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      fluffypillow @jerzeeloon
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      @jerzeeloon I've just added a download button to help with that.

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        jerzeeloon @fluffypillow
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        @fluffypillow Thanks . With the recent addition of multiple storage support on Android I'm able to add several more collections I had residing on a removable hard drive. Should save me time from copy and pasting for all the new metadata.txt I have to create. Your awesome and this frontend is becoming immaculate.

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          fluffypillow
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          Weekly update! Haven't had too much time unfortunately but a few improvements have landed:

          • Pegasus can now report if a game has failed to launch
          • Cross-datasource asset searching: It is now possible to store media files and Skraper assets in the game directories found by EmulationStation and the directories of Pegasus metadata files.
          • EmulationStation: added support for excluding MAME bios and device files. Pegasus can now read mamebioses.xml (example) and mamedevices.xml (example) if they exist exist under ~/.emulationstation/resources/, and ignore the files on these lists for systems where <platform> isarcade or neogeo.
          • Portable mode: the path to the currently set theme is no longer stored with an absolute path in portable mode
          • Added a result downloader button to the metadata converter site
          • Logging improvements, minor optimizations
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            fluffypillow
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            I was also experimenting with a new theme: https://webmshare.com/nY4mP

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              AndersHP @fluffypillow
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              @fluffypillow
              Looks very clean - I like it!
              Enabling video previews and maybe having system logos in the top next to the headline, and you're there!

              My "Bubble Bobble" Themed Bartop Arcade
              My Gameboy

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                gastongaston
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                @fluffypillow Hi Mátyás, great and awesome work!!
                I love Pegasus but I have a problem with the skraper and the media folder structure, I cant make the skraper output the media structure like pegasus by default want, (I can make it work one by one by hand.... )
                Can you help me?
                Theres have to be a configuration option in Skraper that Im missing,

                Thanks!!!!!
                PS: Sorry by my english.

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                  Darksavior @fluffypillow
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                  @fluffypillow Nice, but the builds available are from 8 days ago :)

                  Also, so if I increase the gpu ram, do you think Pegasus will take advantage of it to handle larger images without slowing down to a crawl (it's already a bit jerky with low res defaults from scrapers).

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                    fluffypillow
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                    @gastongaston Hi, yes, Skraper uses a different kind of media structure, but that is also supported by Pegasus. You can use the 'Generic Frontend' output of Skraper to get the assets and the metadata in a compatible format; there's a short guide for that here that might help (though it's more focused on metadata conversion). Feel free to ask if you run into any troubles!

                    @Darksavior yeah I guess "weekly" in this case meant 2 days of development :) Yes, increasing the GPU RAM should work I think (but if I remember correctly the split is already quite high by default on RetroPie). The performance seemed to be OK for me on my Pi 3 though, did you notice some slowdowns recently?

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                      Darksavior @fluffypillow
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                      @fluffypillow Maybe the last 1-2 updates have been a tiny bit slower for the art to show up when scrolling through systems. I also noticed a minor/not very important bug. If you shut down the pi in less than ~10 seconds after the pi completely boots up, pegasus will crash to the terminal. It might still be loading stuff in the background.
                      IMG_0003.jpg

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                        gastongaston @fluffypillow
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                        @fluffypillow Hi Mátyás, thanks for the help!!
                        Im trying to make it work but I cant, Im in the same, my only problem is with the output media/assets structure, all the other metadata are fine.
                        Im getting from Skaper TYPEofIMAGE/nameofthegame.jpg (I cant change that structure)
                        But Pegasus are looking for NAMEofGAME/typeofimage.jpg (im think, not sure)

                        I dont know how all people here make it work, maibe is my problem because Im in Windows.

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                          fluffypillow @Darksavior
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                          @Darksavior Interesting! ConsoleKit is the thing that grants permission to non-root users to reboot the device, so based on the error it seems as if it did not load completely when you tried to shut down. I wonder if it's just slow or some intentional security thing. I've tried to reproduce it, but the error didn't occur for me on Pi 3 and 0W (maybe I was too slow).

                          @gastongaston Both kinds of directory structures are accepted on all platforms: make sure 'Skraper Assets' is enabled under Settings -> Enable/disable data sources, then Pegasus will look for Skraper directory structure under <game directory>/skraper/ and <game directory>/media/, eg D:\myroms\skraper\box2dfront\MyGame.png and D:\myroms\media\box2dfront\MyGame.png. If it still fails, upload your log file, maybe there's something in it that might help (should be at C:/Users/[username]/AppData/Local/pegasus-frontend/lastrun.log, note that some directories might be hidden on Windows by default).

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                            fluffypillow
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                            Weekly update: nothing interesting this week :(, I was mostly busy with tracking down some hard to reach system-specific bugs, and also verifying issue reports.

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                              fastpop72
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                              Just to share with you my new bartop project with this cool frontend and the gameOS theme!

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                                Meldrak
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                                @fluffypillow
                                Hi, I have a small issue with games with mutiple file entry
                                None of the files are listed and so I can't launch the game

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                                  fluffypillow @Meldrak
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                                  @Meldrak Hi, could you post the metadata file that doesn't work for you?

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                                    fluffypillow
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                                    Also we have reached 200K thread views, wow!

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                                      wallmachine
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                                      Is it possible to add just directories of your games and it creates the metadata?

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                                        fluffypillow @wallmachine
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                                        @wallmachine if you mean creating a metadata.txt file from Pegasus, no that's not possible yet, but I'd like add support for it eventually.

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                                          wallmachine @fluffypillow
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                                          @fluffypillow I look forward to it as I'm on HyperSpin/BigBox and don't have metadata.

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                                            msheehan79
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                                            @fluffypillow Really happy to see the latest release will now scroll continuously when you hold down the D-Pad on a controller!

                                            I noticed that for at least the past 2 builds Pegasus no longer seems to "remember" the last game played when you launch a game then return to Pegasus - it always goes back to the first game in the collection.

                                            The last build I have that works is g23056ea. Builds gc071e7a and gdcacdd0 exhibit the issue.

                                            I am on Windows x64, and using a metadata file in the pegasus/config/metafiles directory in case it turns out to be relevant.

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