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  1. Continuing from above... I have never used Win10 before (still running 7 on my main PC)... so I could use suggestions on the telemetry software... watching some youtube videos as we speak...

    Looking at 'Destroying Windows 10 Spying 2.2' ... Saw another for 'Spybot Anti-Beacon'

  2. 8 minutes ago, DOS76 said:

    Install a ryzen 2220G in there. You should check out ETAPrimes YT channel he test it out for a bunch of emulators and the thing is truly impressive. This is just one of the example videos for the chip

     

    I checked that out... he said he had about 350 into that not counting some parts he already had. If you would add everything he did purchase like the case, PSU, HDD, Windows 10 then he's probably close to the i7 NUC price... which I assume will run just as good.
    And the most important part... I don't have to do anything. I've probably built every computer I've had for the last 20 years but honestly I don't want to be bothered with this... the build, installing windows etc. I have too many other projects going on at the moment and just want this cabinet done.
    I just want to start it up... install some telemetry blocking software (even though I may not even run the wifi) and get my cabinet running fully ... clone the HDD and never have to worry about it again.

    I appreciate the suggestion though.
     

  3. Just checked my cabinet now. I was assuming I had 8GB of ram in it but I was mistaken. I'm currently running an i5 with 4GB and it runs everything I mentioned with zero problems.

    So, not sure how far I will go with this now... I can get a NUC with the same specs and 1TB hard space for for $520... stepping up to an i7 with 8GB and 2TB is $675

  4. 10 hours ago, Lordmonkus said:

    Just my opinion but I would go for as fast of a CPU as you are willing to spend money on. More CPU power means you can use higher quality emulators and if you use Retroarch or GroovyMame you can use higher Frame Delay settings to reduce input latency.

    Well, I was actually considering one of the i7's but thought that would be excessive overkill. Those little NUC's get expensive in the i7 16GB ram level... at that price point I might be able to just get a new mobo, cpu and ram for the existing desktop I have inside that would be more powerful and cheaper... Guess I have to decide how important that smaller form factor is.

  5. Most likely... I'm definitely the type that would rather overkill a little. If I would go the 16GB I'd probably have to do an upgrade. I don't think I saw any i5's with more than 8 pre-built.

  6. 3 minutes ago, DOS76 said:

    well here is the thing an Intel NUC can have anywhere from a Celeron to an i7 in it so without knowing which specific NUC its hard to say.

    Well, that is kind of the answer I was looking for... specs... processor and ram specifically.

    I was thinking i5 8 meg minimum... I'm thinking this should be more than adequate...
    This is a dedicated cabinet so it wont need to run any more than I mentioned.

  7. Hey,

    Not a noob here but didn't really know where to post this.
    Thinking about getting rid of the desktop PC in my cab... anyone running their setup with an Intel NUC?
    I was considering one of these... really like the small form factor.
    Trying to decide how powerful to go if I do... basically need to run MAME, C64, ScummVM, Daphne, and maybe a few consoles.

    Anyone have any experience with this things?

  8. Hmmm.... well this can be slightly more difficult than I thought to delete my videos and stuff... wasn't thinking that LB names this files like the game instead of the rom like Hyperspin does.
    My method depended on this naming structure.

    So, I figured since I whittled the entire mame collection down to 195 roms worth keeping.... I can just re-download the videos since its not that many.

    For some reason its not working.... my connection to emumovies is good.

    But when I go to download metadata and media... I selected 'Video -HD Gameplay' and 'Video-Theme'.... it only downloaded one theme video out of all my roms....
    Selected 'Yes, but do not replace any existing fields or media'

    Tried twice... any thoughts?

  9. 1 minute ago, Lordmonkus said:

    Cue + bin is what Retroarch and Mednafen use for Playstation, Saturn, Sega CD and PC Engine CD games. Though they do support some other disk image formats cue + bin are the most common.

    As for Launchbox not deleting other files beyond the one imported this is a feature and extremely unlikely to change in the future, Jason does not want to be guessing as to what else to delete along with the imported file itself as that could run into very serious issues.

