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Thanks guys. Fixed internally, should be in beta 2.

Beta thread for 13.26 has been opened:

Hi Everyone, We are kicking off a new beta testing round for an upcoming hotfix release. This is a very short release cycle aimed at addressing major regressions introduced in 13.25, along with a handful of smaller fixes where possible. The goal here is speed and stability so we can get this hotfix out the door as quickly as we can. Because of that, this beta is especially focused on verification. If something was broken for you in 13.25, this is the build we need your help validating. Users on 13.25 and 13.26 beta 1 Having Update Issues If you are not seeing an update notification to update the main fix is by going to Menu > Help > Check for Updates... That will force an update check and then allow you to update. Why? In early versions of 13.25 and in beta 1, the option to "Check for Updates on Startup" was incorrectly being applied, stopping LaunchBox from checking for updates after startup. Version 13.25 was updated with a fix, so anyone that downloaded and installed 13.25 after the fix was put in place won't have this issue. On the beta track, this was solved in Beta 2 and onwards. Things We Need Help Testing Please focus on the areas below. Even a quick confirmation that something now works as expected is extremely helpful. Background music no longer restarts or skips the current track when the screensaver activates (Beta 2) While background music is playing, wait for or manually activate the screensaver and confirm the currently playing song continues smoothly without restarting or skipping to the next track, including setups where only a single music track is configured Platform videos in LaunchBox now stop playing correctly when the platform details pane is closed (Beta 2) With auto-play videos enabled, test using both the WMP and FFmpeg video engines, close the Platform or Game Details Pane, click on a platform with a platform theme video, and confirm the video does not continue playing; switch focus away from and back to LaunchBox to ensure the video does not start unexpectedly, then reopen the details pane and confirm videos play correctly again Restored video playback on Platform Hybrid views where videos were previously not playing (Beta 2) In Big Box, navigate to a Platform Hybrid view that includes videos and confirm platform or game videos now play as expected instead of remaining blank or static Fixed Vertical Legacy Platform Wheels not appearing on load in Big Box If you use an older Big Box theme with vertical platform wheels, open a platform view and confirm the wheel list now appears immediately without needing to scroll Fixed platform and game background images not displaying in Big Box platform views If you previously saw a black background, or no background image where there should have been one, launch Big Box with the affected theme and confirm platform and game backgrounds now appear correctly Fixed the left sidebar not toggling in LaunchBox In LaunchBox, use View > Show or Hide > Side Bar or press CTRL + S and confirm the sidebar now shows and hides correctly Fixed background and game music not looping in LaunchBox and Big Box Load background music in Big Box or game music in either LaunchBox or Big Box and confirm the track now loops continuously instead of stopping at the end Fixed volume controls not affecting audio correctly with both WMP and FFmpeg In Big Box, adjust as many volume related settings as possible and confirm changes actually affect audio levels when using either video engine Fixed background music behavior with screensavers Let Big Box enter the screensaver and confirm background music continues playing and responds properly to your sound and music settings Fixed game music incorrectly continuing into the screensaver Start game music in Big Box, activate or wait for the screensaver, and confirm game music now stops when it should, instead of carrying over Fixed game music priority over video audio inside the screensaver In Big Box, if you have the music priority option enabled, let the screensaver run and confirm game music properly plays when a game with music appears Added a new FinalBurn Neo import step for Arcade platforms Start a Single Platform Import or drag and drop import, create a FinalBurn Neo style platform