yes. Of Course!"  When it was done, I clicked Play again and the game loaded.

[ScummVM- What am i doing wrong?]

15 minutes ago, Shredder_guitar said:

it varies as i look through these newly obtained zips

Yes. For the above 2 examples, create folders in /Games/ScummVM/ and extract the files into them, respectively.

What you don't see is a .bat file.  Which if it did should tell you that's for DOSBox.

 

Not sure is ScummVM can work with zip files. But the contents are so small in size, it's just as well to unzip them.

[ScummVM- What am i doing wrong?]

On 5/29/2025 at 6:21 AM, Shredder_guitar said:

foldername: 3 Skulls of the Toltecs (CD DOS)> game data files

The 'game data files' you have are for DOSBox.

The ScummVM file is a single file.

 

DOSBox

 

ScummVM

[Remove default plugins or disable plugins update notifications]

6 hours ago, chinagreenelvis said:

LOL. An inability to remove the plugins and no chance to prevent notifications from them.

What on earth are you guys thinking?

"Provide the ability to update emulators with minimal effort on the end users side without the need for a complete LaunchBox update when emulator sources change."?

[LaunchBox 13.22 - Beta Thread]

24 minutes ago, SqHd said:

are these HLTB entries new?!

Those are from Custom Fields that were added from the HLTB plugin.

When you add a custom field to a game(s), they become available in that drop down.  Think of as a Custom Field 'playlist'.  

[LaunchBox 13.22 - Beta Thread]

13 minutes ago, Retrofrogg said:

I cant seem to add playlist icons (by placing png images in LaunchBox\Images\Platform Icons\Playlists) with the current beta. The icon doesn't appear next to the playlist in Launchbox. The icon name matches the playlist unique name. 

There's an article in the LaunchBox Strategy Guide regarding the Media Packs.

See here: LaunchBox Media Pack Feature – Version 13.21 - LaunchBox

[Bezel Project! A custom bezel for every ROM!]

47 minutes ago, bdal190 said:

Every time i try to install the bezel project on my pc it get flagged as by windows defender and by malwarebytes. Is anyone else aware of this?  a virus ?