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Thanks very much for working through this @Jason Carr - really appreciated. Will download and test new beta tomorrow am GMT and report back.

No worries @Jason Carr - more than happy to use the US version so just need to know what settings should be in place in the dialogues I showed, and which packages installed/ uninstalled?

Are your settings as per mine in the video @orac31?

Hey @Jason Carr - sorry - but no change here so not sure what's going on. Have recorded a little video so that you can see my settings and what is going on etc. Let me know if it's enlightening! https://youtu.be/gjCi7AutI_I

Hi, When I run MAME games always appear on my 3rd monitor rather than the first as evident by this: C:\Arcade\Emulators\MAME>mame -verbose Video: Monitor 0a85cdf4 = "\\.\DISPLAY1" Video: Monitor 0a85c6b4 = "\\.\DISPLAY2" Video: Monitor 0a85c96c = "\\.\DISPLAY3" (primary) Direct3D: Using Direct3D 9 Physical width 1920, height 1080 Direct3D: Initialize Direct3D: Configuring adapter #1 = NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 Direct3D: Using dynamic textures Direct3D: YUV format = RGB Direct3D: Max texture size = 16384x16384 Direct3D: Device created at 1920x1080 Direct3D: Initialize HLSL RawInput: APIs detected RawInput: APIs detected Sound: XAudio2 created initial buffers. total size: 38400, count 10, size each 3840 Sound: XAudio2 initialized. 33 ms. Input: Adding Kbd #0: HID Keyboard Device Input: Adding Kbd #1: Logitech HID-compliant Unifying keyboard Input: Adding Kbd #2: Standard PS/2 Keyboard Input: Adding Mouse #0: HID-compliant mouse Input: Adding Mouse #1: Logitech HID-compliant Unifying Mouse Input: Adding Gun #0: Win32 Gun 1 Skipping DirectInput for XInput compatible joystick Controller ( Gamepad For Windows). Skipping DirectInput for XInput compatible joystick Controller ( Gamepad For Windows). Input: Adding Joy #0: XInput Player 1 Input: Adding Joy #1: XInput Player 2 Region ':user1' created Starting No Driver Loaded ':' (missing dependencies; rescheduling) Starting Video Screen ':screen' Optional device 'finder_dummy_tag' not found Starting No Driver Loaded ':' Sound: overflows=0, underflows=1 Sound: XAudio2 deinitialized I see reference online to changing the screen setting in mame.ini from auto to \\.\DISPLAY1, but this doesn't seem to work. Have the below section in my mame.ini, but it still appears on the 3rd monitor: # # OSD VIDEO OPTIONS # video auto numscreens 1 window 0 maximize 1 waitvsync 0 syncrefresh 0 # # OSD PER-WINDOW VIDEO OPTIONS # screen \\.\DISPLAY1 aspect auto resolution auto view auto screen0 \\.\DISPLAY1 aspect0 auto resolution0 auto view0 auto screen1 \\.\DISPLAY1 aspect1 auto resolution1 auto view1 auto screen2 \\.\DISPLAY1 aspect2 auto resolution2 auto view2 auto screen3 \\.\DISPLAY1 aspect3 auto resolution3 auto view3 auto Can anyone help? TIA

I think you're right @Jason Carr, in that it will be much easier for you to see and debug locally though I'm here for any questions etc. Think all I did post Win 10 installation was basically change all speech, language, region etc etc to UK versions and delete the US versions (though adding back the US language pack didn't seem to help). Anything you need just shout.

@Jason Carr - I may struggle to get online tonight, but can be free tomorrow night after about 8pm in the UK (midday your time?) if you'd like to chat (skype?) or check out anything at this end (Teamviewer?)

No change @snarfo67 but thanks for the idea.

Thanks @snarfo67 - will do that now. My previous installation was on the Anniversary update so I don't think it's that but worth trying. Given the Windows Update said I was up to date I (foolishly) thought I was!

Hi @Jason Carr - thanks for persisting with this. Currently using a brand new Alienware desktop with clean install of Windows 10 home, though my Dell laptop had the same issues. As for why they are labelled "mobile", not sure - don't recall it ever being different.Have updated languages to include UK but that's all. Below are my settings in the speech properties: In language I have options for UK (selected) and ("English - US") As you can see Desktop voices appear on this list and it's completely at odds with what appears in my Time & Language settings! When I change the language to US in Speech Properties -> Speech Recognition I get the below warning which highlights that there is potential for conflict! I have now changed The Region and language settings to US but to no avail - no recognition still. I'm happy to test as much as is required and will try to be on the dev session tonight for at least some of the time. Don't know if the easiest thing may be for you to try and install the UK languages as default for a while and see if you get the same results, or at least see if other UK users have any settings that are different?

