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    [SOFT] Universal XML Scraper V2 - Easy Scrape with High Quality picture

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    • GreenHawk84G
      GreenHawk84 @hooperre
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      @hooperre I wonder if there is a tool that can be created to search for specific images and videos in the databases that scrapers access?

      Say I want Super Mario artwork and I want to see what has been submitted. I would type in Super Mario and the window would populate with available box art/videos/logos. I could click on that file and bring it up on my PC to preview it before dropping it into Retropie via WinSCP.

      Is this possible?

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      • mituM
        mitu Global Moderator @GreenHawk84
        last edited by

        @greenhawk84 Use a browser to access the sites used for scraping, the same artwork should be available and searchable.

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          Pyjamarama
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          Universal XML Scraper V2 scrapes my Amiga .lha files (form the RetroPlay pack) up to letter C. Strange

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          • QuackwalksQ
            Quackwalks @GreenHawk84
            last edited by Quackwalks

            @greenhawk84 I'm having the same problem with the same games. The video and sound play fine when copied to my pc. Also, when the OMX player is disabled the videos will play in emulationstation. Something ain't quite right with certain video snaps. (edit) I've learned that some videos are encoded differently, using YUV 4:4:4 instead of YUV 4:2:0, and that I need to convert them to work with OMX player. I guess that answers that.

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            • hansolo77H
              hansolo77 @Quackwalks
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              @quackwalks There is a script here in the forums somewhere that will go through your videos and automatically reencode the ones that need it. I don't remember where I found it or what it's called, but I know it's there. You can probably find it if you look for it. It's really easy to use, and a lifesaver. I had the same problem till I learned that.

              Who's Scruffy Looking?

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              • QuackwalksQ
                Quackwalks @hansolo77
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                @hansolo77 It's right here, https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/15362/script-batch-convert-yuv-4-4-4-videos-to-yuv-4-2-0-in-retropie-linux. I just finished using it and it worked perfectly.

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                  elahrairah
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                  So I downloaded video and 3d box with xml scraper for psx and all went well but the gamelist.xml shows the wrong paths to my video art.

                  I use on my retropie setup (with external hdd) two seperate folders for images and video:
                  Image : folder "boxart
                  Video: folder "snap"
                  Both these folders are in the system rom folder: /roms/psx
                  This is the conventional method almost every retropie user uses.
                  But when looking at the paths to the video and art in the gamelist I see they both point to same location which is /retropie/roms/psx/boxart. This means I have to put all the art in the same "boxart" folder, which I do not want.

                  So I did try to fix it myself and change the path in configuration to "boxart" location which is the right path for the 3d boxes. But I want the gamelist to also create a seperate path to the video in the gamelist.xml, so it points to my art folder "snap"

                  How do I do this?

                  Long question in short: how do I change the paths in the gamelist.xml so each type of art is linked to a seperate folder?

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                    EctoOne @elahrairah
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                    @elahrairah there is no way to set differnt paths in the scraper as far as i know. you have to manually edit the video paths in the gamelist.xml. Doing a search/replace should be the easiest method. I suggest to search for <video>OLDPATH/instead of just OLDPATH/ this will prevent that the path to your images will also be changed.

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                      elahrairah @EctoOne
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                      @ectoone don't know if I will go through those lengths but I appreciate your answer, at least now I know it's not possible, so I think I'll just put all art in 1 folder.. No big deal.

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                        EctoOne @elahrairah
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                        @elahrairah with something like notepad++ it is very simple to achieve though. It lets you search/replace in multiple files and what not. I did the same thing for all four media files (boxart, marquee, thumbnail and video) and have them in separate folders now.

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                        • hooperreH
                          hooperre
                          last edited by hooperre

                          @screech Is there a way to add a game for PC for example on the screenscraper.fr website? I see Windows 3.1 and stuff.

