dragon57 Posted October 10, 2020 Share Posted October 10, 2020 Comic Utility Belt is pretty straight forward. Just follow the different sections starting at the top and select what type of operation to perform in the lower section. Having said that, I really recommend you reconsider trying to use LaunchBox to organize comic books. It really is more trouble than it is worth. Like DOS76 said earlier, maintaining, adding, etc., becomes unsustainable very quickly. ComicRack is the way to go, and following ComicRackManual will give you all the info you need on setting it up, using it, adding comics, etc. https://sites.google.com/site/comicrackmanual/ You can always call ComicRack from LaunchBox/Bigbox for a pretty seamless experience after getting ComicRack configured. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DOS76 Posted October 10, 2020 Author Share Posted October 10, 2020 I don't even know if you can download ComicRack any longer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Retro guy Posted October 10, 2020 Share Posted October 10, 2020 well i would like a tutorial video for comic readers like YAC and comic rack pls Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dragon57 Posted October 10, 2020 Share Posted October 10, 2020 15 minutes ago, DOS76 said: I don't even know if you can download ComicRack any longer. You can download it from 3rd party web sites. I have compared the installer with my old installer I downloaded from the old, official web site, and so far the files have matched. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dragon57 Posted October 10, 2020 Share Posted October 10, 2020 12 minutes ago, A Retro guy said: well i would like a tutorial video for comic readers like YAC and comic rack pls Your best bet for Yacreader is the official website. There is a FAQ and a forum. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Retro guy Posted October 10, 2020 Share Posted October 10, 2020 Okay. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Retro808 Posted October 10, 2020 Share Posted October 10, 2020 1 hour ago, A Retro guy said: well i would like a tutorial video for comic readers like YAC and comic rack pls Your are going to find a lot of people are not just going to make a tutorial when asked. Most are doing emulation things in their own free time so not many are going to jump and say "Sure I will make a tutorial for you". You are going to have to start doing a lot of searching and reading. Most programs will have a FAQ and/or a forum that is always the best starting point. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Retro guy Posted October 10, 2020 Share Posted October 10, 2020 2 hours ago, Retro808 said: Your are going to find a lot of people are not just going to make a tutorial when asked. Most are doing emulation things in their own free time so not many are going to jump and say "Sure I will make a tutorial for you". You are going to have to start doing a lot of searching and reading. Most programs will have a FAQ and/or a forum that is always the best starting point. Ok and i also kinda figured some stuff out with YAC reader so i'm kinda good right now. [PS. I now have every single sonic archie comic that i can read thoru YAC reader so NOICE...... well at the very least the main sonic archie series but still.] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djweevil666 Posted January 14, 2021 Share Posted January 14, 2021 That is simply awesome what does it look like when you view them and what does it look like in big box mode ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DOS76 Posted January 15, 2021 Author Share Posted January 15, 2021 This is what it looks like when viewing the comics on a reader app (YACReader in this case) The only art in LaunchBox that I have for them are the covers which I had to create on my own with a 3rd party tool. Due to this I don't really use it in BigBox as with just the one media type there isn't much to look at. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Integrum Retro Posted June 22, 2021 Share Posted June 22, 2021 @DOS76 Do you have any recommended BB themes to display multiple covers like you get in LB? Also, thanks for sharing your XML, I manually imported 16,000 comics, created platform categories and play lists for every major title. Took 2 months. I can certainly appreciate your dedication to this as well. ? (But, did you go so far as to convert every single one to .webp format so you could save on drive space? Yeah.. half way done with that myself) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr.Laor Posted June 22, 2021 Share Posted June 22, 2021 I tried this. Unfortunately, it didn't work great at scale. Even more frustrating, I can't seem to find any feature-packed and attractive comic book manager. Decided to go with Yac Reader Library. It has built-in meta data search through comic vine(this is a killer feature), looks pretty good, and still being worked on. Anyone have other suggestions? I don't want to use Comic Rack- no active development for a number of years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveZ Posted June 27, 2021 Share Posted June 27, 2021 Been away from LB/BB scene for a few years and decided to pop in tonight and saw this. my jaw drops and mind starts wandering as I myself literally just got bit by the comic nostalgia bug a few weeks back. The one thing I am concerned with is this. Your video showed it going i believe 2 layers deep. Hopefully that makes sense. I would like to be able to go 4 or maybe even 6 layers deep. Specifically because I order my comics in a specific way. Is this possible or am I grasping air with this idea. Side note, my comics library is sitting at just over 90K. cheers m8s Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DOS76 Posted June 27, 2021 Author Share Posted June 27, 2021 I don't think LaunchBox will nest things that deep but I've never tried so not actually sure Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveZ Posted June 27, 2021 Share Posted June 27, 2021 Ya... On thinking more I just don't think this is quite the right app. Close, but not quite. I dunno if the DEVS are interested or not, but a large internet search shows that this type of app specifically is actually in quite large demand as there is nothing any good available really. Could be a money maker, if it's not to big of a task. But I am just an ole dude who knows nothing about programming. Would recommend some serious thought and research into this though. It just may prove a worthy project if even down the road. Comics and their collecting have become a lot more popular than many would think, and most platforms, inventory apps, and display apps are an atrocious collection of mashup software LOL CHEERS PS. tnx for the response DOS76, wasn't sure I would be humored on this subject Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DOS76 Posted June 27, 2021 Author Share Posted June 27, 2021 ComicRack is pretty good although not maintained and isn't the easiest application to figure out what is going on with it I believe the official download for it no longer works but it can be found on sites like MajorGeeks. I've broached the subject of making a comic app like LB with Jason in the past but there wasn't really any interest in doing something like that unfortunately. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiriusVI Posted June 28, 2021 Share Posted June 28, 2021 13 hours ago, DOS76 said: I don't think LaunchBox will nest things that deep but I've never tried so not actually sure Should be possible in theory. You just create custom platform categories. My C64 Dreams collection is nested in Computers (Category) --> Commodore 64 (Category) --> C64 Dreams (Category) --> Games (Platform) I don't know if there is a limit for how deep this can go, though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveZ Posted June 29, 2021 Share Posted June 29, 2021 Bah, nothing does what I feel it should do. Going to try Calibre again, but its such a clunky piece of app when your library sizes start getting on the large side. Another side note, plex forum has been requesting this kind of functionality for over a decade LOL https://forums.plex.tv/t/plexreader-comics-books-pdfs/26684/870 Yup i been looking into EVERY possible app for this ComicRack looked as though it had potential if it kept up development. Such a shame. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Syllius Posted August 8, 2022 Share Posted August 8, 2022 I've attached a recent copy of the ComicInfo.xml that ComicRack puts into .cbz files when it scrapes from ComicsVine. What I believe would be useful is a Launchbox plug in that will unpack the CBZ, convert the XML (changing field names where necessary) and add it to the playlist .xml data. I might try and work on it this week if I have some free time. ComicInfo.xml Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uberrr Posted October 27, 2023 Share Posted October 27, 2023 Sorry to necro but could you post those playlists? I could really use them for my collection Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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