What's the best frontend? I've been using Launchbox, but I'm getting annoyed by how slow it is, and I don't like that it uses 1.5GB of RAM just to run in the background. Obviously something that's just supposed to be a list of games that I pick from shouldn't be doing that. I've used EmulationStation on a Raspberry Pi before, and it got the job done pretty well too, though the sorting options were a little less effective. I looked online and see many complaints that Launchbox is slow, so I almost just switched to EmulationStation, but I also saw posts saying that setting it up on Windows is a bit of a hassle. The whole point of this for me is a hassle-free way to look through my 6000+ roms and play games from my couch.
I also wish I could find one with better sorting options, so that I could have multiple layers of subfolders sorted different ways. Basically, I wish I could have one "All" folder with everything sorted alphabetically, subfolders mixed in with games, because I want the subfolders in "All" to be various series. Then I want those series' folders to be sorted by release date, and to have subfolders within them for different releases of the same game. And ideally after that, there would be another layer for hacks of individual releases. I can't find a frontend that really gives me the sorting options I want.
But really speed is the reason I'm making this post. The sorting thing is a little more of a bonus.
Here's all I want...
>lists games
>shows cover art
>has good sorting options
>doesn't eat up absurd amounts of power for a glorified list of game covers
>makes it so I can sit on the couch and pick games/switch games easily without having to get up
>doesn't have complex and time consuming setup. If I have to open Notepad ++, it's becoming more hassle than just using plain old Windows Explorer
I don't need fancy themes with videos that autoplay and fade as I scroll through games. All I want is to pick games based on cover art. The back/spine of the box, and the cart/disc art are cool, too, I suppose. But I don't care about all the custom fan stuff. I just want to sit on my couch and pretend I'm at the video store picking out a game to rent, and I don't want it to use as few resources as could be required to accomplish that task. And ideally I can sort those games very autistically, but that's pure bonus.