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Is this possible in the GameDetailsView.xaml?

I had to change the theme XAML I used for reference to remove the video from a different container. <transitions:TransitionPresenter Name="PlatformVideo" Grid.Column="1" Grid.ColumnSpan="4" Grid.RowSpan="9" Content="{Binding ImageVideoView}" IsContentVideo="true" Panel.ZIndex="1" StretchVideo="True" HorizontalAlignment="Stretch" VerticalAlignment="Stretch" />

@Jason Carr @igotdvds Has there been any resolution to video stretching regarding the ImageVideo object? Specifically, I have a 5x5 Grid defined and I want to anchor a video at Column="3" and Row="3" spanning the remainder of the grid. I want to Stretch="UniformFillAll" the video across ColumnSpan="3" and RowSpan="3" from the anchor Grid position.

That's what I ended up doing. I removed the embedded Image from the List Dock and simply put a sub-Grid on the parent page to hold an image on top (PlatformLogo) and the List on the bottom.

@Jason Carr I attempted that plus a few other variations. The binding below works if I want to place a Platform Logo elsewhere in the view using an <Image> tag. However, it does not work in the List Dock: Source="{Binding Path=ActiveGame.PlatformClearLogoImagePath}" My issue is with the navigation List Dock. My theme uses three views: PlatformWheel2FiltersView, TextGamesView, and TextListView for the navigation list. My theme is derived from the theme Fundamental. PlatformWheel2FiltersView displays Platform Logos in the wheel selection. TextGamesView displays the Platform Logo of the selected platform when Name="Logo" is used in TextListView . TextListView will display a Game Logo of the selected game when Name="Logo" is used in TextListView. TextGamesView nor TextListView display any logo when Name="Logo" is not used in TextListView. Is there a possible scope restriction in TextListView which only considers media for the Selected Game? Is there some other dependency I am missing, perhaps?

@Jason Carr In the TextListView XAML, how do I change the Logo image displayed to show the Platform's Clear Logo rather than the selected game's Clear Logo? Is it possible or is it not due to a scope restriction (Platform vs. Game)? <DockPanel Name="RootPanel" Visibility="{Binding ListVisibility}"> <Image Name="Logo" DockPanel.Dock="Top" Visibility="{Binding LogoVisibility}" RenderOptions.BitmapScalingMode="HighQuality" /> I do not maintain individual game clear logos. I'd like to be able to show a consistent platform logo in its intended space.

I was able to get the video to resize and play in VLC by replacing Viewbox with StackPanel and removing the Stretch, VerticalAlignment, and HorizontalAlignment parameters: <StackPanel Grid.Row="0" Grid.Column="1" Grid.ColumnSpan="4" Grid.RowSpan="9" Panel.ZIndex="2"> <transitions:TransitionPresenter TransitionSelector="{Binding ImageVideoTransitionSelector}" Content="{Binding ImageVideoView}" IsContentVideo="true" /> </StackPanel> No amount of fiddling with Viewbox parameters would work with VLC.

The following BigBox View code snippet plays platform video files correctly when the video player is set to Windows Media Player. When the video player is set to VLC, the audio of the video may be heard, but nothing is displayed. <Viewbox Grid.Row="0" Grid.Column="1" Grid.ColumnSpan="4" Grid.RowSpan="9" Stretch="UniformToFill" VerticalAlignment="Center" HorizontalAlignment="Center" Panel.ZIndex="2"> <transitions:TransitionPresenter TransitionSelector="{Binding ImageVideoTransitionSelector}" Content="{Binding ImageVideoView}" IsContentVideo="true" /> </Viewbox> When the code snippet above is replaced with the following code, the video plays correctly when the video player is set to VLC. <transitions:TransitionPresenter Grid.Column="1" Grid.Row="0" TransitionSelector="{Binding ImageVideoTransitionSelector}" Content="{Binding ImageVideoView}" IsContentVideo="true" Panel.ZIndex="2" /> Is there any known issue with the Viewbox object and its ability to span columns/rows while simultaneously stretching video content when using VLC? What else could be causing this display issue? I need to be able to dynamically resize the video in the platform view across the designated grid.

Although I do understand that contacting the theme developer would be a logical first step, they should be subject to the theme rules contained within LaunchBox itself, correct? I mean, there is nothing they can do in a theme that LaunchBox doesn't allow them to do. With that point, what could LaunchBox be doing internally to show videos differently when using VLC vs. WMP across different themes? It doesn't sound like it would be a CODEC issues since the videos play properly in one theme but not another.

