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Ok, so here are the new logs. I had some trouble trying to quit the startup video, but I was able to do it. Also, I tried the wheel with the default theme and still noticed the same stuttering. I have included a video that I took and you can see the stuttering. 20260930_192514.mp4 MediaEngine 2026-09-30 07-19-21 PM.worker.log MediaEngine Client 2026-09-30 07-18-44 PM.log MediaEngine Client 2026-09-30 07-19-21 PM.log Debug 2026-09-30 07-18-40 PM.log Debug 2026-09-30 07-19-18 PM.log Debug 2026-09-30 07-19-53 PM.log Debug 2026-09-30 07-20-11 PM.log MediaEngine 2026-09-30 07-18-44 PM.worker.log

FWIW, the load time I mentioned, was up to the point that the startup video starts, so from time that I double click on the Bigbox or Lunchbox icon, to the time that it loads or the startup video starts it is about 48 to 50 seconds.

Ok I have added the "share optional performance diagnostics" setting and here are the logs that were generated after I added this setting. Please let me know if you need anything else. Thanks MediaEngine Client 2026-09-29 12-40-07 PM.log MediaEngine Client 2026-09-29 12-40-42 PM.log Debug 2026-09-29 12-40-03 PM.log Debug 2026-09-29 12-40-39 PM.log MediaEngine 2026-09-29 12-40-07 PM.worker.log MediaEngine 2026-09-29 12-40-42 PM.worker.log

@MysterNybble thanks for the quick response. I have attached my logs as requested. I am using windows 11 25h2 on a Lenovo laptop with an Intel Ultra Core 5 processor with Intel Arc graphics. This laptop has 16 GB of memory. The theme I am using is Unified Lives! Also I am not using any plugins. Prior to version 14.0, I was getting load times of about 30 seconds, but once 14.0 hit the load times almost doubled. As far as the wheel scrolling, it has been same since before 14.0. To me it seems like there is a slight pause during wheel scrolling. Thank for your help MediaEngine Client 2026-09-28 04-52-42 PM.log Debug 2026-09-28 04-52-38 PM.log

Hi all I just installed 14.1 beta and noticed that the load times are still very slow. For me both Launchbox and Bigbox are taking about 48 seconds to load. I have already disabled auto imports etc. but this has not helped with load times. Also, wheel scrolling is still not smooth. I have attached a video and you can see the stuttering during the wheel scrolling. Thanks for all that you do. 20260928_161446.mp4

Hello all I noticed that after upgrading to version 14.0, that the load time of big box has increased to close to a minute. Prior to the update, load times were about 30 seconds. I have already disabled storefront imports and non-local related games and neither has helped with load times.

Having the same issue too. I noticed that Big Box is taking up to 1 minute to load. It was down to about 30 seconds before 14.0. I've already disabled auto imports but that didn't effect anything.

Hello everyone After updating to version 14.00 I noticed that platform videos do not play upon start up on big box. When big box opens, the platform video stays black until I move to another platform. Once I do that, platform videos work again. Thanks

Hello After upgrading to beta 6, the search by letter "letters" no longer show on big box. I have tried this with 2 different themes and its the same issue on both. See the attached screenshot

