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

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    • nexusone13N
      nexusone13
      last edited by

      Hi All

      New version available :

      1.7.6.5 (06/10/2019)

      • Added translation of the interface in Chinese (thank you Lyon00)

      1.7.6.3 (06/10/2019)

      • The logs are centralized in a subdirectory (logs_arrm) of the selected system.
      • When 'Keep rom name' is checked, 'Add disk' & 'clean name' are disabled
      • Database update: rom / core arcade compatibility (BestArcade4Recalbox-19-05-09).
      • Add in the tools tab of a textbox to modify the compression parameters of pngequant (request of Ismaily T. M. on the JujuVinceBros facebook page)
      • Added in the tools tab a button 'Update Best Arcade Core' to update the database with the best core arcade based games. Uses the files 'fba_libretro.csv', 'mame2003.csv', 'mame2010.csv' from BestArcade4Recalbox-19-05-09 list: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1F5tBguhRxpj1AQcnDWF6AVSx4av_Gm3cDQedQB7IECk/edit?usp=sharing. These files are located in '%appdata%\nexouille soft\arrm\database'. The 'Update Core' button uses this database.

      1.7.6.1

      • When adding disk taking into account of [Part x of x] in the file name
      • When adding disk taking into account references memory sizes (16k) (48k) (128k). I use it for my collection of Roms Zx Spectrum which proposed 3 sizes different memories and therefore slightly different Roms.
      • Taking into account the video during a recompose image if the video file is present (Jay's request)
      • Ability to add a video manually to a Rom via the 'Video' button in the game card (Jay's request)
      • Ability to stop the various treatments applied to selected Roms.
      • Ability to modify the timeout value on web requests (via the 'Tools' tab). Increase the value when scrap server is overloaded.
      • Use the 32bits or 64bits version of pngequant (compressor PNG) depending on your environment.
      • When recovering Video only, '4 images' mode does not need to be activated.
      • Ability to recover the 'cartridge' as the default image.
      • When launching a scrap with overlay, the previous file "missing_overlays% SYSTEM% .txt" is saved with the current date.
      • Added the SNES CD template

      1.7.5.4 (05/18/2019)

      • Fixed a bug that crashed the application when duplicate search returned too many items.
      • Fixed bug when searching with keywords and with filters
      • Changed path for systems overlay path for recalbox in 'overlays_path.txt' file : /recalbox/share/system/configs/retroarch/overlays changed to /recalbox/share/system/.config/retroarch/overlays

      Download Link : http://jujuvincebros.fr/telechargements2/file/10-arrm-another-recalbox-roms-manager use 'Mirror Link1' if you get an 'Invalid Token' error message.

      ARRM Wiki (with some practical cases) : http://www.jujuvincebros.fr/wiki/arrm/doku.php?id=start-en

      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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        polpettedorso
        last edited by

        Hi!
        Yesterday i've downloaded and played with arrm. I did almost what i wanted, but i couldn' t find the option to scrape the wheel. How is this possibile?

        Thanks

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        • nexusone13N
          nexusone13 @polpettedorso
          last edited by

          Hi @polpettedorso Indeed, it's not yet implemented.... Currently only this items can be scraped :

          • Boxart (2d/3d)
          • Screenshot / Screen Title
          • Marquee (game title)
          • Mix
          • Mix 1 from screenscraper
          • Mix 2 from screenscraper
          • Video
          • Manual
          • Overlays

          In a future 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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            polpettedorso @nexusone13
            last edited by

            @nexusone13 thanks for your feedback. I will wait for the feature, in the meanwhile i will scrape the other elements I need, you did a very good job!

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            • nexusone13N
              nexusone13 @polpettedorso
              last edited by nexusone13

              Thanks @polpettedorso

              Question :
              If by 'wheels' you mean this kind of picture (example) :

              alt text

              This image can be scraped when you checked 'Marquee' on ARRM.

