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Thanks for the CloneSpy recommendation. Note that this also deletes duplicate clear logo images for different platforms. I executed the delete anyway for simplicity's sake, then re-downloaded the clear logo images for the different platforms that went missing after the first operation, so that I still had nice clear logos for games available on multiple platforms.

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Attached a video to demonstrate. 20180605_070534_1.mp4

As it turns out, it's not the sound file (startup.wav from the Launchbox/Sounds/Sci-Fi Set 1 by Clavius/ folder. When I play the sound file itself, it works without issue. As I look closer, I can see that the stutter in the sound is happening when the currently selected platform loads its image that image "folds" on-screen during BigBox initialization sequence.

Yup. The startup sound definitely stutters on me for every single load, without exception. And I have a powerful system with an SSD. Must be a bad sound file that doesn't get updated when using the auto update feature.

Hrm, for some reason now my controller doesn't work at all in Big Box when multi-controller is enabled. But my Logitech Harmony remote control does. =/

Thanks for the head's up. I'm updating now.

Using the Virtual Controller software, or the earlier recommendation to physically plug in a separate controller into the device? I tried the later without success.

Are you referencing this post? https://forums.libretro.com/t/second-nvidia-shield-controller-when-using-retroarch-via-gamestream/8863 From that thread:

In my experience, retroarch detects all the controllers and they all "work", just that they all control Player 1. Alternatively, 1 controller simultaneously controls all player inputs. So if you press "up", both Player 1 and Player 2 controls respond with an "up" command. I haven't tried the Virtual Controller software.

Sorry, I didn't mean Dolphin in retroarch. I haven't tried that. I just meant regular standalone Dolphin.

Dolphin works just fine for multiple controllers with Gamecube games. So it is possible, but I don't know the technical details behind their specific implementations.

I prefer retroarch because single player controller "just works", where a lot of other emulators have issues as well. Unfortunately it's a deal-breaker for multi-player.

I have an update here. I kept playing around, and found that small batches were working for me, but not when I was trying to update the whole platform. I set out to investigate, and what I found was what appears to be an issue in handling duplicates. This is a little strange, since I have duplicates for other platforms that haven't exhibited any issues. However, I confirmed through various tests that when I selected batches that had multi-CD games that identified as the same game in LaunchBox, the movie download portion was not working. Regardless of batch size, when I selected a batch that did not have any duplicate-identified games, the movie downloads would work as expected. I haven't sniffed the wire to dig deeper yet since I've already resolved my issue, but based on how the UI is behaving, it would seem that the issue is in LB querying EmuMovies with a duplicate title and EmuMovies not liking that very much.

I'm really hoping to see this addressed, too. It's the last thing keeping my setup from being perfect for my environment. And yes, Jason, thank you for your amazing software.

Yes, the games have LB IDs. I just tried again. Same story. I Ctrl+A to select the games on the platform, then select to download Metadata and Media. Select only movies (all forms), and then select to replace all existing media, just to be sure. I can see it "Searching for Video_MP4" and "Searching for Video_MP4_HI_QUAL". But nothing downloads. Then, if I select a random game, right-click, and edit. Download meta-data, EmuMovies tab. I can see "Video - Gameplay (High Quality)" is checked by default among some other things. I can successfully download, and the game shows the video properly in Big Box. Most of the games still do not have videos. This seems to be the only platform that I have this issue with. I can see that EmuMovies has the video packs listed on the site (in addition to being able to download one-at-a-time).

My BB setup is pretty great these days, and most everything has movies. However, Sega Saturn is largely missing movies. Using the "Download Metadata and Media" doesn't seem to pull in the movie files from EmuMovies when operating in bulk, even with all the options checked. I can see in the status bar it seems to be looking for them, but nothing ends up downloading. If I go into the individual games, the movie files will show up and can be downloaded. I would prefer not to do this individually for each game. Am I missing anything, or is there a bug in the system?

Aha, I see it now. Options -> Views -> Game List View. Thanks!

I must say I'm really impressed with the pace of development and dedication to LaunchBox and Big Box and am a happy customer. Kudos. I'm using the Big Box setup and am curious about a couple UI tweaks which would make my setup more useful. In the console wheel view, when you highlight a favorite or recent game, is it possible to change the console information into game summary information and maybe play game footage so that you don't have to enter detail view on the game? This would actually be really useful for games without cover art, since the game title is also not displayed anywhere in this UI. When you enter a console list view, are there any themes which might spice up the wheel portion of this UI to something more akin to the console wheel? It seems like maybe hyperspin is using the marquee images for this? Or maybe a "game wall" layout, and when you highlight a game it will play its video (similar to an enhanced view of the LaunchBox default view)? Or other views of the list UI? Is this even theme-able right now? Thanks!