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    [SOFT] ARRM : Another Gamelist, Roms manager, and Scraper for Recalbox, Batocera, Retropie

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    • ExarKunIvE
      ExarKunIv
      last edited by

      took me a little to figure out all out, but once i did. it is a nice system

      the only suggestion i have is to have the option to pull a title screen too.

      other then a simplified GUI like the other post. you have it all

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      • nexusone13N
        nexusone13 @ExarKunIv
        last edited by

        @ExarKunIv hi. Is there a specific tag in the gamelist for the screen title ?

        ARRM (Roms Manager, Scraper for Recalbox, Batocera, Retropie, ES...) : http://jujuvincebros.fr/telechargements2/file/10-arrm-another-recalbox-roms-manager
        Wiki : http://jujuvincebros.fr/wiki/arrm/doku.php?id=start-en
        Discord: https://discord.gg/p7QsBTS

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        • ExarKunIvE
          ExarKunIv @nexusone13
          last edited by

          @nexusone13

          not mine. i just have it in place of box art

           <game id="37561" source="ScreenScraper.fr">
            <path>./2020bba.zip</path> 
            <name>2020 Super Baseball (set 2)</name> 
            <desc>In the year 2020, baseball finally evolved. There is no longer conventional professional baseball in 2020. Baseball designed by the Super Baseball Association has been very popular and is the best sport. However, the truth is that the association has used a colossal sum of money to promote Super Baseball as show business. They have manipulated each player's ability using the control computer to secretly decide victory or defeat in every game. The players who knew this removed the connecting parts of the computer to play their own game of baseball. Finally, a fair game is going to be played at Cyber Egg Stadium. In 2020 Super Baseball is a fast-paced game with new rules, where you can select 1 of 12 individual men, women, or robot players. During play, you can make your team stronger with prizes earned from amazing catches.</desc> 
            <rating>0.6</rating> 
            <releasedate>19910101T000000</releasedate> 
            <developer>Pallas</developer> 
            <publisher>SNK</publisher> 
            <players>1-2</players> 
            <hash /> 
            <image>./media/images/2020bbh.png</image> 
            <video>./media/videos/2020bbh.mp4</video> 
            </game>
          

          sorry cant be any more help

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          • nexusone13N
            nexusone13 @ExarKunIv
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            @ExarKunIv Ok you use image tag , but could you show me a sample picture to show me what is a 'Screen Title'. I know Screenshots, Marquee/Title, but 'screen title'.... :)

            ARRM (Roms Manager, Scraper for Recalbox, Batocera, Retropie, ES...) : http://jujuvincebros.fr/telechargements2/file/10-arrm-another-recalbox-roms-manager
            Wiki : http://jujuvincebros.fr/wiki/arrm/doku.php?id=start-en
            Discord: https://discord.gg/p7QsBTS

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            • ExarKunIvE
              ExarKunIv @nexusone13
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              @nexusone13 sure

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              • mituM
                mitu Global Moderator @nexusone13
                last edited by mitu

                @nexusone13 It's what ScreenScraper refers as 'Screen Title' - the start screen of the game. The media name is 'sstitle' on ScreenScraper site, e.g.

                _https://www.screenscraper.fr/image.php?gameid=1286&media=sstitle&hd=1&region=jp&num=&version=&maxwidth=338&maxheight=190` produces

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                • Thorr69T
                  Thorr69 @mitu
                  last edited by

                  @mitu That one is definitely a translation hiccup. I would imagine that 'sstitle' is intended to mean Screen Shot: Title. But the term 'screen title' is really Title Screen in English. Of course, French adjectives come after the noun, so it's pretty obvious how they got to 'screen title' since it was probably 'ecran titre' in French.
                  (I know, not useful info. I just wanted to make the observation.)

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                  • nexusone13N
                    nexusone13
                    last edited by

                    Thank you for these clarifications :)
                    So @ExarKunIv you want this 'Title Screen' in place of 'Screenshot' (I should use the tag 'screenshot' in the gamelist.xml or there is another tag for this in retropie @Mitu) ?

                    ARRM (Roms Manager, Scraper for Recalbox, Batocera, Retropie, ES...) : http://jujuvincebros.fr/telechargements2/file/10-arrm-another-recalbox-roms-manager
                    Wiki : http://jujuvincebros.fr/wiki/arrm/doku.php?id=start-en
                    Discord: https://discord.gg/p7QsBTS

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                    • mituM
                      mitu Global Moderator @nexusone13
                      last edited by mitu

                      @nexusone13 said in [SOFT] ARRM : Another Gamelist, Roms manager, and Scraper for Recalbox, Batocera, Retropie:

                      I should use the tag 'screenshot' in the gamelist.xml or there is another tag for this in retropie @Mitu

                      Well, there is a 'thumbnail' tag to hold an image, but I think it's used as an alternate to the 'image' tag - i.e. if thumbnail is set, then show it, otherwise use image.
                      See here for a list of possible XML children that a game node can have.

                      I think @ExarKunIv might want to use the sstitle media type from ScreenScraper to be used in the image tag.

