rik81

Its _hsm I dont think you're supposed to know what is what... which is the whole point of having automatic downloads as theyre trying to unify a standardized set of media as per a set of wheels for everybody. In a way... you shouldnt really be tampering with this... and they've made it as complicated as possible to deter people from messing with it. However with that said... the media as is.... is breaking the entire setup. So if you're going to implement something like this... make sure you verify exactly what people are downloading. Because right now.... its a mess... (As mentioned... I removed the folders after looking in them that I didnt want to use... and my entire setup started working again... there's definitely some media in there thats breaking the display system and freezing everything up) For instance... I downloaded hucards in one of the folders I deleted.... I didnt setup any of the NEC systems... why am i downloading hucards? I like a lot of the main system themes, game themes look killer... I like a lot of main wheel logos as they're nicely displayed with super HD resolutions.... And maybe some of the game logos. System themes will be essential... Pointers too.. What is that... 6 things... Concentrate on these... its going to be the core of whats needed to create something great. Everything else is junk... I dont need the videos although some people will def utilize them however getting them to match with their rom sets is gonna be a problem... the only standardized ones are probably mame, atari 2600 and a few others.. ... (Mame themes are nice though), I dont need spines, no manuals, no cabinet images, no pdfs... ... I dont need game box backs... I dont need 3 or 4 sets of snaps in different resolutions... especially when theyre displayed in a smaller box. I dont need game music etc... Its all extra bandwidth for zero benefit... media that nobody is gonna use in the building of their themes. This isnt launchbox. 2D Boxes/3D Boxes/Marquees/Bezels/Carts and CDs will also be useful... but worry about that later... get everything else working first... Like leave the folders open in overrides... but remove all media for the time being and reintroduce these sets later once theres an official public release.

Questions/Concerns that need addressing/Fixing 1. Limiting the sync doesnt work... Even if you turn it off... it tries to download everything 2. Video Snaps - 240p/480p/1080p - Why have 3? Arent these overrides? 1 is enough 3. What is Video Snaps - System? Shouldnt this be in the default folder? 4. Why is Default folder limited to 2 things? How do you apply your own media if your default only has 2 categories? 5 Main Themes/System themes/Main logos need to be updated and downloaded on the fly when you install a system.. This should be 1 number. 6. Not all themes display video... I have video in the overrides and they show for mame, but only after updating the system theme... but dont work at all for something like teknoparrot 7. The Hypertheme search function needs to be redone from the ground up... you cant search for anything and it includes other systems which have nothing to do with your search. Also things should be broken into (Should be shown under the media tab) Essentials Default - (Break into categories or tabs) Main wheel Logos Main theme System Theme Are the main 3 - These should download first... and be automatic since theyre universally needed for everything You cant really show the other things Game wheels/Game Video etc... as its far to many... some in the thousands And theyre shown in the systems tab anyways. Add a preview for the video there too.. that would make sense. Nobody cares about Manuals, Music, Spines, Box backs, etc, other redundant categories. Its just noise. Showing them under the side media tab.. individual system listings does nothing... and really just confuses people. (You would need a browser type viewer otherwise... the only way it would be effective it to show a game list... and then whats missing... this one is missing a video... this one is missing a marquee etc.. so you can go through and add the media that your missing.... other wise its pointless.) Thats just off the top off my head... im sure theres a ton more.

I got some news.... I decided to hop back in after reading the other thread.... What is breaking things is the crap media.... in the extra categories.. I went down the list of folders that downloaded from the emumovies servers.... and deleted anything i didnt want... The whole system sprung to life.... starting working as it should have I am now going to disable downloads completely... then go in and cherry pick what I want in terms of themes from whats available... cause as it stands... there is bad media on the server.

I deleted all the files that get copied on C... readded the systems... and the themes started working. But only for a spin around the wheel or two.... they themes stopped loading after and gets stuck on one of the backgrounds. Media is still pretty busted. Im giving up on this for now... will come back in a month... Im frustrated.

No themes show... at all... Not even the Hyperspin default one. I added 4 systems for testing. MAME - Cause its a staple Sega Genesis - Good Console Choice Mugen - For a PC like add Nintendo Wii U Ware - Custom System The wheel media if you import your own seems to work though. I'm assuming the rest will work... like the videos... once the themes start working as then youll have something to display. I also cant seem to assign the Mugen theme to Mugen... Or any of the system themes. Also on every emulator... I got these errors coming up.... I dont want to run these at all.... How would you disable them? These arent needed... I understand what your trying to do... Im still in the process of downloading all the media. There is still over 20000... im hoping the themes will start working after. I dont think so though since ive already tried to update them with Hypertheme.

THeres nothing more important than proper media display.... Right now... its broken... Please fix that first... Then people will start churning out content for the wheels. Without that... nothing really matters... And engagement on the project will continue to dwindle after a strong start.

I posted the same error in the bugs section. Media needs an overhaul.

Running MAME only? Any word on when the media will start disaplying correctly?

Everything is working... Everything.. Besides the media. So.. if they havent answered... its probably user error.

Im all for a new frontend. From what I can see... the final product will be great. Everything works... Except the most important part... the media.

If the media gets fixed. Interest would surge and people would start using the frontend... Nothing else matters. At this point... im starting to think its not getting fixed on purpose. Until all the other stuff is done.

And another month slips away....

Windows probably removed the dlls in one of their automated scans.

Sounds great and all... but please fix the media... its completely broken on many systems... doesnt display. Overrides dont work. A few things. You can see all the media in hyperHQ... it just dont show up in hyperspin. Fix this... and the popularity shoud drastically increase... right now... its on life support.