@johnnyskullhead Here are some tips: If you want to use retroarch, you need to use the version from their website. The google play store version does not work with Launchbox because it has not been updated in years. Make sure you download the correct version, they have a 32bit version and 64bit. I am not sure why type of system an odin is, so you would have to check on this. Once installed make sure you select Retroarch (sideloaded) 64bit or 32bit as the default emulator and then whatever core you plan to use. Make sure that you download that same core inside retroarch. This should allow you to use retroarch mame to run mame games. On another note, that is also mame4droid, this can be downloaded from the playstore. If you want to use this one, download the one that says current. This is the android version of the windows mame emulator. In my opinion, this one is better for Mame emulation on Android because it uses the same code as the windows version. Also, whenever the windows version is updated, the developer updates the app accordingly, so you will always have the latest version of mame. Another advantage I have noticed is that mame4droid will play CHD games ( i.e. nfl blitz, Killer Instinct, etc) at near arcade speeds (at least that is what I have experienced on my phone). However, for whatever reason the retroarch version cannot play these games, even though the games will load, they will play so slow the game is unplayable. The one negative I have noticed about mame4droid is that if you are using a merged set of mame roms, and want to use Launchbox to run clones of games (listed in the game menu as additional versions), Mame4droid will not load them. If you really want to get this to work, you would have to create dummy files of the clone games in your mame roms directory. Once these files are there, you can select mame clones and it will work. These files will not take up space on your hard drive, but it will bloat your rom directory. Example, If you have the jungle hunt merged rom and want to play jungle king (a clone of Jungle Hunt). You would have to create an empty file titled junglek.zip and place it in your roms directory, once there, you can launch jungle king from the game menu as a clone and Mame4droid will recognize it. I know that this is a lot, but I hope it helps

Just upgraded to beta 13.28 beta 2, and I am having controller issues. When using big box, and I connect a xbox one controller big box goes wonky. It works initially, but then when I enter a game and then exit, the controller stops working. If i use the critical zone theme, the game wheels will start to scroll uncontrollably and inputs from the controller won;t work, in unified lives, the controller will just stop working. When I exit big box and the controller is connected, I do get an error, but I am not able to get a snip of it because it dissapears as soon as big box is completly shut down. Also I noticed that the folder structure for SNES games seems to have changed as I lost all my covers. They were in a folder called "front" and "back", but after the update those files are no longer being found. However, If I put files in the box-front folder, then the images are recognized. This platform seems to be the only one effected.

I got this error after upgrading to fulll version of 13.27. The error was not there in bata 5. This is making Launchbox unusable.

@faeran Just a thought, I would like to see an option added under media "edit media", "video", which would allow you to download video's from emumovies on a per game, basis. Right now, there is an option to download streaming videos individually, so why not add an option to download emumovies videos individually? Thanks

Hi @Drakuor I think i have run into this issue before. Check your emulator settings. Retroarch sometimes does not boot games correctly. Don't use the versions on the playstore, those are old and outdated. You need to sideload the most updated version. You can download it from the retroarch website to your external storage and then install it on the onn. There are multiple versions on the website, download the 32bit version, 64 bit will not work on the onn. Once installed make sure that you select retroarch (32 bit sideloaded) on the Launchbox emulator settings. Also make sure that you have the correct core downloaded within retroarch for the games you are trying to emulate. Hope this helps

@faeran I am having an issue with launchbox 1.19 for android making the app unusable for me. 1. Selecting "jump to letter" via touch screen method, causes the app to become unusable. For example, If I select "b" sometimes it will work, sometime not. When it does work, it takes me tothe first game of my list starting with the letter "b" like its supposed to. But then if try to scroll games from there and then find a game i want to play and select that game it scrolls to another game entirely. At this point I am unable to select any games to play because every time I select a game the wheel keeps scrolling back to the first game starting with the letter 'b'. To somewhat fix this i have to exit out to the platforms screen then back to my game list screen and everything will be back to normal. When connected to a controller, i get the same issue when selecting "jump to letter" from the upper right menu. If I use the controller to select by letter, by moving left or right everything works fine. Thanks

For me the crashes continue. The app will load up fine to the platfrom screen, but when I select a platform, it crashes.

Another issue that I noticed is that I cannot change any of the game art. When I go to a game and select edit media, i can select one of the media options and it will show me alternative media i can select, but the app won't let me select any of those media options. Thanks

@faeran I received an update for Launchbox for Android 1.18 beta this morning and after updating I noticed that launchbox is crashing constantly. I am not sure what is causing it, but when it crashes, I have to go to the apps sections, force close launchbox , clear the cache and then launchbox will work again. I am attaching 2 logs for you to review. My device is a Samsung Galaxy fold 3. On another note, I can verify that video steaming is working. However, I have noticed that some video links don't work but this is expected as videos come and go on youtube. I have noticed that some non-working videos can be fixed if you change the http to https on the video url section under edit metadata. If that doesn't work, just go to youtube and look for game play video and use those urls. Thanks Debug 2025-02-28 02-36-10 PM.log Debug 2025-02-28 02-34-43 PM.log

ahh good catch. I was writing this post last night close to midnight and was half-asleep.