with Scrape As set to Arcade, and confirm the FBNeo specific import page appears and the correct games are imported Fixed Arcade imports rejecting files not listed in Metadata.xml Try importing non MAME Arcade files such as Hypseus Singe bat files using drag and drop and confirm they now import correctly Fixed RetroAchievements scanning for 7zip game files If you use 7zip compressed games, trigger a RetroAchievements scan and confirm LaunchBox successfully extracts the ROM to a temporary folder and identifies compatibility. Note that scans may take longer for large files, and it is highly recommended never to use 7zip to compress your games. Known Issues We will continue to add to this list as new issues are discovered. Internally, we have already begun working through these. Platform videos may still play under certain conditions when the Game or Platform details pane is closed (solved in beta 2) An Automatic ROM empty list bug caused by the background monitor scan could crash LaunchBox (solved in beta 2) 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 full FinalBurn Neo arcade ROM import support across both the Single Platform Import wizard and drag and drop imports, making it easier to bring FBNeo based arcade collections into LaunchBox New Feature: Added a new Big Box option that lets video audio play alongside background music, giving you more control over how your setup sounds with proper music priority behavior Improved: Smarter auto play behavior for thumbnails so videos only auto play when a game has music and background music resumes properly when it does not Improved: Improved background rendering safety so image and video backgrounds are handled correctly across views without images being treated like videos Improved: Improved image caching reliability to better handle file system edge cases and ensure cached images are written successfully Improved: Reduced memory usage in Carousel and Media List views by ensuring image resources are properly released to help prevent memory leaks over long sessions Improved: Hardened video volume handling to prevent rare errors when video players are shut down or reloaded Fixed: Background music reliability in Big Box with better playback tracking to prevent music from stopping early or behaving inconsistently at the end of a track Fixed: Cleaned up how music behaves when entering and leaving the screensaver so audio starts and stops as intended Fixed: Resolved an issue where the left sidebar could fail to show or hide correctly Fixed: A problem that could cause the Single Platform and drag and drop import wizards to become unresponsive near the end of the import process should no longer occur Fixed: RetroAchievements scanning for 7zip compressed games by extracting ROMs to a temporary location before scanning, allowing compatibility checks to work correctly for archived files Fixed: Background and game music now loop properly in Big Box and game music loops properly in LaunchBox instead of stopping at the end of a track Fixed: Arcade imports no longer incorrectly reject files that are not listed in Metadata.xml when force metadata is not enabled, improving support for non-MAME Arcade files such as Hypseus Singe Fixed: Game music no longer continues into the screensaver when it should stop Fixed: Game music priority and audio mixing inside the screensaver now behave correctly when the relevant option is enabled Beta 2: Improved: Optimized music playback in LaunchBox to run off the main thread and reuse the same VLC session, improving overall performance and playback stability Improved: Addressed multiple reported issues related to music playback reliability and session management Fixed: Background music no longer restarts or skips the current track when the screensaver activates Fixed: Platform videos in LaunchBox now stop playing correctly when the platform details pane is closed Fixed: Restored video playback on Platform Hybrid views where videos were previously not playing Fixed: The Play Video Audio with Background Music option can now be toggled independently from the Prioritize Soundtrack Music setting, allowing both options to work as expected Fixed: Resolved an index out of range error that could occur during automatic ROM imports in rare empty list scenarios As always, thank you to everyone who takes the time to help us test these builds.

