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Thanks. Will take a look at these 2. Any specific resolution/dpi you are running in Big Box? Thanks for the report. I haven't heard of anything yet, but I'll take a look at what I find!

Have a well thought out idea and want to make an official feature request? Post it on our feedback page: ➡️ Windows: https://feedback.launchbox.gg/?b=679a6b59391ce13a8f100ae4 ➡️ Android: https://feedback.launchbox.gg/?b=679a6b991b2011c4928c2573 ➡️ LaunchBox Games Database: https://feedback.launchbox.gg/?b=679a6bbe1b2011c4928c567b Or just hit Help & Support → Request a Feature at the top of this page. Vote for your favorite ideas to help with future app development!

Hey all, Beta 2 is finally out! This one is pretty packed, with a lot of moving parts across major areas like RetroAchievements, Save Management, imports, and Big Box behavior. Because of how much has changed, there is a higher chance of edge cases or regressions, so we could really use as much testing coverage as possible. If you are not interested in testing or just want a stable experience, it may be best to hold off on this one for now, but for those jumping in, we really appreciate the extra eyes and feedback. ⚠️ As of Beta 2: For those who heavily utilized the save backup features in previous versions, please refer to this migration guide carefully before upgrading to this beta. There have been some structural changes that affect how saves are managed. This guide talks you though everything you need to know. ⚠️ https://feedback.launchbox.gg/help/articles/5615549-1327-save-management-migration-guide Here is what we could use help testing. RetroAchievements received a major expansion across LaunchBox and Big Box - While signed into RetroAchievements, browse Game Details, achievement profile views, pause screens, and default Big Box views to confirm beaten/mastered status, playtime commitment details, filters, and related stats all load and behave as expected Save Management has been significantly expanded - Test save tracking, backups, backup history, and restore workflows with supported Dolphin and PCSX2 games, and verify RetroArch Saturn saves continue to be detected and grouped correctly The Welcome Wizard import flow has been overhauled - Run through a fresh wizard import and pay attention to staged progress, status messaging, retry behavior, media download limits, and persistent image download queue handling Xbox 360 and PS3 now support additional formats - For Xbox, try importing default.xex and Games on Demand titles - For PS3, try importing ISO files - and confirm game detection, naming, and import results make sense Steam trailer downloads have been restored and LaunchBox video playback has been updated - Download trailers for a few Steam games, then verify playback controls and general in-app video behavior work as expected Import and metadata workflows saw several targeted updates - If you use Ubisoft, Xbox storefront imports, or mixed-ROM imports with multiple versions and regions, those are all good areas to sanity check in this beta Big Box received several quality-of-life and stability updates - Hybrid view searching, achievement filters, popup behavior, system menus, and video playback are all worth extra testing time if you use Big Box regularly Here is the full changelog. New Feature: LaunchBox and Big Box now include major RetroAchievements expansions with richer Game Details support, beaten/mastered and playtime commitment visibility, improved achievement profile stats, improved Dolphin integration, and broader default theme support New Feature: RetroAchievements can now be filtered in Big Box and Pause views, making it easier to browse and focus on the achievements you care about New Feature: Big Box Hybrid views now have their own dedicated search behavior, keeping searches scoped to the current platform or playlist instead of kicking you out to a global search New Feature: Save Management has been significantly expanded with better save tracking, automatic backups, backup-on-close options, backup limits, manual backup scans, and save version history tools, including expanded support for Dolphin and PCSX2 save tracking across Nintendo GameCube, Nintendo Wii, Nintendo WiiWare, and Sony Playstation 2, plus better support for the Mednafen Saturn core New Feature: The Welcome Wizard import experience has been overhauled with staged progress, clearer status messaging, improved retry handling, and much better visibility into what LaunchBox is doing during first-time imports New Feature: The Welcome Wizard now supports media download limits and persistent image download queues, giving you more control over setup-time media downloads New Feature: LaunchBox now includes video playback controls for a better in-app video viewing experience New Feature: Manage Emulators now includes an "Open Emulator" context menu option for quickly launching the selected emulator directly from the list Improvement: Ubisoft imports have been refined with better product filtering, name cleanup, and settings handling for a more reliable import experience Improvement: Xbox storefront importing has seen some reliability improvements with lookups, caching, and import handling Improvement: Xbox 360 imports now support default.xex and Games on Demand formats across all import workflows Improvement: PlayStation 3 imports now support ISO files across import workflows Improvement: Fullscreen image viewing has been improved with pixel-perfect integer scaling, image detail labels, and better fullscreen monitor behavior Improvement: Related Games and Game Details performance have been improved by deferring expensive loading until needed Improvement: 3D model viewing, carousel browsing, and media list performance have been improved for smoother browsing in media-heavy views Improvement: Added a new option to disable the dynamic Play button and use a static Play button instead Improvement: The All Games section will now properly update to match the selected LaunchBox language Improvement: Big Box popup and plugin badge handling has been made more reliable Improvement: EmuMovies authentication and media download flows have been improved with more reliable login gating, retry handling, and messaging Fixed: Steam trailer downloads have been restored with updated handling for Steam's newer streamed trailer delivery, along with better trailer selection, improved fallback handling, and broader MP4 compatibility across imports and media downloads Fixed: Big Box no longer keeps reloading new instances of the same System Menu Fixed: Big Box now behaves better when screensaver timing overlaps with popups and other overlays Fixed: LaunchBox no longer crashes if the emulator name is empty and you tab out of the field Fixed: The License page no longer crashes due to overlapping links Fixed: The Options menu has been hardened against scenarios where it could fail to open Some Known Issues (already on our list to fix immediately) The welcome wizard maybe not bring over some of your settings and your license in some scenarios depending on your choices PCSX2 save management can incorrectly point to the wrong game, or incorrectly categorize backups Thanks again guys for the help here!

