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Are you holding off on upgrading to Playnite 9? Why? - OneAngryGamer - 10-28-2021

This thread is not to criticize Playnite 9. Many have upgraded to 9 and are very happy with it.

If you are using any version of Playnite lower than 9 then I would be interested in the following:
  1. What version of Playnite are you using? 
  2. Why are you holding off on upgrading to Playnite 9?
  3. Are you planning to upgrade to 9 in the near future?
  4. If no to the last question, what would convince you to upgrade to 9? (e.g. a long wanted feature is added to a new 9 release, a v8 extension gets a v9 release etc.)

My responses:
1. Playnite 8.15
2. The main reason is that there are too many extensions that are not yet compatible with Playnite 9. Upgrading to 9 would mean that all of these extensions would be broken (no guarantee they will ever appear on 9)
3. No
4. I would upgrade to Playnite 9 if there were extensions in 9 for the following:
  • metadata - VNDB (darklinkpower updating VNDB plugin by Mithnar)
  • metadata - Launchbox
  • library - EmuLibrary


RE: Are you holding off on upgrading to Playnite 9? Why? - darklinkpower - 10-28-2021

Some information regarding the extensions is incorrect, and also other info.

The following ones have already been updated to Playnite 9:

    azuravian - Game Media Processor https://playnite.link/forum/thread-565.html
    darklinkpower - Game Engine Checker https://playnite.link/forum/thread-505.html
    darklinkpower - Game Media Tools https://playnite.link/forum/thread-313.html

I won't update this one because Playnite has a much better built in region parser when importing games so it's no longer needed:
    darklinkpower - Game Region Filler https://playnite.link/forum/thread-369.html

This one is not updated but in my opinion, the other VNDB metadata plugin works better:
    erri120 - VNDB Metadata Provider https://playnite.link/forum/thread-335.html
   
I mean this other one.
    Mithnar - VNDB metadata plugin https://playnite.link/forum/thread-24.html
I've also updated it for Playnite 9 support and sent a PR and awaiting the devs approval to merge. A testing build is also available and working https://github.com/Mithnar/PlayniteVndb/pull/19#issuecomment-947967125

This one has not been updated, but someone could make a quick PR to add support:
    Spektor56 - Launchbox metadata plugin https://playnite.link/forum/thread-97.html

The following ones have not been updated and in the case of Playnite sounds, it's because P9 now has built in support, albeit somewhat limited:
    psychonic - EmuLibrary https://playnite.link/forum/thread-635.html
    Joyrider3774 - Playnite Sounds https://playnite.link/forum/thread-432.html


Also be aware that updating to Playnite 9 is just not a matter of features. Newest updates also means fixes and improvements for both Playnite and extensions and also some library plugins might not work now or in the future because they are outdated versions.

RE: Are you holding off on upgrading to Playnite 9? Why? - OneAngryGamer - 10-29-2021

(10-28-2021, 06:19 AM)darklinkpower Wrote: Some information regarding the extensions is incorrect, and also other info.

Thanks for the correction. I have removed this from my post. (I appreciate the extensions you have developed for Playnite)

(10-28-2021, 06:19 AM)darklinkpower Wrote: This one is not updated but in my opinion, the other VNDB metadata plugin works better:
    erri120 - VNDB Metadata Provider https://playnite.link/forum/thread-335.html
   
I mean this other one.
    Mithnar - VNDB metadata plugin https://playnite.link/forum/thread-24.html
I've also updated it for Playnite 9 support and sent a PR and awaiting the devs approval to merge. A testing build is also available and working https://github.com/Mithnar/PlayniteVndb/pull/19#issuecomment-947967125

Thanks for that. That's one essential extension I can tick off.

(10-28-2021, 06:19 AM)darklinkpower Wrote: This one has not been updated, but someone could make a quick PR to add support:
    Spektor56 - Launchbox metadata plugin https://playnite.link/forum/thread-97.html

Launchbox metadata plugin is a must have for old games. I wouldn't upgrade to 9 while it doesn't have any metadata plugin for Launchbox.

