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    Scraping no longer working due to old api

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    • mituM
      mitu Global Moderator
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      @quicksilver can you give it another test with ScreenScraper when you have the time (no updates should be necessary) ?

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        naddel81 @quicksilver
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        @quicksilver where is that option that makes the disappeared images show up again?

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        • mituM
          mitu Global Moderator @naddel81
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          @naddel81 Change the Gamelist View Style in the UI options.

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            naddel81
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            thanks, good to know. so the internal scraper is back for good and I should fire up my retropie to update?

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            • mituM
              mitu Global Moderator @naddel81
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              @naddel81 Pretty much yes. Now you'll have the option to use either TheGamesDB or ScreenScraper in the internal scraper.

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                naddel81
                last edited by naddel81

                just updated to the latest build, but the internal gamesDB scraper cannot be changed to screenscraper in the UI (ES). what am I doing wrong? I just want to add covers to the games that gamesDB cannot find.

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                • quicksilverQ
                  quicksilver @naddel81
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                  @naddel81 what version of retropie are you on?

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                    naddel81
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                    4.4.7? the latest commit.

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                    • quicksilverQ
                      quicksilver @naddel81
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                      @naddel81 and you updated emulation station from binary? When you press start and go to scraper you can't arrow over and change to screenscraper?

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                        naddel81
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                        I updated all internals through retropie-setup script. EmulationStation is now 2.8.x and no there is no screenscraper to choose. only gamesDB in the ES UI.

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                        • quicksilverQ
                          quicksilver @mitu
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                          @mitu it appears screenscraper is working properly now. Thanks!

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                            naddel81
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                            @quicksilver where can I choose screenscraper for the internal scraper? I only have gamesDB to select unfortunately.

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                            • mituM
                              mitu Global Moderator @naddel81
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                              @naddel81 Can you show a screenshot of the scraper settings ? You should be able to push left/right (or A) to toggle between them.

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                                naddel81
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                                I guess a restart fixed it. the second scraper is now available, but unfortunately he does not find the missing covers just as gamesDB didn't.
                                for example "metroid 2 - the return of samus" on GB. I cannot add it's cover. even if I search for only "metroid".

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                                • mituM
                                  mitu Global Moderator @naddel81
                                  last edited by mitu

                                  @naddel81 What's the name of the ROM file ?
                                  EDIT: you have the wrong ROM name, it's METROID 2 - RETURN OF SAMUS, there's no the.

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                                    naddel81
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                                    but when I click on INPUT and enter only "metroid", it should show me results. but it doesn't.

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                                    • mituM
                                      mitu Global Moderator @naddel81
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                                      @naddel81 I'm not sure about the TGDB scraper, but using ScreenScraper will search by the ROM name.

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                                      • ballboffB
                                        ballboff @naddel81
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                                        @naddel81 said in Scraping no longer working due to old api:

                                        but when I click on INPUT and enter only "metroid", it should show me results. but it doesn't.

                                        it's not as intuitive as a google search. for example if you type pacman, it doesn't come up with ms pacman as a result, just pacman.

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                                        • mituM
                                          mitu Global Moderator
                                          last edited by

                                          For the ScreenScraper part, this is not implemented, but I think it would be easy to add. For the TGDB part, I don't know if it's implemented.

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                                            naddel81
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                                            so "input" scraping is only supported in TGDB and not screenscraper?

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