                          Also, I haven't been able to login from Google Chrome for about a year. I have had to use Microsoft Edge. :\

                          4B ~ RPi PSU 5.1V / 3.0A ~ 32GB SanDisk microSD ~ 128GB USB

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                          • BiZzAr721B
                            BiZzAr721
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                            Excellent program! Extremely usefull and simple.

                            I have been searching for an answer for a question that maybe can be answered here. I have a lot of MS -DOS games that I would like to scrape. I have tried scraping entire folders, renaming files, even creating a blank file with the name & extension shown on ScreenScraper.fe.

                            Quite a bit of ms-dos games have screenshot/box/disk art. I was able to get scummVM to scrape by naming the scripts to match exactly, but I can't figure out why it will not work with MS-DOS. I asked over at ScreenScraper.fe forums but they seem to be pretty empty and haven't gotten a response. Is it possible to create custom images from multiple images by having all the images in folders on a pc? It would still be a lot better than what I have been doing, which is editing, resizing and combining each artwork manually. Thank you.

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                            • AndersHPA
                              AndersHP
                              last edited by AndersHP

                              I just rescraped my entire arcade catalog, but cannot get UXML V2 to scrape a few selected games: why this issue with even some pretty known titles (and some not)?:

                              • Qbert
                              • krull
                              • ZigZag
                              • Vendetta
                              • Rainbow Islands

                              ..along with a few others. In the final scraping status screen it says 100% found, but it returns 1KB empty images/videos.

                              My "Bubble Bobble" Themed Bartop Arcade
                              My Gameboy

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                              • AndersHPA
                                AndersHP @AndersHP
                                last edited by

                                Just saw that in MAME on screenscraper.fr neither Vendetta or Q*Bert shows up via browser. These were definitely there last time I scraped - how come these games suddenly goes missing?

                                My "Bubble Bobble" Themed Bartop Arcade
                                My Gameboy

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                                • mituM
                                  mitu Global Moderator @AndersHP
                                  last edited by mitu

                                  @andershp They're somewhere on the site, they're not missing

                                  • Q*Bert - https://screenscraper.fr/gameinfos.php?gameid=42584&action=onglet&zone=gameinfosmedias
                                  • Vendetta - https://screenscraper.fr/gameinfos.php?gameid=43932&action=onglet&zone=gameinfosmedias
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                                  • screechS
                                    screech
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                                    There is some work to do on Arcade Game (it's not finished yet ;) there is so much...)

                                    But I just create a New "system" : Gottlieb we haven't.
                                    So now their is 20 new games referenced and sorted nicely (like Q*Bert and Krull ;)
                                    I check the other game and some roms were orphean so I attach them to the good game ;)

                                    normally it's ok now...

                                    (I still have to clean the DB and add stuff, but there is at least some info on media on each game in your list ;) )

                                    Let me know if it's ok ;)

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                                    • AndersHPA
                                      AndersHP
                                      last edited by AndersHP

                                      It looks like it worked, thanks @screech ! But I have another question:
                                      I rescraped my arcades folder, in the hope that it would just supplement the missing titles, but it scraped EVERY wheelart.png again, but with wheelart.jpg even though I had them already. In my pictures configuration I have chosen png, so why does it do this now?

                                      Edit: Even with "default" it still scrapes jpg wheelart - these doesn't look as crisp as png's, how do I force png if the png option doesnt make any difference?

                                      My "Bubble Bobble" Themed Bartop Arcade
                                      My Gameboy

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                                        BlockABoots
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                                        Is there a way to speed this program up it seems super slow!. I have it currently sraping 4000 MAME rom files and it says its going to take 21hrs to complete!!!!

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                                        • hooperreH
                                          hooperre
                                          last edited by

                                          Hey, @screech . I have an issue with Dreamcast (about a month). It says it is testing the server, but then just goes until it times out. It times out with a message "Unable to allocate memory." Thanks.

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                                            hermit
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                                            could the names of the files used by MESS be added to the database? thank you

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