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I havent kept up with Launchbox and Retroarch as much over the past couple years so I'm a little bit out of the loop. I see there's the Bezel Project, Mame bezels, and Launchbox integration for downloading and such but I'm still kinda lost. My original set up has Launchbox launching a config file when it opens Retroarch and it displays my overlays fine. So after updating everything, I tried out MegaBezel with some CRT shaders and I really like how that looks. I want to make this my standard going forward So two questions; 1) are the config files no longer necessary if you save your overlay and shader settings for the core? When I took out my config file, I noticed it launches Retroarch with my overlays and shaders with no problem. Which is cool, except I dont want the same overlay for every system that uses that core. For example, I have Genesis and Mega Drive overlays but since I saved the Genesis one to the core, it'll only use that one for everything that uses that core. That's where the config files came in handy. 2) Can you use config files like I was previously doing for the overlays and also have it launch my shader settings that I have saved to the core as well? If so, how do I achieve this? I'm ok with leaving the settings in Retroarch if there's a way to have different overlays for the same core. Bonus question, can I set up a core with my overlay and shaders and export the config to have Launchbox use that? I tried googling old threads, youtube vids, and searched the forum to see if I could find anything helpful and I've come up empty handed. I honestly dont remember how I did those original config files since I used a tutorial years ago. So I'm more or less starting over from scratch. Any help is appreciated.

Love the update. One slight issue though. Game Gear videos dont seem to fit the overlay. What am I doing wrong?

So I was batting this idea around in my head and I wasn't sure how this would work or if it's even possible. Here's a brief explanation that lead me to come up with this idea. We emulate games and consume old media because it's nostalgic. Not only do we emulate games but we emulate how games looked on a CRT TV, we use bezels, etc to take that extra step for authenticity. I was wondering if that would be possible for mediums outside of games? For example, my Big Box launches all sorts of media besides just games. So I was looking to tailor fit some features to really immerse the user. Like old game related TV shows. Instead of just having a 22min show without interruptions, I wanted to know if there's a program out there that would make it possible to splice in retro commercials on the fly and emulate how that show would have aired on cable without having to alter the original files. I tried google to see if there was maybe a more in depth playlist app but I wasn't able to find anything. And it's completely possible, I'm just using the wrong search terms because I'm not sure how to ask for what I want outside of explaining it in depth. This is what I was looking to achieve: TV Show - 22min 10 retro commercials - 30sec each as 10 individual files. Is there a playlist app or program out there that will begin playing the TV Show, then let me insert a break/pause of that file, then cue up any 3 commercial videos (ideally random but ok if it's not), and then after the last commercial, unpause the original video until where the next natural break would occur. You guys know of anything? Or think something like this is possible? Launchbox will load simple playlist files for music but I feel like every playlist app is basic and designed for music specifically.

Thanks @Retro808 and @CriticalCid! That helps a lot. I was looking to translate the Sega Genesis Mini theme from retropie to Big Box. I'll refer back to those links and give it a shot.

I mean like port it over so it works like it did in retropie. Not for like a platform video. I guess what I'm asking is, are the xml files structured similarly that I could copy/paste it into a way that it will work and display the same in Big Box?

I'm just curious but how easy would it be to translate a theme from retropie to format for Big Box? I've never made a theme before so my experience is minimal. However, I'd be interested in learning. Thanks in advance.

I've been searching google for the past couple days but I havent found anything conclusive on how to do this. I'm looking to make roms bootable on a GBA emulator from the mini games released on Gamecube games that were only playable with a link cable. The issue I'm running into is there doesnt seem to be any updated methods of achieving this. All of the information I've found is nearly ten years old and the methods arent really practical anymore nor is the availability of the hardware. Basically, I have my plastic disc to make an ISO and some odds and ends accessories. To be more specific, I'm trying to rip the mini games off of the Gamecube versions of Crash Wrath of Cortex, Crash Nitro Kart, and Rayman 3. There's a little rhythm mini game for Crash Nitro Kart, A tetris style game on Rayman, and Crash Blast was on Wrath of Cortex. The only way to play these games was to hook up a link cable and download them to a GBA. Is there a tool out there that would allow me to extract those individual games off of the disc? Or does Dolphin play nice with any GBA emulators that could simulate a link cable and maybe try to dump the memory? I'm kinda grasping at straws on that last one. I'm hoping someone with more knowledge than me on doing this kind of stuff can point me in the right direction.

I would assume the warning is because if there's nothing currently sitting in the platform category, it might not show up in Launchbox despite actually being there. It wont physically show until you put a file into it. But I have my content tree'd out by several tiers. It hasnt hurt anything yet.

You would need to create another platform category within the platform category. It'll look something like this: Movies (Platform Category) > Game of Thrones (Platform Category) > GOT Season 1 (Platform) > s01e01.mp4 (File) x10 Movies (Platform Category) > Game of Thrones (Platform Category) > GOT Season 2 (Platform) > s02e01.mp4 (File) x10 Or you can import all the files, highlight the episodes from each season and combine them. It'll default with episode one and when you right click on the episode, you can select the next one via the additional apps section. I personally dont like that method but I do use it occasionally.

Hey guys, missed the stream due to work. I understand the polls are closed but if Jason is still reading.., I'd like to see the ability to use specific sound packs for specific platforms. I thought I saw this on the previous poll but I dont remember if it was implemented. If so, my bad lol.

Thanks Retro808! I didnt think to check the image priority and that was the problem. I had 3D box checked under "carts" further down the list and it was preventing the default image from displaying. Now everything is displaying properly.

I have my default images set up and they display fine as long as the game has NO other images already set to it. Which is fine except for let's say you have box art but you dont have cart art. It wont pick up the default cart art if you have a specific box art assigned to the game. Not sure if this is a bug or not but I just thought I'd post it here just in case. If it's not a bug, is there a way to have Launchbox blanket any missing fields with default images? Or will having any images assigned to a game disqualify it from the default images by design?

This is my second attempt at making a platform video. Hope you guys find it useful. Credit to whoever made that bezel I found on google! Sega_Pico.mp4

Love it! Would it be possible to make the same video or a similar video that says "Collections" instead of "Playlists" though?

Yes. Just drop the image into the video folder. Make sure it's named appropriately. I'm not very talented at making videos so I've done that in the past. Actually now that I think about it, @Jason Carr would it be possible for Big Box to play an mp3 and display an image when browsing through platforms in a future update? Like when you stop on the NES platform, a png will load in place of an mp4 but an mp3 will play music at the same time as displaying the still image until you move off of that platform. I feel like I've asked you that question before but I dont remember the answer lol. I know you can do background music but I wouldnt want that playing full time and clashing with the other platform video audio.