That's an odd behavior. I know that for automatic ROM downloads the media options are found under Tools > Options > Media > Automatic Imports Media So, you'll want to make sure those options are set properly to your liking. I few moments ago I just ran a few imports and specifically downloaded some clear logos during them. Can you give some examples of platforms your importing and which regional games you usually have in your sets?

Not really sure. There's not anything in Big Box itself that would hang onto it. It's possible it has to do with how Dolphin is opening, or more likely how Dolphin is closing. You may want to take a closer look at how you are closing Dolphin when you open it from Big Box.

sounds like a theme specific error due to symlinking. We've seen this in the past, but seems very specific to a user's computer. Are you able to describe your setup. Your hard drives, where LaunchBox is located on that, etc. Anything about your hardware setup and pathing would be helpful. I doubt this has anything to do with the beta in particular, but I know it pops up for people sometimes and I'd love to figure out why. It would also help if you provide a screenshot of the full theme error(s) you are getting just to confirm we are on the same page. Last, if you haven't yet, do at least a restart of your computer to see if that helps in any way.

The good news is unless you deleted a LaunchBox folder manually, you most likely still have it somewhere on your device. Check your internal storage or your SD Card for a LaunchBox folder, most likely on the root. If it's still there then all you have to do is go into LaunchBox Options, and set your Data folder to point to that folder. If you have 2 different LaunchBox folders, then point to the one LaunchBox is currently not pointing to. It's possible that when you removed your SD card and reinserted it, LaunchBox switched which storage device it decided to use.

Great to hear, and we are going to work more on that during the next release cycle as well 😉

If you are asking when the original logic was put in place that extracted a ROM file to the temp folder before sending it off to the emulator? March 10, 2016

That most likely means you just need to turn these background video settings off. Although, I'm pretty sure I can force those to be off in the theme files themselves to disregard a user's option there, so I probably should do that.

While I don't have time right now to work on it, let me know what kind of changes you'd love to see and when I ever have time to circle back to it, I'll definitely take a look.

The default theme wasn't created in the CTC, so unfortunately, unless someone goes through the process of doing so, you may be out of luck there. At the moment, the easiest way to adjust changes to the default theme is making a copy of it and then editing the xaml view files in the copy. Our strategy guide is always growing and contains a good amount of Big Box theming documentation: https://feedback.launchbox.gg/help/collections/0470309-big-box-theming However, if you have any questions about it, don't hesitate to ask.