@faeran Launchbox will not automatically update my version of mame its stuck on version .256 while the latest version is .274. Please help

@faeran I've been trying to import a "full" mame rom set but i notice that the importer is a little wonky, for example I have the mat mania rom, but it imports exitinghour (Japanese version) as the main version, additionally mat mania is not even imported as a clone of exitinghour. Also matmaia is the parent, but it never imports. I have tried using north america and world as the regions to prioritize and i get the same results. In another example, when tapper is imported, it imports rootbeer tapper as the main rom, but never imports tapper budweiser 1/27/84 which is the parent. Please advise

Hello everyone Since version 13.19, for whatever reason, my mame plug-in will not update. It is stuck in version 0.257, while the current version of mame is 0.274. I have tried fixing the plug in but it still won't update. Please help Thanks

update: I was able to get platform videos working. Though I noticed that there is an issue that when you go from platform to the options menu and back the platform videos sometimes don't automatically play. You have to move to another platform away from the current, then the videos start playing again. hopefully you can find a fix to the search issue, asap. attached is a screenshot of what unified light looks like on phone. This is with the theme updated to 1.3 Thanks

@faeran I just download version 1.17 beta of Launchbox for Android and for me it's nothing but a hot mess. There are so many issues that for me it's in no way usable. First, I have it installed on a Galaxy fold 3, 512mg phone and after I installed it, i ran into the following issues; 1. Search - search function does not work. Whenever I try to search for a game, the artwork and box art change, but the there is no functionality within any game list. It does not change to show games that I am searching for 2. I download platform videos, they don't work or play 3. Unified light vertical wheel view has uneven artwork. screenshot is huge, while boxart is very small (horizontal view) 4. streaming gameplay videos from youtube don't work. I get the "video downloading" prompt but no video As is, there is no way for me to use this app. Please fix

A few days ago I read @faeran's October 25th comment on the beta forum which I think really explains the current state of Launchbox. As users we need to remember that the Launchbox team has other priorities aside from Launchbox. They have family, work, school etc. So, it would be impossible for them to work on Launchbox 24/7. What they have brought us up to know is a very good product, probably one of the best emulator frontends on the market. For that Thank you!!!. With that said, I would like to address some things that many of us here are probably thinking about but have not said out loud. 1. For a paid product, Launchbox needs to be a bit more refined. Although we are here to help you beta test new releases, I think more internal testing needs to be done, prior to release. I think most of us would agree that it is very frustrating that with almost every new bata release, something unrelated to the bata almost always breaks. Then you have to waste time going back to fix what should not have been broken in the first place. 2. Add video downloads as part of the paid version of Launchbox. Asking users to pay upwards of 75.00 for Launchbox and then an additional $20 for access to emumovies is a little excessive. I understand that you are probably trying to help emumovies generate a little income, but you have to also think of the user. I know there are ways to import download videos, etc, but this should be the exemption not the rule. Screenscraper should be added to Launchbox as an option. And yes I understand why you refuse to add screenscraper to Launchbox. 3. Temporarily pause adding any new feature to Launchbox and please concentrate on fixing and/or investigating the many issues that users have reported that have not been resolved. New features are great but not at the expense of lingering issues not being addressed. 4. Fix Launchbox for Android. There are many issues that need to be addressed, which have not been addressed. The UI could use an overhaul (this might be wishful thinking), and functionality could use little work. 5. Thank you, Thank you, Thank you, Your hard work is apricated Finally, just remember, minor little annoyances, like what I have mentioned here can make a big difference between a user wanting to stay with and financially support Launchbox or them switching to other emulator frontends. I have said my peace, May the Force Be With You!!