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LaunchBox Games Database Image Viewer-Plus
JoeViking245 commented on JoeViking245's file in Third-party Apps and Plugins
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LaunchBox Games Database Image Viewer-Plus View File View and add images from the LaunchBox Games Database directly to your game. Compare images you already have against the database. Remove images from your collection. Scenario #1: You're looking through your collection and you notice a game is missing an image. (An Arcade Cabinet in this case) Solution #1: Edit the game Go to Media < Images Click Download Media Click Uncheck All Check Arcade Cabinet Switch to the EmuMovies tab Click Uncheck All Click Download Arrow through the images until you get to the newly added images Find the one you want and click Remove Image on each of the others Click OK to save Solution #2: Open this plugin Click Arcade - Cabinet Double-click which image you want to add Close the plugin Scenario #2: You have multiple Arcade Cabinet images in your collection, and you've discovered you can only ever see one-at-a-time. Solution #1: Edit the game Go to Media < Images Arrow through the images until you get to the Arcade - Cabinet Images Arrow through each one until you decide on which one you want to keep Click Remove Image on each of the others Click OK to save Solution #2: Open this plugin Switch to Local Images Right-click the image(s) you don't want and select Remove Image Close the plugin Requirements: An internet connection An associated LaunchBox Games Database ID# for the selected game Installing: Download and extract the contents of the download into your /LaunchBox/Plugins/ folder. i.e. D:/LaunchBox/Plugins/LBDBimages/LBDBimages.dll Using: Start LaunchBox Right-Click a game Select LB Games DB Images * *If a game does not have an associated LaunchBox Games Database ID#, the menu option will be disabled. (v1.2.0) Bulk: Select multiple games, then right-click and select the plugin. Navigate to the next/previously selected game by clicking the left/right navigation buttons Mouse-over an image to see its image type and region (if available) Switch between the LBDB Images and your games' [Local] Images (lower left corner) Image Gallery Zoom: Adjust the Zoom slider to make the gallery images larger/smaller. (new v1.2.0) Use Ctrl+Mouse Wheel over the Image Gallery to adjust the zoom level Use the mouse wheel over the Zoom slider to adjust the zoom level Right-Click NOT over an image inside the Gallery to reset zoom level LBDB Images view: Select a filter on the left to view only those image types Double-click an image to add it to your game Check Hide images you already have to not show...yup...images you already have ** New v1.3.0 The Hide Images you already have check status will be saved for next time you open the plugin. **This only checks for an exact CRC32 match between the database images and your local images. "Pretty close" is not an "exact match". Local Images view: Select a filter on the left to view only those image types Right-click an image and select Remove Image to remove it from your collection Preview images fullscreen: (new v1.2.0) Right-click image and select View Image Fullscreen Left-Click: Drag/Move image Mousewheel: Zoom in/out Right-Click: Reset image Left/Right arrow keys: Show previous/next image (new v1.3.3) Escape: Close the preview window Navigate to the LaunchBox Games Database website: Click the DB ID # to navigate to the LaunchBox Games Database webpage for that game (opens into your default browser) Features: (new v1.3.0) Keyboard Shortcuts: Press F to show selected image fullscreen Press Delete to remove selected local image Press I to switch between database and local Images When switching between LaunchBox DB images and Local images, the selected image type is carried over. Window size/location and Image Zoom level are saved on close and used next time you open the plugin. Known Issue: When adding an image to your collection and having Hide Images you already have checked, the image may not get removed from the Gallery Updating your local DB file may resolve this. Tools < Download < Force Update Games Database Metadata... Image Regions: (new v1.3.1) Click the Image Regions drop-up box (a dropdown box that goes up) to view only image for the selected region. A 'blank' option (if shown) is for images that don't have a region associated with it. Plugin Updates: If an (U)pdate for this plugin has been released on the forums, a) the plugin title in the right-click game menu will show as: (U) LB Games DB Images b) At the top of the plugin window, the Info icon will flash red. Click the Info/Support icon, then click the Update Available button. This will open the plugins download page in your default browser. As always, all thoughts, views, suggestions, opinions and accolades are welcome. "Be excellent to each other." (Bill S. Preston, Esq) Submitter JoeViking245 Submitted 02/14/2025 Category Third-party Apps and Plugins
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Version 1.3.3
552 downloads
