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    • cyperghostC
      cyperghost
      last edited by cyperghost

      @mitu said in Gamelist Excel export script:

      The ROM/game path is not visible, but it's exported as a hidden column (after the Name column).

      Excellent!

      Please correct links in your posting
      https://gist.github.com/cmitu/73cf0783e9e1e4e02d8ce5c44f7a8984
      and
      https://github.com/jmcnamara/xlsxwriter
      for the xlsxwriter module ;)

      Do you think you can also read-out the custom collections?
      As they are just pure TXT-files ;)

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        MrSco
        last edited by

        awesome script! thanks for sharing.... I'm getting an error however,

        pi@retropie:~ $ python export.py /home/pi/RetroPie/roms/export_list.xlsx 2018-02-18 00:16:17,335 INFO Emulationstation systems file used: /home/pi/.emulationstation/es_systems.cfg
        2018-02-18 00:16:17,372 INFO System Kodi is skipped as configured
        Traceback (most recent call last):
        File "export.py", line 460, in <module>
        systems = parse_systems()
        File "export.py", line 241, in parse_systems
        rom = Game(game)
        File "export.py", line 146, in init
        self.info[attr] = get_xml_element_date(obj, attr)
        File "export.py", line 69, in get_xml_element_date
        if len(date_text) < len('19860101T000000'):
        TypeError: object of type 'NoneType' has no len()

        here is the es_systems.cfg ... pastebin

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        • mituM
          mitu Global Moderator @MrSco
          last edited by

          @mrsco Thanks for trying it out.
          The problem is actually in one of the gamelist.xml files, not in the es_systems.cfg. If you could run the script with the -d (debug) parameter to see which system it's reading and then attach the system's gamelist.xml to pastebin.com, that would be more helpful.

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            MrSco
            last edited by MrSco

            It looks like C64, pastebin

            pi@retropie:~ $ python export.py /home/pi/RetroPie/roms/export_list.xlsx -d 2018-02-18 16:33:03,732 DEBUG Starting
            2018-02-18 16:33:03,733 INFO Emulationstation systems file used: /home/pi/.emulationstation/es_systems.cfg
            2018-02-18 16:33:03,776 INFO System Kodi is skipped as configured
            2018-02-18 16:33:03,777 DEBUG Analyzing system: Commodore Amiga (amiga)
            2018-02-18 16:33:03,796 DEBUG ROM A-Train_Disk1 not found in /home/pi/RetroPie/roms/amiga, removed from export
            2018-02-18 16:33:03,798 DEBUG Found 1 game(s) for Commodore Amiga (amiga)
            2018-02-18 16:33:03,799 DEBUG Analyzing system: Amstrad CPC (amstradcpc)
            2018-02-18 16:33:03,802 DEBUG Found 0 game(s) for Amstrad CPC (amstradcpc)
            2018-02-18 16:33:03,803 DEBUG System amstradcpc has no games/roms, it's excluded from the export
            2018-02-18 16:33:03,804 DEBUG Analyzing system: Arcade (arcade)
            2018-02-18 16:33:07,499 DEBUG Found 2147 game(s) for Arcade (arcade)
            2018-02-18 16:33:07,500 DEBUG Analyzing system: Atari 2600 (atari2600)
            2018-02-18 16:33:08,648 DEBUG Found 646 game(s) for Atari 2600 (atari2600)
            2018-02-18 16:33:08,649 DEBUG Analyzing system: Atari 5200 (atari5200)
            2018-02-18 16:33:08,761 DEBUG Found 64 game(s) for Atari 5200 (atari5200)
            2018-02-18 16:33:08,763 DEBUG Analyzing system: Atari 7800 ProSystem (atari7800)
            2018-02-18 16:33:08,887 DEBUG Found 63 game(s) for Atari 7800 ProSystem (atari7800)
            2018-02-18 16:33:08,887 DEBUG Analyzing system: Atari 800 (atari800)
            2018-02-18 16:33:08,889 DEBUG Found 0 game(s) for Atari 800 (atari800)
            2018-02-18 16:33:08,889 DEBUG System atari800 has no games/roms, it's excluded from the export
            2018-02-18 16:33:08,890 DEBUG Analyzing system: Atari Lynx (atarilynx)
            2018-02-18 16:33:09,024 DEBUG Found 76 game(s) for Atari Lynx (atarilynx)
            2018-02-18 16:33:09,025 DEBUG Analyzing system: Atari ST (atarist)
            2018-02-18 16:33:09,027 DEBUG Found 0 game(s) for Atari ST (atarist)
            2018-02-18 16:33:09,028 DEBUG System atarist has no games/roms, it's excluded from the export
            2018-02-18 16:33:09,029 DEBUG Analyzing system: Commodore 64 (c64)
            Traceback (most recent call last):
            File "export.py", line 460, in <module>
            systems = parse_systems()
            File "export.py", line 241, in parse_systems
            rom = Game(game)
            File "export.py", line 146, in init
            self.info[attr] = get_xml_element_date(obj, attr)
            File "export.py", line 69, in get_xml_element_date
            if len(date_text) < len('19860101T000000'):
            TypeError: object of type 'NoneType' has no len()

