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    EmulationStation Scraper NOT Working

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    • mituM
      mitu Global Moderator @DarishZone
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      @darishzone said in EmulationStation Scraper NOT Working:

      Seems RetroPie scraper not working anymore - again - any tips?

      What's the error ?

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        DarishZone Banned
        last edited by DarishZone

        Nevermind, turns out only one of my images get the issue, permissions denied probably.

        Edit: I've forgot to update ES, i'm an idiot :p

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          BufferOverFlow @mitu
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          @mitu its not only the scrapper, i want to edit few things and make mode some commands, maybe enable some extra features, want to get to an advanced level with C++ and i think working on something that i use is better than writing/coding/editing apps that i have no interest in will be a better thing to do and advance faster.

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            nwsw
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            @mitu is there a similar build for PI? I'm not using Windows, but my ES Scraper still isn't working.

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            • mituM
              mitu Global Moderator @nwsw
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              @nwsw Please open a new topic with your problem and provide the information requested in https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/3/read-this-first. If you have an updated Emulationstation station you should not have this problem.

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                nwsw @mitu
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                @mitu thanks for the help, I updated my es core and the scraper is now working.

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                  Tomtom5893
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                  I have set up a brand new Raspberry pi 3b+ with the retropie Image on the Website. The only Things i set up by my self was an 8bitdo Controller and 4 NES Roms. i updated emulationstation to V2.7.6RP but the scraper doesn't work. (It didnt find anything) What can i do?

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                  • mituM
                    mitu Global Moderator @Tomtom5893
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                    @Tomtom5893 https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/20613/emulationstation-internal-scraper-problems. TL;DR for now use an external scraper.

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                    • BillyHB
                      BillyH @mitu
                      last edited by BillyH

                      Never mind, I didn't realise gamesdb counted as "internal", checking the other thread now

                      • First Pi: Pi 3 in a PSone case
                      • Second Pi: Pi 0 in a Retroflag GPi Case
                      • Third Pi: Pi 4 as a desktop computer
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                        keithk2581
                        last edited by

                        Hey guys. Updated recently to 4.4.12 and The Built in scraper isn't working! When trying to scrape it just returns no games found message. Anyone else having this problem?

                        Have a raspberry pi 3B

                        Thanks!

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                        • quicksilverQ
                          quicksilver @keithk2581
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                          @keithk2581 update emulation station

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                          • mituM
                            mitu Global Moderator @keithk2581
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                            @keithk2581 What version of Emulationstation do you have installed ? If you're still using a Raspbian Jessie installation (i.e. your installation is not using a 4.4 base image), the new version is not going to be offered for installation. Add more info about your system, as detailed in https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/3/read-this-first.

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                              keithk2581
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                              Hey folks. Thanks for your responses. I apologize since I somewhat new to this and probably lack some of the necessary vocabulary.

                              I think I've updated emulation station when I updated to my current version 4.4.12. Is there a way to check or another way I should be updating it?

                              Also how do I tell what version of emulation station I I have installed, since I'm not entirely sure.

                              Thanks for all your help in advance since I'm new to all of this.

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                              • mituM
                                mitu Global Moderator @keithk2581
                                last edited by

                                @keithk2581 Please provide the info asked in https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/3/read-this-first. You can check your Emulationstation version by pressing Start anywhere in Emulationstation.

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                                  keithk2581
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                                  Pi Model: 3b
                                  Power Supply :Cana Kit 2.5a
                                  RetroPie Version : 4.4.12
                                  Built From : Pre Made SD Image on RetroPie Website
                                  Controller 8bitdo SNF30 Pro
                                  Emulation Station Version:V2.8.3RP
                                  No Errors logged

                                  Internal Scraper still not working at all, but was previously working on the date I updated to 4.4.12

                                  I hope I provided the necessary info, thanks again for all your help and patience, its really appreciated

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                                  • mituM
                                    mitu Global Moderator @keithk2581
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                                    @keithk2581 What Scraper are you using ? There are 2 choices for the internal ES scraper - TheGamesDB or ScreenScraper. ScreenScraper might occasionally not work due to their over-capacity messages.
                                    What ROMs are you trying to scrape - system/game ?

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                                      keithk2581
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                                      I have it set to the Gamesdb scraper but have changed it to the other with the same results - no games found. I'm was trying to scrape the rest of my Sega genesis (mega drive). I also tried it on other systems, nes, snes and neo geo with the same result. No games found.

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                                      • stoney66S
                                        stoney66 @keithk2581
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                                        @keithk2581 For grins I loaded a new rom to check and its working for me, scrape found 3 results and they are correct. I also use only thegamesdb.

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                                          keithk2581
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                                          Crazy man, I have two of these setup exactly the same way and put together in the same fashion and both have the same issue. Only think I can think of that I did recently was enabled ssh on both. Would that possibly cause this issue? Going to try disabling it when I get home tonight and see what happens. Thanks again to all!

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                                          • mituM
                                            mitu Global Moderator @keithk2581
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                                            @keithk2581 No, SSH has no influence over this. Can you try and get the log file from Emulationstation (now that you have SSH enabled) from /home/pi/.emulationstation/es_log.txt and post it to pastebin.com ? Make sure you restart Emulationstation and run the scraper once before getting the log file.

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