View and add images from the LaunchBox Games Database directly to your game. Compare images you already have against the database. Remove images from your collection. Scenario #1: You're looking through your collection and you notice a game is missing an image. (An Arcade Cabinet in this case) Solution #1: Edit the game Go to Media < Images Click Download Media Click Uncheck All Check Arcade Cabinet Switch to the EmuMovies tab Click Uncheck All Click Download Arrow through the images until you get to the newly added images Find the one you want and click Remove Image on each of the others Click OK to save Solution #2: Open this plugin Click Arcade - Cabinet Double-click which image you want to add Close the plugin Scenario #2: You have multiple Arcade Cabinet images in your collection, and you've discovered you can only ever see one-at-a-time. Solution #1: Edit the game Go to Media < Images Arrow through the images until you get to the Arcade - Cabinet Images Arrow through each one until you decide on which one you want to keep Click Remove Image on each of the others Click OK to save Solution #2: Open this plugin Switch to Local Images Right-click the image(s) you don't want and select Remove Image Close the plugin Requirements: An internet connection An associated LaunchBox Games Database ID# for the selected game LaunchBox version 13.19 or newer Installing: Download and extract the contents of the download into your /LaunchBox/Plugins/ folder. i.e. D:/LaunchBox/Plugins/LBDBimages/LBDBimages.dll Using: Start LaunchBox Right-Click a game Select LB Games DB Images * *If a game does not have an associated LaunchBox Games Database ID#, the menu option will be disabled. (v1.2.0) Bulk: Select multiple games, then right-click and select the plugin. Navigate to the next/previously selected game by clicking the left/right navigation buttons Mouse-over an image to see its image type and region (if available) Switch between the LBDB Images and your games' [Local] Images (lower left corner) Image Gallery Zoom: Adjust the Zoom slider to make the gallery images larger/smaller. (new v1.2.0) Use Ctrl+Mouse Wheel over the Image Gallery to adjust the zoom level Use the mouse wheel over the Zoom slider to adjust the zoom level Right-Click NOT over an image inside the Gallery to reset zoom level LBDB Images view: Select a filter on the left to view only those image types Double-click an image to add it to your game Check Hide images you already have to not show...yup...images you already have ** New v1.3.0 The Hide Images you already have check status will be saved for next time you open the plugin. **This only checks for an exact CRC32 match between the database images and your local images. "Pretty close" is not an "exact match". Local Images view: Select a filter on the left to view only those image types Right-click an image and select Remove Image to remove it from your collection Preview images fullscreen: (new v1.2.0) Right-click image and select View Image Fullscreen Left-Click: Drag/Move image Mousewheel: Zoom in/out Right-Click: Reset image Left/Right arrow keys: Show previous/next image (new v1.3.3) Escape: Close the preview window Navigate to the LaunchBox Games Database website: Click the DB ID # to navigate to the LaunchBox Games Database webpage for that game (opens into your default browser) Features: (new v1.3.0) Keyboard Shortcuts: Press F to show selected image fullscreen Press Delete to remove selected local image Press I to switch between database and local Images When switching between LaunchBox DB images and Local images, the selected image type is carried over. Window size/location and Image Zoom level are saved on close and used next time you open the plugin. Known Issue: When adding an image to your collection and having Hide Images you already have checked, the image may not get removed from the Gallery Updating your local DB file may resolve this. Tools < Download < Force Update Games Database Metadata... Image Regions: (new v1.3.1) Click the Image Regions drop-up box (a dropdown box that goes up) to view only image for the selected region. A 'blank' option (if shown) is for images that don't have a region associated with it. Plugin Updates: If an (U)pdate for this plugin has been released on the forums, a) the plugin title in the right-click game menu will show as: (U) LB Games DB Images b) At the top of the plugin window, the Info icon will flash red. Click the Info/Support icon, then click the Update Available button. This will open the plugins download page in your default browser. As always, all thoughts, views, suggestions, opinions and accolades are welcome. "Be excellent to each other." (Bill S. Preston, Esq) -
Visual Pinball X VideoSnap Creator
JoeViking245 commented on JoeViking245's file in Third-party Apps and Plugins
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Visual Pinball X VideoSnap Creator
JoeViking245 commented on JoeViking245's file in Third-party Apps and Plugins
No worries. A little over a week ago Astrobob posted on Discord advising people check their plugins in the 13.19-betas. So I started checking mine and after 8 or 9, I got tired of it. I played the [low] odds that if 25% of them tested good, the rest will be too. Anyway, pretty sure it came down to reloading the audio driver. Easy check, un-check Include Audio. But... unfortunately, I believe the DMD recording isn't working. May be the 'new'-ish Freezy thing, relating to the window title it looks for to capture. -
Visual Pinball X VideoSnap Creator
JoeViking245 commented on JoeViking245's file in Third-party Apps and Plugins
Thanks Sundog. I know it's not the 13.19 issue. I checked the other day, change some of the settings (not the actual code) and got it to work. Though can't remember exactly what it was I did. 😊 Due to it's popularity, I didn't mess with it anymore. But I believe it had to do with the recording audio and that running the batch file to enable/disable/re-enable the audio driver was the fix. I'll look again tomorrow and confirm things more. But know, it did (somehow) work on 13.19-beta-3. -
Since you asked nicely.