              If you want this kind of pictures (wheel carbon) :
              alt text

              or (wheel steel)

              alt text

              It is not yet implemented in ARRM

              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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                polpettedorso @nexusone13
                last edited by

                @nexusone13 The first one: i will try! Thank you :-)

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                • nexusone13N
                  nexusone13
                  last edited by

                  Hi All,
                  New version of ARRM available :

                  1.7.7.0 (10/05/2019)

                  • Automatic association of templates by system via the template selection menu. You no longer need to edit the template_association.txt file manually.
                       Operating mode: select a single system, then click on 'Show Mix Model' to select the desired template, then confirm.
                       The system / template association will be saved in the template_association.txt file
                       If you wish to modify the default template: Do not select any system and click on 'Choose Mix Template', then confirm.
                  • Taking into account the new Amiga tree on Batocera 5.23; Amiga systems are no longer under the Amiga directory, but in the amiga, amigacdtv and amigacd32 directories directly in roms.
                  • Added several templates: Famicom, DOS (profile), MSX TurboR, Othello Multivision, Sega Mark III, Sharp X1, Spectravideo, Super Famicom, TurboGrafX, Box Marquee Cartridge and Box cartridge
                  • fix bug when filtering game title containing a simple quote (thx virus-man)
                  • Update systems for Recalbox / Batocera
                  • update of the core / emulator for Batocera / Recalbox

                  Download Link : http://jujuvincebros.fr/telechargements2/file/10-arrm-another-recalbox-roms-manager

                  ARRM Wiki (with some practical cases) : http://www.jujuvincebros.fr/wiki/arrm/doku.php?id=start-en

                  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 @nexusone13
                    last edited by

                    Hi All,
                    New version of ARRM available :

                    1.7.7.5 (10/31/2019)

                    • Added templates for Myst's Next_Pixel 1.3 theme for Recalbox (https://samystudio.github.io/es-theme-next-pixel/). See Wiki : http://www.jujuvincebros.fr/wiki/arrm/doku.php?id=templates_available_en
                    • Added Rom file renaming button with game name (Ninjaw request)
                    • Add a video preview of the snap video if present (the sound is deliberately cut) Right click on the video to access full screen, play / pause, etc ...
                    • Added video button that appears in the game card when a video is present. By clicking, it opens the media player associated with the extension of the video. (Ninjaw asks)
                    • Added a checkbox in the 'Tools' panel to compress video with handbrake whose encoding parameters are modifiable in 'Handbreak parameters', making them compatible with OMX player for Retropie (Morenr1 request via mail). See Wiki : http://www.jujuvincebros.fr/wiki/arrm/doku.php?id=settings-fr#tools
                    • The template file allows to manage differently the display of boxarts according to their format (portrait, landscape (style N64), CD). See the Next_Pixel templates for an example.

                    Download Link : http://jujuvincebros.fr/telechargements2/file/10-arrm-another-recalbox-roms-manager

                    ARRM Wiki (with some practical cases) : http://www.jujuvincebros.fr/wiki/arrm/doku.php?id=start-en

                    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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                      morenr1
                      last edited by morenr1

                      Great improvements.

                      With the compress video option and the proper parameters (in my case I use -Z "Gmail Small 10 Minutes 288p30" -f "av_mp4"), now I have two benefits, all video previews are compatible (some of video previews had a YUV codification not compatible with OMXplayer), and the file size is one third of the original size, without dramatic loss of quality in a 19'' monitor

                      moren1

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                      • nexusone13N
                        nexusone13 @morenr1
                        last edited by

                        Hi All,

                        New version of ARRM available :

                        1.8.0.0 (11/16/2019)

                        • Compressed .7z files are also used when searching for MD5 in the archive.
                        • Correction of the search by MD5. ARRM finds a more games. (thanks Andearoid for the numerous detailed tests).
                        • Added a "Recompose Image" button for multisystems (when more than one system is selected) : Application of templates without having to rescrap
                        • Addition of a "without video" button in addition to the "without image" button for multisystem scrap (when more than one system is selected). If both are checked the roms without video OR without image will be processed.
                        • Added a button 'Compress selected video' in the tab 'Tools' to recompress the videos of selected roms
                        • Modification of the filters 'without image', 'without description', 'without video' which are now checkboxes. The logical operator and / or apply to all conditions. (KhanDam's request on the JujuVinceBros forum)
                        • Added tags in the xml Mix templates: <item boxart_align = "true / false" /> and <item cartridge_align = "true" /> which allow to center the boxart and the cartridge in the image area defined in the mix. Currently available in the template Next_Pixel_GameAndWatch
                        • Database update: rom / core arcade
                        • Fixed various bugs
                        • Added 'NeoGeo Mini' template from KhanDam

                        Download Link : http://jujuvincebros.fr/telechargements2/file/10-arrm-another-recalbox-roms-manager

                        ARRM Wiki (with some practical cases) : http://www.jujuvincebros.fr/wiki/arrm/doku.php?id=start-en

