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    EmulationStation Scraper NOT Working

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    • DaistaarD
      Daistaar
      last edited by

      This may have been asked before (couldn't find it in the search) but is it in the pipeline to add additional sources to the ES Scraper? The fact that it has "thegamesdb.net" as a selection option gives the impression you could cycle to other sources such as Screenscraper or ArcadeItalia.

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      • BuZzB
        BuZz administrators @mitu
        last edited by BuZz

        @mitu Thanks. I have cherry-picked the commit and bumped stable version. Binaries are building now - but people can update from source if they want the changes right away.

        To help us help you - please make sure you read the sticky topics before posting - https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/3/read-this-first

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        • MrJordaaanyM
          MrJordaaany @mitu
          last edited by

          @mitu Thanks man

          and thanks @BuZz. When is it good to update from Binary? does it take a few hours to build before I am good to try this option?

          @GreenHawk84 Yeah I see a few people saying the built in scrapper is no good in this thread. It's always worked perfectly fine for me though. It would be good if it was a bit more robust, but it's always handy for me as I only use it when I've added a new game. All my stuff has been scraped with other scraping tools, but when I add just one new game, the quickest way to get it's info is to just use the ES scraped. Rather than going to command line etc.

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          • BuZzB
            BuZz administrators @MrJordaaany
            last edited by

            @mrjordaaany binaries are now updated.

            To help us help you - please make sure you read the sticky topics before posting - https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/3/read-this-first

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            • MrJordaaanyM
              MrJordaaany @BuZz
              last edited by

              @buzz Love your work Buzz :)

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              • MrJordaaanyM
                MrJordaaany
                last edited by

                @BuZz @mitu Can confirm ES is updated to 2.7.6 and its working when scraping games. Thanks

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                • MrJordaaanyM
                  MrJordaaany
                  last edited by

                  It is working, but shit it's slow. Im getting time-outs 90% of the time. I am aware this is probably due to their site though and not ES...

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                  • herb_fargusH
                    herb_fargus administrators @MrJordaaany
                    last edited by

                    @mrjordaaany the new api has limits which will hopefully address the issues they had with excessive bandwidth on their servers

                    If you read the documentation it will answer 99% of your questions: https://retropie.org.uk/docs/

                    Also if you want a solution to your problems read this first: https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/3/read-this-first

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                    • MrJordaaanyM
                      MrJordaaany @herb_fargus
                      last edited by

                      @herb_fargus Oh yeah? Sort of like a queue? So when theres too much traffic it just wont work for you?

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                      • herb_fargusH
                        herb_fargus administrators @MrJordaaany
                        last edited by

                        @mrjordaaany last I checked the limit was 1000

                        If you read the documentation it will answer 99% of your questions: https://retropie.org.uk/docs/

                        Also if you want a solution to your problems read this first: https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/3/read-this-first

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                          gizmobjb
                          last edited by gizmobjb

                          I just updated and still not working. Also the alternate scraper is not working

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                          • mituM
                            mitu Global Moderator @gizmobjb
                            last edited by

                            @gizmobjb What version on Emulationstation do you have after the update ?

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                            • edmaul69E
                              edmaul69 @gizmobjb
                              last edited by

                              @gizmobjb did you update retropie setup first?

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                                gizmobjb
                                last edited by

                                I did a full update one retropie then updated emulationstation from source. The built in scraper get the metadata info now but I get the disc full error even though I have 30+ gigs free.
                                The alternative scraper appears to work and says rom scrapped but when I go back in to emulationstation that are not scrapped.
                                Stupid question I tried to find what version I am on but can't find it

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                                • mituM
                                  mitu Global Moderator @gizmobjb
                                  last edited by mitu

                                  @gizmobjb Press Start while in Emulationstation and the menu will pop-up, the version is at the bottom of the menu.
                                  If you're havin problems with disk full, then the ES scraper might not be able to save your information. What is the exact error and when do you get it ? Exit Emulationstation with F4 (or choose to exit ES from the menu) and then type df -h. Get the output and paste it here to see how much of your disk is available/free.

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                                    gizmobjb
                                    last edited by gizmobjb

                                    The error comes after I select the game from the scraper it says error saving resized image. Out of memory? Disk full?
                                    ES is on version 2.7.6RP

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                                    • mituM
                                      mitu Global Moderator @gizmobjb
                                      last edited by

                                      @gizmobjb It looks like you have plenty of disk space available, so that's not the cause of the problem. Open a separate topic and provide the info asked in https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/3/read-this-first, this is another problem.

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                                        gizmobjb
                                        last edited by

                                        Sorry

                                        Pi Model 3b
                                        Power Supply used: offical power supply
                                        RetroPie Version: 4.4.2
                                        Built From: Pre made SD Image on RetroPie website
                                        USB Devices connected: mouse and keyboard
                                        Controller used: ps4

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                                          gizmobjb
                                          last edited by gizmobjb

                                          I am still not sure why the alternative scraper is not working either

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                                          • mituM
                                            mitu Global Moderator @gizmobjb
                                            last edited by

                                            @gizmobjb The alternative scraper should work, provided you change it's source from thegamesdb to screenscraper. What error are you getting when running it ?

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