Emumovies Question

[Urbecrisch]

Hello. Just downloaded LB & BB. Currently downloading artwork, etc.  I already have a large collection of emumovies. Am I able to just point the folder somewhere in LB or do I have to download the files again?

[sundogak]

20 hours ago, Urbecrisch said:

Hello. Just downloaded LB & BB. Currently downloading artwork, etc.  I already have a large collection of emumovies. Am I able to just point the folder somewhere in LB or do I have to download the files again?

If the files you downloaded are named accurately then you can do a couple things. 

First is anything you copy to ..\\Launchbox\Images\<Platform NAME>\<Image Type>   or if videos via the \\Launchbox\Videos\ then LB's fuzzy naming will pickup anything in those folders. Make sure refresh your view via F5 by selecting the games so it looks for the new media.  LB will match anything in the title or the name of the ROM if media is named similarly.  So for example, you have downloaded a bunch of game snap videos for SNES.  Then you would place those videos you already downloaded into \\Launchbox\Super Nintendo Entertainment System\      The key is that the videos have to be similar to what you have in LB for the game title or rom name.  Also, LB doesn't "read" anything that is in parenthesis or brackets, which is by design. So if you have "Alien 3 (1983).mp4" as the video name then LB will match with any game you have imported with "Alien 3" and ignores the year.  

I originally did what you are trying to do since I had most of the media.  You can get about 90% to import straight off with minimal troubles.  However there will be some that will not match in that the names are different (usually a regional difference) to which you have to match manually (or rename the media so LB will see it). 

Second method is you have media in a set of organized folders and you don't want to duplicate it into the LB folders, then you tell LB to look at a specific folder besides the default.  Go to the platform list on left of LB.  Select and right-click on the platform name and select "edit", then click on "folders" tab.  It will bring up this window:

You can then point the folder for that media type to where you have your folder with EMUMovies data.  You are still held to the fuzzy naming logic described above.  Edit: one caution on this option is that LB will merrily rename files if you open up the game and do any sort of editing (i.e., Alien 3-01.mp4...it would nuke the year in example above).  So if you point to a folder where you have a very specific naming process that you want to keep, then might want to stick with first method above.  

Edited July 29, 2021 by sundogak