I checked some other themes and discovered this: 1. VLC Platform Category Videos do display properly in the foreground on wheel changes using the Default and CriticalZone themes. 2. VLC Platform Category videos do not display properly in the foreground on wheel changes in Fundamental and BarTop themes. So, it appears that there is something inherent in a theme which is causes VLC to not present the video properly in the foreground upon wheel changes. Other than reaching out to the theme author and finding out if there is a known issue, all I can attempt to do is compare the various xaml files between the working and non-working themes to see if a pattern emerges. It could be anything and may not be intuitive. Again, I'm using Viking's 4x3 Nostalgia Platform Category videos. I previously had BigBox configured to use WMP so I never saw this issue. It only came to light when I found that WMP was not able to play some select game videos. I changed to VLC to correct the game video playback.

I use the most updated Shark CODEC pack (both x86 and x64). I use the Fundamental theme along with Viking's 4x3 Nostalgia Platform Category videos. I see that the VLC version that LaunchBox uses is from 5/2017. Is there any plan to update it to the current 3.04 version from 8/2018? I attempted to manually change it for testing, but I discovered that the libqt_plugin.dll in the new version does not contain two methods used by LaunchBox: input_item_GetNowPlayingFb and vlc_stream_Delete.

I compared the LaunchBox and BigBox video playback settings. BigBox was set to WMP and LaunchBox was set to VLC. I changed BigBox to VLC and now the game videos play correctly. However... Now, Platform Category videos do not show video, but do play audio, after category wheel changes. It seems as if the video is sitting at a lower layer on the screen when changing wheel categories. Exiting to the option menu and immediately returning pushes the Platform Category video to the foreground. This behavior only occurs when using VLC. When BigBox is set to use WMP, the Platform Category videos play correctly in the foregraound after wheel changes (but the aforementioned game videos have issues). 1. WMP has issues playing several game videos. VLC does not have issues playing the same game videos. 2. VLC has issues playing Platform Category videos in the foreground after wheel changes. WMP does not have issues playing Platform Category videos in the foreground. Frustrating to find a solution to this.

Yes, all video files are in mp4 format. I've discovered multiple files which play correctly in LauncBox but do not play correctly in BigBox. What would be a difference in the video playback between the two apps?

I have discovered several videos which play correctly in Launchbox but do not play correctly in BigBox. I hear the audio of the video file in BigBox, but there is no picture. What is the difference in video playback between BigBox and Launchbox?

Would it be possible to add an option to prioritize "parent rom" rather than a region so that only parent roms are imported and all child clones are additional apps?

Yes. I should point out that I already have all MAME media (snap, title, video, etc.) downloaded before I begin the game import into LaunchBox. I only have parent videos for a game set (i.e. no clone videos). I used the Import MAME Arcade Full Set wizard and verified that "Import Clones as Additional Apps" was selected. However, after the import, no clone game has the parent video set as its video. I am not downloading media as I import; I already have the media before the import. Is this possible to do with the wizard without having to manually edit every clone afterwards to use the parent video?

Is there an option to show MAME parent videos for clones? If not, could it be added in the MAME import wizard?

I have Box images that are all 360x500x24 in their source directory. When the images get added to the LaunchBox.Next cache, some are being scaled to 250x166x32 while others are scaled to 250x347x32. All images are scaled correctly in LaunchBox cache. LaunchBox.Next LaunchBox

I updated to the latest Beta release today (8.2.7). LaunchBox.Next.exe ran once. After it closed, it will not re-open. I suspect a config value issue but I am not sure which/where it might be. I removed LaunchBox.Next.exe.config but that did not help. There is no output to the console when started from there and the Logs directory is empty. Nevermind. I copied LaunchBox.exe.config as LaunchBox.Next.exe.config and it was able to start again... Win 10 x64 NVidia GTX 1080 32GB

Thanks for your effort. May I ask one more thing? Could you attach both a 4:3 and 16:9 empty video background (i.e. the gray gradient the shelves are placed on)?

I would need a 4:3 and and 16:9 for both -- so space use might be different for each format. 1. Could the shelves in both be doubled or even tripled to make better use of the available space? 2. The video shelf might look better with actual box images of movies/tv/shows, etc. on the shelves rather than generic box icons. 3. I don't think the movie rool/popcorn/glasses icon fits very well. It seems to float. Perhaps just the shelves.

Well, if you're taking requests... Would it be possible to create both a Magazines and Videos Platform Category video in the same style as the standard Viking videos or your new Playlist video? The current Magazines video showing a cabinet with mags on the screen seems out of place in style. I believe a video similar to the Playlist video with a bookshelf + various mags would fit the theme better. There doesn't have to be any video/animation. A Video Platform Category video would be similar. I believe something like the old Blockbuster shelves with videos lined up might work. I use my setup to show old retro gaming shows, not literal movies. If none of this can be done, could you provide a standard 4:3 and 16:9 video background (the gray gradient backdrop for all of Viking's videos) so we could create static images where video/animation is not warranted? Thanks!