Zombeaver Posted March 6, 2017 Share Posted March 6, 2017 1 minute ago, Jason Carr said: Per the playlist media, I'm tempted to rename the categories so that the existing Platforms categories support both platforms and playlists. Thoughts? Hmm. What do you have in mind specifically? Personally I don't think they're really interchangeable - I know the option is available to combine them but they're for two very different purposes in my view and never the two shall meet in my library haha I think it might be a little weird having them lumped together in terms of media categorization/separation. Presumably people looking for media for one or the other are, well, looking for one or the other; and having them mixed together could make that more difficult. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ALIE Posted March 6, 2017 Share Posted March 6, 2017 (edited) 14 minutes ago, Jason Carr said: Thanks @ALIE; I see what I did wrong there. I'll fix it for the next beta. Sounds good. When trying with a controller I get the press key hang like @neil9000 posted. I think I posted a picture in my previous post. When using keyboard I can assign keys to them but nothing happens. Edited March 6, 2017 by ALIE Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EazyCheeze1978 Posted March 6, 2017 Share Posted March 6, 2017 Something else I just noticed today; if scanning for Added ROMs for All Platforms, the process gets hung up on ScummVM, which is not a ROM-based platform and shouldn't be in this process, as MS-DOS is not. I have to close the program and re-open it to continue (it doesn't hang the program but just froze the progress bar for three-four minutes, so I don't have to force close it in Task Manager), and I'm now sort of discouraged from using that option until it can be fixed to exclude ScummVM (If MS-DOS is also part of the bug, then I don't know about that because the process didn't get to it). Is this something I should put into BitBucket? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Carr Posted March 6, 2017 Author Share Posted March 6, 2017 6 minutes ago, EazyCheeze1978 said: VLC. Hmm... I don't know, because pretty much everything is standard setup as far as video, as far as I know anyway. Does BigBox rely on having the latest video drivers for best results, or should I download the K-Lite Codec Pack? The codec pack shouldn't make any difference at all when using VLC, because it doesn't use the system's codecs. Upgrading video drivers is always a good idea. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Carr Posted March 6, 2017 Author Share Posted March 6, 2017 7 minutes ago, Zombeaver said: Hmm. What do you have in mind specifically? Personally I don't think they're really interchangeable - I know the option is available to combine them but they're for two very different purposes in my view and never the two shall meet in my library haha I think it might be a little weird having them lumped together in terms of media categorization/separation. Presumably people looking for media for one or the other are, well, looking for one or the other; and having them mixed together could make that more difficult. Yeah, I think I'm convinced. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Carr Posted March 6, 2017 Author Share Posted March 6, 2017 6 minutes ago, ALIE said: Sounds good. When trying with a controller I get the press key hang like @neil9000 posted. I think I posted a picture in my previous post. When using keyboard I can assign keys to them but nothing happens. Yes, as stated previously I just fixed this for the next beta. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Carr Posted March 6, 2017 Author Share Posted March 6, 2017 2 minutes ago, EazyCheeze1978 said: Something else I just noticed today; if scanning for Added ROMs for All Platforms, the process gets hung up on ScummVM, which is not a ROM-based platform and shouldn't be in this process, as MS-DOS is not. I have to close the program and re-open it to continue (it doesn't hang the program but just froze the progress bar for three-four minutes, so I don't have to force close it in Task Manager), and I'm now sort of discouraged from using that option until it can be fixed to exclude ScummVM (If MS-DOS is also part of the bug, then I don't know about that because the process didn't get to it). Is this something I should put into BitBucket? Ah, yeah, that's worth ticketing. Good find. I don't think I've run into the same thing for my ScummVM games, but we'll need to get it fixed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EazyCheeze1978 Posted March 6, 2017 Share Posted March 6, 2017 Okay, doing it. And also updating my video drivers Will let you know if the views changing thing is still a problem, when I can get to testing that. Thanks for the advice on that! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ALIE Posted March 6, 2017 Share Posted March 6, 2017 14 minutes ago, Jason Carr said: Yes, as stated previously I just fixed this for the next beta. LOL I miss read that. I thought you said look at it Wednesday. Sounds awesome now I can't wait for the beta. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EazyCheeze1978 Posted March 6, 2017 Share Posted March 6, 2017 Issue has been bitbucketed 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zombeaver Posted March 6, 2017 Share Posted March 6, 2017 Is there not a way to accomplish an "OR" search across different fields via auto-playlists? I just now started messing them. If I have: Developer - Contains - Cave It shows all games with Cave in the developer field. If I have: Developer - Contains - Cave Publisher - Contains - Cave The playlist then shows only games that have Cave in both the developer and publisher fields. Is there a way to make it populate based on all titles that contain "Cave" in either the developer or the publisher fields? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EazyCheeze1978 Posted March 6, 2017 Share Posted March 6, 2017 Okay, the blanking out of views when changing them is still happening, and now is to the point that sometimes when I hit B to go back to the Options menu to try to quit, I get into an endless loop of going back to the same view (though one of the screens I hit B on is blank, so that would probably be the Options screen I need). It's sort of hard to describe when it happens as it seems to happen at random, but only when changing views. Very odd. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Carr Posted March 6, 2017 Author Share Posted March 6, 2017 10 minutes ago, Zombeaver said: Is there not a way to accomplish an "OR" search across different fields via auto-playlists? I just now started messing them. If I have: Developer - Contains - Cave It shows all games with Cave in the developer field. If I have: Developer - Contains - Cave Publisher - Contains - Cave The playlist then shows only games that have Cave in both the developer and publisher fields. Is there a way to make it populate based on all titles that contain "Cave" in either the developer or the publisher fields? Ah, not currently. Though that is another interesting use case. As previously discussed, I won't be adding a bunch of complicated AND or OR logic to it in an effort to keep it easy to use. What we *could* do to address this particular use case is add a field for "Developer or Publisher". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Carr Posted March 6, 2017 Author Share Posted March 6, 2017 12 minutes ago, EazyCheeze1978 said: Okay, the blanking out of views when changing them is still happening, and now is to the point that sometimes when I hit B to go back to the Options menu to try to quit, I get into an endless loop of going back to the same view (though one of the screens I hit B on is blank, so that would probably be the Options screen I need). It's sort of hard to describe when it happens as it seems to happen at random, but only when changing views. Very odd. Out of curiosity, do you use a game controller? If so, does it still happen if you do everything with the keyboard? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EazyCheeze1978 Posted March 6, 2017 Share Posted March 6, 2017 I have one, an Xbox 360 Wireless Controller, and that is what I use mainly... I don't know the keys to accept/go back/change views or I would sure test that out for you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Carr Posted March 6, 2017 Author Share Posted March 6, 2017 Just now, EazyCheeze1978 said: I have one, an Xbox 360 Wireless Controller, and that is what I use mainly... I don't know the keys to accept/go back/change views or I would sure test that out for you I'd still appreciate it if you could, because that will really help me pinpoint the issue. You can check or set the key mappings easily enough under Options > Key Mappings. It's just arrow keys, Enter, and Escape by default for navigation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Carr Posted March 6, 2017 Author Share Posted March 6, 2017 Beta 10 is out now guys; Big Box now supports adding and removing games from playlists via the game details screen. I'm also really hoping (once again) that I've fixed the side bar sorting bug, so let me know. Next I'm going to get back to the arcade playlists. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neil9000 Posted March 6, 2017 Share Posted March 6, 2017 2 minutes ago, Jason Carr said: Out of curiosity, do you use a game controller? If so, does it still happen if you do everything with the keyboard? Just to jump in here, I had a similar problem the other day. One of my systems had the wrong view, so I was cycling through them (Y on my controller) and it kept showing me the same view over and over, it would fade to black and come back with the same view. I just did a restart and haven't seen it since. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zombeaver Posted March 6, 2017 Share Posted March 6, 2017 6 minutes ago, Jason Carr said: Ah, not currently. Though that is another interesting use case. As previously discussed, I won't be adding a bunch of complicated AND or OR logic to it in an effort to keep it easy to use. What we *could* do to address this particular use case is add a field for "Developer or Publisher". I think that would be a decent compromise. Since it already treats it as an "OR" across multiple uses of the same field I think that would cover the majority of use scenarios. I'll try to think of any potential exceptions 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chglcu Posted March 6, 2017 Share Posted March 6, 2017 5 minutes ago, Jason Carr said: Beta 10 is out now guys; Big Box now supports adding and removing games from playlists via the game details screen. I'm also really hoping (once again) that I've fixed the side bar sorting bug, so let me know. Next I'm going to get back to the arcade playlists. From a quick glance, it looks like my platforms are sorting correctly now, but my playlists are not if I have the All item enabled. Without the All item, everything sorts fine. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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