The Papaw

May 22

16 hours ago, midas said:

I've had that happen when for whatever reason I'd dragged/dropped a single game to import--it changed the path for the system to the path to that game.

I had thought that is what happened, but wasn't sure so I didn't say anything

May 20

@AstroBob I found the issue, somehow my game path had gotten changed to a path to a single game. I am so sorry for wasting your time dude.

May 20

1 hour ago, AstroBob said:

can you also try using the .wad format (you can generate these from within Cemu)

Are you thinking about Wii & Dolphin concerning the .wad file format and converting?

Never seen anything about any conversions in cemu, or Wii U using that file format.

May 19

Thx for letting us know @C-Beats

It's been down a couple days now

May 19

45 minutes ago, AstroBob said:

Is WiiU the only one that isn't auto-importing properly?

Not sure, but as far as I can tell, all others are doing auto fine.

May 18

3 hours ago, AstroBob said:

That Y: directory that you have listed for the WiiU games, are other platforms stored on that directory and do they auto-import properly?

Yes about 40 other platforms

3 hours ago, AstroBob said:

What file format are you WiiU games?

*.rpx format

May 3

Have Wi U roms on mapped SMB share and they are not auto importing new roms. This was true with v20 as well as with current v21. Running manual scan works in both versions. Just reporting.

April 12

I uploaded a new theme yesterday and was not able to upload any screenshots / images. Tried again this morning and still not working.

I can't add screenshots to this post either.

April 11

3D-Details Lite (Details & 3D-Details Replacement)

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This theme is replacing the both the Details & 3D-Details themes.

Best to use Windows Media Player in BigBox for the colors to match the "Colorful" video snaps correctly.
If you do not 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 Lite (SE)\Media\Colorful) or without SE if using the Basic version

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
Marque 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

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The Papaw
Submitted

04/11/2025
Category

Custom Themes

April 8

7 hours ago, Fursphere said:

SSD (even a cheap Sandisk SSD) will make a world of difference in BB performance and responsiveness.

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.

April 2

2 hours ago, skizzosjt said:

In my opinion pause/resume support is hardly as important as figuring out why support for webm format videos are so hit and miss. audio does not play for many webm videos only in Big Box despite said webm videos playing with sound fine when played through WMP outside of Big Box. VLC in Big Box handled all webm format videos OK by comparison.

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

March 28

@faeran

It's always included there, you just didn't notice before 😉

If you say so 😊

March 28

14 minutes ago, Fursphere said:

https://www.launchbox-app.com/about/changelog

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

March 28

Any changelog for the v13.21.1 beta?

February 19

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

February 19

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.

February 14

3D-Details

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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:

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Submitter

The Papaw
Submitted

02/14/2025
Category

Custom Themes

February 12

12 minutes ago, C-Beats said:

Yeah, that extension should work for anything LB grabs by default though

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??? 😉

February 12

9 minutes ago, JoeViking245 said:

Or.... install the .webm codec on your computer for Windows Media Player. Once you do that they should play.

8 minutes ago, C-Beats said:

Just need to install the codec afaik. In Microsoft Store search for "Web Media Extensions" (without quotes) and install that, should play fine after.

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"

February 12

4 minutes ago, skizzosjt said:

as far as I know the difference you notice is to be expected across a VLC vs WMP comparison. I've noticed the same thing. it's video player A handles colors different than video player B. if you want to bore yourself to death then read up on how different media players impact colors.

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.???

February 12

1 hour ago, AstroBob said:

Thanks for the update, so just so I’m clear, does that mean you’re not experiencing this on recent games that have that field blank?

If not, could you please walk me through of an example of what you’re doing on a fresh build, and the specific game your trying to import that ends up with an incorrect value.

Thanks,

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

February 12

I just wanted to pass this along concerning VLC . . I have noticed that the colors are not matching correctly in BB when I use VLC. For example, if I create a background color and use it in a theme and use the same hex code I am using in Photoshop, it looks correct if I use WMP in the BB theme. If I use VLC, the colors do not match. This has been happening in the previous and current versions of VLC used in LB/BB

The surrounding color of the video snap in top right corner are supposed to be the same like in the 2nd SS

Using current VLC

Using WMP

February 12

On 2/9/2025 at 10:00 PM, AstroBob said:

Hi there,

Thanks for reporting this, unfortunately I wasn't able to reproduce this but I'd love to learn more about how you're doing this.

Can you walk me through the exact process you're using to import games that end up defaulting to Multiplayer, even better if you have a specific example from the database that doesn't contain this data.

Please let me know and we'll try to narrow this down.

Regards,

@AstroBob Sorry for the delay. I have been trying to investigate more. From all the games I have checked using a fresh build, seems most of it is games that were added to the DB before LB implemented the Max Players field. Not sure how far back that version was.

February 8

Is there any way to stop every single game from importing as "Multiplayer" game when nothing is pulled from the DB? Wouldn't "Single" be a better default cuz it always take at least one player (99.99% of the time)

January 31

On 1/30/2025 at 10:34 AM, faeran said:

The good news is that this has been a thing for a while. Remove your current games from the Vita platform, make sure Vita3k is configured and working and add it to LaunchBox. We scrape the emulator itself and import games directly from it during the auto-import process

Not working for me when emulator and rom files are on NAS. I get nothing after adding the emulator other than LB adding emulator settings

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