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    Just to make sure, I meant LaunchBox and not Big Box. I also checked my theme in Visual Studio and can confirm the issue that @Maddoc1007 has. I noticed that it doesn’t occur for me when I load up the xaml file in VS the first time but when I switch to another tab/file within VS and go back to it is the error suddenly there. That problem is reproducible for me because everything is fine when I close the xaml file and open it again until I switch tabs again. For the categories in Big Box I would probably like a 2 layer platform system. At the first layer you have all categories listed and if you choose one you come to the second layer with all the associated platforms. The categories would need to be treated similar like platforms though as they would need all the media like clear logos and videos as well.
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    There's already an alternative version of the MAME one with an Arcade Classics marquee. Or do you want something different?
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    As far as I know is @Jason Carr already working on this as it was one of my major points in the platform categories/submenus ticket. He said on stream that he will probably add sort titltes for the platforms but I don't know if it will be already included in the next beta.
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    Thanks for pointing that out. Should be fixed now
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    I don't know as I've mostly used the original .psd files which were huge. But I would assume that the HS themes are taking much less space as they are just a bunch of compressed images and not 1080p@60fps full length videos in almost lossless quality But my videos are surely more smaller in size compared to other cinematic platform videos as there's not much moving around except for the gameplay.
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    Welcome to the Unified Widescreen Platform Video Theme Project! This video project is based on the Unified Megatheme project which was originally created for HyperSpin by Gibbawho and eventually continued and expanded by various other users as well. The themes of this project are designed for widescreen displays and share all the same basic structure to give all themes a simple and unified look. My goal is to recreate all Unified Megathemes as video files so that they can be used within other Front End’s like LaunchBox as well. I’m using Adobe After Effects to create the videos with their original source files (when they were available) and try to stay as accurate as possible to the HyperSpin originals. So far I’ve done 124 platforms (including some region variants and compilations) + 84 alternative versions! Preview: List of all videos (206 videos; 6GB in size total): You can download these videos only on EmuMovies as I’m using their gameplay videos for most of them and don’t want to rip off the guys over there in any way. I won't upload these videos anywhere else and neither should you! Download: Platforms A-C Platforms D-M Platforms N Platforms O - S (Part 1) Platforms S (Part 2) Platforms S (Part 3) Platforms S (Part 4) - Z If you need a nice theme which is optimized for using these kind of videos than I would suggest to check out my BigBox theme CriticalZone: To everyone who has a request: The structure of the unified themes is pretty simple, so with the right images I could create some new ones for you. I will do all your requests BUT you have to provide me all of the following source files: - Neutral Background image (no characters, consoles or controller). If possible in 1920x1080. - Gameplay video (NO trailer / features at least 3 or more games) - Clear Logo (transparent background / high resolution) - Picture of the system (transparent background / high resolution) [I don't need that for arcade systems] - Picture of a gamepad for this system (transparent background / high resolution) [I don't need that for arcade, handheld and computer systems] - Character of a popular game which can be played on this system (transparent background / high resolution) I have zero Photoshop skills, so all images already have to be properly edited to fit the requirements or I have to refuse your request Also be aware that most of the themes were just recreated and slightly modified by me. Similar goes for the platform videos which I mostly just took from EmuMovies. So full credits go to their original creators. Thanks guys! Credits: Circo and the whole EmuMovies team Gibbawho CriticalCid Styphelus Unknown50862 Klopjero Knewlife Creloce Viking Rkh Rondar Neonrage Scooter1974 Zinger19 aloner187 guyverjay MetalThrix SophT Ledgerewskie
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    The new music feature is awesome! I’m really diggin’ it. Nonetheless I have a few suggestions for improving it: - Navigation elements for the music in LaunchBox would be great as well. Right now it’s impossible to skip to the next song in the game soundtrack playlists or simply pause the music. I think of a small navigation bar at the bottom which also features info's about the currently playing song. - A button/key for showing/hiding the Music On-Screen Display while the music is playing would be useful as well in case you have missed the display at the beginning of the song and want to know how it's called. - It would be great if the background music folder would support subfolders
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    7.0 is currently in beta. Just follow this tutorial if you want to update to a beta release:
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    Yes, I already have something similar in my mind. The current problem with that is that 4:3 videos will always be off-centered and I don’t like the idea to stretch videos to a wrong aspect ratio at all. So unfortunately this won’t come until @Jason Carr has solved that alignment bug of the VLC Playback Engine.
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    I’m not quite sure what you mean, but a view for game video themes is indeed planned for v2.0. But I can’t give you any ETA when this is coming.
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    More information about ""
    Go to your Big Box options. There you can either change the Platform List View under “Views” or you set up a key/button for “Switch View” in your Keyboard or Controller Button Mappings.
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    Great to hear that it is working now for you EDIT: Just added a red warning text at the top of the download description. Hopefully that will help that nobody else will run into the same problem as @audunv
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    Oh wow. You are slowly turning your importer into a Front End of its own Looking really great Kris! Can’t wait to get my hands on this.
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    That’s weird. The error indicates that you are trying to run a theme which was updated to 7.0 on a 6.x installation. But the theme files that I provide are still 6.x compatible. Just tried it myself and it’s working on 6.12 and the latest 7.0 beta as well… Try to delete all versions of my theme in your themes folder and download the current version again.
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    CriticalZone v1.2 released! Changelog: v1.2 (11/07/2016): - Fixed: The alphanumeric navigation was invisible in the Games Wheel view. - Updated: Changed the word "Overview" in to "Description" as this term sounds more fitting to me.
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    In the themes folder of your LaunchBox installation
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    Increase "CameraZPosition" value of your "<coverFlow:FlowControl" element to zoom out/shrink the boxes. For more information about that look up the paragraph about FlowControl in the documentation pdf file (page 10).
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    Unfortunately not. This is a rather new feature and I agree that it’s still needing some extra work. It would be the best to go with that question/suggestion directly to the LaunchBox beta thread so that Jason can keep better track on that.
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    Check all xaml files which start with "platform" in the "Views" folder, as it may occur in multiple files.
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    I already fixed that. Just download version 1.1 EDIT: The typo was in the line which starts with <coverFlow:FlowControl x:Name="FlowControl"
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    I've used the same settings as I suggest to use in Point IV and V of the download description/ReadMe file. See point VII for the platfom videos I have used. And in case you also want to know my other transitions settings:
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    Hi cormegaman, welcome to the forums! 1. I know that @niglurion has uploaded them a while ago, but I couldn’t find them after a quick search. So maybe somebody else or niglurion himself can help you out with that. 2. You can edit any info field for your paltforms. Go to Tools –> Manage Platforms and edit any platform you want.
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    CriticalZone version 1.1 released! Changelog v1.1: - New version of the background video as the old one caused to not loop properly on some machines - Fixed: Custom Clear Logos for platforms weren't shown properly in 1.0 - Updated the ReadMe file once again. Now with more information's on how to improve the performance of Big Box for this theme. - Added changelog.txt file in the theme folder
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    Oh wow, I can’t remember to have ever touched that property. Thanks for pointing that out! V1.1 of the theme will come out shortly in a few minutes Edit: Sorry but I have huge problems with my ISP right now and it’s literally impossible for me to upload anything. Hopefully I can get the new version out tomorrow.
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    Thanks ultrez and Temp! I just tried it myself and you’re absolutely right. Platform banners work, wheels don’t. It could be a BigBox bug though, so maybe @Jason Carr could take a look at it?
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