Launchbox/Bigbox: Ability to create an element that acts as a container of something else

[Ciro Bonfrate]

Would be nice to have something that is not a platform or playlist but acts as a sort of link to a playlist.
This would give depth to user’s database organization; for example, i may have a “Nintendo” playlist that shows 3 of those custom containers: let’s say a “Mario”, “Zelda” and “Metroid” container…each one is linked to a playlist (seems a solid tool to filter db), which in the case would show me all the games.
Basically, a container object that is at the same level of the imported games in the ui structure of BigBox or Launchbox.
Should be customizable and have its own metadata.

[brian]

Hi Ciro,

This sounds a lot like a Category, which can be created in LaunchBox by choosing your Platform Category filter (in the dropdown on the Side Bar), right clicking any item and choosing Add > New Category.

Categories can be placed in a spot of your choosing within your Platform Category hierarchy (using the Parents Tab) and can have it’s own metadata and media.

This would allow you to create your example: Nintendo > Mario > [Games]

However, Nintendo would be the Category, and Mario, Zelda, Metroid would be your Playlists.

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[Ciro Bonfrate]

Hi Brian,
reading again my post shown me how tired i was when writing it, and how confusing the proposal is.

As you said, you can pretty much edit your hierarchy and create containers for playlists (i have a “Collections” category which contains dozens of playlists for every important franchise out there and even a “Developers” category with playlists for software houses).

My proposal is to have an object at the same level of the imported games…a db item that acts as a link to a playlist or other ways to filter stuff.

So that it’s not in my sidebar on Launchbox, but among the imported games….thinking mostly of BigBox here, that could give a bigger freedom to structure your UI experience.
While practical using Launchbox (i can always access the sidebar), the platform/categories/playlists structure is somewhat limiting what you can do with BigBox (i have to move back on the hierarchy as the final view i can get is the wall/wheel view with all the games for selected platform/category/playlist).

I’m well aware it’s a sort of redundant feature that adds little, but having such kind of object could bring new ways of structuring the frontend experience of BigBox.

(Surely not a “Major” priority proposal, of course)

[Christian]

Your asking for a “Collection” element similar to how Plex allows you to add “Collections” to their item grid that contains several items underneath it, correct?

[Ciro Bonfrate]

Exactly (but in the case of BigBox, it could be an item on the grid for the wall view, or an item for the wheels, etc)