(10-28-2021, 06:19 AM)darklinkpower Wrote: Also be aware that updating to Playnite 9 is just not a matter of features. Newest updates also means fixes and improvements for both Playnite and extensions and also some library plugins might not work now or in the future because they are outdated versions.

I am aware of that. I'd prefer to miss out on fixes if I can keep using the P8 plugins.

RE: Are you holding off on upgrading to Playnite 9? Why? - kristheb - 10-30-2021

(10-28-2021, 06:19 AM)darklinkpower Wrote: This one has not been updated, but someone could make a quick PR to add support:
    Spektor56 - Launchbox metadata plugin https://playnite.link/forum/thread-97.html

what is a PR ?

RE: Are you holding off on upgrading to Playnite 9? Why? - ownedbycats - 10-31-2021

Pull request. It's the usual way to send fixes to a project on Github.

RE: Are you holding off on upgrading to Playnite 9? Why? - sheepbeep - 11-01-2021

@OAG: What is your reason, why you are so hell-bent on staying on PlayNite 8 that you are forking many addons?

RE: Are you holding off on upgrading to Playnite 9? Why? - OneAngryGamer - 11-01-2021

(11-01-2021, 08:01 AM)sheepbeep Wrote: why you are so hell-bent on staying on PlayNite 8
I want to upgrade to Playnite 9. But there are too many valuable plugins that are not compatible with Playnite 9.

RE: Are you holding off on upgrading to Playnite 9? Why? - Liziveth - 11-02-2021

Normally I don't post but I've been using Playnite for a while, I would maybe suggest tagging your extensions, etc as Playnite8 in the title due to your volume of posts. Whenever the app gets a big update that breaks older extensions, it's common for a period where old extensions aren't fully updated yet which often get forked, replaced, or updated with time. I think posting a ton of extensions that are unstable/incompatible with the software 90% of the forum is using and burying a lot of the support threads, etc and making threads like this kinda clutters the site and results in confusion. For a lot of things you've posted, there are temporary equivalents like SteamgridDB or other metadata options, or the built-in features in Playnite 9.

RE: Are you holding off on upgrading to Playnite 9? Why? - OneAngryGamer - 03-28-2022

(03-20-2022, 06:17 PM)profucius1 Wrote:
(03-20-2022, 10:05 AM)sheepbeep Wrote: Why do you stay at Playnite 8, if most people are at 9 and soon 10 ?
They have a customized setup for v8 that would break if they updated to v9.

But I (and others) do implore them to consider upgrading, as newer version have many useful features, and having access to newer extensions is also indispensable.


Because Playnite 8 is indispensable if you are into emulation.

RE: Are you holding off on upgrading to Playnite 9? Why? - Foron - 03-28-2022

(03-28-2022, 08:13 AM)OneAngryGamer Wrote:
(03-20-2022, 06:17 PM)profucius1 Wrote:
(03-20-2022, 10:05 AM)sheepbeep Wrote: Why do you stay at Playnite 8, if most people are at 9 and soon 10 ?
They have a customized setup for v8 that would break if they updated to v9.

But I (and others) do implore them to consider upgrading, as newer version have many useful features, and having access to newer extensions is also indispensable.


Because Playnite 8 is indispensable if you are into emulation.
I've thought of it as the other way around and that Playnite 9 has been the best major update yet (in all fairness, I had version as early as 5.3 but for whatever reason I didn't use Playnite I updated to Playnite 8): better multi-disc support, automated imports, and en masse editting support alone make emulation support much improved.

RE: Are you holding off on upgrading to Playnite 9? Why? - OneAngryGamer - 03-30-2022

(03-28-2022, 10:10 AM)Foron Wrote:
(03-28-2022, 08:13 AM)OneAngryGamer Wrote: Because Playnite 8 is indispensable if you are into emulation.
I've thought of it as the other way around and that Playnite 9 has been the best major update yet (in all fairness, I had version as early as 5.3 but for whatever reason I didn't use Playnite I updated to Playnite 8)

Playnite 9 broke existing extensions, themes and plugins. While most of these now have P9 compatible releases, not all do. The best emulation-focused plugins do not have any releases for P9.