gibbagabbagoo Posted September 15, 2017 Share Posted September 15, 2017 (edited) Hey guys! I'm having some troubles playing the background videos for the City Hunter 2 theme. I'm not sure what I'm doing wrong, but I followed the Youtube video, "How To Make Your LaunchBox Look like Ours - Feature Specific LaunchBox Tutorial." I created folders for Sega Genesis and Nintendo Entertainment System inside "LaunchBox\Themes\CityHunter 2 - Video\Videos\Backgrounds\Platforms" and placed the videos in their respective folders, but nothing plays when I launch BigBox. I've even tried putting JUST the .MP4 files inside the Default folder and these are just the background videos for the theme, not my own. In BigBox, I've ensured that VLC is selected and the first three boxes are checked under Videos options and have switched through all views. However, when I place the videos into the "LaunchBox\Themes\CityHunter 2 - Video\Videos\Platforms" folder they play just fine, but of course, it always starts a new video when a new Platform is selected. What am I doing wrong here? Apologies, as I know I'm making a dumb mistake right now. Thanks a ton. Edited September 15, 2017 by gibbagabbagoo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DOS76 Posted September 15, 2017 Share Posted September 15, 2017 You probably are using a view that doesn't have video I suggest going to options and enabling a button or key to cycle through the views for your selected theme then check each view and see if you get video in any of them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gibbagabbagoo Posted September 15, 2017 Author Share Posted September 15, 2017 Yep, tried that. Set Switch Views to K and cycled through. Nothing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DOS76 Posted September 15, 2017 Share Posted September 15, 2017 Hopefully @keltoigael can give you some advice as I'm not familiar with his folder structure for City Hunter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gibbagabbagoo Posted September 15, 2017 Author Share Posted September 15, 2017 No worries, man! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LogicalEgo Posted September 15, 2017 Share Posted September 15, 2017 Where are your videos currently located? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gibbagabbagoo Posted September 15, 2017 Author Share Posted September 15, 2017 (edited) Hi keltoigael! Testing things out, I have your "Flash Back 2012 - Scanlines" video in this folder structure, D:\Games\LaunchBox\Themes\CityHunter 2 - Video\Videos\Backgrounds\Default\ But there is already the default "CityHunter 2" video in there, but I don't get why even that one isn't playing. Edited September 15, 2017 by gibbagabbagoo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LogicalEgo Posted September 15, 2017 Share Posted September 15, 2017 Interesting. It should by default cycle through both of those. So you get nothing but a black background and no video? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gibbagabbagoo Posted September 15, 2017 Author Share Posted September 15, 2017 (edited) I was before, until I went into LaunchBox and did the "Download Platform/Playlist Theme Videos..." Now, at least the two platforms I currently have (Sega, NES) show their default videos. Only when I place your videos under "D:\Games\LaunchBox\Themes\CityHunter 2 - Video\Videos\Platforms" is when it plays, but of course it continues to switch videos everytime I jump to a new platform. Edited September 15, 2017 by gibbagabbagoo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gibbagabbagoo Posted September 15, 2017 Author Share Posted September 15, 2017 Also, here are some screens of some of my settings. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LogicalEgo Posted September 15, 2017 Share Posted September 15, 2017 @CriticalCid could chime in that maybe the playlist videos are affecting it. As of now neither CriticalZoneV2 or CityHunter 2 supports playlist videos. I would place platform videos in the LaunchBox\Themes\CityHunter 2\Videos\Platforms folder, Backgrounds should go into LaunchBox\Themes\CityHunter 2\Videos\Backgrounds\Default. Your screens look correct, hope this helps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gibbagabbagoo Posted September 15, 2017 Author Share Posted September 15, 2017 Confirmed that the Background videos are inside the Default folder by itself, no sub-folders. Not sure what I'm doing wrong as I've fresh installed LaunchBox a few times already. But thanks a ton for the help! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LogicalEgo Posted September 15, 2017 Share Posted September 15, 2017 Have you tried switching over to WMP as the video playback engine? Also which version of LB are you using? