Aevans0001

File lists and Playlists Editing/Updating tools + Some included Best of [[Fill In Your Favorite System]] . View File Ok So I have a Support post going on @ Reddit located below. But these batch files can do a lot of time saving operations for those old playlists that no longer work due to outdated naming schemes. One day i was searching the web to find some Best of lists to know which games i wanted to put on my handheld gaming device. I woudl find one here and one there but all of them seemed to have files that did not match up with my newly acquired no-intro sets ran through RomVault. So I fixed a couple and then I found some more. This continued on until I found 2 large sets. I knew i had to make updating these sets easier. For the next WEEK AND A HALF, I worked with Ai (What a chore) to create these batch files. These files will extract the filename with extension and compare it to the source directory files. It will then attempt to Search for XML Filename (*.* against the directory files. If it is found that becomes a match. After that comes the reverse search, Directory filename (*.*, again if found these become Fuzzy. It is suggested in this case you manually double check these matches. Which ever files that are not matched also goes into the csv file and labeled either XML_Only or DIR_Only. The object is to match up the XML files with some of the remaining DIR files. You simply cut and paste them on the line that matches up. No need to delete any other info or extra filenames. After that the 2th batch file will then take the csv file and repair the playlist xml file with the new correct filenames. After that is complete the Optional 3rd and 4th batch files are capable of pulling the filenames from the XML and putting them without extensions in to a TXT file. The 4th batch file then takes that TXT file and compares it to the Directory listings and will copy those files to a new directory along with another txt file of all missing files. Once you locate your missing files from dumping your arcade board, you can rerun the 4th batch file and it will read the missing file and only copy those files over. Once no missing files are lremainign the batch file will automatically delete the missing roms text file. IT IS NOT THIS COMPLICATED! Submitter Aevans0001 Submitted 09/23/2025 Category Playlists  

