Gamebase and Videos

[epsol]

I am working on getting gamebase and gameex to exist happily together, but I have a couple questions.

1> Can you use video snaps when using a gamebase db in gameex?

2> If you can, where do you configure the location of the videos snaps?

Thanks

[AlphaUMi]

Hallo! And welcome to the forum!

As far as I know, GameBase isn't engineered to play video, and since GameEx basically reads and displays GB databases and related file, I'm afraid the answer to your question is no, at the moment.

In fact there is no place to set up your video snaps in GameEx, because GameBase doesn't read videos. If GB would have read videos, GameEx would have automatically read them too.

But this could be an interesting new feature: ability to set up custom art paths for GameBase and, if a file is present in one of these paths, use this instead of the original. So, in case of a video, GameEx could play it with its internal engine.

If you are interested in new features, post a request in this thread so that Tom (the programmer) can read it.

I am working on getting gamebase and gameex to exist happily together

Actually GameEx works very happily with GameBase in an automated way. Provided that GameBase has been properly configured, just run Setup Wizard, enable GameBase support and indicate your GB directory and you're done.

Cheers,

Alpha.

[hansolo77]

You don't need to request this. I've already got it in the request thread. The only solution I can think of would be if Tom devised a way to copy the rom names to a file that the EmuMovies app could read. Then when it matches, it would have the proper naming to match the roms, not the actual title the database displays.

I've not actually tried this, but in theory if there are avi's instead of jpgs, I think GameEx would display the videos. Since the rest of the emulator setups read videos first and images second, having videos in the screenshot path might work. I wouldn't just rip out all your screenshots first, back them up before trying incase it doesn't work.

I've had a few other requests about GameBase too, like the ability to have controller art displayed before launching the game. I also find it annoying that GameEx displays the Title screenshot in the main screenshot window, rather than the In Game screenshot, but it's something I'm learning to live with.