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Yeah maybe scraping the screenshots folder and getting it that way would be easier, with just instructions on how to take a screenshot for mame and Ra since those are the most widely used ones. Still have to have a team that sifts through it though I'd guess. Unless there's a way to do an ocr type thing in order to "see" which score is in-line with the hiscore text line.

for playlists? if you don't mind having borders then you could always download the crylen's psd file I uploaded here, and slide in your own logos.

Yeah, we used to do screenshots in MAME and then upload those to the thread, and I think that would really be the only way to do it unless there's some way for launchbox to get into mame while it's running and see what the score was at the end? Probably not huh. Or maybe there could be instructions on how to take a screenshot at the end of your game (I think it was just F12 or something), and then launchbox could scrape those screenshot folders that are I think named after the romname in the mame folder structure. For retroarch I think you could still look at a screenshot folder for mame games right? Then if you hit submit screenshot, then launchbox runs through that and uploads those to somewhere to be looked at. Don't know if you could make the sifting process automatic, that's another big one, they'd have to be looked at somehow.

In the vein of the retro-achievement feature, I was thinking back to my hyperspin days and just remembered that on their forums they have a Hyperscore challenge that lets the community compete against each other on whatever arcade game was chosen. This was a really fun way to engage each other, so what if Launchbox could do this in-program? Maybe do it bi-monthly, or every week, or monthly, depending on what feels best. When you start up launchbox maybe it could be in that news/info window that pops up?, or since that can be disabled and people might not see it, maybe it could be in a small status bar/ticker at some spot in the window. For BigBox I don't know, something selectable somewhere to quickly jump to details about the challenge. Since the program can't read the scores (can it?) there would have to be a submission system of some sort. This might be the hardest part. But anyways, just an idea that might be fun to try to pull off someday. Then you could also get your retro-achievement for high scores/placements in the retro-challenge also.

ok so yes my bigbox takes about 23 seconds to start up with and without videos. So that makes sense as far as the black screen taking up the rest of the time. I still wonder why bigbox would still cut off videos longer than that, because it has time to completely load while a longer video plays. Also, i can't interrupt any video with any button or keypress from anything. They do nothing. But all controllers and keyboard still work movement once in bigbox, they just do nothing during videos. Maybe there could still be some settings added for this option? i dunno, its weird. but luckily the vhs retro vid is almost exactly the amount of time to cover the normal startup time.

Ok good idea I'll try that

@neil9000 yeah but what I don't understand is ok it would take time for bigbox to load after any video is done sure, that makes sense. But the black screen it's showing is taking up the exact amount of seconds to make up to I think it was 18, then big box loads. Shouldny big box only take a few seconds after any video plays for it to load? Or no matter what length of video, it is going to either cut or hold the black screen up until the allotted time has passed? It seems odd to allow different length videos if bigbox will just wait a certain time no matter what

@Jason CarrWell I can test that I guess by pressing a key to stop it ahead of time. But If it thought a key was being pressed on a short video, why is it leaving the screen black after the video is done playing, and waiting the same exact seconds for bigbox to load? Why would it add a black screen to the end of a short video if it thinks a key has been pressed I mean. Shouldn't bigbox load whenever the video is done playing, and not add time to a shorter video?

@Jason Carr well in my feeble non-programmer brain that sort of shows that no matter long or short video, bigbox is waiting until it's loaded to do anything. Cuts off long vid when loaded, and extends time of short vid to wait until it's loaded. Of course I don't have enough insight to form any thoughts past that. But that's the behavior.

@Jason Carr I also just tried some shorter videos from the downloads section, like the neo geo intro and the neon sign one, plus like 4 more. While of course they don't get cut off since they are short, bigbox doesn't load until the normal time that BB would usually cut off the longer videos. It just stays on a black screen until BB loads like it usually does.

@Jason Carr I would try the unplugging thing, but I have almost 10 genuine controllers plugged in and don't want to have to remAp them all just on the off chance that's it. I can live without startup videos until it's figured out. But just wanted to bring it up since it is some sort of issue now. I am doubting it's picking up a phantom press because like @neil9000 said it's stopping it the same time, every time, right when BB is done loading.

Yeah sort of a similar idea that I had. My bitbucket issue has a screenshot I edited in photoshop to show what the sidebar might look like when it slid over to show the filters/playlists for that platform. https://bitbucket.org/jasondavidcarr/launchbox/issues/2578/feature-request-filters-sidebar-in-bigbox

Are you talking about being able to call up a platform specific playlist/filter within the platform you are in? I put up a bit bucket request back when it was still called filters, to have a little menu overlay slide over the top on one side of the screen and show you all the filters you had made that are specific to that platform. Then when you would select one you'd go right to that list and then when done you could go back to the parent platform. Most useful for arcade platform but also might be nice to be able to call up the "top 25, 50, 100", or certain franchises that you'd like to see specific to the platform your in. It can get old always having to go to the playlist category and scroll through all your playlists when you just want to see which ones you want from the platform you were in. Still keep the playlist category to be able to find lists that's span multiple platforms, but just add a little feature for a sub-menu within your current platform.

I've got a full rocketlauncher setup working very well , I just can't check out what's up with it during the day, as I'm at work. But the 7z thing sounds about right.

Go to the rocketlauncher forums I bet they know what's going on. I can't remember off the top of my head.

@Jason Carr Yeah it is puzzling huh? I have 4 different videos, all mp4's. It cuts each one off at 18 seconds no matter which one plays. I'm wondering if there is somehow a reference to the original settings being looked at still somewhere? Maybe there's some file I can delete to make it stop looking at it?

@Jason Carr, I just updated to the latest beta and restarted my computer. The startup vids still play randomly, but always cut off the video at about the same time at what feels like midway through them. Didn't time it, but it's waaaay before the end. Any ideas?

I am one such user. I voiced my frustration with the lack of basic basic features on the HS forums for years , I am not one but disappointed since my switch to Bb

Fair enough. I have never even tried exodos. I hear it's good, but I still use defend reloaded for my msdos stuff, running through RL for joy2key profiles. What's the main draw of exodos ?

Yeah wow, those are all pretty hard critiques yes I'll give them that, but it's not any more scolding than your average movie review. I could understand if it was really inflammatory language, but even though its harsh, I don't get an overly out of control crazy vibe from any of that. But I have no dog in this fight, it just piqued my interest. I don't use exodos. I can see how trying to actually deal with someone like this on a technical level would get trying, so meh. Ban seems over the top though. Anywho hope the dos/win3.0 gets figured out.

I pointed all my platforms to my HS video folders when I first got launchbox. Within a month it became clear that I wouldn't be going back, so I physically moved them all to launchbox' video folder .

@Jason CarrNo it's cutting off about a quarter to half of the entire video still. Should a restart of the computer be required perhaps? it seems very odd for it to stop the video so soon after the update.

What about the startup video changes? I added the video folder and it goes through the videos randomly but still cuts them off short before they finish playing.

Yes, there are so many little options scattered in the tabs it can be hard to see/find them.