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    Can't scrape from thegamesdb.net - known problem?

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    • nestor1924N
      nestor1924 @edmaul69
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      @edmaul69 because i thought that it would update it to 4.4 aswell and when the update came out people where sugested to do a fresh install of yhe firmware, which is the option thaf would update it to 4.4 ? just so that i can avoid it

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      • AndersHPA
        AndersHP @mitu
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        @mitu Sorry, getting OT here, it's Universal XML Scraper I'm using. But nevertheless - any place to scrape manually online, if your scraper refuses to scrape a few games?

        My "Bubble Bobble" Themed Bartop Arcade
        My Gameboy

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        • mituM
          mitu Global Moderator @AndersHP
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          @andershp I guess you could always get the media from the site you wish, save if on your Pi and them manually edit the gamelist.xml and point to it.

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          • nestor1924N
            nestor1924 @mitu
            last edited by

            @mitu i updated the retropie setup script and still not working? What did i do wromg?

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            • lostlessL
              lostless @nestor1924
              last edited by

              @nestor1924 you also need to update emulation station under core packages. The newest version of ES fixes the scraper

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              • nestor1924N
                nestor1924 @lostless
                last edited by

                @lostless but like i said before i have not update my retropie, mine its 4.3, if i do will there be an issue with my system?

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                • mituM
                  mitu Global Moderator @nestor1924
                  last edited by

                  @nestor1924 Backup your sd card, then upgrade the ES package only. If anything doesn't work, then you'll have the backup. IMHO if your last full update was after October last year, then you shouldn't have a problem.

                  Note that there isn't any problem for you to upgrade to 4.4 from the RetroPie setup script, for the moment the OS you're using (Raspbian Jessie) is still supported by Retropie. This will change in the future though and probably at some point you should also upgrade the OS with the new RetroPie image.

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                  • lostlessL
                    lostless @nestor1924
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                    @nestor1924 no there is no issue with updating emulation station

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                      OrehRuoy
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                      I updated es. I have retro pie 4.4 and the gamesdB scraper built in still isn't finding anything for me. Any help?

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                      • mituM
                        mitu Global Moderator @OrehRuoy
                        last edited by mitu

                        @orehruoy Are you connected to the internet ? What is the Emulationstation version ? What game do you try to scrape and is not found ?

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                          OrehRuoy @mitu
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                          @mitu
                          Yes its connected over WiFi and I transferred games that way so it's ok. I am not sure of the ES version but I literally just updated it. I did over Binary first then Source since I didn't know if one was better. I then went to scrape. I tried SNES games (I have a lot and there are popular ones there too.) and it couldn't find any it said.

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                          • mituM
                            mitu Global Moderator @OrehRuoy
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                            @orehruoy Press Start and the ES menu will show up, the version is at the bottom of the menu.

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                            • nestor1924N
                              nestor1924
                              last edited by nestor1924

                              Thank you guys i was able to fix it and I had no idea that there was an option to update only the ES package!

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                              • mituM
                                mitu Global Moderator @nestor1924
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                                @nestor1924 Each package can be individually updated, not only ES. Glad you got it sorted out.

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                                  OrehRuoy @OrehRuoy
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                                  @orehruoy
                                  Ignore my post. I must not have reset after updating so it didn't take effect yet. Working now though.

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                                    Potatopops9 @mitu
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                                    @mitu how do update the Emulationstation Package ? where do i go in retropi?

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                                    • mituM
                                      mitu Global Moderator @Potatopops9
                                      last edited by

                                      @Potatopops9 It's explained in the Docs. However, the scraper does not currently work even if you'll be updating right now - https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/20613/

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