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                      • nexusone13N
                        nexusone13 @ExarKunIv
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                        @ExarKunIv Ok I'll add it in the next release :)

                        ARRM (Roms Manager, Scraper for Recalbox, Batocera, Retropie, ES...) : http://jujuvincebros.fr/telechargements2/file/10-arrm-another-recalbox-roms-manager
                        Wiki : http://jujuvincebros.fr/wiki/arrm/doku.php?id=start-en
                        Discord: https://discord.gg/p7QsBTS

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                        • ExarKunIvE
                          ExarKunIv @nexusone13
                          last edited by

                          @nexusone13 cool :)
                          it was just a suggestion. i know that depending on the theme one is using having box art looks kinda out of place, but that's probably just me :)

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                          • nexusone13N
                            nexusone13 @ExarKunIv
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                            @ExarKunIv I'll make sure we can choose the screentitle alone, or embeddable in the mix image

                            ARRM (Roms Manager, Scraper for Recalbox, Batocera, Retropie, ES...) : http://jujuvincebros.fr/telechargements2/file/10-arrm-another-recalbox-roms-manager
                            Wiki : http://jujuvincebros.fr/wiki/arrm/doku.php?id=start-en
                            Discord: https://discord.gg/p7QsBTS

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                            • nexusone13N
                              nexusone13 @ExarKunIv
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                              @ExarKunIv Hi, could you send me your mail @ nexusone13@gmail.com so I coud send you a test version with the 'screen title' option, please

                              ARRM (Roms Manager, Scraper for Recalbox, Batocera, Retropie, ES...) : http://jujuvincebros.fr/telechargements2/file/10-arrm-another-recalbox-roms-manager
                              Wiki : http://jujuvincebros.fr/wiki/arrm/doku.php?id=start-en
                              Discord: https://discord.gg/p7QsBTS

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                              • nexusone13N
                                nexusone13
                                last edited by

                                Hi @mitu ,
                                Could you tell me what are the right paths, on retropie, for systems overlays and games overlays please. Thank you :)

                                ARRM (Roms Manager, Scraper for Recalbox, Batocera, Retropie, ES...) : http://jujuvincebros.fr/telechargements2/file/10-arrm-another-recalbox-roms-manager
                                Wiki : http://jujuvincebros.fr/wiki/arrm/doku.php?id=start-en
                                Discord: https://discord.gg/p7QsBTS

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                                • mituM
                                  mitu Global Moderator @nexusone13
                                  last edited by mitu

                                  @nexusone13 RetroPie doesn't come with overlays and doesn't have any special path reserved for it.
                                  I think you can use the RetroArch defaults - $HOME/.config/retroarch/overlay for storing the images, $HOME/.config/retroarch/config/<CORE>/<GAME>.cfg for game overlay config.
                                  You can take a look at how TheBezelProject does it (see for Atari 2600) and use their convention and approach.

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                                  • nexusone13N
                                    nexusone13 @mitu
                                    last edited by

                                    @mitu thanks mitu for your quick reply :)

                                    ARRM (Roms Manager, Scraper for Recalbox, Batocera, Retropie, ES...) : http://jujuvincebros.fr/telechargements2/file/10-arrm-another-recalbox-roms-manager
                                    Wiki : http://jujuvincebros.fr/wiki/arrm/doku.php?id=start-en
                                    Discord: https://discord.gg/p7QsBTS

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                                    • nexusone13N
                                      nexusone13 @mitu
                                      last edited by

                                      @mitu
                                      For example, if I have this file for Atari 7800 in this directory :
                                      /opt/retropie/configs/all/retroarch/config/prosystem/ Activision Decathlon, The (USA).cfg

                                      containing this line :
                                      input_overlay = "/opt/retropie/configs/all/retroarch/overlay/atari5200/16-9/Activision Decathlon, The (USA).cfg"

                                      And this 2 files in this directory :
                                      /opt/retropie/configs/all/retroarch/overlay/atari5200/16-9/Activision Decathlon, The (USA).png
                                      /opt/retropie/configs/all/retroarch/overlay/atari5200/16-9/Activision Decathlon, The (USA).cfg

                                      It should be okay ?

                                      thx

                                      ARRM (Roms Manager, Scraper for Recalbox, Batocera, Retropie, ES...) : http://jujuvincebros.fr/telechargements2/file/10-arrm-another-recalbox-roms-manager
                                      Wiki : http://jujuvincebros.fr/wiki/arrm/doku.php?id=start-en
                                      Discord: https://discord.gg/p7QsBTS

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                                      • mituM
                                        mitu Global Moderator @nexusone13
                                        last edited by

                                        @nexusone13 This looks fine, though I'd say try to use the same system name everywhere (i.e. atari7800 instead of prosystem). There might be differences between ES in RetroPie to what is configured in Recalbox/Batocera w.r.t. system names - you can find RetroPie's list here.

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                                        • nexusone13N
                                          nexusone13 @mitu
                                          last edited by

                                          @mitu Ok I thought the <CORE> you mentioned here: $HOME/.config/retroarch/config/<CORE>/<GAME>.cfg refered to the retroarch core used for a system.
                                          So <CORE> can be the retropie ID of the system (atari7800, snes, genesis, neogeo...) ? that's right ?

                                          Thanks for the Retropie systems ID list, it will be useful :)

                                          ARRM (Roms Manager, Scraper for Recalbox, Batocera, Retropie, ES...) : http://jujuvincebros.fr/telechargements2/file/10-arrm-another-recalbox-roms-manager
                                          Wiki : http://jujuvincebros.fr/wiki/arrm/doku.php?id=start-en
                                          Discord: https://discord.gg/p7QsBTS

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                                          • mituM
                                            mitu Global Moderator @nexusone13
                                            last edited by

                                            @nexusone13 said in [SOFT] ARRM : Another Gamelist, Roms manager, and Scraper for Recalbox, Batocera, Retropie:

                                            Ok I thought the <CORE> you mentioned here: $HOME/.config/retroarch/config/<CORE>/<GAME>.cfg refered to the retroarch core used for a system.

                                            You're right - yes, that's correct.
                                            But be aware that the Libretro core name might be spelled differently. For instance lr-fbalpha is FB Alpha, the lr-prosystem core name is ProSystem (see here). I think the core info files (see the previous reference) are the definitive info source.

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