LaunchBox 13.23 - Beta Thread

[GamersUniteYT]

so this happened when updating to version 3 in the beta however this only applies to Bigbox launchbox functions just fine but the second i boot up big box it just crashes with this error message

[C-Beats]

6 hours ago, bundangdon said:

With the latest beta-update, LaunchBox is crashing whenever a video plays and then I navigate to anything else in the program, using the new FFMPEG video engine. Never had this issue happen before with VLC

You getting an error we can look at or the app just hard close?

[C-Beats]

32 minutes ago, GamersUniteYT said:

so this happened when updating to version 3 in the beta however this only applies to Bigbox launchbox functions just fine but the second i boot up big box it just crashes with this error message

Was able to rep and have code in place to correct. Thanks for the report!

[hkr]

when using ffmpeg in both bigbox and desktop, if auto play videos is turned on, some videos will begin playback immediately but about five seconds into their run time. Some videos give stuttery playback (confirmed these videos play fine in external video playback apps). Other videos will have audio start playing for a few seconds before the video fades in. The behavior is consistent in the videos I found as examples.

Media info for Video that begins playing five seconds into its timeline:

Video
ID                             : 1
Format                         : AVC
Format/Info                    : Advanced Video Codec
Format profile                 : Main@L3.2
Format settings                : CABAC / 3 Ref Frames
Format settings, CABAC         : Yes
Format settings, Reference fra : 3 frames
Codec ID                       : avc1
Codec ID/Info                  : Advanced Video Coding
Duration                       : 22 min 43 s
Bit rate                       : 1 712 kb/s
Width                          : 1 280 pixels
Height                         : 720 pixels
Display aspect ratio           : 16:9
Frame rate mode                : Variable
Frame rate                     : 60.000 FPS
Minimum frame rate             : 58.824 FPS
Maximum frame rate             : 62.500 FPS
Color space                    : YUV
Chroma subsampling             : 4:2:0
Bit depth                      : 8 bits
Scan type                      : Progressive
Bits/(Pixel*Frame)             : 0.031
Stream size                    : 278 MiB (92%)
Title                          : ISO Media file produced by Google Inc.
Writing library                : x264 core 155 r2901 7d0ff22
Color range                    : Limited
Color primaries                : BT.709
Transfer characteristics       : BT.709
Matrix coefficients            : BT.709
Menus                          : 3
Codec configuration box        : avcC

Media info for video with stuttery playback:
 

Video
ID                             : 1
Format                         : AV1
Format/Info                    : AOMedia Video 1
Format profile                 : Main@L5.1
Codec ID                       : av01
Duration                       : 19 min 15 s
Bit rate                       : 7 852 kb/s
Width                          : 3 840 pixels
Height                         : 2 160 pixels
Display aspect ratio           : 16:9
Frame rate mode                : Variable
Frame rate                     : 60.000 FPS
Minimum frame rate             : 58.824 FPS
Maximum frame rate             : 62.500 FPS
Color space                    : YUV
Chroma subsampling             : 4:2:0
Bit depth                      : 8 bits
Bits/(Pixel*Frame)             : 0.016
Stream size                    : 1.06 GiB (98%)
Title                          : ISO Media file produced by Google Inc.
Color range                    : Limited
Color primaries                : BT.709
Transfer characteristics       : BT.709
Matrix coefficients            : BT.709
Codec configuration box        : av1C

 

media info for video that has audio start before video fades in:

Video
ID                             : 1
Format                         : AVC
Format/Info                    : Advanced Video Codec
Format profile                 : High@L3.2
Format settings                : CABAC / 4 Ref Frames
Format settings, CABAC         : Yes
Format settings, Reference fra : 4 frames
Format settings, GOP           : M=3, N=60
Codec ID                       : avc1
Codec ID/Info                  : Advanced Video Coding
Duration                       : 37 min 53 s
Bit rate                       : 12.6 Mb/s
Width                          : 1 280 pixels
Height                         : 720 pixels
Display aspect ratio           : 16:9
Frame rate mode                : Constant
Frame rate                     : 59.940 (60000/1001) FPS
Color space                    : YUV
Chroma subsampling             : 4:2:0
Bit depth                      : 8 bits
Scan type                      : Progressive
Bits/(Pixel*Frame)             : 0.228
Stream size                    : 3.34 GiB (97%)
Encoded date                   : 2025-08-15 19:22:13 UTC
Tagged date                    : 2025-08-15 19:22:13 UTC
Color range                    : Limited
Color primaries                : BT.709
Transfer characteristics       : BT.709
Matrix coefficients            : BT.709
Codec configuration box        : avcC

 

[Hedgecore024]

8 hours ago, C-Beats said:

You getting an error we can look at or the app just hard close?

After further testing, I have noticed a similar issue in LB (Win 11). Difficult to reproduce, does not happen consistently, but seems like selecting another game or right clicking another game while playing video, it will briefly hang and then a quick hard crash of the app.

[bundangdon]

2 hours ago, Hedgecore024 said:

After further testing, I have noticed a similar issue in LB (Win 11). Difficult to reproduce, does not happen consistently, but seems like selecting another game or right clicking another game while playing video, it will briefly hang and then a quick hard crash of the app.

Yep, this is pretty much an accurate description of the bug I came across as well.

[thewhite]

Hi, when installing this update, i get many files with this error "the source file is corrupted" all on thirdparty\chromium folder. I disabled bitdefender, only windows defender is running.