LaunchBox Game Info Utility

[elliot763]

Hi LaunchBox community,

I'm still fairly new to LaunchBox and while trying to get all of my images and video for my games sorted out I found myself wishing for an easy way to find which games were missing videos or certain image types. So l threw together a quick program to help myself and thought I'd share it here in case it helps anyone else.

What it does:

• Reads your LaunchBox.xml file to get the list of games and their properties
• Counts the number of Videos and Images by type (Box - Front, Clear Logo, etc.) for each game by looking through the Videos and Images directories
• Writes all of this data to a single CSV file which is created in the LaunchBox directory

How to use it:

• Place the LaunchBoxInfoUtils.jar file in the your LaunchBox folder (same folder as LaunchBox.xml)
• Double click the JAR file (You may have to install a JRE and add it to your system path if you don't already have one)
• A new file, GameInfo.csv, will be created in the same directory, which you can open in Excel or any other CSV editor and filter as needed (for instance, you can filter out games that have 0 in the "# BoxArt(Front)" column to see which games need Box - Front images)

Notes:

• As implied above, I threw this together quickly (a couple of hours) for my own use, so it is tailored my own library and may not work with everything (for instance, I don't have Steam games in my LB so I didn't include Steam Banners). So I can't guarantee that this will work for everyone, but I'd be happy to add features if there is interest
• Again, I haven't put a ton of time into this so currently there is no feedback when you run the program (no logs, no status window). The only way you'll know it is done is when the CSV is created. So if you run it and nothing happens after a while (it runs for my Library of ~2000 games in < 5 seconds) you may want to open your task manager and check that the Java process isn't running in the background and eating resources (kill it if it is).
• Let me know if you love it/hate it/have suggestions.. I'd be happy to improve it if it's helpful to the community

Download: Here

Thanks,

Elliot

 

Edited August 13, 2016 by elliot763

[Jason Carr]

Wow, Elliot! That is awesome! This is a much needed feature so I'm sure many, many users will appreciate it. There's a new, proper Downloads section in the blue menu area at the top of the forums site, so it would be best if you can upload it as an official download there. I'm about to go add a new category for third-party apps and plugins. Thanks!

[Rincewind]

Thanks for this Elliot I'm going to give it a try later and give you some more feedback

[DOS76]

Thanks for sharing with the community much appreciated.

[elliot763]

Thanks, @Jason Carr! I added it to the new downloads section.