The Papaw

I really hope this thread can get back to beta testing and the bitching can be put into a different thread. I do hope LB/BB continues to run good on mechanical HDD's and thumb drives. Portable was a big part of the LB growth and I sure couldn't afford doing an 18TB ssd.

I've also had results like these, with installed K-Lite. I had to convert all my webm files to mp4. Pain in the rear, but no issues using WMP and it seems to work best for me, especially when it comes to any BB themes created in CTC

@faeran It's always included there, you just didn't notice before 😉 If you say so 😊

Thanks, there usually isn't anything in there concerning beta release. Nice to see it included now

Any changelog for the v13.21.1 beta?

Just wanted to add some additional information, I also tried using the Missing Media function and download missing videos and LB keeps crashing with this error: Value cannot be null. (Parameter 'key') App: LaunchBox Version: 13.19 Theme: Default Type: System.ArgumentNullException Site: Void ThrowArgumentNullException(System.ExceptionArgument) Source: System.Private.CoreLib at System.Collections.Generic.Dictionary`2.FindValue(TKey key) at Unbroken.LaunchBox.Search.LocalDb.GetMameFileResult(String filePath, Boolean useFolderNames, GameBase game) at SchemaInvocationInvocation.CountDrivenDic(String filePath, Boolean useFolderNames, GameBase game, SchemaInvocationInvocation) at Unbroken.LaunchBox.Search.EmuMovies.EmuMoviesSearchValue..ctor(GameBase game) at Unbroken.LaunchBox.Search.EmuMovies.SearchParameters.RunObservableMap() at InterceptorCallbackInvocation.CountDrivenDic(Object, InterceptorCallbackInvocation) at Unbroken.LaunchBox.Search.EmuMovies.SearchParameters.GetResults(String userId, String password, Func`1 isCancelled, Action`2 reportIndeterminate, Action`1 onError) at Unbroken.LaunchBox.Windows.Processes.BulkImageDownloader.CancelInvalidRegistry(Object asset) at CandidateProxyInvocation.RemoveDrivenField(String asset, CandidateProxyInvocation) at Unbroken.LaunchBox.Windows.Processes.BulkImageDownloader.ProcessQueue(Func`1 getIsCancelled, String activeImageGroup, Action`2 onIndeterminateUpdate, Action`4 onUpdateAction, Action`2 onGameImageDownloaded) at Unbroken.LaunchBox.Windows.Desktop.ImageDownloaderHelp.<>c.ValidateReadablePrototype() at Unbroken.LaunchBox.Windows.Threading.<>c__DisplayClass0_0.CancelPrincipalIdentifier(Object) at Unbroken.LaunchBox.Windows.Threading.<>c__DisplayClass0_0.CalcInvalidPage() at System.Threading.ExecutionContext.RunInternal(ExecutionContext executionContext, ContextCallback callback, Object state) --- End of stack trace from previous location --- at System.Threading.ExecutionContext.RunInternal(ExecutionContext executionContext, ContextCallback callback, Object state) Recent Log: 1:55:45 PM Exception

I need someone to test something for me. I imported Arcade collection a while back but didn't include "Music" in the initial scrape. Now, when I try to select all games in the Arcade platform and use "Tools > Download > Update metadata and Media for Selected Games" then select only Music, it downloads nothing. I've tried single games and get same reults, nada Emu Sync finds and download. But it would be a nightmare renaming 2-3000+ files. I never tried re-importing the collection to see if it would grab the music files on initial import, only tried after the fact.

3D-Details View File This theme is similar to the Details (SE) with a lot of shadowing going on giving it a 3-D effect. I'm still tinkering with it. I tried shadowing the text wheels and it really looked great, but the theme is just way to slow. Best to use Windows Media Player in BigBox for the colors to match the "Colorful" video snaps correctly If you don't plan on using the Colorful video snaps, you need to DELETE or RE-NAME a folder in the theme called "Colorful" (..\LaunchBox\Themes\3D-Details (SE)\Media\Colorful) Included Views: Platform 1 (horizontal wheel-bottom) *Platform 2 (vertical wheel on left side) *Platform 3 (vertical wheel on right side) Platform Text View Horizontal Games 1 (horizontal wheel on bottom) *Horizontal Games 2 (horizontal wheel on bottom with different alignment) *Vertical Games 1 (vertical wheel on left side) *Vertical Games 2 (vertical wheel on right side) Full Cover Flow Games Game Text View *Wall Game View Settings (*SE version) Assets Used in the video: Jarvis Sound Pack Jarvis Startup Video 3D-Details (SE) Startup/Shutdown Theme 3D-Details (SE) Pause Theme Leave comments, suggestions and Reviews here on the forums. If you watch the video, don't forget to like, share and subscribe to help out the channel. If you have a minute, make sure to check out our Buy Me A Coffee page for all the latest updates and information on how gain access to exclusive content to the PSGC and PSMC collections, and while you're there, maybe you'll buy me a cup of coffee and become a member. Or maybe you might make a donation through PayPal. All donations are to be used for my grandson's college fund. -ENJOY! • The Papaw 🙏❤️🙏 Submitter The Papaw Submitted 02/14/2025 Category Custom Themes  

No biggy my friend, just sharing what I see. If I had to take a guess, I would have to say my color issue is more related to themes created with CTC as Dave doesn't support VLC like WMP??? 😉

Thx fella's. I have the Web Media Extensions package installed. I've done converted all the snaps and I still have the color issues that I was reporting Here;s a quote from Microsofts site: https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/all/windows-11-windows-media-player-unable-to-open/ba731365-8f2f-4a50-8c21-003cb6a36a3c "Unfortunately, Media Player doesn't support all webm files codecs even if you install the Web Media Extensions codecs from Microsoft Store However, you can use 3rd party player such as a VLC media player to play all the webm files without a problem"

LOL, not hardly. I was just reporting to the LB team. A color hex code should be universal. There are many reasons the colors could show differently for each user. The OS, GPU or GPU driver, player, etc.. This wasn't noticeable to me in LB in the past, as I had always used VLC, but like others now having to use WMP which sucks because I have to covert all my .webm video snaps to .mp4. Maybe the Team needs to investigate it more as more as more folks seem to be encountering the issues with VLC.???

I'll see if I can do some more testing with it. I've finished the re-build and it's a large collection of 26k + games. I've got some 360 games I might be able to play with, that might get us into the time period before the Max Player field was implemented in LB. Will get back in a day or so., thanks for getting back