Cloud Sync for Metadata, Playlists, and Game Settings

📋 Summary

Expand LaunchBox’s sync capabilities beyond playtime, play count, and favorites to include metadata, playlists, and game settings across devices.

❗ Problem

Currently, only a few data points (playtime, play count, favorites) are synced between builds. For users running LaunchBox on multiple devices (e.g., desktop + handheld PC), this creates several challenges:

• Playlists must be manually copied.

• Metadata edits (titles, descriptions, region changes, etc.) aren’t carried over.

• Game-specific settings or configurations have to be redone per device.

• Media management can become inconsistent or fragmented.

This is both time-consuming and error-prone, breaking the seamless experience many users expect when maintaining multiple setups.

💡 Proposal

Introduce cloud sync that supports:

• ✅ Game metadata (custom edits, notes, fields)

• ✅ Playlists (custom and auto-populated)

• ✅ Game-specific settings/configurations

• ✅ Optionally, media files (images, videos, manuals)

Sync could work via:

• Native LaunchBox cloud storage (if feasible), or

• Integration with third-party services like OneDrive, Google Drive, or Dropbox, letting users choose their preferred provider.

🧩 Benefits

• Provides a single source of truth for your library across devices.

• Saves time by eliminating repetitive manual copying.

• Keeps metadata, playlists, and settings consistent everywhere.

• Huge quality-of-life improvement for users with multiple builds or handheld PCs.