See if the option "Contains Any Value" works for you. Separate each value by a semi-colon

Go into a platform, top right menu, enter into Emulator Settings. In the top dropdown choose RetroArch (64 bit). I think that's it. There's actually 3 (maybe more?) sideloaded versions of RetroArch out there. There's the 32 bit, the 64 bit, and then a universal one that combines them into one apk and does some logic to determine which one to install. Our integrated version that we download is the universal one, however, we have emulator configurations for the others under a platforms Emulator Settings. If you want to take advantage of the user friendly automatic RetroArch/core downloads, updates and configuration you'd have to use the universal one, but if you want more manual, power user, level control, you'd just switch to any of the others.

You should be able to download them from inside of LaunchBox under Tools > Download > Platform/Playlist Theme Videos In the future you'll probably get a quicker response in a general forum section like "Noobs", instead of under this custom theme's post.

I assume you are referring to FFMPEG and not WMP. Either way, if you'd like to help, you can post your logs here, along with all the event viewer crashes, as we can take a look at it for you. However, it's funny you say that because the most amount of problems we ever had was due to VLC back in the day. It was crazy times. Different experiences for different people, with different hardware, but like I said earlier in this thread, a huge change to FFMPEG is coming probably in 13.28 that will get rid of all the remaining outlier issues with it when it comes down to hardware specific compatibility playback issues.

Probably not this release, and while I can't promise anything, there's already a branch in the early stages. Just know that it requires a complete rework of the entire system, but there's some big things coming around the corner.

Thanks for the report. Based on what I see in there it's basically saying that it tried to run a video and something with your hardware/drivers are basically providing a "we can't play this file" response. With FFMPEG, it lives lower in the stack which means hardware configuration can have a big impact. That's kind of outside of what we can do, in the sense that your crashing isn't caused by something that we can fix inside of our code. We do have plans to fix that somewhat, although it won't make it into this update, since it will involve a fairly extensive FFMPEG wrapper and program update, but I do think that it will end up solving a lot of hardware related crashes like the one you are showing. In the short term, make sure all your drivers are updated and all that regular stuff, and like you said, WMP is the much safer option, as it's the native WPF engine that performs lighter in general. All that to say, stay tuned. That's good to hear. Sounds like me spending an entire month of straight attract mode crash fixing at least is paying off for someone! Good to hear about the rom prioritization work is working good for you. I agree with showing the RetroAchievement badge even when the supported game is an additional app, although maybe I'd go even one step further. I'll see what I can do!

There's a potential fix in this beta for that. Let us know if that solves that particular issue. With this change, any ROM that is extracted by LaunchBox will be placed into a folder named after the original file’s parent folder RetroArch also has its own ability to extract ROM files and play them by default, so another user option could be to simply disable LaunchBox's extraction process within the emulator options page.

LaunchBox 13.27 beta thread has been opened:

Hi everyone, Welcome to a new beta round. Beta 1 starts with a bunch of under-the-hood improvements to the app, and we would love any help you can give to make the app the best it can be. We are looking at roughly 3-4 betas this round with larger features coming with Beta 2. ⚠️ As of Beta 2: For those who heavily utilized the save backup features in previous versions, please refer to this migration guide carefully before upgrading to this beta. There have been some structural changes that affect how saves are managed. This guide talks you though everything you need to know. ⚠️ https://feedback.launchbox.gg/help/articles/5615549-1327-save-management-migration-guide Beta 1 Things we need help testing Beta 1 Added RetroAchievements support for WiiWare titles when using Dolphin - While signed into RetroAchievements, import your Nintendo WiiWare titles, then run Tools > Achievements > Scan and confirm achievement badges are assigned. Verify achievements load and function as expected in the Game Details pane (beta 1) Updated Dolphin integration to better support newer versions - Using the Dolphin plugin, attempt to download or update to the latest available version of Dolphin such as version 2603a or newer and confirm everything installs correctly and games still launch without issues (beta 1) Improved ROM prioritization when combining multiple versions of the same game during import - Run a ROM import that includes multiple versions of the same game such as betas, demos, or different regions and confirm the final imported game selects a proper retail release as the primary version and respects your Region Priority settings (beta 1) LaunchBox system tray support is now free for all users - As a free user, enable system tray options such as minimize to tray and close to tray then confirm LaunchBox minimizes and closes to the tray correctly and that the tray icon right click menu is fully functional and responsive (beta 1) Improved Big Box video playback stability with FFMPEG and Windows Media Player - In Big Box, browse platforms and games that include videos using both video engines optionally enable attract mode and confirm the application remains stable over extended use without crashes or video related issues (beta 1) Beta 2 RetroAchievements received a major expansion across LaunchBox and Big Box - While signed into RetroAchievements, browse Game Details, achievement profile views, pause screens, and default Big Box views to confirm beaten/mastered status, playtime commitment details, filters, and related stats all load and behave as expected Save Management has been significantly expanded - Test save tracking, backups, backup history, and restore workflows with supported Dolphin and PCSX2 games, and verify RetroArch Saturn saves continue to be detected and grouped correctly The Welcome Wizard import flow has been overhauled - Run through a fresh wizard import and pay attention to staged progress, status messaging, retry behavior, media download limits, and persistent image download queue handling Xbox 360 and PS3 now support additional formats - For Xbox, try importing default.xex and Games on Demand titles - For PS3, try importing ISO files - and confirm game detection, naming, and import results make sense Steam trailer downloads have been restored and LaunchBox video playback has been updated - Download trailers for a few Steam games, then verify playback controls and general in-app video behavior work as expected Import and metadata workflows saw several targeted updates - If you use Ubisoft, Xbox storefront imports, or mixed-ROM imports with multiple versions and regions, those are all good areas to sanity check in this beta Big Box received several quality-of-life and stability updates - Hybrid view searching, achievement filters, popup behavior, system menus, and video playback are all worth extra testing time if you use Big Box regularly Full Changelog You can view the complete changelog here (it gets updated first): https://www.launchbox-app.com/about/changelog Beta 1 New Feature: Added RetroAchievements support for WiiWare titles when using Dolphin Improvement: Updated Dolphin integration to better support newer versions Improvement: Improved ROM prioritization when combining multiple versions of the same game during import, using a smarter ranking pipeline to better select the ideal default ROM Improvement: Extract ROMs now preserves the original archive folder name inside the temp directory, improving save path consistency in emulators such as RetroArch Improvement: FinalBurn Neo importer now automatically unchecks Extract ROMs for the emulator associated platform to prevent unnecessary extraction Improvement: LaunchBox system tray support is now free for all users, with options to always show the tray icon, minimize to tray, and close to tray Fixed: Improved Big Box video playback stability when using FFMPEG, resolving rare crashes related to video disposal and media cleanup Fixed: Crashes in Big Box when navigating between views with Windows Media Player video playback enabled Fixed: Issue where auto play music could cause the UI to lock up after Big Box opened Fixed: Bulk Edit Wizard issue that could trigger a crash style error while applying or finishing changes Fixed: Potential null reference issue when saving a new emulator Fixed: Operation Wolf now correctly shows MAME High Score support Beta 2 New Feature: LaunchBox and Big Box now include major RetroAchievements expansions with richer Game Details support, beaten/mastered and playtime commitment visibility, improved achievement profile stats, improved Dolphin integration, and broader default theme support New Feature: RetroAchievements can now be filtered in Big Box and Pause views, making it easier to browse and focus on the achievements you care about New Feature: Big Box Hybrid views now have their own dedicated search behavior, keeping searches scoped to the current platform or playlist instead of kicking you out to a global search New Feature: Save Management has been significantly expanded with better save tracking, automatic backups, backup-on-close options, backup limits, manual backup scans, and save version history tools, including expanded support for Dolphin and PCSX2 save tracking across Nintendo GameCube, Nintendo Wii, Nintendo WiiWare, and Sony Playstation 2, plus better support for the Mednafen Saturn core New Feature: The Welcome Wizard import experience has been overhauled with staged progress, clearer status messaging, improved retry handling, and much better visibility into what LaunchBox is doing during first-time imports New Feature: The Welcome Wizard now supports media download limits and persistent image download queues, giving you more control over setup-time media downloads New Feature: LaunchBox now includes video playback controls for a better in-app video viewing experience New Feature: Manage Emulators now includes an "Open Emulator" context menu option for quickly launching the selected emulator directly from the list Improvement: Ubisoft imports have been refined with better product filtering, name cleanup, and settings handling for a more reliable import experience Improvement: Xbox storefront importing has seen some reliability improvements with lookups, caching, and import handling Improvement: Xbox 360 imports now support default.xex and Games on Demand formats across all import workflows Improvement: PlayStation 3 imports now support ISO files across import workflows Improvement: Fullscreen image viewing has been improved with pixel-perfect integer scaling, image detail labels, and better fullscreen monitor behavior Improvement: Related Games and Game Details performance have been improved by deferring expensive loading until needed Improvement: 3D model viewing, carousel browsing, and media list performance have been improved for smoother browsing in media-heavy views Improvement: Added a new option to disable the dynamic Play button and use a static Play button instead Improvement: The All Games section will now properly update to match the selected LaunchBox language Improvement: Big Box popup and plugin badge handling has been made more reliable Improvement: EmuMovies authentication and media download flows have been improved with more reliable login gating, retry handling, and messaging Fixed: Steam trailer downloads have been restored with updated handling for Steam's newer streamed trailer delivery, along with better trailer selection, improved fallback handling, and broader MP4 compatibility across imports and media downloads Fixed: Big Box no longer keeps reloading new instances of the same System Menu Fixed: Big Box now behaves better when screensaver timing overlaps with popups and other overlays Fixed: LaunchBox no longer crashes if the emulator name is empty and you tab out of the field Fixed: The License page no longer crashes due to overlapping links Fixed: The Options menu has been hardened against scenarios where it could fail to open Some Known Issues (already on our list to fix immediately) The welcome wizard maybe not bring over some of your settings and your license in some scenarios depending on your choices (beta 2) PCSX2 save management can incorrectly point to the wrong game, or incorrectly categorize backups (beta 2) Thanks as always to everyone helping test this out, your feedback makes a huge difference.