                        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 All,

                          New version of ARRM available :

                          1.8.0.5 (12/01/2019)

                          • Modification of the filter panel: now it is a panel with tab: 'Filters', 'Research'
                          • Added in the filter panel check boxes 'without screenshot', 'without box', 'without mark', 'without manual'
                          • Add a 'Manual' field in the database
                          • Added a 'Region' field (of the form 'us, eu, jp ...) in the database containing the regions of a given game.
                          • Display region flags in mixes if the <region> tag is true. Parameterizable in template files (region1 and region2 tags). All templates have been updated to allow the display of flags.
                          • If no regions available, possibility to display the 'World' flag via the checkbox 'World Flag?' in the Tools tab
                              If you want to display them, edit the xml of the template edit the tag <region> to TRUE (request of foclabroc on discord jujuvincebros)
                          • Button 'Add Flag' in tab 'Tools' to add the flags to the image without having to rescraper. The selected template must be the one originally used on the existing image.
                          • Modification of the filter panel + add checkboxes 'without screenshot', 'without boxart', 'without mark', 'without manual'
                          • The search by keyword on the roms can be done independently on the name of the game, name of rom or description
                          • Added a button 'Recover Media' in the 'Tools' panel to retrieve the wheels of the present systems: To display the wheel of the selected system in the Panel 'ROM informations'
                          • Checkbox in front of the textual elements of the 'ROM Information' panel. Only checked items are refreshed during a scrap. (Jay's request on Recalbox forum)
                          • Remove the 'Auto Association Association' button from the 'Systems' panel, redundant with the 'Auto template' button
                          • Now in 4-image mode, the screenshot is saved in its native format without adding "black bars"
                          • Modification of the template 'super famicom' and addition of the template 'snes us' (request of Andearoid forum JujuVinceBros)
                          • Checkbox 'Only' for 'Force media' in tab 'images options': if checked only the media of the checked country are retrieved. No fallback to other media available. (request from Andearoid JujuVinceBros forum)
                          • The 'Select all', 'All deselected' and 'No filter' buttons are accessible directly for the 'Filters' and 'Search' modules (request from Andearoid JujuVinceBros forum)
                          • Added a combobox to choose between Handbrake and FFmpeg for video compression. (request from Andearoid on JujuVinceBros forum and thanks for the settings)
                          • Addition of a checkbox ".ZIP" allowing to prioritize the calculation of the MD5 / CRC32 on the file contained in the .ZIP / .7z during mass calculation of the CRC32 / MD5.

                          Download Link : http://jujuvincebros.fr/telechargements2/file/10-arrm-another-recalbox-roms-manager

                          ARRM Wiki (with some practical cases) : http://www.jujuvincebros.fr/wiki/arrm/doku.php?id=start-en

                          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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                          • paffleyP
                            paffley
                            last edited by paffley

                            Hi, this looks great, thank you and well done on this. Just a quick question...

                            With this piece of software, can you mix your own images (if you already have them on your system?)

                            I'm wanting to mix boxart and cartart only.

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                            • nexusone13N
                              nexusone13 @paffley
                              last edited by nexusone13

                              Hi @paffley
                              You can create your own template (for mix) see wiki : http://jujuvincebros.fr/wiki/arrm/doku.php?id=create_template-en

                              Or use Mix'Me to create your mix with existing template and your own pictures. See Wiki : http://jujuvincebros.fr/wiki/arrm/doku.php?id=mixme_en

                              But if you want a Template with only Boxart & cartridge , you can use this template : mix_box_cartridge
                              mix_box_cartridge

                              or this one : mix_box_marquee_cartridge
                              mix_box_marquee_cartridge

                              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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                              • ANDRELLVSA
                                ANDRELLVS
                                last edited by

                                great!

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                                • paffleyP
                                  paffley
                                  last edited by

                                  Thanks @nexusone13 :) ill have a play, looks great!

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                                  • paffleyP
                                    paffley
                                    last edited by paffley

                                    @nexusone13 does it batch mix from your own images/folders if I create my own template?

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                                    • nexusone13N
                                      nexusone13 @paffley
                                      last edited by

                                      Hi @paffley
                                      Have a look to this section of the wiki : http://www.jujuvincebros.fr/wiki/arrm/doku.php?id=retrieve_images_en to know if you can use your current pictures.