Thanks @Jason Carr. Sorry, but no change. Beta 27 still only shows "Zira" and "David" for Speech synthesis when I don't even have "David". My list shows Susan, Zira, Mark and George. Maybe the best thing to do would be for me to set up as if it were a US system, check if that works, and then worry about the UK? If so, what do I need to change in my system settings? Speech Language? Languages? Current settings as per below:

Hi, I have 2 XBox controllers on my PC which show up as per the below Is there any way that I can change these labels to specify #1 and #2 so they are easier to identify and select?

Hey @Jason Carr. I just can't get speech recognition to work at all. I have tried using the speech recognition on my new computer as I thought my old computer was the issue but it's the same. Loading takes a lot longer - it's stuck on "Initialising voice recognition" for a good 10 seconds. Nothing I say in LB or BB is recognised. The standard Microsoft Speech recognition works fine for controlling the PC so it's not that which is the issue. I've even tried moving the slider for recognition all the way to the right and still nothing. When I switch Debug mode on I don't even see a box like I've seen on your system in streams. Every time I change a setting in the voice dialogue it takes forever to save to the point when Windows thinks LaunchBox is not responding. This happens regardless of whether I state that I'm using a "Speech Language" of "English (United States)" or "English (United Kingdom)" For Speech Synthesis I only see Zira and David as voices, even though David isn't on my voice list and others are (see below) Very happy to work with you on fixing this. Feel free to email me privately if easier and I have TeamViewer installed if you ever want to take control!

I have previously raised the query of synchronising installations of LaunchBox between computers. I know that Jason uses DropBox but I wanted to raise awareness of an alternative. There are several reasons why DropBox may not be the best solution - the obvious one being cost! Also, people may not want their info floating in the cloud or simply be restricted by bandwidth/ connection speeds. FreeFileSync was recommended to me, but I have found what I believe to be a better alternative for myself. That is BitTorrent Sync. The key benefit of both of these is that they are free, however BitTorrent sync seems to have a great interface and is incredibly simple. You simply install on each machine, and then select the folder to be synced. You are then given a unique code which can be entered on the second machine and the folders are linked (and synced). This can be read/write (i.e. updates both ways), or you can get a "read only" code, which means that you have a "master" installation and all others will be synced to that. Another benefit is that there is no space limit - i.e. you are only limited by your hard drive space. Also, if you have many machines you benefit from the torrenting meaning that the load is shared and (hopefully) speed increased! The single downside is that (because it's not cloud) based the computer you are on needs to be able to connect to another computer on your network with the data to sync. Don't get me wrong - that can be locally or over the web, but both machines need to be on. If you have a server machine or NAS drive however this is an ideal solution - I recommend checking it out. Here I am syncing between two local machine:

Haha, too true Dos. Not my way, but sure Jason would say Amen to that ;)

Great work Jason. Have a great weekend.

Cool. Great job!

Jason Carr said Do you have background videos turned on, Martin? The videos should only show up in that view if background videos are enabled. Yes, all 3 video options switched on. Tried switching off and no videos, and back on and same result. Videos show fine in all other views with both media players

No problem - away from home, but trusty external drive of games and controller with me :) Both video engines seem to play videos fine in all screens. Only comments are that: a) Some videos seem stretched to wide-screen. Not a big deal, and probably no better option, just a comment. b) No video in coverflow view which makes sense c) No video in console list in the below view, just background image. Should there be? http://imgur.com/a/SW2Jy

Downloading Beta - anything particular you want checking other than from emko?

Absolutely Jason - totally agree. These release are so solid in general and frequent that it's not a panic if things get pushed back until the "next release". OT - enjoyed watching your Billy & Jay song earlier. Interesting to see your musical tastes. Saw Shinedown with Black Stone Cherry, Halestorm and Highly Suspect earlier this year on the Carnival of Madness tour here in the UK. Seeing Alter Bridge in November and buying tickets tomorrow to take my two little girls to Avenged Sevenfold and Disturbed in January. They have been well raised ;)

I note that when deleting a platform there still isn't an option to delete the ROM. Wondering if it would be good to get this consistent before 6.4. I guess a dialog as per the below is a step too far ;) https://bitbucket.org/jasondavidcarr/launchbox/issues/1224/delete-roms-images-when-deleting-platforms

Hi @Jason Carr Minor annoyance... When you load Launchbox, if there is a dialog for a new beta, but if the "Welcome" dialog is showing neither are easy to access. You can't close the "Welcome" as the update dialog is dominant, but that is hidden behind the Welcome dialog.

SentaiBrad said Yea I can see how that would works. If someone wants to create a ticket for this (if they haven't already), then please feel free. Link back to the specific reply in the Ticket please, so Jason can see some context, and you can copy paste some of the stuff from here. The link button next to the post's number will give you the link to that post in your address bar. Will sort out when back at my laptop, probably Monday.

Yes, I totally understand why they appear in that order, but my point is that most people would want to sort them in a more logical numerical order and if this was included through the availability of a "sort order" tag then this could be automated rather than users having to do this themselves.