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gibbagabbagoo Posted September 15, 2017 Author Share Posted September 15, 2017 (edited) I'm using latest version, 7.11. And yep, just tried using WMP. Just a black background when I do that. It doesn't make sense that when I place the background videos inside the Platform folder it'll play, but not when I place it inside the Default folder in Backgrounds. Almost like something is giving priority to the actual console platform videos instead rather than your background videos. Edited September 15, 2017 by gibbagabbagoo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LogicalEgo Posted September 15, 2017 Share Posted September 15, 2017 (edited) With WMP you will need something like k-lite codec pack or cccp, recommend k-lite standard. Did you just download CH2 today? I just recently (today) added in DPI scaling fixes and the newest video engine from the CriticalZoneV2 theme. I tested everything on my end but there is always a possibility of error. When I get home from work I can message you the older Ao.themer.dll file to see if that is the issue. Also worth trying out one of the other download options in CityHunter 2, starting with the default CityHunter 2 (theme) or CityHunter 2 (theme) Clean Edit. Edited September 15, 2017 by keltoigael Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CriticalCid Posted September 15, 2017 Share Posted September 15, 2017 The background videos are always using WMP, no matter which playback engine you have set up in BigBox. There’s currently a version in the works which supports VLC as well but it’s not ready yet. It could be that a video codec is missing on your machine so I suggest to install the K-Lite codec pack or wait for the new revision if you don’t want to install codec packs for any reason. Could you also try out a version of CriticalZoneV2 to see if the problem exists there as well? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LogicalEgo Posted September 15, 2017 Share Posted September 15, 2017 (edited) 30 minutes ago, CriticalCid said: The background videos are always using WMP, no matter which playback engine you have set up in BigBox. There’s currently a version in the works which supports VLC as well but it’s not ready yet. It could be that a video codec is missing on your machine so I suggest to install the K-Lite codec pack or wait for the new revision if you don’t want to install codec packs for any reason. Could you also try out a version of CriticalZoneV2 to see if the problem exists there as well? You are right and I was mistaken about VLC implementation in the latest .dll. Very possible it is a codec issue (hoping) and a simple install of k-lite fixes the issue. Edited September 15, 2017 by keltoigael Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gibbagabbagoo Posted September 15, 2017 Author Share Posted September 15, 2017 (edited) Okay, I think I got it to work. But I mistakenly did two things without determining if that was the problem. But anyways, A. I first installed K-Lite Codec Pack (their "Mega" installer, and "Advanced" profile). With the CriticalZoneV2 theme, background videos did not work using WMP or VLC. B. For some reason I had remembered that under Windows 10, Apps & Features > Programs And Features > "Turn Windows features on or off" I had disabled Media Features which houses the native WMP. Not sure why I did this, but I re-enabled it. Back into BigBox, the videos now play using VLC Not sure if the latter was directly related to this issue, or if K-Lite solved something, but it seems to be working fine now. Sigh, want to apologize for taking up your guy's time with what probably is my blunder. Thanks so very much again for the help, all! Edited September 15, 2017 by gibbagabbagoo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LogicalEgo Posted September 15, 2017 Share Posted September 15, 2017 (edited) 9 minutes ago, gibbagabbagoo said: Okay, I think I got it to work. But I mistakenly did two things without determining if that was the problem. But anyways, A. I first installed K-Lite Codec Pack (their "Mega" installer, and "Advanced" profile). With the CriticalZoneV2 theme, background videos did not work using WMP or VLC. B. For some reason I had remembered that under Windows 10, Apps & Features > Programs And Features > "Turn Windows features on or off" I had disabled Media Features which houses the native WMP. Not sure why I did this, but I re-enabled it. Back into BigBox, the videos now play using VLC Not sure if the latter was directly related to this issue, or if K-Lite solved something, but it seems to be working fine now. Sigh, want to apologize for taking up your guy's time with what probably is my blunder. Thanks so very much again for the help, all! No problem at all, although I may blame you for pre mature grey, j/p. Glad you got things working. Windows 10 is a completely different animal when it comes to an OS. I would imagine you turned off the WMP functions because of the new player, which sucks btw. I leave them both on by default. You could have also turned this off due to a privacy setting because Microsoft wants to know everything we are doing now. Edited September 15, 2017 by keltoigael Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CriticalCid Posted September 15, 2017 Share Posted September 15, 2017 I don't think that it was K-Lite and more the fact that you have disabled the native WMP. I didn't even know that this was possible, so thanks for bringing that to my attention. Also great to hear that it now works for you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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