Added Roms not showing up

DavidL

If anyone has a good idea how to add the appropriate extensions to all of these quickly I'd be interested

herb_fargus

@DavidL bulk file renamer. Also you should just find a normal set. No need for all the bazillion variants. Look up the different types of romsets and what they mean.

meleu

@DavidL
Take this bonus:

(But first take this warning: USE AT YOUR OWN RISK!!!)

To append .smc to every file that has no extension in a specific directory:

find /home/pi/RetroPie/roms/snes -maxdepth 1 -type f -not -name '*.???' -exec mv '{}' '{}'.smc \;

Edit: We are here for learning, right? Trying to explain what is happening on that command.

-maxdepth 1: do not go to subdirectories.
-type f: look for regular files only.
-not -name '*.???': ignore files ending with a dot followed by 3 chars.
-exec mv '{}' '{}'.smc \;: execute the command mv with the found files to append .smc to them.

Nightfire

@herb_fargus

just to add, here's a couple nice programs that integrate into the context menu that both do batch renaming (I like Lammar better for the renamer). Some roms may not want to work cause there are 2 common file extensions (SMC // SFC), but you'll want to select all roms without a file extension and then 'add suffix' of .sfc OR .smc

Lammar Context Menu
http://www.wedev4you.com/Pages/Products/LammerContextMenu#tab3

FileMenu Tools
http://www.lopesoft.com/index.php/en/filemenutools/download

DavidL

Yea at first I was thinking every rom had a .srm file that also didn't have an extension. again by just looking at the darn file I realized how dumb I was being. After sorting out just a few .srms I batch renamed the rest. Transferring them to retropie now. fingers crossed.

Thank you guys, I'm sure I'll be back with more dumb questions soon

giantkiller

@meleu Dude! You nailed this one. Alot of people are missing this.

captnyesterday

@meleu said in Added Roms not showing up:

@DavidL
Take this bonus:

(But first take this warning: USE AT YOUR OWN RISK!!!)

To append .smc to every file that has no extension in a specific directory:
find /home/pi/RetroPie/roms/snes -maxdepth 1 -type f -not -name '*.???' -exec mv '{}' '{}'.smc \;
Edit: We are here for learning, right? Trying to explain what is happening on that command.

-maxdepth 1: do not go to subdirectories.

-type f: look for regular files only.

-not -name '*.???': ignore files ending with a dot followed by 3 chars.

-exec mv '{}' '{}'.smc \;: execute the command mv with the found files to append .smc to them.

New to all of this and made an account simply to thank you for this bit of advice above (not just the instruction, but the explanation) . Sorry if this is a thread or necro, I tried to PM you, but couldn't figure it out ;)

meleu

@captnyesterday after 1 year I'm glad to know somebody used it. You're welcome. :-)

thenotwellman

Thanks! Nice and clear and helpful. Appreciate it.

foxyplayzmeow jr

Well go to retropie,then go to file manager,now go to retropie,roms,(the console where you added roms),and check if they are there...if you have the roms in archives,that means the console deleted the direct access,to go to roms again,go to a snes game plsy it and click select and x at the same time,this will open a menu,push b and select settings,video,video filter,then select /,home,retropie,roms and the console,then select the game,select browse archive and select game file.

I got the same problem,i made that,but now the problem is that my disk is write protected...and if i use a new usb,the archives aren't there...