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Bulk change game Titles to Alternate Names (by Region) View File Game Title - Alternate Name Inspired from a comment by @AstroBob (December 2024) Challenge accepted. 😎 Some (many?) games have Alternate Names and are saved as such when metadata is scraped from the LaunchBox Games Database. These are generally used for different Regions. Using this plugin, you can bulk change the game Titles in a Platform to an Alternate Name found for a selected Region. Prerequisites Requires LaunchBox v13.19 (or newer) Installing Download and extract the contents of the download into your /LaunchBox/Plugins/ folder. i.e. D:/LaunchBox/Plugins/GameTitle-AlternateName/GameTitle-AlternateName.dll Using Start LaunchBox From the Tools menu, select Game Title - Alternate Name Select a Platform Select a Region Only possible Alternate Name Regions for games in that platform will be shown. If the Alternate Name doesn't have a Region. it will be listed as [Blank] Click Change Titles If a game doesn't have an Alternate Name for the selected Region, nothing will change for that game. If any of the games have more than one Alternate Name for the selected Region, you have the option to: (default) manually select the Title for each game having more than one Title for that Region (optional) replace the game Title with the 1st one it finds for the selected Region (check Select First Title) If you didn't check Select First Title (default): When clicking Change Titles, after the games that had a single Title for the Region are updated, you will be shown a list of games that have multiple Titles for the selected region. Select a game, then double-click the Title you wish to use. Updates (internet connection required) If an (U)pdate for this plugin has been released on the forums, The plugin title in the Tools menu will show as: (U) Game Title - Alternate Name (The addition of (U) at the beginning) At the top of the plugin window, it will show "Update available" Click the Info/Support icon, then click the Update Available button. This will open the plugins download page in your default browser. As always, all thoughts, views, opinions, suggestions, requests and comments and welcome. "Be good Humans." (Brian Phelps) Submitter JoeViking245 Submitted 02/12/2025 Category Third-party Apps and Plugins
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Version 1.1.0
115 downloads
Game Title - Alternate Name Inspired from a comment by @AstroBob (December 2024) Challenge accepted. 😎 Some (many?) games have Alternate Names and are saved as such when metadata is scraped from the LaunchBox Games Database. These are generally used for different Regions. Using this plugin, you can bulk change the game Titles in a Platform to an Alternate Name found for a selected Region. Prerequisites Requires LaunchBox v13.19 (or newer) Installing Download and extract the contents of the download into your /LaunchBox/Plugins/ folder. i.e. D:/LaunchBox/Plugins/GameTitle-AlternateName/GameTitle-AlternateName.dll Using Start LaunchBox From the Tools menu, select Game Title - Alternate Name Select a Platform Select a Region Only possible Alternate Name Regions for games in that platform will be shown. If the Alternate Name doesn't have a Region. it will be listed as [Blank] Click Change Titles If a game doesn't have an Alternate Name for the selected Region, nothing will change for that game. If any of the games have more than one Alternate Name for the selected Region, you have the option to: (default) manually select the Title for each game having more than one Title for that Region (optional) replace the game Title with the 1st one it finds for the selected Region (check Select First Title) If you didn't check Select First Title (default): When clicking Change Titles, after the games that had a single Title for the Region are updated, you will be shown a list of games that have multiple Titles for the selected region. Select a game, then double-click the Title you wish to use. Updates (internet connection required) If an (U)pdate for this plugin has been released on the forums, The plugin title in the Tools menu will show as: (U) Game Title - Alternate Name (The addition of (U) at the beginning) At the top of the plugin window, it will show "Update available" Click the Info/Support icon, then click the Update Available button. This will open the plugins download page in your default browser. As always, all thoughts, views, opinions, suggestions, requests and comments and welcome. "Be good Humans." (Brian Phelps) -
Or.... install the .webm codec on your computer for Windows Media Player. Once you do that they should play.
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With LaunchBox Premium, you can add an image to \LaunchBox\Images\Platform Icons\. From there, go to the subfolder for which image type it is. Platform Categories, Platforms (in your case) or Playlists. Put your image in 'there' and name it exactly the same as the Category/Platform/Playlist. i.e. D:\LaunchBox\Images\Platform Icons\Platforms\Windows Classic.png
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The issue I believe with TeknoParrot is, is that it's actually a launcher for the games. So when you launch the "game", it then launches the "actual game" and quits itself. LaunchBox sees the "game" is no longer 'running' (even though the "actual game" is still loading) and sees no reason to keep the loading screen up, thus closing it. So even if you set the loading time to 20 minutes, it's going to close virtually right-away. TeknoParrot (and also Steam for that matter) aside and keeping with this threads Title: You can set it per game or per emulator for up to 30 seconds. Per game: Edit the game and in the Startup/Pause section, check Override Default Startup Screen Settings then click Customize. Check Enable and adjust the slider as necessary. Per Emulator: Edit the emulator and in the Startup Screen section, adjust the slider as necessary. Per many games: Select the games you want to adjust it for. Press Ctrl+E to start the Bulk Edit Wizard. For the Field, select Startup Screen - Load Delay. For the Value, adjust the slider as necessary. Follow the prompts to save. If 30 seconds still isn't enough, there's a plugin for that. But it can only go to a max of 5 minutes.
