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Expand Up @@ -87,7 +87,9 @@ To access the MobyGames API, [create a MobyGames account](https://www.mobygames.

The [LaunchBox](https://gamesdb.launchbox-app.com/) Games Database is a community-driven database that provides metadata, cover art, and screenshots. Like the Launchbox desktop application, RomM downloads the entire database locally and matches games based on their exact filenames.

To enable LaunchBox, set `LAUNCHBOX_API_ENABLED=true` in your environment variables. You can enable regular updates of the database by setting `ENABLE_SCHEDULED_UPDATE_LAUNCHBOX_METADATA`, and set the frequency on the cron job with `SCHEDULED_UPDATE_LAUNCHBOX_METADATA_CRON` (defaults to 5:00 AM every day).
To enable LaunchBox, set `LAUNCHBOX_API_ENABLED=true` and `ENABLE_SCHEDULED_UPDATE_LAUNCHBOX_METADATA=true` in your environment variables. You can customize scheduled updates of the database by setting the frequency on the cron job with `SCHEDULED_UPDATE_LAUNCHBOX_METADATA_CRON` (defaults to 5:00 AM every day).

You must run a LaunchBox metadata update (Either manually, or scheduled via cron) to generate a local .xml file with Launchbox metadata before using it as a metadata provider, because the software will parse the local .xml file when trying to match a rom and fetch metadata from this source.

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