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    Launchbox 13.17 - High CPU Usage, Slow Boot Times, and Sluggish Speeds

    in Troubleshooting

    Posted · Edited by Wally

    i3 9100F has no built in GPU

    i5 9600K has but I use the GTX 1650

    Whatever the case, the result in both cases is an non operational system meaning...what is the benefit of waiting around 3 minutes to have your CPU settle in order to play a game?

    I repeat that the XML and stuff are loaded (slowly) in RAM and this does provide a very slow start but it is the CPU activity (40% on a 6 cores 4.3ghz CPU) for more than 2 minutes that is the let down.

    I feel Launchbox is bloated and this is the community's fault as well. We are all requesting crazy things and the dev team steps in to materialize them. As a result, we have a slow launcher. Launchers must be snappy. Launchox used to be snappy.

    I have uploaded the log, uploaded a video and still waiting for an answer. I am a registered user and a big supporter of Launchox all these years.

    Launchbox 13.17 - High CPU Usage, Slow Boot Times, and Sluggish Speeds

    in Troubleshooting

    Posted

    Here is a video of my Task Manager while loading Launchbox.

    The CPU is used by different Launchbox processes for at least 1.5 minute after Launchbox has loaded!

    I am a registered user.

    Please help me get into the bottom of this because this thing is now unusable.

    Log is attached.

    This is the second attempt to load it so that no chance of things being updated exists.

    I have another thread waiting reply which may be related (?)

     

    Debug 2024-10-27 09-01-41 AM.log

    LaunchBox 13.17 - Beta Thread

    in Beta Testing

    Posted

    The Launchbox team is great. They urge to satisfy the community adding tons of stuff.

    BUT as a result, Launchbox has become a hog. 

    It is SLOW. I have revisited version 7 and back and things were so snappy back then!

    In my case, I have errors in my Log (I am expecting an aswer sometime soon) and at least since version 17, Launchox is taking 2 minutes to boot completely. BTW I do not mind the 2.5GB RAM. I guess storing things in RAM makes things quicker...

    Launchox boots up and in the background launchbox.exe is taking something like 40% of the CPU for no obvious reasons for around 2 minutes until is settling to idle percentages.

    Please make Launchbox, snappy again and thanx for all your hard work.

    Errors in the Log - Slow Boot

    in Troubleshooting

    Posted

    I thought it could be the retroachievemnhts but not.

     

    Still the rrors and the 3000 something playcount, playtime from zero to something

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    2024-10-15 08:40:11 PM FIRST CHANCE EXCEPTION: L:\LaunchBox\pack:\application:,,,\WpfResources\Background.png
       at System.Drawing.Image.FromFile(String filename, Boolean useEmbeddedColorManagement)

     

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    2024-10-15 08:40:14 PM FIRST CHANCE EXCEPTION: Ambiguous match found.
       at System.RuntimeType.GetPropertyImpl(String name, BindingFlags bindingAttr, Binder binder, Type returnType, Type[] types, ParameterModifier[] modifiers)

     

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    2024-10-15 08:41:26 PM FIRST CHANCE EXCEPTION: Unable to read data from the transport connection: The I/O operation has been aborted because of either a thread exit or an application request..
       at System.Net.Sockets.Socket.AwaitableSocketAsyncEventArgs.ThrowException(SocketError error, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
    2024-10-15 08:41:26 PM FIRST CHANCE CONTINUED INNER EXCEPTION: The I/O operation has been aborted because of either a thread exit or an application request.

    2024-10-15 08:41:26 PM FIRST CHANCE EXCEPTION: Unable to read data from the transport connection: The I/O operation has been aborted because of either a thread exit or an application request..
       at System.Net.Sockets.Socket.AwaitableSocketAsyncEventArgs.ThrowException(SocketError error, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
    2024-10-15 08:41:26 PM FIRST CHANCE CONTINUED INNER EXCEPTION: The I/O operation has been aborted because of either a thread exit or an application request.

    2024-10-15 08:41:26 PM FIRST CHANCE EXCEPTION: Unable to read data from the transport connection: The I/O operation has been aborted because of either a thread exit or an application request..
       at System.Net.Sockets.Socket.AwaitableSocketAsyncEventArgs.ThrowException(SocketError error, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
       at System.Net.Sockets.Socket.AwaitableSocketAsyncEventArgs.System.Threading.Tasks.Sources.IValueTaskSource<System.Int32>.GetResult(Int16 token)
       at System.Net.Security.SslStream.ReadAsyncInternal[TIOAdapter](TIOAdapter adapter, Memory`1 buffer)
    2024-10-15 08:41:26 PM FIRST CHANCE CONTINUED INNER EXCEPTION: The I/O operation has been aborted because of either a thread exit or an application request.

    2024-10-15 08:41:26 PM FIRST CHANCE EXCEPTION: Unable to read data from the transport connection: The I/O operation has been aborted because of either a thread exit or an application request..
       at System.Net.Sockets.Socket.AwaitableSocketAsyncEventArgs.ThrowException(SocketError error, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
       at System.Net.Sockets.Socket.AwaitableSocketAsyncEventArgs.System.Threading.Tasks.Sources.IValueTaskSource<System.Int32>.GetResult(Int16 token)
       at System.Net.Security.SslStream.ReadAsyncInternal[TIOAdapter](TIOAdapter adapter, Memory`1 buffer)
       at System.Runtime.ExceptionServices.ExceptionDispatchInfo.Throw()
    2024-10-15 08:41:26 PM FIRST CHANCE CONTINUED INNER EXCEPTION: The I/O operation has been aborted because of either a thread exit or an application request.