    Gotcha... I guess I forgot about that. I actually may have some for PC format. All my focus has been on MAME and C64 lately as these will be 95% of my use.

    As for deleting existing artwork and videos if LB can't do... if anyone needs any info how to do this quickly I'll get some instructions posted here.

  10. I haven't seen cue and bin files in about 15 years... didn't even know that was a thing anymore?

    Definitely not a thing for any of the emulators I will use this feature for so I'm good :-)

    As for the CHD's I wont be using many of these either so no big deal.

  11. 11 minutes ago, DOS76 said:

    Just to state it Clean up images only cleans up images any music manuals or videos you had for the game will have to be deleted manually still.

    No problem.... I have a batch file set up that makes this a snap. I'll finish off the rom list and will be able to clean out the artwork in less than 10 minutes.

     

    17 minutes ago, Lordmonkus said:

    I'm not sure if turning this option on in Launchbox affects BigBox mode as well, I have never used it myself.

    And no... I already had that box checked in LB.... but saw no way to do in BB.

    Thanks again!

  12. 10 minutes ago, Lordmonkus said:

    Tools > Options > General

    There you can turn on "Allow deleting ROMS when deleting games", this won't remove the media but you can use the "Clean Up Images" tool in the Tools menu and it will scan for media that belongs to missing games.

     

    Thank you!!
    Ha! I KNEW I saw how to do this before... problem was I was trying to do this from BigBox instead of Launchbox!

     

  13. Even if I could just delete the ROM from within LB deleting the media would be simple enough.

    Or even just have the rom name display when in the game menu so I know exactly which one it is using to make sure I delete the correct one.

  14. So, I got away from this project of transitioning from Hyperspin to Launchbox about a year ago... some other projects came up.

    <sarcasm>It's always fun to try and remember what 1000 settings mean that you haven't used in that amount of time</sarcasm>... fortunately LB/BB is much more intuitive than HS.

    Anyway... I may be mistaken but I seem to recall some talk about deleting games and media.
    I'm not the type to want 1000's of roms and media I will never use. I started trimming this down before (sort of manually) and would like to finish.
    While going through and playing games in MAME and finding one I don't want is there an option to somehow delete the rom and media automatically?

    If not I have a method with a batch file I can use that takes a little more time but not the end of the world. I have my MAME roms whittled down to 916 roms.... most likely will get that down to 300 or less.

    So if there is any way to automate this with LB......

  15. I'm cleaning up my Commodore 64 box art. Not exactly my specialty but definitely looks better than whats out there.

    Here are a couple comparisons of boxes I've downloaded and fixed. (Castle Wolfenstein and Labyrinth)

    The Castles of Dr. Creep is my own scan.

    I also have a lot of C64 art and manuals that I've scanned myself from nice mint boxes and manuals. As well as some random hi-res fanart I've acquired over the years.

    Should I upload this stuff here? Anyone here interested in this... is this the right thread?

    Castel Wolfenstein new.jpg

    Castel Wolfenstein old.jpg

    Labyrinth new.jpg

    Labyrinth-old.jpg

    Castles of Doctor Creep-01.jpg

  16. Follow up question. So worse case scenario I am going to have to make an AHK file for every C64 game I have. I assumed I would have to do this anyway and I only have 66 roms so not the end of the world.

    But then I saw that in the emulator settings I could assign an AHK script. So using what you just gave me I did that and now every game will close the emulator with the escape key.

    But if I also assign a game specific AHK for specific game keys... they will work. And escape still exits... but the game specific AHK does not close.

    I notice using your script only assigned to the emulator that I don't get an AHK icon in the notification area... but for the game specific AHK files I do.... and that is what does not close if I have the universal emulator AHK set up.

    I tried the game specific with only game keys and also with your script as well (which actually makes it doubled up)... but neither way closes the game specific file... the AHK notification icon remains.

    So some games I don't really have to reassign anything and using the universal script in the emulator settings would make it so I don't have to create an AHK file for every game.... Any thoughts?

    But like I said this isn't really a big issue... I assumed I would need an AHK for every game and I could have made 20 of them in the time it took me to type this post but sometimes it fun to just try and figure things out...

     

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