Can you be more specific about how you have imported the games? I'm not seeing anywhere in this thread on exactly how you imported them and where the games came from. That will matter in the answers we provide to you. If you can let us know exactly where the games came from, how you installed them in Windows, and how you managed to get them into LaunchBox in the exact way. All details will matter, even if they seem insignificant to you.

Steam Trailers were fixed in beta 3 for quite a while, so if something else changed on Steam's end, that would be unfortunate timing. We'll take a look.

This would be a separate issue we have been tracking, than the one the other guy was talking about. That error tends to happen on some computers that go into a hibernated/hybrid sleep mode. LaunchBox uses the GPU for things like the 3D models. When your computer goes to sleep, Windows can shut down and later restart parts of the graphics system. Sometimes when the PC wakes back up, .NET thinks the graphics data is still there when it is not, and that causes LaunchBox to crash with a misleading out of memory error. We tried to implement some hack fixes to get around .NET's shortcomings, but it's hard to run code while a computer is trying to go to sleep, or just as it's waking up. For users that are seeing this, and want to keep LaunchBox open while running that type of sleep, disabling 3D Models will solve it. In Big Box, it's a bit harder since more things use D3DImage that's not easily disabled (like the whole wheel).

We test LaunchBox all the time for RAM spikes like that but have never noticed anything like that. Would be nice to know more of your settings and what exactly you do in an entire session to better understand your scenario, although something like that is long term, outside of the scope of this thread, kind of investigation. If you can, send me a PM and we can take it from there and see if there's any patterns we can find. VLC is actually still used for music and hasn't been completely deprecated in LaunchBox. So, not yet. Sounds like you found yourself with a few separate things going on. The main one that can be easily added is the .mkv extension within that explorer window. I'll add that to the list to add in a future update. The image disappearing wouldn't have to do with a video player, but it's something else we are tracking and has been hard to pin down, but more work will go into it. It has something to do with 0 byte files being created in the cache when they shouldn't be due to some timing issues. Refreshing the cache (F5) for that game solves that issue for users when they see it. I don't think I'm quite understanding, but for the parts that I do understand, I'm thinking you may want to open up a separate thread. Sounds like the emulator requires you to add which floppy disk you want to use from within the command line arguments, and if that's the case, and you have all the floppy disks combined into one game, you wouldn't be able to do this from LaunchBox's command line tools. Instead, you may need to create bat files for each disk. I'm not entirely sure what the default option here is, although if making a choice in the settings, and then having the option revert your choice, is happening, that's definitely a bug somewhere. We'll test and see if that's happening internally. Just know that it's entirely possible that if it doesn't happen internally, there may be something up with your settings file, or maybe your shutdown process where it saves your choices to the file. Could be something not saving the file right, but we'll take a look.

We looked into LibVLCSharp extensively, but the issue with adding a package like that doesn't fit in nicely with an app like Big Box. The issue is the airspace that it natively brings into the program, which essentially means that it renders the video on top of all of the other UI. Any overlays you want to add overtop the video, including any pop-ups in the app, or anything at all, will always appear under the video. While you say WMP performance is not good, in our testing it's actually the best performing option, even better and lighter than the previous VLC implementation. The only issue we are tracking are the grey screens that can be caused using some video drivers when played on a secondary monitor when trying to play a video that's in an mp4 container. It's unfortunate since a lot of videos are contained in an mp4, and the issue isn't our implementation, but native to WMP, in that you could open WMP itself and you would see the same issue. The easy solution for users trying to run the app on a secondary monitor is to convert the videos to something other than mp4, although that's easier said than done.

It's on the list! We will definitely need all you dual screen users to help test it once it's out. We are hoping to have something to show during beta 2 of the next cycle.

Hey everyone, quick update on the beta and why things have been a bit quieter lately. Right before the Christmas holidays, we had one of those unfortunate timing moments where a good chunk of our team got sick around the same time, despite none of us even living in the same area. On my end, my entire family got hit, which took me out pretty hard through the holidays and into the new year. I'm finally clear of the last lingering symptoms as of this weekend and feeling properly clear headed again. Most of the team is thankfully on the other side of it now, though we still have one member working their way through recovery. We are getting back into a steady rhythm now and the hope is that you'll see things move forward at a nice steady pace before all of this happened. This is definitely something I'd like to smooth over for users wanting to have pre-release versions of released games in their library. We will look into this early in our next release cycle. While I'd love to have a response here, I assume it is because of the .NET update to LaunchBox. It's possible the plugin itself may need an update to support some .NET difference. That's where I'd start anyway. If I have any free time to sleuth, I may use up an hour on investigation, but since it's a user created plugin, we rely heavily on the user in how their code is built. I gave this a few tries using your example of Sega 32X, but I am not seeing your issue unfortunately. I tried running an import with these games, and received the correct North American box art based on my region settings. I tried downloading both North American and Japan boxart and using my Region Priority settings to determine which boxart to display, and it always chose North American boxes. If you check your Sega 32X box - front images, are your images organized inside the region folders? Interesting request. Is there any reason a user would not want this to happen? The only thing I can think of off the top of my head is someone maybe doing a multi-edit across multiple pages where they are starting on the Metadata section and moving between 2 or 3 sections for each game they are trying to edit. Outside of that, this should be possible, but may be a bit complex. There are some sections that certain games don't have, so if you are on a section that the next game you land on doesn't expose, we'd have to handle that scenario.

