LaunchBox 13.22 - Beta Thread

[drtechnolust]

The new Aetherial theme still is non responsive when I select it as a main theme. I'm not sure if anyone else is experiencing this behavior. I have reinstalled it multiple times and just recently updated to the stable build with the same result. 

[faeran]

5 hours ago, drtechnolust said:

The new Aetherial theme still is non responsive when I select it as a main theme. I'm not sure if anyone else is experiencing this behavior. I have reinstalled it multiple times and just recently updated to the stable build with the same result. 

Sounds like you may be using the deprecated VLC video playback engine in Big Box instead of WMP.  You can change that in Big Box options, or if you can't make it in there, change it in your LaunchBox\Data\BigBoxSettings.xml file. It should be:

<VideoPlaybackEngine>Windows Media Player</VideoPlaybackEngine>

[drtechnolust]

2 hours ago, faeran said:

Sounds like you may be using the deprecated VLC video playback engine in Big Box instead of WMP.  You can change that in Big Box options, or if you can't make it in there, change it in your LaunchBox\Data\BigBoxSettings.xml file. It should be:

<VideoPlaybackEngine>Windows Media Player</VideoPlaybackEngine>

That was the culprit. Thank you!

[Mr. RetroLust]

I'm a bit late concerning the move from VLC to WMP, it all works well for one exception; the videos are not really black but more of a dark greyish color. In my experience this is caused by setting it to limited color range 16-235 instead of full range 0-255. I have tried to go into the settings of both WMP and K-Lite but it doesn't make a visual difference, what should I do?

[C-Beats]

3 hours ago, Mr. RetroLust said:

I'm a bit late concerning the move from VLC to WMP, it all works well for one exception; the videos are not really black but more of a dark greyish color. In my experience this is caused by setting it to limited color range 16-235 instead of full range 0-255. I have tried to go into the settings of both WMP and K-Lite but it doesn't make a visual difference, what should I do?

If you're running an Nvidia Graphics card that setting is in the Nvidia Control panel and will force the vid player to use it.

[Mr. RetroLust]

27 minutes ago, C-Beats said:

If you're running an Nvidia Graphics card that setting is in the Nvidia Control panel and will force the vid player to use it.

Thanks C-Beats that did the trick, at first I didn't saw this setting but it was hidden under an advanced tab. 🫣