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Hi all! This theme is gorgeous, and I've spent hours to get this thing as smooth as possible, despite running a very low-end i3 system. The big things that helped the platform menus was was disabling auto-generated playlists, ensuring only HD (not 4k) versions of videos were downloaded, and caching all images (took a LONG time) at low quality. BUT, despite all of the system and playlist menus running perfectly, I still can't quite get the games views to run smoothly though... those videos and info screens are very choppy, despite those game videos being smaller and lower res than the platform and playlist Colorful Light videos. Does anyone have any tweaks or suggestions for getting the games wheels and games detail views to run smoother with videos enabled? Also, if is there an easy way to disable game videos if I just can't quite get it to work? Thank you!!

Hi all! I'm using the Colorful Light theme and noticed there are some videos for what looks like a top level menu where you can select Arcade, Consoles, or Computers. Could anyone let me know how to set up the theme where I could set up that initial menu? Thank you!

Hopefully you caught the fact this was posted in the noob section, so can't say I knew much about anything before making the purchase, especially any risks associated with a preconfigured drive. I spent a couple of hours on YouTube and didn't have much luck. I'm looking to avoid becoming an expert and dedicating tons of hours if there's an expert that can make short work of this - hence the post. If anyone has the time or willingness to help out it would be a paid project. Thanks! Mike

Hi all! With my family locked up at home for the foreseeable future, what better time to teach my kids about the wonders of retro gaming?! I could use your help, but story time first... I ordered a 5TB drive on through Home Arcade systems for $416 after reading that it included systems through PS2 preconfigured for LB and BB. After waiting about a month and a half and getting various excuses the drive arrived. However, both LB and BB were far from "preconfigured" - it was clear LB and BB were an afterthought, and it was primarily built for Hyperspin. A few months later when I had the time to dedicate to the project again I reached out to the owner (who had sent me the earlier emails explaining delays) and explained that neither LB or BB were working. He explained in his latest update both were working and there were a bunch of other features he was really excited about. He asked that I buy the update package ($116) and he would send me the new drive. A month later the updated drive arrived, except it was the original drive I mailed him - no update whatsoever. After initially denying this, he eventually apologized and said I could mail it back to him and he update the drive and put me in the front of the queue. After getting many excuses including exhaustion, surgery, vacations, and more I got the updated drive nearly three months after paying for the update. Here's the rub - LB and BB were STILL not properly configured $530 later. Many systems won't launch at all, some would launch with weird frames, and others would crash after exiting one game and attempting to start a second. Hyperspin worked okay (far from perfect), but I bought it strictly for LB and BB. So, so frustrating. Since I have all the roms and art is there any chance someone here would be willing to help me by set up a clean, pre-configured LB and BB for an i3 using built in graphics and x360 controllers? I was thinking I could send screenshots of the "arcade" directory so you would know how to path systems and roms. Maybe trade files through Dropbox if necessary? I'm happy to pay for your time and expertise! Thanks for your time everyone, I truly appreciate it! All the best, Mike