LaunchBox 13.25 Beta Thread

[chadbanks]

If I use ffmpeg video engine then it crashes launchbox and bigbox. Both apps are only stable with wmp.

[elwooha6]

@chadbanksI've had this issue recently and it was fixed by updating video drivers. Also please do not post in the beta thread unless specifically related to the beta.

[skizzosjt]

LaunchBox gets stuck on "Loading Interface" every time I open the app for the first time after a boot of Windows.

I must end the process and try to open the program again. 2nd time and onward always works OK. so there is an issue with the first boot every time. started with at least v13.24 and continues to current 13.25 beta1. reverting to v13.23 this issue is not present. also, if I instead open Big Box first, Big Box boots fine. I can then open LaunchBox OK, even if it is the first time launching it on that boot. so to be more specific, LaunchBox gets stuck on Loading Interface after boot of Windows as long as Big Box has not been launched first.

 

same ongoing issues with FFMPEG regarding audio artifacts with webm using Vorbis, poor frame rate on all videos, and freezing the frontend when looping certain videos. these things do not happen when I use FFMPEG directly in Windows to play videos. the issues are in the implementation of FFMPEG in the frontend. I will say when playing videos in fullscreen whether in the frontend or with FFMPEG directly in Windows, frame rate does go down a notch. so that can explain why when viewing a video fullscreen with the frontend it looks worse since it does it natively in FFMPEG anyway. But as long as the video is in window mode in Windows when using FFMPEG it plays perfect. so this is an issue with the frontend since it plays back all videos poorly with FFMPEG even when not fullscreened.

[Eyebrows Cat]

On 10/16/2025 at 9:26 PM, Eyebrows Cat said:

インポート方法

①ツール - インポート - ROM Files - Single platform

②WindowsのエクスプローラーでROM FileをLaunchboxにドラッグアンドドロップで登録

どちらの方法でも発生します。

具体的なファイル名は rtypej.zip wndrmomo.zip などです。

こちらの問題解決しました。

どうやら先に登録してあった物は相対パスで登録されており、後から登録しようとしたものは絶対パスで登録されようとしたため、別のROMとして扱われていたようです。

なぜ既に登録してあった物が相対パスで登録されていたのかは不明です。

データファイルを絶対パスに書き換えたところこの問題は発生しなくなりました。

[faeran]

Beta 2 is out with the following changes:

• New Feature: You can now bulk-update all your emulators at once using the new "Update All" button in the Manage Emulators window
• New Feature: Star ratings can now be updated in bulk using the Bulk Edit wizard
• New Feature: You can now choose whether to delete associated media files when removing games, with a new checkbox and safer file handling
• New Feature: The Themes & Media Pack Manager now includes an "Open Folder" button to quickly access installed files in Explorer
• Improvement: Region priority logic for game images has been improved to better match your region settings, especially when multiple regions are listed
• Improvement: The Beta Spotlight window now includes a "Request Feature" button to make it easier to send us your ideas (update to beta 1)
• Improvement: The Browse button in Platform Documents is now disabled until a platform name is entered (update to beta 1)

[Eyebrows Cat]

今回も素晴らしいアップデートをありがとうございます！

 

13.25 β2

ゲーム&ウオッチのROMのインポートで問題が発生しています。

ゲーム&ウオッチのROMが59個入ったフォルダを指定してインポートしようとしていますが、最終的に9個のROMしかインポートできません。

ツール→インポート→ROM Files→Single platform→次へ→インポートするファイルの選択(ここでゲーム&ウオッチのROMのフォルダを指定)→次へ→デフォルトプラットフォームのNintendo Game & Watchを選択→次へ→エミュレータはMAMEを選択→次へ→ファイルを現在の場所で使用→ゲームのメタデータをダウンロードしますか？(チェックをオン)→ゲーム用の画像をダウンロードしますか？(必要な物のみオン)→次へ→EmuMoviesからメディアをダウンロードしますか？(チェックはオフ)→次へ→ベゼルをダウンロードしますか？(しない)→次へ→任意のカスタムオプション(重複するゲームを強制的にインポート、指定したフォルダーからのみファイルを読み込む、をオン)→次へ→MAMEのゲームをインポート(全クローンを選択、日本を優先、残りのチェックは全てオフ)

以上の手順でインポートをしようとすると添付画像のように9個のROMしか選択されませんでした。同じような現象は起こっていますでしょうか？

Edited Friday at 01:02 AM by Eyebrows Cat

[JaredN]

Hello,

Here is a list of a few issues I noticed in beta 1 and beta 2. All of them are shown in the video I'm attaching, except for the last one.

- The screensaver no longer systematically “skips” a game, BUT it still does so for the first game it displays when it launches. No big deal, really, but I'm reporting it in case it helps.

- An issue I had already reported but which has not been corrected here: When the video format is set to WMP, the prioritization of the soundtrack music over the video audio blocks the video sound in the screensaver. This is not the case when I use FFmpeg (which unfortunately continues to cause me trouble).

- Prioritizing the soundtrack music over the video audio is not respected in the screensaver. I don't know if this is an issue or “normal” behavior, but I would like to be able to keep this option in the screensaver as well.

- And finally, the only issue I can't show in the video is that LaunchBox AND BigBox freeze and close randomly and without error messages when I use FFmpeg. I'm using an RTX 3060 Ti with the latest official NVIDIA drivers (GeForce Game Ready 581.57).

Thanks again for all your hard work!
LaunchBox is amazing!

[elwooha6]

@JaredN I had similar issues with ffmpeg, updating drivers fixed it for me but since you are on the latest you could try reinstalling them as a fresh install, this clears all saved settings that may be causing problems. Hope it helps.

[JaredN]

2 minutes ago, elwooha6 said:

@JaredN I had similar issues with ffmpeg, updating drivers fixed it for me but since you are on the latest you could try reinstalling them as a fresh install, this clears all saved settings that may be causing problems. Hope it helps.

Thanks for the advice, but that's already what I did. 🤷‍♂️

[Jabb3rJaw]

I noticed occasional crashing on the last beta and it just happened on this beta as well. Log file attached  

Debug 2025-10-26 11-00-31 AM.log

[darreldearth]

anyone else having trouble with EMUMovies not connecting with this beta? i can log into emumovies fine on their website but after years of it working through launchbox it just decited to stop and just says "unable to login to emumovies" ever since the start of this beta. any ideas? thanks

Edited 17 hours ago by darreldearth

[JoeViking245]

54 minutes ago, darreldearth said:

anyone else having trouble with EMUMovies not connecting with this beta? i can log into emumovies fine on their website but after years of it working through launchbox it just decited to stop and just says "unable to login to emumovies" ever since the start of this beta. any ideas? thanks

Just tested (13.25-beta-2) and EmuMovies is working fine here. 

Tested via: Edit Game, Images, Download Media and was able to select images and videos in the EmuMovies tab.

[darreldearth]

5 hours ago, JoeViking245 said:

Just tested (13.25-beta-2) and EmuMovies is working fine here. 

Tested via: Edit Game, Images, Download Media and was able to select images and videos in the EmuMovies tab.

very weird. i restarted my computer a few times and it finally started working, so no idea why it was having trouble to update you with the solution. if it happens again ill try to pinpoint it. thanks for the reply though