Talantyyr Posted September 30, 2015 Author Posted September 30, 2015 It would be great to add game manuals to launchbox (especially big box mode). There are a lot of sources for game manuals, like http://www.digitpress.com/library/manuals/nes/ You could add a scraper for manuals and include a pdf viewer to launchbox. Quote
Jason Carr Posted October 1, 2015 Posted October 1, 2015 Hi @Talantyyr, I'm in the process of integrating with EmuMovies which does have a good manuals library. I have their API now so I'm hoping I can make that happen soon. Quote
Talantyyr Posted October 1, 2015 Author Posted October 1, 2015 Awesome! Thanks Jason! I really love launchbox (bigbox mode ftw!) and how you're listening to the community! Take your time, i'll wait :) Great news you're integrating emumovies, i'm using the gameplay videos from my arcade cab right now but added a lot of games i don't have on the cab, this'll really save me a lot of time fiddling with the hyperspin tools ^^ Quote
mathflair Posted October 1, 2015 Posted October 1, 2015 Wow really, when do you plan to have the EmuMovies stuff in (rough estimate)? Also, will we need to pay for a EmuMovie's subscription, or will that scraping still be free? Quote
Jason Carr Posted October 3, 2015 Posted October 3, 2015 Hi @mathflair, EmuMovies requires you to pay for a subscription for the movies themselves. However, my understanding is that the artwork, at least, is free. I do believe you have to go register on the site though before you'll be able to download anything, even with the API; you'll have to enter your login credentials into LaunchBox in order to use it. Quote
Talantyyr Posted October 23, 2015 Author Posted October 23, 2015 Hi Jason! I've just got myself a emumovies subscription and started downloading stuff. They have a lot of manuals! <3 When i click the "View Manual" Button, it's opened with the system pdf viewer. Do you plan adding a pdf viewer to bigbox? it'd be awesome to control it with a joypad :) Quote
Jason Carr Posted October 24, 2015 Posted October 24, 2015 Hi @Talantyyr, yes, I do have that planned. :) Quote
eatkinola Posted April 17, 2017 Posted April 17, 2017 11 hours ago, Togglebrick said: Any updates on the manual function? Looks like it's in the recent community poll of most requested features, so I guess we'll find out soon how it all shakes out. Thanks @Jason Carr for again soliciting our feedback on feature requests. The LB updates have been amazing. 2 Quote
eatkinola Posted June 4, 2017 Posted June 4, 2017 a plugin solution for viewing game manuals is available 1 Quote
Mattm16 Posted January 20, 2020 Posted January 20, 2020 How do I integrate manual viewing in Launchbox? When I install the games, I tell it to look for manuals, but they do not download in. I have an account with EMUMovies, and I have put that information in when installing the games into Launchbox. Quote
neil9000 Posted January 20, 2020 Posted January 20, 2020 10 minutes ago, Mattm16 said: I have an account with EMUMovies, Is it a paid premium account? That is needed for videos, music and manuals. If you do have the paid subscription then its possible they just dont have manuals for your specific games, or your games are named poorly and cant be matched by emumovies. Quote
Mattm16 Posted January 20, 2020 Posted January 20, 2020 I just paid for the premium account. Do I have to re import the games now to test it? Or is there an option to just download all the manuals for the games? Quote
neil9000 Posted January 20, 2020 Posted January 20, 2020 Just now, Mattm16 said: I just paid for the premium account. Do I have to re import the games now to test it? Or is there an option to just download all the manuals for the games? No, you can highlite the games then go to tools/download metadata and media, uncheck all the options except for manuals to just grab the manuals. Quote
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