Hi @Lordmonkus, I just wanted to share that i updated your Sega Master System Batch file included in your 7zip file. I used AI and was able to add a lot of cool features to it also. Here's What I Did 1. You run the batch file and it will load it in a cmd window. The cmd window will only show files that are missing. At the end of the batch file, it will create a new file in the new directory called _missingprefixes.txt 2. You can then open the new txt file and correct the filenames there or acquire the correct file. Save the new updates 3. rerun the original batch file. I will automatically find the .txt file it previously found and will search for only those files again. If it finds all files , it will delete the txt file 4. Enjoy your new directory. In this case it is _MasterSystem_NoFiller I will also include my 2nd batch file. It simply gets the prefix of each file. the txt file ends up looking like this "Action Fighter (USA, Europe, Brazil) (En) (Rev 1)" "Air Rescue (Europe, Brazil) (En)" "Aleste (Japan)" "Alex Kidd in Miracle World (USA, Europe, Brazil) (En) (Rev 1)" "Alex Kidd in Shinobi World (USA, Europe, Brazil) (En)" "Alien Syndrome (USA, Europe, Brazil) (En)" "Asterix (Europe, Brazil) (En,Fr) (Rev 1)" "Battle Out Run (Europe, Brazil) (En)" "Bonanza Bros. (Europe, Brazil) (En)" "Bubble Bobble (Europe, Brazil) (En)" "Captain Silver (USA)" "Castle of Illusion Starring Mickey Mouse (USA, Europe, Brazil) (En) (Rev 1)" "Chapolim x Dracula - Um Duelo Assustador (Brazil)" "Choplifter (USA, Europe, Brazil) (En)" "Columns (USA, Europe, Brazil) (En)" "Deep Duck Trouble Starring Donald Duck (Europe, Brazil) (En)" "Fantastic Dizzy (Europe) (En,Fr,De,Es,It)" "Fantasy Zone (World) (Rev 1)" "Fantasy Zone - The Maze (USA, Europe, Brazil) (En)" "Fantasy Zone II (USA, Europe, Brazil) (En)" "Gauntlet (Europe, Brazil) (En)" "Ghost House (USA, Europe, Brazil) (En)" "Ghouls'n Ghosts (USA, Europe, Brazil) (En)" This makes it easy to put into the original batch file to finally update it and share. Here is the original Batch that I created (With AI). I shortened the list of games for space here. @echo off SETLOCAL EnableDelayedExpansion REM Get the path of the current directory where the batch file is located SET "SOURCE_DIR=%~dp0" REM Create a destination subdirectory within the current directory SET "DEST_DIR=%SOURCE_DIR%_MasterSystem_NoFiller\" REM Define the path for the temporary list of missing prefixes SET "MISSING_PREFIXES_LIST_TEMP=%TEMP%\_MissingPrefixes.tmp" REM Define the path for the missing prefixes text file SET "MISSING_TEXT_FILE=%DEST_DIR%_MissingPrefixes.txt" REM Create the destination directory if it doesn't exist if not exist "%DEST_DIR%" mkdir "%DEST_DIR%" REM Clean up temporary files from previous runs if exist "%MISSING_PREFIXES_LIST_TEMP%" del "%MISSING_PREFIXES_LIST_TEMP%" echo. echo ==================================================== echo Starting copy and scan for missing prefixes... echo ==================================================== echo. REM --- Determine which prefix list to use --- if exist "%MISSING_TEXT_FILE%" ( echo A "%MISSING_TEXT_FILE%" file was found. echo Using prefixes from that file. goto :RunMissingPrefixesLoop ) else ( echo No "%MISSING_TEXT_FILE%" file was found. echo Using the complete list of prefixes. goto :RunCompleteListLoop ) :RunCompleteListLoop for %%p in ( "Action Fighter (USA, Europe, Brazil) (En) (Rev 1)" "Air Rescue (Europe, Brazil) (En)" "Aleste (Japan)" "Alex Kidd in Miracle World (USA, Europe, Brazil) (En) (Rev 1)" "Alex Kidd in Shinobi World (USA, Europe, Brazil) (En)" "Alien Syndrome (USA, Europe, Brazil) (En)" "Asterix (Europe, Brazil) (En,Fr) (Rev 1)" "Battle Out Run (Europe, Brazil) (En)" "Bonanza Bros. (Europe, Brazil) (En)" "Bubble Bobble (Europe, Brazil) (En)" ) do ( call :ProcessPrefix "%%~p" ) goto :EndScript :RunMissingPrefixesLoop for /F "usebackq delims=" %%p in ("%MISSING_TEXT_FILE%") do ( call :ProcessPrefix %%p ) goto :EndScript :ProcessPrefix SET "CURRENT_PREFIX=%~1" SET "FOUND=0" for %%f in ("!SOURCE_DIR!!CURRENT_PREFIX!*.*") do ( copy "%%f" "%DEST_DIR%" >nul SET "FOUND=1" ) if "!FOUND!"=="0" ( echo Prefix not found: "!CURRENT_PREFIX!" echo %1 >>"%MISSING_PREFIXES_LIST_TEMP%" ) goto :EOF :EndScript echo. echo All prefixes processed. if exist "%MISSING_PREFIXES_LIST_TEMP%" ( echo Overwriting "%MISSING_TEXT_FILE%" with the new list of missing prefixes. copy "%MISSING_PREFIXES_LIST_TEMP%" "%MISSING_TEXT_FILE%" >nul ) else ( if exist "%MISSING_TEXT_FILE%" ( echo All prefixes were found. Deleting "%MISSING_TEXT_FILE%". del "%MISSING_TEXT_FILE%" ) else ( echo All prefixes were found. No missing file list was needed. ) ) pause ENDLOCAL goto :EOF Sega Master System.7z

So i tried to update my old build (maybe 13.0), not too old. While installing it asked me to install klite codec, which i did. However after that it stalled for over 5 minutes. Any help? I did force close and then it came up with errors. I then restarted install and it still hung. I have since tried to install into a different directory and it is still hanging at the same point. The window does seem frozen.

No, the 1080p version does not load. Thats what the other info is about. It stops running here . See above for more info 2024-11-10 18:59:51.775 INFO [15252] [ldp_vldp::read_frame_conversions@1030] Framefile parse succeeded. Video/Audio directory is: mpeg2/lair1080p/./ 2024-11-10 18:59:51.775 INFO [15252] [ldp_vldp::read_frame_conversions@1030] Framefile parse succeeded. Video/Audio directory is: mpeg2/lair1080p/./

Hi, I just attempted to redo my Launchbox setup. I first setup atari 2600 and everything went well. But then I tried to add Xbox and for some reason it added in all my other systems (I imagine I accidently clicked on Launbox/gams instead of launchbox/games/xbox). Which was great. However, now i notice that I have about 189 folders in my c:\launchbox/games directory. I delete the empty ones and yet they come back. Is this an error or how it is suppose to be. I would rather not have 150 empty folders if I can help it.