This usually means your settings, and data, in combination are blocking the other games from appearing. In Big Box, if you go into the screensaver settings, and uncheck all the options related to stopping games from appearing due to missing media types, that should solve it for you. You may also want to go into LaunchBox, and go into the Games Missing Media section, which will prompt you to rescan your games. If it's a hard crash. Check eventviewer for the crash report. You'll usually see 2 reports. One is a general report saying something crashed, but the other is the .NET error that we will need to look into this for you.

Thanks for the detailed review. From what we can tell, it's not an issue with Progress Automation, but it's when Progress Automation and Game Statistic Syncing are running at the same time. We are currently looking into what we can do about it. Thanks for the game reference. From the looks of it, the API is listing the trailer, but the API is listing things is a funny way in these small duplicated chunks. This is fixed internally and will be part of the release. We've been unable to recreate this scenario. I can only assume that when it's happening for users it's due to a timing thing that's very specific to a user's computer hardware + LB library data configuration. It's got an incredibly narrow scoped breaking point, but at some point in the future it's on our list to do a deep dive into. Nothing has changed there, so I'm unsure what to tell ya unfortunately. Interesting suggestion. First thought is that it's possible, but may end up interfering with the app in unexpected ways, but definitely worth looking into sometime in the future. In Steam's eye, free to play games need to be played at least once in order for them to be considered part of your games. I just ran a test with Sonic Rumble, and it appeared in the API after I played it once, and was able to import it into LaunchBox.

It's that time again. We are nearing the end of our beta cycle and can use any new translations from anyone willing. Thanks everyone for the help here. @Opak @Kondorito @Cauptain @Nyny77 @dukeemu @cyanjiang @Just001Kim @MajKSA @gamehacker @alexposad @k_kutsugi @Bardock @Soomin papa @thewhite

Attract Mode is simply the computer navigating your games list. However, it sounds like you may want to look into the screensaver, which essentially does the same thing as attract mode, as far as game discovery, and provides theme support.

Thanks for letting us know. This should be fixed now.

Are you able to provide the exact walkthrough of everything that you did, including the games you are trying to download for, and every option you chose within the Download Metadata and Media wizard?

Beta 2 is out with the following changes: LaunchBox for Android can now be used as an optional Home Screen launcher. Enable this feature from the Options menu. Platforms can now be updated. Long press a platform to access the update option. LaunchBox will scan the platform directory for new and removed ROM files, add new ones, and optionally delete removed ones. Added new emulators: AzaharPlus, Snapulator MS, Snepulator SG, ARMSX2, Eden Games can now be imported into any platform even if no emulator is currently assigned to that platform Improved automatic image downloads for faster performance and better prioritization within game lists Fixed the issue where Favorited games did not appear first when that option was enabled Fixed the issue where attempting to launch a game triggered an error and caused the launch screen to hang Fixed the issue where deleted games reappeared in the game list after returning to the platform screen Fixed the issue where platform metadata search results briefly appeared and then disappeared Fixed the issue where the first controller button press did not register Fixed the issue that caused an error when loading settings if the Settings.xml file was missing

While not a beta issue (it was a server-side issue), run Tools > Download > Force Update Games Database Metadata. Then run the same import again.

While not a beta issue, EmuMovies API has gone down and they have been notified. We will need to wait for them to kick their server.

Beta 2 is out with the following changes: New Feature: You can now bulk-update all your emulators at once using the new "Update All" button in the Manage Emulators window New Feature: Star ratings can now be updated in bulk using the Bulk Edit wizard New Feature: You can now choose whether to delete associated media files when removing games, with a new checkbox and safer file handling New Feature: The Themes & Media Pack Manager now includes an "Open Folder" button to quickly access installed files in Explorer Improvement: Region priority logic for game images has been improved to better match your region settings, especially when multiple regions are listed Improvement: The Beta Spotlight window now includes a "Request Feature" button to make it easier to send us your ideas (update to beta 1) Improvement: The Browse button in Platform Documents is now disabled until a platform name is entered (update to beta 1)

Fixed up and should be back to normal.

Deletion requests are taken more seriously these days as it causes huge issues with linked games in LaunchBox. There's now a tier 2 moderation process that every deletion request needs to go through, and your deletion requests are most likely sitting in there. No need to resubmit. We'll look into the platform changing issue, although that also has similar linking ramifications as deletions, so it's possible they'll also enter into tier 2 moderation as well.

