The Papaw

Yes, if you read my post above, I was using a Pi, I think it was a Pi4 though, not a Pi3 with Open Media Vault. I only moved it to a PC about 6 months back. When I moved it to a PC, I just installed OMV to a external SSD and moved all my external drives to it.

Platform & Platform Category Images Set (cleaned and adjusted) View File Couple hundred .png images in this set. I believe it includes all the Platforms & Platform Categories (see list below). I think most of them are from @viking's collection, but there are others I had found or created as well. Like Nintendo GameCube has both the purple one and a black one. The screenshot shows this collection on the top and originals on the bottom. I done some re-sizing (most are between the 400-600 pixel range), some cleanup and some color adjustments on them trying to make them look more realistic and vivid in color. Brighter whites, darker blacks, etc.. Not a huge difference, but a little better. All excess transparency has been cropped off making the image size more accurate to what you see when using them. All the work was done in Photoshop (2022) These can be used in your regular rig as well, but you will have to copy them to the appropriate folder one at a time. (I made these more to drop into a theme you might be working on without all the individual platform folders) I had done these for the themes I work on and just thought I would share 'em. -Enjoy What's In The Set: 3DO Interactive Multiplayer.png 1292 Advanced Programmable Video System.png Aamber Pegasus.png Acorn Archimedes.png Acorn Atom.png Acorn Electron.png Amstrad CPC.png Amstrad GX4000.png Amstrad PCW.png Android.png APF Imagination Machine.png APF-MP1000.png Apogee BK-01.png Apple Bandai Pippin.png Apple I.png Apple II.png Apple IIGS.png Apple III.png Apple Lisa.png Arcade.png Atari 800.png Atari 2600.png Atari 5200.png Atari 7800.png Atari Falcon.png Atari Jaguar CD.png Atari Jaguar.png Atari Lynx.png Atari Pong.png Atari ST.png Atari XEGS.png Bally Astrocade.png Bandai Playdia.png Bandai WonderSwan Color.png Bandai WonderSwan.png BBC Bridge Companion.png BBC Micro.png Bit Corporation Gamate.png BrezzaSoft Crystal System.png Camputers Lynx.png Capcom Power System Changer.png Casio Loopy.png Casio PV-1000.png Coleco ADAM.png Coleco Telstar.png ColecoVision.png Commodore 64 Games System.png Commodore 64.png Commodore 128.png Commodore Amiga CD32.png Commodore Amiga.png Commodore CDTV.png Commodore MAX Machine.png Commodore PET.png Commodore Plus 4.png Commodore VIC-20.png Computers.png Consoles.png Creatronic Mega Duck.png Dragon 32.png EACA EG2000 Colour Genie.png Elektronika BK.png Emerson Arcadia 2001.png Enterprise.png Entex Adventure Vision.png Entex Select-A-Game.png Epoch Cassette Vision.png Epoch Electrotennis.png Epoch Game Pocket Computer.png Epoch Super Cassette Vision.png Exelvision EXL 100.png Exidy Sorcerer.png Fairchild Channel F.png Fujitsu FM Towns Marty.png Fujitsu FM-7.png Funtech Super A'can.png Future Pinball.png GamePark GP2X.png GamePark GP32.png GCE Vectrex.png Handhelds.png Hartung Game Master.png Interton VC 4000.png iQue Player.png Jupiter Ace.png Konami Picno.png Lviv PC-01.png Magnavox Odyssey 2.png Magnavox Odyssey.png Matra and Hachette Alice.png Mattel Aquarius.png Mattel HyperScan.png Mattel Intellivision.png Memotech MTX512.png Microsoft MSX.png Microsoft Xbox 360.png Microsoft Xbox One.png Microsoft Xbox Series S.png Microsoft Xbox Series X.png Microsoft Xbox.png Milton Bradley MicroVision.png Mobile.png NEC PC-8801.png NEC PC-9801.png NEC PC-FX.png NEC SuperGrafx.png NEC TurboExpress.png NEC TurboGrafx-16.png NEC TurboGrafx-CD.png Nintendo 3DS.png Nintendo 64.png Nintendo 64DD.png Nintendo Color TV-Game.png Nintendo DS.png Nintendo Entertainment System.png Nintendo Famicom Disk System.png Nintendo Game & Watch.png Nintendo Game Boy Advance.png Nintendo Game Boy Color.png Nintendo Game Boy.png Nintendo GameCube.png Nintendo GameCube-purple.png Nintendo Pokémon Mini.png Nintendo Satellaview.png Nintendo Sufami Turbo.png Nintendo Switch.png Nintendo Switch-orig.png Nintendo Virtual Boy.png Nintendo Wii U.png Nintendo Wii.png Nokia N-Gage.png Northstar Advantage.png Oric Atmos.png Othello Multivision.png Ouya.png Philips CD-i.png Philips VG 5000.png Philips Videopac+ G7400.png Pinball.png Pioneer LaserActive.png RCA Studio II.png RDI Halcyon.png ReadMe.txt SAM Coupé.png Sega 32X.png Sega Beena.png Sega CD 32X.png Sega CD.png Sega Dreamcast VMU.png Sega Dreamcast.png Sega Game Gear.png Sega Genesis.png Sega Master System.png Sega Nomad.png Sega Pico.png Sega Saturn.png Sega SC-3000.png Sega SG-1000.png Sharp MZ-2500.png Sharp X1.png Sharp X1-orig.png Sharp X68000.png Sharp X68000-orig.png Sinclair ZX Spectrum.png Sinclair ZX-81.png SNK Neo Geo AES.png SNK Neo Geo CD.png SNK Neo Geo MVS.png SNK Neo Geo Pocket Color.png SNK Neo Geo Pocket.png Sony PlayStation 2.png Sony PlayStation 3.png Sony PlayStation 4.png Sony PlayStation 5.png Sony PlayStation Portable.png Sony PlayStation Vita.png Sony PlayStation.png Sony PocketStation.png Sord M5.png SSD COMPANY LIMITED XaviXPORT.png Super Nintendo Entertainment System.png Tandy Memorex Visual Information System.png Tandy TRS-80 Color Computer.png Tandy TRS-80.png Tapwave Zodiac.png Telegames Personal Arcade.png Texas Instruments TI-83.png Texas Instruments TI-99.png Tiger Game.com.png Tiger R-Zone.png Tiger Telematics Gizmondo.png TimeTop GameKing.png Tomy Tutor.png Unisonic Champion 2711.png Vector-06C.png View-Master Interactive Vision.png VM Labs Nuon.png VTech CreatiVision.png VTech Socrates.png VTech V.Flash.png VTech V.Smile.png Watara Supervision.png Windows.png Worlds of Wonder Action Max.png ZAPiT GameWave Family Entertainment System.png Zeebo.png Submitter The Papaw Submitted 12/20/2021 Category Platform Console Images  