I have Dragon's Lair 4k, SD, 60fps, all working. this occurs wether i run the batch file by itself or through launchbox. When i load 1080p from my arcade i get this in the cmd window C:\Windows>"C:\Games\Emulators\Hypseus-Singe\hypseus.exe" lair vldp -framefile mpeg2\lair1080p\lair.txt -blank_searches -min_seek_delay 1000 -seek_frames_per_ms 20 -bank 0 11111000 -bank 1 00110111 -noserversend -volume_vldp 64 -sound_buffer 960 -fastboot -fullscreen -bezel lair.png [version] Hypseus Singe: v2.11.3 [console] NOTE : Ignoring deprecated argument: -noserversend [console] Setting sound buffer size to 960 2024-11-10 18:59:46.100 INFO [15252] [reset_logfile@348] Version v2.11.3 2024-11-10 18:59:46.100 INFO [15252] [reset_logfile@352] Command line: C:\Games\Emulators\Hypseus-Singe\hypseus.exe lair vldp -framefile mpeg2\lair1080p\lair.txt -blank_searches -min_seek_delay 1000 -seek_frames_per_ms 20 -bank 0 11111000 -bank 1 00110111 -noserversend -volume_vldp 64 -sound_buffer 960 -fastboot -fullscreen -bezel lair.png 2024-11-10 18:59:46.100 INFO [15252] [reset_logfile@353] CPU : AuthenticAMD || Mem : 16192 megs 2024-11-10 18:59:46.100 INFO [15252] [reset_logfile@354] OS : Windows 10/11 || Video : NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 2024-11-10 18:59:46.101 INFO [15252] [reset_logfile@355] RGB2YUV Function: C 2024-11-10 18:59:46.101 INFO [15252] [reset_logfile@361] Line Blending Function: C 2024-11-10 18:59:46.101 INFO [15252] [reset_logfile@368] Audio Mixing Function: C 2024-11-10 18:59:47.693 INFO [15252] [CFG_Keys@240] Joystick HAT enabled on stick: [0] 2024-11-10 18:59:47.737 INFO [15252] [game::load_compressed_rom@941] Loading compressed ROM image dl_f2_u1.bin ... 8192 bytes read. 2024-11-10 18:59:47.738 INFO [15252] [game::load_compressed_rom@941] Loading compressed ROM image dl_f2_u2.bin ... 8192 bytes read. 2024-11-10 18:59:47.740 INFO [15252] [game::load_compressed_rom@941] Loading compressed ROM image dl_f2_u3.bin ... 8192 bytes read. 2024-11-10 18:59:47.741 INFO [15252] [game::load_compressed_rom@941] Loading compressed ROM image dl_f2_u4.bin ... 8192 bytes read. 2024-11-10 18:59:50.610 INFO [15252] [video::notify_stats@2220] Viewport Stats:|w:640x480|v:640x480|o:320x240[s]|l:2560x1440|o 2024-11-10 18:59:51.775 INFO [15252] [ldp_vldp::read_frame_conversions@1030] Framefile parse succeeded. Video/Audio directory is: mpeg2/lair1080p/./ However when i run the same batch file from my other computer i get this and it works "C:\Games\Emulators\Hypseus-Singe\hypseus.exe" lair vldp -framefile mpeg2\lair1080p\lair.txt -blank_searches -min_seek_delay 1000 -seek_frames_per_ms 20 -bank 0 11111000 -bank 1 00110111 -noserversend -volume_vldp 64 -sound_buffer 960 -fastboot -fullscreen -bezel lair.png [version] Hypseus Singe: v2.11.3 [console] NOTE : Ignoring deprecated argument: -noserversend [console] Setting sound buffer size to 960 2024-11-10 19:03:17.623 INFO [14068] [reset_logfile@348] Version v2.11.3 2024-11-10 19:03:17.623 INFO [14068] [reset_logfile@352] Command line: C:\Games\Emulators\Hypseus-Singe\hypseus.exe lair vldp -framefile mpeg2\lair1080p\lair.txt -blank_searches -min_seek_delay 1000 -seek_frames_per_ms 20 -bank 0 11111000 -bank 1 00110111 -noserversend -volume_vldp 64 -sound_buffer 960 -fastboot -fullscreen -bezel lair.png 2024-11-10 19:03:17.623 INFO [14068] [reset_logfile@353] CPU : AuthenticAMD || Mem : 81728 megs 2024-11-10 19:03:17.623 INFO [14068] [reset_logfile@354] OS : Windows 10/11 || Video : NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 2024-11-10 19:03:17.623 INFO [14068] [reset_logfile@355] RGB2YUV Function: C 2024-11-10 19:03:17.624 INFO [14068] [reset_logfile@361] Line Blending Function: C 2024-11-10 19:03:17.624 INFO [14068] [reset_logfile@368] Audio Mixing Function: C 2024-11-10 19:03:17.750 INFO [14068] [SDL_input_init@543] No joysticks detected 2024-11-10 19:03:17.759 INFO [14068] [game::load_compressed_rom@941] Loading compressed ROM image dl_f2_u1.bin ... 8192 bytes read. 2024-11-10 19:03:17.762 INFO [14068] [game::load_compressed_rom@941] Loading compressed ROM image dl_f2_u2.bin ... 8192 bytes read. 2024-11-10 19:03:17.763 INFO [14068] [game::load_compressed_rom@941] Loading compressed ROM image dl_f2_u3.bin ... 8192 bytes read. 2024-11-10 19:03:17.765 INFO [14068] [game::load_compressed_rom@941] Loading compressed ROM image dl_f2_u4.bin ... 8192 bytes read. 2024-11-10 19:03:20.707 INFO [14068] [video::notify_stats@2220] Viewport Stats:|w:640x480|v:640x480|o:320x240[s]|l:2560x1440|o 2024-11-10 19:03:21.710 INFO [14068] [ldp_vldp::read_frame_conversions@1030] Framefile parse succeeded. Video/Audio directory is: mpeg2/lair1080p/./ 2024-11-10 19:03:22.092 INFO [14068] [video::notify_stats@2220] Viewport Stats:|w:1920x1080|v:1920x1080|o:960x540[s]|l:2560x1440|o 2024-11-10 19:03:22.254 INFO [14068] [video::vid_render_bezels@1879] Loaded bezel file: bezels\lair.png Any help would be aprreciated.