                                      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 All,

                                        New version of ARRM available :

                                        1.8.1.2 (12/25/2019)

                                        • Redesign of the template selection module. It is now possible to assign a template by system, default template via the module without having to edit the file 'template_association.txt' . cf Wiki: http://jujuvincebros.fr/wiki/arrm/doku.php?id=choose_mix_en
                                        • Addition of a link (?) On the various interface panels allowing access to the dedicated section of WIKI
                                        • Removed the animated message 'Processing'
                                        • Addition of 2 templates mix_box_cartridge_v2 and mix_box_marquee_cartridge _v2
                                        • Fixed many bugs
                                        • Change the notation of the games to be in agreement with the themes.
                                        • Added a 'Compress image' checkbox giving the user the choice to compress or not the images.
                                        • Target .NET framework 4.5.2 or higher
                                        • Number of calls made per day and maximum number of calls allowed on screenscraper visible via 'login screenscraper', 'Check identifier'

                                        Download Link : http://jujuvincebros.fr/telechargements2/file/10-arrm-another-recalbox-roms-manager

                                        ARRM Wiki (with some practical cases) : http://www.jujuvincebros.fr/wiki/arrm/doku.php?id=start-en

                                        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

                                          Hello
                                          1.8.1.4 fix5

                                          Bugs Fix executable only (replace the executable in C:\Program Files (x86)\Nexouille Soft\Arrm\ by the one contained in the archive from the page below). It is necessary to have version 1.8.1.4 installed

                                          http://jujuvincebros.fr/telechargements2/category/11-arrm-update-correctif

                                          • Bug correction (application crash) when switching from roms to favorites / hidden / normal.
                                          • Bug correction (application crash) when clicking on 'Check name via MD5' button
                                          • When deleting METADATA, only the items checked in the 'ROMS Information' panel are deleted.
                                          • Addition of a button 'strict search' which allows to retrieve only the games whose PlateformId or ParentId corresponds to the desired - platform (request from Khan-Dam).
                                          • Moving the scrape_log.txt in %appdata%\Nexouille soft\arrm\temp\scrape_log.txt.

                                          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 All,

                                            New version of ARRM available :

                                            1.8.2.0 (02/02/2020)

                                            • Adding the thumbnail field to the database
                                            • Delete user login info in scrape_log.txt
                                            • Add a button 'Media Order ->' (in the Scrap Options tab) to force the search for media (image) in the order of the countries indicated in the associated textbox. The 'force media / Only' options remain active. See the info bubbles for more info.
                                            • Add a button 'Text order ->' (in the Scrap Options tab) to force the search for texts in the order of the countries indicated in the associated textbox. See bubble info for more info.
                                            • Add a button 'Assign media 'Screenscraper' (in the General Options tab) leading to a window to assign media screenscraper to the tags of the gamelist.xml
                                            • Via the 'Assignment of media 'Screenscraper' form, it is now possible to assign to the TAG thumbnail one of the following elements BOXART, SCREENSHOT, CARTRIDGE, MARKED, MIX, IMAGE. Thumbnail will be created when the gamelist.xml is saved.
                                            • Now ARRM retrieves video-normalized videos from Screenscraper instead of videos, which are mostly smaller in size and the user can choose not to compress them.
                                            • Update of the internal Mame database. Used to retrieve Mame/Fb/Neogeo game names during the initial loading before scraping (Andearoid request).
                                            • Fixed TheGamesDB API that's back online
                                            • Find some more bezels/overlays *
                                            • Added 2 fields 'manual' and 'region' in 'Export gamelist to CSV'.
                                            • Add button 'Send debug info to developer' to send automaticaly scrape_log.txt + arrm_launch.txt to developer.
                                            • Added 'countries' CUS, KR, and CA when searching for media.
                                            • Changed the 'Strict search' button: now only retrieves games whose platformID matches the platform being searched for (previously PlatformId or ParentId).
                                            • Added a line on the status of Screenscraper when quota overrun, api closed ...
                                            • Fix bug on disk number extraction
                                            • Fix bug on the recovery of genres in languages other than Fr
                                            • 2 templates from Toniosj (Nintendo SNES cartridge pad, Sega Megadrive Cartridge Pad)

                                            Download Link : http://jujuvincebros.fr/telechargements2/file/10-arrm-another-recalbox-roms-manager

                                            ARRM Wiki (with some practical cases) : http://www.jujuvincebros.fr/wiki/arrm/doku.php?id=start-en

                                            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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