Thanks for the report. We'll have this fixed up today.

I'm not seeing this with a basic No-Intro or TOSEC sets. Which import method did you use? Also can you double check the name of those 3 files in your screenshot. let me know the exact file name, including the extension. I'm also not seeing this happen after testing. Can you give me some exact file names that you are seeing this with. Also can you tell me which import method(s) you are using that you see duplicated games on the final page even when Force import duplicate games is unchecked?

Hi everyone, LaunchBox for Android 1.21 beta has started, and we have a number of new features and improvements (with more to come) that we could use help testing. Game Progress Tracking has finally made its way over to Android, complete with manual controls, automation rules, and full customization. We have also added a new NAS Management section for users with networked game libraries, and we are continuing to improve performance and fix bugs across the board. If you are able to test this build, here’s what we would love your feedback on: Game Progress Tracking – Manual Updates From any game's menu, tap Progress to change its progress state. Try selecting one of the default values, then try again after customizing your progress states. You can customize them by going to Options > Game Progress Organization. Try creating a new category or value, assigning it to a game, and restarting the app to confirm it sticks. Game Progress Automation – Rule Behavior Go to Options > Game Progress Automation and test the automation system. There are two default rules: Games played for over 30 minutes move to Active / In Progress Games not played for 30 days move to Active / Paused Try customizing the time values and the target progress states. You can also disable automation entirely and confirm that game progress is no longer updated automatically. NAS Management – IP Repair and Guest Access If you have imported games from a network share (SMB), a new NAS Management page will be nice to test under Options. You can test features like: Scanning for updated IP addresses Manually updating an IP address Adjusting saved credentials or switching to a Guest account Let us know if all your networked games launch correctly after making changes. Loading Page Performance Startup times should now be noticeably faster for large game libraries. For example, a library of 5000 to 8000 games should see about a 60% improvement in startup speed compared to previous versions. Sorting and Filter Behavior Sorting issues should now be resolved. Try different sorting options and filters across multiple views and confirm that games are being sorted correctly in all cases. Beta 1 Changelog Game Progress Tracking has arrived on Android, giving you full control to manually update your game's progress status right from the game menu Added a new Game Progress Automation page that can automatically update a game's progress based on custom rules you define Added a new Game Progress Organization page with drag and drop support to reorder or customize your progress states using defaults or your own values Added a new NAS Management page under Options where you can view your mapped drives, check their connection status, and repair broken links by scanning or updating the IP address Improved performance on the loading page to reduce wait times for large game libraries Fixed an issue where the Banner Filter view could jump or shift when the list was shorter than the device width on newer versions of Android Fixed an issue where sorting games did not always arrange them in the correct order Beta 2 Changelog: LaunchBox for Android can now be used as an optional Home Screen launcher. Enable this feature from the Options menu. Platforms can now be updated. Long press a platform to access the update option. LaunchBox will scan the platform directory for new and removed ROM files, add new ones, and optionally delete removed ones. Added new emulators: AzaharPlus, Snapulator MS, Snepulator SG, ARMSX2, Eden Games can now be imported into any platform even if no emulator is currently assigned to that platform Improved automatic image downloads for faster performance and better prioritization within game lists Fixed the issue where Favorited games did not appear first when that option was enabled Fixed the issue where attempting to launch a game triggered an error and caused the launch screen to hang Fixed the issue where deleted games reappeared in the game list after returning to the platform screen Fixed the issue where platform metadata search results briefly appeared and then disappeared Fixed the issue where the first controller button press did not register Fixed the issue that caused an error when loading settings if the Settings.xml file was missing Known Issues Beta 1 You can delete Categories and Values from the Game Progress Organization section right now when you shouldn't. If a game is using one of those values, deletion should not be allowed. This will be fixed in Beta 2 Game Progress Automation for moving games to Active / Paused after a number of days only works under specific conditions. A startup check to apply this more broadly is planned for Beta 2 Thanks all. Every beta tester helps shape the future of LaunchBox for Android. Your testing and feedback make all the difference.