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              MrSco
              last edited by

              Ok, I made a couple edits https://pastebin.com/uT9TjqGR to fix the errors but now I'm hitting this while writing the excel file. I get the file but it errors...

              2018-02-18 17:46:16,871 INFO Total games after parsing gamelist files - 13005
              2018-02-18 17:46:16,872 INFO Exporting to file /home/pi/RetroPie/roms/export_list.xlsx
              /usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/XlsxWriter-1.0.2-py2.7.egg/xlsxwriter/worksheet.py:2348: UserWarning: Name looks like a cell name in add_table(): 'c64'
              /usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/XlsxWriter-1.0.2-py2.7.egg/xlsxwriter/worksheet.py:2348: UserWarning: Name looks like a cell name in add_table(): 'n64'
              /usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/XlsxWriter-1.0.2-py2.7.egg/xlsxwriter/worksheet.py:2342: UserWarning: Invalid Excel characters in add_table(): 'sg-1000'
              Traceback (most recent call last):
              File "export.py", line 468, in <module>
              xlsx_export_workbook(systems, output)
              File "export.py", line 392, in xlsx_export_workbook
              xlsx_export_system_row(wb, sheet, j+1, g, g.info["system"])
              File "export.py", line 434, in xlsx_export_system_row
              game.info['desc'], {'x_scale': 4, 'y_scale': 4})
              File "build/bdist.linux-armv7l/egg/xlsxwriter/worksheet.py", line 65, in cell_wrapper
              File "build/bdist.linux-armv7l/egg/xlsxwriter/worksheet.py", line 1150, in write_comment
              TypeError: object of type 'NoneType' has no len()

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              • mituM
                mitu Global Moderator @MrSco
                last edited by

                @mrsco I've found the error, can you re-download the script and try again ?

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                • mituM
                  mitu Global Moderator @cyperghost
                  last edited by

                  @cyperghost Sorry, I didn't see your update (probably edited). I've corrected the link, so the : is removed.
                  I've thought about adding the custom collections part, I just don't use any and didn't know they're saved. I'll see about this next week and give it a try.

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                  • cyperghostC
                    cyperghost
                    last edited by

                    @mitu No problem
                    custom collections are stored in /opt/retropie/configs/all/emulationstation/collections

                    and their naming is always custom-AaBbCcDdEe.cfg
                    AaBbCcDdEe represents the name of the collection ;)

                    Inside is just plain text with Romname and complete path.

                    Take a look here

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                    • PokeEngineerP
                      PokeEngineer @mitu
                      last edited by

                      @mitu

                      Huh, neat.

                      Don't sweat it.
                      When in doubt, take a BYTE out of life.

