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This is great!

Anyone have a tip for adding these magnet links? I have never used them before, and nothing is there to re-check or download when I add them.

Thanks! I don't know how I missed that - I went through that screen like twice....

Can Bigbox be configured to start up in the Platform view rather than the Platform Category view?

Thanks. I was using those, when I follow them exactly I get an error updating Pacman and adding in the patch command. It complains about unsigned packages.

Do you have any tutorial / instructions you use to compile this version. I have no issue using this one - but was looking to just learn how to do it myself. After a couple hurdles - I get to the point trying to apply the patch (suppression_0237u3.txt) - and get the following error from the patch command : Perhaps you used the wrong -p or --strip option?

I hide games with no art. For my arcade playlists - I do by "platform" (Mame, Daphne, Sega Model 2 etc.) , and Under Mame - I have playlists for 4 Player, SHUMPS, Beat Em Ups, Classics, etc. Not sure I love this - and am interesting in seeing what others do.

Thanks - that worked. I knew I was missing something simple - had to set a key to change the theme.

Is there a way to use Coverbox for all platforms except Arcade? Also what platform videos do you guys use along with CoverBox?

I am going through with trying to learn how to create a platform video, and have a few conceptual questions. I don't have the exact toolset you do - and don't expect you to know the details of these tools, but I want to get an idea of the process for making the video. For the image editing I am using GIMP For the video editing I am trying out Filmora9 For the video editing piece - what I have found I can do is use the green screen effect to insert a video into the "picture" area on any of the TVs / Displays. I think this will work - but wanted to check if this is the proper way to insert a video. I also wanted to understand how the process to create the playlist videos. I imagine this process is more complex with all the TVs at different angles, some of which are "3-D" rotations. Is it safe to say changing these videos would be more complex for a beginner and probably not the place to start? Any guidance on this part of the process would be appreciated. Thanks

Quick question on the MAME bezels from the bezel project. I am using RL for my bezel system - but wanted to see how others were handing clones/versions of the Roms that don’t match the bezel project. Some of the versions of Roms LB imports don’t match the folder in the bezel project (I.e rom in LB will have ‘u’ at the end). I have played around prioritizing different regions but it happens for different rims no matter what. I am working on a rename utility - but didn’t know if anyone else tackled this before.

I think this is a classic “to each his own” topic. I use RL for the fade screens, bezels, and pause. I haven’t used any of that in LB because I had it setup already in RL. Personally I like the flexibility and customization RL gives me. Most times I never need to use it- but it is handy when I do. Recently I used the UserFunction capability to create core specific devreorder.inis for Retroarch, since I used different controllers for different cores. So I like the abstraction it provides and plan to continue to use it.

I have read through a couple posts to try to find the best approach for updating romsets in launchbox, but it is not clear to me how to do it. For MAME - I use the "All Killer No Filler" playlists as well as a few other custom ones and don't want to mess any of that up. For Console / Handhelds - I use the No - Intro set, not much custom playlists for any of them. What is the best approach to update the MAME set (to latest .220) and update my No-Intro Set? For the No-Intro - I was just going to copy the last ROMs and then do the Tools --> Scan for Added / Scan For Removed. I wasn't sure if that is the best approach. For Mame - would the same approach work?

Anyone have any tips for how to rebuild this romset? I have an older version of the EMU (2a and 3a WIP) that can load up the games. When I download a newer version from emuCR that comes with a Games.xml - the games never load up at all. I am thinking it has to do with the roms.

Thanks. I mostly want to sync the LB directory, and I have the drive paths identical, so that should work. I have my emulators in a separate directory and mostly use retro arch so I think after the initial setup I should be good there as well based on what you stated. Thanks for the help.

I currently have Launchbox on my primary desktop, as well as my Arcade Cabinet. I have been living with configuring the Arcade PC with TeamViewer, but ideally I would like to be able to do the following: 1) Add / Edit Systems to LB on my desktop PC 2) "Sync" this configuration / setup to my Arcade PC without having to reconfigure this on that PC I am thinking about using a tool (I have GoodSync) to sync the LB directories, but I wanted to see if that will cause known problems, or if it should just "work"

Can you post the PSD for the Xbox 360 ones shown here?

Yes - when a new set comes out. Download the new dat- run it through the scanner with the fix options. It will rename anything u have that got renamed. Then u should join at a good percentage. Rebuilder comes into play for updating the MAME sets. Looks like you found a tutorial on that.

Yes you can do this, this tutorial video (below) walks you through it. From what you typed up it looks like you selected "Import All Clones" but you want to select "Skip Clones and Prioritize This Region".

Don't want to hijack this - I am new to this forum as well. How does one hop in and help with the database? Is there any forum topic that lists out systems that need some help filling in?

I don't think putting images on your NAS drive is going to get you the performance you are looking for, and symbolic links won't help. Are the images taking up the large amount of space, or is it the roms? I think roms on your NAS is fine - but I would keep the images locally.