I so much agree with this. All the themes I have created with CTC run less smooth, even the sounds crackle when changing screens. Even with all BB Transition feature turned off. I went back to 12.4, then 12.5 and they run fine, but if I try an update, all the poor transitions and crackles re-appear.

Yes Sir, I had tried that one in the past sorta and it wasn't a good solution. Oh well, the answer is Always NO if ya don't ask, right?

Not sure if it is of any help, but I run most everything from a NAS. I have a old Dell PC (started with a RPi3 I think), installed OMV5 (it's free) on it. I have a 14TB external HDD attached to it for roms and a 2TB external HDD attached for the media. (I have other drives attached for other things as well, like a MediaSonic Pro Raid that hosts all my video, music and such, another 12TB in raid 5) and I use the internal drives I have installed in the PC for backups. I have LB/BB and all my emulators installed a primary desktop PC, then I use Syncthings to send it to all the other devices (I exclude some of the setting files in BB (especially the cache files) and emulator config files. That way no one writes over others game saves and settings. Works great for me. If I want to update LB/BB or an emulator, I just make a copy of the folder before I update it so I can go back if something goes wrong. What's cool about it, when I update LB or an emulator on the main PC, it updates it on all the PCs. I don't use anything wifi on the gaming side and the speeds are as always like any other external drive. Just some other ideas that may be helpful.

Thx for the reply. Since you can can manually point any game to any video, I was hoping maybe someone had wrote an app or script to do it in bulk...

