The names of the downloaded Luanchbox covers do not match the names of the ROMs

[Zhuk59]

Is there any way to make the names of the downloaded Lunchbox covers the same as the names of the ROMs?

First of all, for some reason the ' sign is renamed to _

This is visible on my screenshots.

I have my own covers for different systems, under 500 on Sega Genesis, under 300 on nes, and all the names of the covers match the names of the ROMs. And this is convenient, no matter which frontend I use, I specify the path to my covers and they are applied.

This will not work with Launchbox...it renames the covers at its own discretion and I cannot use my covers.

[faeran]

2 hours ago, Zhuk59 said:

Is there any way to make the names of the downloaded Lunchbox covers the same as the names of the ROMs?

First of all, for some reason the ' sign is renamed to _

This is visible on my screenshots.

I have my own covers for different systems, under 500 on Sega Genesis, under 300 on nes, and all the names of the covers match the names of the ROMs. And this is convenient, no matter which frontend I use, I specify the path to my covers and they are applied.

This will not work with Launchbox...it renames the covers at its own discretion and I cannot use my covers.

Unfortunately, there's no easy way to bring your own images into Android. The only real way would be to first load them into LaunchBox for Windows and then use the export process to bring them over to Android.

Android itself is more self contained and will download artwork automatically for you, and while there are single game media edits you can do, there's no bulk image import feature.

[Zhuk59]

Apparently I don't understand something or expressed myself incorrectly.

And what does Windows have to do with it? I installed it in Launchbox on Windows and ran scraping: the names of the downloaded covers there also don't match the names of my ROMs.

If I put my covers in the Launchbox image folder, Launchbox simply won't see them... I have to rename each of my covers because the cover name is stored in the Launchbox database... it takes a long time....

It would be ideal if there was an option when turning it on, which would give the downloaded Launchbox covers the same name as the ROMs...and so that after this Launchbox will see my covers.

this is the case in all the frontends I've tried before.

 

Edited Thursday at 06:24 PM by Zhuk59

[Zhuk59]

This is implemented perfectly in Arc Browser:

https://arcbrowser.com/customize

-ROM directory, in subdirectories

-ROM directory, everything in the same directory

-Theme directory, in subdirectories (I use this option, very convenient)

-Theme directory, everything in the same directory (one per system)

[faeran]

2 hours ago, Zhuk59 said:

Apparently I don't understand something or expressed myself incorrectly.

And what does Windows have to do with it? I installed it in Launchbox on Windows and ran scraping: the names of the downloaded covers there also don't match the names of my ROMs.

If I put my covers in the Launchbox image folder, Launchbox simply won't see them... I have to rename each of my covers because the cover name is stored in the Launchbox database... it takes a long time....

It would be ideal if there was an option when turning it on, which would give the downloaded Launchbox covers the same name as the ROMs...and so that after this Launchbox will see my covers.

this is the case in all the frontends I've tried before.

 

You didn't express improperly.

Windows is only brought up because it has an "Export to Android" functionality. So you could in theory, set yourself all up with your images on LaunchBox, which does have the drag/drop functionality of images, then use the Export to Android functionality to bring those images over to Android. So there is a way to do what you want right now, but it involves our Windows app at the moment, which we recognize is not ideal.

While we would love to create some way for you to bulk import images into Android, we just don't currently support that at this time. The issue is that images in the app need to be processed and optimized before they are shown in the app. We have internally talked many times of how we'd handle some kind of Android image bulk importer process, whether it's dropping them in a folder which somehow triggers the image optimization process, or create some kind of manual process a user would have to run in the app itself.

Most users end up using one of the 4 current ways we have for getting images into Android: Automatic image downloading, Manual bulk image downloading, single game media downloading, or the Export to Android functionality. However, feel free to create a feature request so we can keep track of it: https://feedback.launchbox.gg/?b=679a6b991b2011c4928c2573

 

[Zhuk59]

I got it, cover Import works on Windows, and I think cover export to Android will work too.True,

I did not find how to export my Videos, there is no such item thereWhy can't a feature like Cover Import be implemented in the Android version of Launchbox? Or some other way to transfer covers. Let's say someone wants to switch from another frontend to Launchbox on the Android version with their own library of covers, and how can they do it quickly without the Windows version?

As for your words: "The issue is that images in the app need to be processed and optimized before they are shown in the app."What optimization process are we talking about?

The main thing is to put the cover with the correct name in Launchbox so that he sees it and that's it.At the moment, in the Android version of Launchbox,

I first Scrap the covers in Launchbox, then look in the Image folder to see what the cover name is, for example,

my ROM: Donkey Kong Country 3 - Dixie Kong's Double Trouble! (USA) (En,Fr).sfc

my cover: Donkey Kong Country 3 - Dixie Kong's Double Trouble! (USA) (En,Fr).png

Launchbox cover: Donkey Kong Country 3 _ Dixie Kong_s Double Trouble!.jpg

I rename my cover as Launcbox wants from Donkey Kong Country 3 - Dixie Kong's Double Trouble! (USA) (En,Fr).png to Donkey Kong Country 3 _ Dixie Kong_s Double Trouble!.jpg and put it in the Image folder and everything works. But this is also not a solution, I do not want to rename covers manually about 500-700 times or add one cover for each game from the menu manually.

P.S: my native language is Ukrainian, sorry if I write something wrong in English.

Edited Friday at 08:37 AM by Zhuk59