     

    Errors in the Log - Slow Boot

    in Troubleshooting

    Posted

    Hi,

    I am trying to debug my registered Launchbox extremely slow boot.

    I first went through the Log

    The first thing I have noticed are these errors towards the end of the log:

    Quote

    2024-10-15 04:49:54 PM FIRST CHANCE EXCEPTION: Unable to read data from the transport connection: The I/O operation has been aborted because of either a thread exit or an application request..
       at System.Net.Sockets.Socket.AwaitableSocketAsyncEventArgs.ThrowException(SocketError error, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
    2024-10-15 04:49:55 PM FIRST CHANCE CONTINUED INNER EXCEPTION: The I/O operation has been aborted because of either a thread exit or an application request.

    2024-10-15 04:49:55 PM FIRST CHANCE EXCEPTION: Unable to read data from the transport connection: The I/O operation has been aborted because of either a thread exit or an application request..
       at System.Net.Sockets.Socket.AwaitableSocketAsyncEventArgs.ThrowException(SocketError error, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
    2024-10-15 04:49:55 PM FIRST CHANCE CONTINUED INNER EXCEPTION: The I/O operation has been aborted because of either a thread exit or an application request.

    2024-10-15 04:49:55 PM FIRST CHANCE EXCEPTION: Unable to read data from the transport connection: The I/O operation has been aborted because of either a thread exit or an application request..
       at System.Net.Sockets.Socket.AwaitableSocketAsyncEventArgs.ThrowException(SocketError error, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
       at System.Net.Sockets.Socket.AwaitableSocketAsyncEventArgs.System.Threading.Tasks.Sources.IValueTaskSource<System.Int32>.GetResult(Int16 token)
       at System.Net.Security.SslStream.ReadAsyncInternal[TIOAdapter](TIOAdapter adapter, Memory`1 buffer)
    2024-10-15 04:49:55 PM FIRST CHANCE CONTINUED INNER EXCEPTION: The I/O operation has been aborted because of either a thread exit or an application request.

    2024-10-15 04:49:55 PM FIRST CHANCE EXCEPTION: Unable to read data from the transport connection: The I/O operation has been aborted because of either a thread exit or an application request..
       at System.Net.Sockets.Socket.AwaitableSocketAsyncEventArgs.ThrowException(SocketError error, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
       at System.Net.Sockets.Socket.AwaitableSocketAsyncEventArgs.System.Threading.Tasks.Sources.IValueTaskSource<System.Int32>.GetResult(Int16 token)
       at System.Net.Security.SslStream.ReadAsyncInternal[TIOAdapter](TIOAdapter adapter, Memory`1 buffer)
       at System.Runtime.ExceptionServices.ExceptionDispatchInfo.Throw()
    2024-10-15 04:49:55 PM FIRST CHANCE CONTINUED INNER EXCEPTION: The I/O operation has been aborted because of either a thread exit or an application request.

    Also in the beggining of the log I can LOTS of messages (almost 3000 entries) regarding playcount and playtime eg

    Quote

    2024-10-15 04:48:21 PM Game.PlayCount changed from 0 to 2: Road Rash (Sega Saturn)
    2024-10-15 04:48:21 PM Game.PlayTime changed from 0 to 72: Road Rash (Sega Saturn)

    Log attached

    Thank you

    Debug 2024-10-15 04-48-02 PM.log

    Create a Vertical Playlist from existing MAME imported ROMS

    in Noobs

    Posted

    Thanx!

     

    I am getting this error though when I hit Create

    Quote

    Object reference not set to an instance of an object.

    App:     LaunchBox
    Version: 12.8
    Type:    System.NullReferenceException
    Site:    Void AddPlaylist()
    Source:  Create Arcade Playlists

       at LB_ToolsMenu.Main_Form.AddPlaylist()
       at LB_ToolsMenu.Main_Form.button5_Click(Object sender, EventArgs e)
       at System.Windows.Forms.Control.OnClick(EventArgs e)
       at System.Windows.Forms.Button.OnClick(EventArgs e)
       at System.Windows.Forms.Button.OnMouseUp(MouseEventArgs mevent)
       at System.Windows.Forms.Control.WmMouseUp(Message& m, MouseButtons button, Int32 clicks)
       at System.Windows.Forms.Control.WndProc(Message& m)
       at System.Windows.Forms.ButtonBase.WndProc(Message& m)
       at System.Windows.Forms.Button.WndProc(Message& m)
       at System.Windows.Forms.NativeWindow.Callback(IntPtr hWnd, Int32 msg, IntPtr wparam, IntPtr lparam)

    Recent Log:

       5:08:03 μμ Exception

     

    Create a Vertical Playlist from existing MAME imported ROMS

    in Noobs

    Posted

    Hi,

    I have a full list MAME imported into Launchbox.

    I read about the new Filter capabilities where we can have Vertical arcades to be recognised.

    Since I have a rotating monitor and it would be very handy if I could create a playlist with all Vertical MAME games (BUT without deleting and re-importing everything MAME).

    Is there a way?

     

    Thank you

    New FM Towns Emulator

    in Emulation

    Posted

    Latet Tsugaru build adds support for fullscreen and one button exit

     

    Here is my command line

    Quote

    Tsugaru_CUI.exe L:/EMULATORS/TSUGARU -HOSTSHORTCUT ESC 0 0 FORCEQUIT -GAMEPORT0 PHYS0 -SCALE 200 -FULLSCREEN -FREQ 25 -YESWAIT -CD 

     

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