I am looking for something that could cut down on multiple copies of videos for the same game, but yet on different platforms. Like Red Dead Redemption is on Xbox 360 as well as PS3. I have 2 copies of the same video, one in the 360 video folder and one in the PS3 video folder. Are there any 3rd party apps that can cut down on these? I have tried @starplayer app, it scrapes your local videos but it really isn't doing what I need. Looking for a way to assign multiple games to a single video, if that makes sense?

It's been a while and changes are always happening with the various apps trying to control the controllers. Currently, I am using DS4 Windows. I do not have it running at PC boot. I do start it when launching BB. Then I created a couple batch files to "end" or "start" DS4, depending on the platform. For example, I don't want DS4 to run with PS3 games I run in RPCS3, so in the emulator settings for RPCS3, I have this in the running script section: Run, "D:\Gaming\DS4W Off.bat" $Esc:: { WinClose, ahk_exe rpcs3.exe Run, "D:\Gaming\DS4Windows" } $Esc:: { WinClose, ahk_exe {{{StartupEXE}}} } You can also do exclusions with DS4 to do the same type of things now You could do something similar to this

Game On (Redux) View File MAJOR OVERHAUL (requires BigBox v13.0 or higher) User friendly with "easy to see" custom genre & play mode icons. Designed for Large Screens & 4K in mind. Did some remodeling with the Animated backgrounds and hoouse interiors. The gamers in the background are actually moving, looking like they are playing games. I tried to use some video effects to make it look like the ambient room light is changing, kinda like a TV does in real life. I carried over some of my genre icon artwork I made for Fading Elegance v1+. I used a updated male voice for platform names with some reverb, they sound pretty decent. This theme looks great on a big screen TV! The screenshots can't show how it functions, so check out the video. Has 4 Platform views, 2 male gamer on left, 2 female player on left. 4 Game views (same), 4 wall views and Full Cover Flow view. Slide In-n-Out navigation buttons WATCH Sample Video of Game On! (Redux) on Rumble: Installation: Download, unzip, copy the folder " Game On (Redux)" into your Launchbox "Themes" folder Instructions to use Split Screen, PvP, LAN and Online Play Icon features: (not required) To get these to work in the theme is really pretty easy. Create the 4 Custom Fields below in Launchbox, just edit any single game in your collection and pick Custom Fields on the left panel. Copy-n-paste one of the 4 custom fields below and press <ENTER>. Then enter Yes in the value section press <ENTER>. Copy-n-paste the other 3 Custom Fields and do the same. Then press OK Now the fields should be ready and Yes is now a choice in Bulk Edit. Close Launchbox and re-open just to be safe. Then you can go back to the game you used to set up the custom fields and delete the Yes's if you need to. You can leave the field blank for NO so no need to worry any of them but the ones that apply, they will need to be YES. What I did, was to sort my collection different ways like genre or playmode. I had a genre set up for MMO, so I bulk edited all the games in that category, first I chose Play Mode, making sure they all had multiplayer added as a value. Then I said yes to make more changes, and then chose the newly created Custom Field: Online Play and just select Yes in the dropdown to add value. The theme will now display the animated globe for all those games in the views that use it. Do that for the other 5 Custom fields using similar sorts. Of course any game can be edited manually as well. The custom fields you can add: LAN Online Split Screen PvP *Controller Mapping: The only thing that needs changed is Button 3 (that's the "X" button on Xbox controller or square button on DS4 controller). It is set to "Play" by default, so if you use this, you will need to assign a different button to it. Now assign Button 3 to "Filter". That's it. If you get a blank area in the one of the Genre images (like where the Yellow arrow is pointing in the screenshot below), it just means that game is using a genre that I did not create a icon for. If you have Photoshop, you can use the simple template I included in the ..\LaunchBox\Themes\Game On v1\Media\Genres folder to create anything you need. Just open the template, drop a image in the template (re-size to taste), change the text and save. If you don't have PS, let me know and I can try to get ya fixed up. Big Thanks to @y2guru for moving forward with the Community Theme Creator and the changes he shared with us with v2.5.5.5. Without him, this wouldn't exist. And thanks to @faeran for all his troubleshooting help as well. And lets not forget @Jason Carr and the rest of the LB team and especially the server changes! Feel free to leave comments, questions and reviews - Enjoy & thanks for trying the theme! - The Papaw Submitter The Papaw Submitted 12/10/2021 Category Custom Themes