The video player is now stopped before attempting to remove media files.

es-app/src/views/gamelist/BasicGameListView.cpp

@@ -234,6 +234,9 @@ void BasicGameListView::removeMedia(FileData* game)
     std::string mediaType;
     std::string path;
 
+    // Stop the video player, especially important on Windows as the file would otherwise be locked.
+    onStopVideo();
+
     // If there are no media files left in the directory after the deletion, then remove
     // the directory too. Remove any empty parent directories as well.
     auto removeEmptyDirFunc = []

es-core/src/GuiComponent.cpp

@@ -543,6 +543,12 @@ void GuiComponent::onHide()
         getChild(i)->onHide();
 }
 
+void GuiComponent::onStopVideo()
+{
+    for (unsigned int i = 0; i < getChildCount(); i++)
+        getChild(i)->onStopVideo();
+}
+
 void GuiComponent::onPauseVideo()
 {
     for (unsigned int i = 0; i < getChildCount(); i++)

es-core/src/GuiComponent.h

@@ -178,6 +178,7 @@ public:
 
     virtual void onShow();
     virtual void onHide();
+    virtual void onStopVideo();
     virtual void onPauseVideo();
     virtual void onUnpauseVideo();
     virtual bool isVideoPaused() { return false; };

es-core/src/components/VideoComponent.cpp

@@ -116,6 +116,12 @@ void VideoComponent::onHide()
     manageState();
 }
 
+void VideoComponent::onStopVideo()
+{
+    stopVideo();
+    manageState();
+}
+
 void VideoComponent::onPauseVideo()
 {
     mBlockPlayer = true;

es-core/src/components/VideoComponent.h

@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ public:
 
     virtual void onShow() override;
     virtual void onHide() override;
+    virtual void onStopVideo() override;
     virtual void onPauseVideo() override;
     virtual void onUnpauseVideo() override;
     virtual bool isVideoPaused() override { return mPause; }