Best choice these days for Daphne is to change over to Hypseus Singe. It includes a lot of enhancements over daphne and plays all of Daphne games + more.

So just an update and maybe a better explanation of how i ended up using my nas with my arcades. The Equipment: I have a total of 1 arcade, 2 racing arcades, 3 pc machines, 2 NAS systems. The plan: I wanted to be able to load my arcade up to any of my devices and get the same experience. If I change it on one, it changes to all How I accomplished: I loaded all roms, updates, videos, manuals, emulator configurations from the NAS I install all emulators as portable and install them all into the same directories on each computer I created .bat files to automatically assign symbolic links to each of the emulators, Launchbox, Rocket Launcher on each computer. For instance, my mame ini files are located on my NAS drive, each computer has mame installed at c:\games\emulators\mame with a symbolic link between. I symbolic links so launchbox thinks my games are in c:\games\launchbox\games when they are really on NAs drive The biggest issue i faced was the images for the games. In my experience when i was running the images form the NAS, it made the system run VERY slowly to load. I ended up installing the images on my arcade and then using a backup program to send it to the other pcs. End Result: It goes in phases and not sure if this is an issue with my configuration or not but sometimes when exiting Mame, it freezes for about 30 seconds, then returns to Launchbox. I'm sure that the games load slower but it is not really noticeable.

LOL. So if you have hundreds of them they tend to take a hit. I had a lot. As far as symbolic links in my launchbox folder. i use a symbolic links so that i can play on any computer in my house with the same experiience. I have Roms, Manuals, Music, Videos on my nas drive. I have Images on my d drive I have all my configurations for all my emulators on my NAS drive I have the actual emulators on my C drive I can either go from my Arcade Machine, my racers, My personal Desktop, My laptop, my kids pc and load any game on any emulator i have installed and it will be set up all the same. There is 1 downfall, for instance if 2 people use the same emulator, sometimes it conflicts and has issues.

Hi i was wondering what the purpose of the core directory is. It seems like it duplicates everything. So there is a launchbox.exe, confiog files, etc. When you have launchbox open there is actually a symbolic lik that links to your data, images, etc folders. This seems redundant and something tht may be slowly down my pc. I also have configured symbolic links to those directories. So basically core is create a symbolic link to a symbolic link.

ok i figured it out. So my Mame section is called Arcade. So for some reason the auto generated lists are defaulted and do not change form looking for platform MAME instread of Arcade this equals zero games this equals 104 games

I also found that if i select to add playlist to platform, it does not show up in my platforms.