                      😎

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                        detron
                        last edited by

                        I get the same error as @MrSco , but I will keep a close eye on this thread, since i think this looks amazing! so excited to play with this in the future

                        @mrsco said in Gamelist Excel export script:

                        Traceback (most recent call last):
                        File "export.py", line 460, in <module>
                        systems = parse_systems()
                        File "export.py", line 241, in parse_systems
                        rom = Game(game)
                        File "export.py", line 146, in init
                        self.info[attr] = get_xml_element_date(obj, attr)
                        File "export.py", line 69, in get_xml_element_date
                        if len(date_text) < len('19860101T000000'):
                        TypeError: object of type 'NoneType' has no len()

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                        • mituM
                          mitu Global Moderator @cyperghost
                          last edited by

                          @cyperghost Shoudn't be so hard to add, I just need to compute the fullpath (which I already do anyway to check if the Rom exists) and then parse the .cfg file.

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                          • mituM
                            mitu Global Moderator @detron
                            last edited by

                            @detron Have you tried after my last update (1h ago ?) to download the script and try again ? If you still get the error - run with the -d flag and upload the gamelist.xml for the system with the error on pastebin.com so I can take a look.

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                              detron @mitu
                              last edited by

                              @mitu said in Gamelist Excel export script:

                              @detron Have you tried after my last update (1h ago ?) to download the script and try again ? If you still get the error - run with the -d flag and upload the gamelist.xml for the system with the error on pastebin.com so I can take a look.

                              I got the error about 2 minutes before my post, which was after your update. but I will try again from scratch.

                              thank you for the assistance. I would love this to be a retropie standard, allowing you to create a report with ease

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                                detron @mitu
                                last edited by

                                @mitu said in Gamelist Excel export script:

                                @detron Have you tried after my last update (1h ago ?) to download the script and try again ? If you still get the error - run with the -d flag and upload the gamelist.xml for the system with the error on pastebin.com so I can take a look.

                                I still get the same error, if there is any other info that I could provide besides the info below, I am happy to grab any info that might help.

                                here is the pastebin

                                link to pastebin

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                                • mituM
                                  mitu Global Moderator @detron
                                  last edited by

                                  @detron @MrSco Beginner's error - gist.github.com changes the URL after an edit, so my new version was at a different URL. Try again now, I have updated the URL in the initial post. Overwrite the initial export.py script by downloading it again

                                  wget -O export.py https://gist.githubusercontent.com/cmitu/73cf0783e9e1e4e02d8ce5c44f7a8984/raw/7f61f714bdf9fd49a690cf75cc719b8ffcdf404f/gamelist.py
                                  
                                  
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                                    detron
                                    last edited by

                                    a lot more activity now, but a different error happened.

                                    again, thank you for your help.

                                    pastebin version

                                    Traceback (most recent call last):
                                    File "export.py", line 464, in <module>
                                    systems = parse_systems()
                                    File "export.py", line 251, in parse_systems
                                    rom.info['name'], s.info['path']))
                                    UnicodeEncodeError: 'ascii' codec can't encode character u'\xe9' in position 3: ordinal not in range(128)

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                                    • mituM
                                      mitu Global Moderator @detron
                                      last edited by

                                      @detron Please give me the gamelist.xml file where the error occurs. When running with -d parameter, it will show you which system is trying to parse. Get the system's gamelist.xml file and upload it to pastebin.com.

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                                        detron
                                        last edited by

                                        I got it to work. the problem was with a pre-built gamelist file (for a system I have zero roms for.)

                                        this is really cool, thank you for the program, and the support

                                        the prebuilt gamelist has some foreign letters that may be the issue. the file is too big for the free pastebin, but if you really need it, I am sure I can upload it latter to google drive or something for you

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                                        • mituM
                                          mitu Global Moderator @detron
                                          last edited by

                                          @detron Please do, I'd like to have a look at it. Normally, the gamelist is generated by ES and should be valid UTF8 (which the script can handle), if it's generated externally it might have a different encoding. If you can upload the file as-is (no pasting), that would allow me to try and find a fix/solution for the error.

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                                            detron
                                            last edited by

                                            @mitu

                                            here you go.

                                            link

                                            let me know if it fails, I will fix it.

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