GuroDragon Posted July 3, 2017 Share Posted July 3, 2017 (edited) Neither Video for Platforms or Themes is working on Launchbox (version 7.10) 1-Set Video playback engine to VLC 2-scrolled through ever view mode in bigbox 3-Made sure platform videos are in the correct folder and connected through Tools>Manage Platforms 4- Made sure the theme folder is correctly named and in the correct location. 5- Under options>videos the platform videos have been selected and unselected. 6-Favorite games have turned on and off. Did I miss something? Edited July 3, 2017 by GuroDragon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neil9000 Posted July 3, 2017 Share Posted July 3, 2017 If you are trying to switch the theme you need to go to options/views, highlight the current theme and hit your confirm button to cycle through the currently installed themes, have you done that? Also what theme are you trying to use? Not all themes support videos, and ones that do may only support them in certain views. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GuroDragon Posted July 3, 2017 Author Share Posted July 3, 2017 (edited) @neil9000 The theme I am trying is cityhunter. I selected the theme and confirmed, the theme and fonts work just no video. I when to opinions and tried ever view, also scrolled through them with the quick key I assigned. Maybe there is something missing or corrupt? Edited July 3, 2017 by GuroDragon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neil9000 Posted July 3, 2017 Share Posted July 3, 2017 Can you go to options/videos put it on vlc then uncheck all the videos and see if that works, like this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GuroDragon Posted July 3, 2017 Author Share Posted July 3, 2017 @neil9000 l did this and just tried it again, no dice! No video still just a black screen in the background. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DOS76 Posted July 4, 2017 Share Posted July 4, 2017 Are you using a older version of the theme maybe? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GuroDragon Posted July 4, 2017 Author Share Posted July 4, 2017 (edited) @DOS76 I just copied my entire luanch box folder to a flash drive and everything works GREAT as is! But videos do not work in its original location, everything works except the video. By path to launchbox is "G:\Emulators & Roms\# Front end\LaunchBox" Edited July 4, 2017 by GuroDragon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DOS76 Posted July 4, 2017 Share Posted July 4, 2017 That is so weird I'm stumped. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GuroDragon Posted July 4, 2017 Author Share Posted July 4, 2017 (edited) @DOS76 I changed the path from "G:\Emulators & Roms\# Front end\LaunchBox" to "G:\Emulators & Roms\1 Front end\LaunchBox" and everything works now. Edited July 4, 2017 by GuroDragon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GuroDragon Posted July 4, 2017 Author Share Posted July 4, 2017 What a weird glitch! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DOS76 Posted July 4, 2017 Share Posted July 4, 2017 ah it didn't like the ampersand Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neil9000 Posted July 4, 2017 Share Posted July 4, 2017 Sorry i didn't get back to you last night, i was tired and went to bed early. Well that is really weird, i can't say i have ever seen anyone have that issue before. I think it might be worth tagging @Jason Carr here so he can have a look as it may not be limited to the ampersand symbol. I'm glad it's all working for you now though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DOS76 Posted July 4, 2017 Share Posted July 4, 2017 Well now I'm not sure it was the ampersand as he has edited what he typed in since I made my response and his paths now show the ampersand in both the working and non working scenarios so looks like the hashtag was the issue now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neil9000 Posted July 4, 2017 Share Posted July 4, 2017 Ah interesting, still think Jason should have a look though, there may be a weird issue with certain symbols in file path's. Strange one though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GuroDragon Posted July 6, 2017 Author Share Posted July 6, 2017 (edited) Hey Guys, @DOS76 @neil9000 The only thing I changed was the ampersand in the file path. I was on a phone and made some typos hence why you see my comment edits. Hopefully this thread will help someone else or the development team. @neil9000 No worries on the speed of you commenting, Launchbox easily has some of the best support I have ever gotten especially for what is basically freeware. Edited July 6, 2017 by GuroDragon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarkPoney Posted September 19, 2017 Share Posted September 19, 2017 Hi guys, got same bug here : My launchbox app had a path like : "G:\### EMULATORS\LaunchBox" -> Everything works fine in Launchbox but not a single video works in BigBox Change my path to "G:\LaunchBox" -> Everything works properly (last version 7.11) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7thHanyou Posted September 30, 2017 Share Posted September 30, 2017 I can't get videos working and I don't have any special symbols in the path. Any word on what else might cause this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neil9000 Posted September 30, 2017 Share Posted September 30, 2017 4 hours ago, 7thHanyou said: I can't get videos working and I don't have any special symbols in the path. Any word on what else might cause this? Where are your videos located? What theme are you using and what view within that theme as not all support video's, are you using VLC or WMP? Have you tried going to options/videos and checking/unchecking background platform and game video's? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7thHanyou Posted September 30, 2017 Share Posted September 30, 2017 12 hours ago, neil9000 said: Where are your videos located? What theme are you using and what view within that theme as not all support video's, are you using VLC or WMP? Have you tried going to options/videos and checking/unchecking background platform and game video's? It was my own fault--the videos were not named consistently with my platform names. Stupid mistake. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warden Posted March 28, 2021 Share Posted March 28, 2021 im new to big box, where is this path located? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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