It's a little more dynamic than that. LaunchBox automatically attempts to tell which version of RetroArch to install based on the device you are installing on. We've noticed this does not always work on every device (the fracturedness of Android and all that), and have been looking for ways to make that process more robust. Until then, you do have the option to manually install the 32bit version of RetroArch, then point to it in the emulator settings in LaunchBox.

Glad you like it! Since the theme wasn't intended to include "media" image code, what you'd have to do is open your preferred view's xaml file and add the disc image code into it. Our most up-to-date Big Box theming guide is found over on our strategy guide: https://feedback.launchbox.gg/help

CinemaBox - A Simple Movie Importer Plugin View File I had a day to spare on the weekend and wanted to try my hand at a LaunchBox plugin. This is the result. I don't plan to actively develop it too much moving forward, as this was very much a weekend hobby experiment project. Still, it works, and I figured I would share it in case it is useful to someone. Requirement: LaunchBox 13.26 or higher What does this do? It's currently a movie importer plus metadata and artwork scraper. It is designed for people who already have a local movie collection organized for apps like Plex, Jellyfin, or Emby. It imports that folder into LaunchBox with minimal fuss. It also downloads and configures MPV so movies can launch cleanly as an "emulator", and be used with a controller. Metadata and artwork provided by TheTVDB. Installation Close LaunchBox Download the 7z archive Unblock the archive in Windows if needed (Right click > Properties > Unblock) Extract it into your LaunchBox Plugins folder Your structure should end up like this: LaunchBox\Plugins\CinemaBox\CinemaBox.dll LaunchBox\Plugins\CinemaBox\CinemaBox.deps.json How to use Tools > CinemaBox Runs the import and downloads and configures MPV. Right click a movie > CinemaBox > Change Match (TVDB) Rematch the movie and re download metadata and artwork. Right click a movie > CinemaBox > Media Download (Replace Artwork) Grab alternate artwork. A few things to be aware of: Matching is based on folder and file names. If your naming is messy, results may be messy. If TheTVDB changes their API, this plugin can break. Heavy scraping could potentially hit API rate limits. MPV configuration is basic and meant to “just work”. If something breaks, feel free to post about it. I'll be checking in every now and then, and may be able to fix it. Uninstall Close LaunchBox Delete the folder: LaunchBox\Plugins\CinemaBox Submitter faeran Submitted 03/02/2026 Category Third-party Apps and Plugins