dudechester

Has anyone got Mame working yet in Launchbox? I see this threads being going since May 2014... but not many success stories here? Console emulation is setup to work, and they do pretty easily. So far I cannot get any computer Amiga, Atari St etc working, and no Mame emulation to even start :( I found all these things very easy in Hypserspin (which was supposed to be complicated??) I'm sure it "Should be easy / easier" with Launchbox, so it's probably some simple step/steps I've missed out on. Drag dropping a Mame rom does not run straight off like Snes or Gens. Thanks.

Thanks for letting me know about RocketLauncher. This is something I've never even heard of up until now? :O Since Atari ST and Amiga etc are all managed, setup in Gamebase already, I wonder if I can run Gamebase through Launchbox? It would get a bit silly running Gamebase, through rocket launcher through Launchbox though :D oh Launch box please help support launching Atari ST games!! I can't even get a single game to work for Atari in Launchbox, and I'm pretty sure it needs some command line scripting to make that happen :(

Hey, I'd like to start a topic for all those interested in Atari ST emulation through Launchbox. Having tried all the ST emulator s out there, it's safe to say 'Steem' has the most features, easiest setup / compatibility. (This is also used as default with Gamebase for you that know Gamebase) Is there a code monkey around please, who could help me understand what launch box needs in it's startup script, so that the game launches instead of going to Atari ST Desktop, please? Thankyou

For controllers, I use PlayStation 3, and motion joy. If your pc has Bluetooth, you can also setup wireless controllers using this. It remember's the controllers like the PlayStation does too. No crackling sounds with these. (Although you might not have ps3 controls ) still they're very good choice for emulation.

Thanks I tested a converted to mp4 video, it works fine, but that's a lot of flvs to change, and emumovies used all its emulator snaps as flvs back in the day. You're right about issues with sound and video playback though, FLV is no longer a sensible choice. If emu movies has the complete collection, I might invest in getting better quality clips now, as building these collections should be justified by a tasty looking front end. ^^

For emulators like atari st, Amiga, etc which could use up to 8 disks in some cases, this needs to be a working feature of any premium front end, or it renders the frontend as non functional in terms of these emulators. How do you import multiple roms for emulated games which have 3 or 4 disks per game? Game Base uses its setup, so that every game (in atari st case) auto loads the disks, and only the disk 1 is shown in menu. It would be he'll going through thousands of games, importing 1 at a time, and then realigning each and every single disk to an "additional app" path? Hopefully Launchbox does have a way to deal with this, as it's probably the most essential feature of any front end. The purpose being time saving into an organised library. Thank you and I will provide support where I can. Together I believe Launchbox can be the best generic and flexible front end out there. :)

We don't have to share emu movies snaps, but there'd be nothing wrong with sharing personal made video snaps, if anyone wanted too? My subscription to emu movies run out now, as after I download the Sega collection, I used hyperspin for all this time. I moved over to Launchbox for its cleaner base style. Jason, do you have the specific codec you tested please, because If it's working on yours, with the same specs, then it could be a slightly different version of the codec perhaps? Thanks

Well I went to EmuMovies over a year ago now, to get the SEGA Mega Drive collection of videos, which were FLV format. I paid money for them to save me time, since I get very little time with my work, and could never hope to make, or go through converting everything. I feel gutted that I found out they were FLV after I paid for them, since it's an absolute joke file format -_- I then purchased LaunchBox, because I read on the other forum, conversation with Jason above, saying that FLV files can be used in Launchbox, as long as Windows media player can see them. So i installed the codecs as he mentions, tried to load up BigBox again, having seen they work in ~Windows Media player, but still nothing. Really I purchased this as a front end for Sega Mega Drive on a personal project, but I can't get FLV videos to work. Tonight I even tried re-visiting Emumovies, and it seems the site is up and down also. Another idea, It would be good if someone could share the whole collection some place ideally in MP4 format, since they aren't roms or anything, it should be fine?

I've been stuck on this issue myself since I purchased the full version of Launch Box. Endlesly going through the forums and Googling for help, but all I get is a space where the videos should be. - All my videos are FLV's - The Video file path is directed at the correct location to the videos - The video files are named the same as the rom zip files - I've installed "K-Lite_Codec_Pack_1170_Full" - These FLV videos play in Windows media player, but not in launchbox - Bigbox One thing that should be noted here, is that in launchbox when aiming to the "Video game path" location, the FLV files are not there, unless you change "Videos to all files" - which kind of says to me, that Launch box doesn't recognise FLV files, even though it's supposed to be playing whatever Windows Media player does? Thankyou.