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How Long To Beat (HLTB)
JoeViking245 commented on JoeViking245's file in Third-party Apps and Plugins
v2.3.0 released Improvement: Added confirm dialog to bulk add Custom Fields New Feature: The plugin will let you know if an update is available for download If an update is available, the plugin title in the Tools Menu and in the Right-Click menu will begin with (U) (LaunchBox only) Open the information/support window and click the button to take you to the Downloads page Fixed: Fixed calls to HLTB v2.3.1 Hot Fix: Changed HLTB call to reduce (eliminate?) the need for these monthly updates. (an after-the-fact epiphany) -
Bulk Convert cue/gdi/iso files to CHD
JoeViking245 commented on JoeViking245's file in Third-party Apps and Plugins
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Bulk Convert cue/gdi/iso files to CHD
JoeViking245 commented on JoeViking245's file in Third-party Apps and Plugins
Well that's embarrassing! I guess that's what happens when you haven't looked at something in about 2.5 years. 😊 Also, there is only one version of this plugin. So there is no 'old build'. However... there is a different plugin that doesn't cover GDI files (only cue/bin and ISO). (and in retrospect, the other one should have been 'updated' to include GDI [vs a whole new plugin]) That said, is there a chance you're using the 'different plugin'? You can tell quickly by: there isn't the 3 options at top [on the 'different' one]. Because [embarrassingly enough] it turns out this particular plugin does have that checkbox available when selecting to Move old files when complete. So, I will remove that from the feature request. Please do let know what you find (or don't find). I don't have any cue/bin files to test/verify with that it's still working. (Yeah, I could un-convert a CHD file or 2 and then test. But that's a lot of work. hehe) But when I open the plugin, the Move Parent Folder option is at least visibly there. And it does bother me if one of my plugins isn't working anymore. It's written in C# and makes use of the available LaunchBox API so it can become 'a part of' LaunchBox. An unofficial "part of". Of course. -
Bulk Convert cue/gdi/iso files to CHD
JoeViking245 commented on JoeViking245's file in Third-party Apps and Plugins
Back when I had .cue/.bin files, they were actually all in one folder (not separate per-game subfolders). Guess I didn't think about having the games in individual subfolders when creating this 2 and a half years ago. So, it's not that retaining the [sub]folder structure when moving the files is missing now or isn't there anymore. It was never an option/feature. Thanks for the suggestion. I will add it to the feature requests for the plugin and have it available in the next update. (But no promises when that will be) In the interim... Use the default option Keep all files in their original location. Then after converting, In Windows Explorer, navigate to your /PSX/ folder In the Search bar (to the right of the Address bar) type in *.chd be sure that All Subfolders is selected Select all the resulting files (Ctrl+A) Press Ctrl+X Click Close Search (in the top menu bar) (be sure you're back in your /PSX/ folder) Press Ctrl+V Move the subfolders (now containing just the 'old' files) to a location of your choosing -
To better help you, can you please share some screenshots of how it's setup in LaunchBox? Also what version of MAME and its ROM set you are using? Edit your MAME emulator and show screenshots of the Main Details section the Associated Platforms section Edit one of your Arcade games and show screenshots of the main Metadata section the Launching section the Emulation section
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And you placed this in the emulators Running Script section? If, when a game is running, can you press on your keyboard Alt+Enter and it goes fullscreen? For fullscreen, my running script has the following. Which works for me. Sleep 5000 Send !{Enter} Are you sure? And you won't, since DEmul hasn't been updated since 2018. They could be adding games that were Dumped sometime after 2018 and then, by circumstance just happen to work. I'm just speculating here. Have you seen others running a game that doesn't show on the list when you run "demul.exe -listroms"? If so, what game(s)?
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Wherever you have an ampersand (&), you need to add amp; after it. As mentioned in the docs that you linked to: <mapdevice device="VID_0483&PID_5750&MI_00&Col01#8&38255be8&0&0000#{378de44c-56ef-11d1-bc8c-00a0c91405dd}" controller="GUNCODE_1" />
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Glad to hear the 1st part's working now. Did you wait a full 20.5 seconds to see if it changes?
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Un-check Extract ROM. See the posts above for what to add to the emulators Running Script section.
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If it's in the ctrlr folder, that isn't necessary. It won't get overwritten [when in that folder]. But it also won't hurt anything to set it that way. Glad to hear it seems to be working. You're welcome.