RetroPi Media - gamelist.xml generator

MotoGp

@SloTayHolmes said in RetroPi Media - gamelist.xml generator:

@MotoGp
Thank you for this great tool. I’m using v1.004 and have encountered a problem.

I have a romset in zip format. Some of the roms are not on the imported gamelist.xml. After checking for orphans, these roms appear in the “ROM files not in Gamelist” section. I checked the “include” boxes and added them to roms list, then generated xml. Problem: The roms will appear in the generated xml, however, the extension “.zip” is being added to each path. Example output is below.
<cover>./media/Donkey Kong Country 3 - Dixie Kong's Double Trouble! (USA).zip.png</cover>
<image>./media/image/Donkey Kong Country 3 - Dixie Kong's Double Trouble! (USA).zip.png</image>
<marquee>./media/marquee/Donkey Kong Country 3 - Dixie Kong's Double Trouble! (USA).zip.png</marquee>

ok Try version 1.005, link is in the first post.

Ver 1.005

Fixed the saving issue if you left folder fields empty. It also saves your ROM folder and Hyperlist settings now.
Fixed naming of media paths when roms are added from Orphan list.

SloTayHolmes

@MotoGp
Thank you for posting the latest. Save settings and media path working. Problem: The game description data isn't outputting to <desc> in the generated xml, it's putting the game name instead. The game description data is populating correctly in the GUI however. Sample output below.

<path>./ActRaiser (USA).zip</path>
<name>Actraiser</name>
<cover>./media/cover/ActRaiser (USA).png</cover>
<image>./media/image/ActRaiser (USA).png</image>
<marquee>./media/marquee/ActRaiser (USA).png</marquee>
<video>./media/video/ActRaiser (USA).mp4</video>
<rating>0.8</rating>
<desc>Actraiser</desc>
<releasedate>19911102T000000</releasedate>
<developer>Quintet</developer>
<publisher>Enix</publisher>
<genre>Simulation</genre>
<players>1-2</players>

MotoGp

@SloTayHolmes said in RetroPi Media - gamelist.xml generator:

@MotoGp
Thank you for posting the latest. Save settings and media path working. Problem: The game description data isn't outputting to <desc> in the generated xml, it's putting the game name instead. The game description data is populating correctly in the GUI however. Sample output below.
<path>./ActRaiser (USA).zip</path>
<name>Actraiser</name>
<cover>./media/cover/ActRaiser (USA).png</cover>
<image>./media/image/ActRaiser (USA).png</image>
<marquee>./media/marquee/ActRaiser (USA).png</marquee>
<video>./media/video/ActRaiser (USA).mp4</video>
<rating>0.8</rating>
<desc>Actraiser</desc>
<releasedate>19911102T000000</releasedate>
<developer>Quintet</developer>
<publisher>Enix</publisher>
<genre>Simulation</genre>
<players>1-2</players>

since I was only using Hyperlist, I made the Desc the same as the game name for myself and forgot to change it back. its fixed now.

see first post for updated link Ver 1.006

MotoGp

@MotoGp I found a bug in the Generate XML code. It doesn't take into account the "include" status column. I'm working on the fix.

MotoGp

@MotoGp
Ver 1.007
Fixes the Generate Xml bug reported above.

SloTayHolmes

@MotoGp

Thank you, Moto. Problem renaming matched orphans in v1.007 (using imported gamelist.xml). In the “Confirm File Rename” box:

CURRENT NAME: mslug3n.zip
NEW NAME: mslug3

Result: Rom is renamed without the zip extension. The <path> in generated gamelist xml is correct.

MotoGp

@SloTayHolmes said in RetroPi Media - gamelist.xml generator:

@MotoGp

Thank you, Moto. Problem renaming matched orphans in v1.007 (using imported gamelist.xml). In the “Confirm File Rename” box:

CURRENT NAME: mslug3n.zip
NEW NAME: mslug3

Result: Rom is renamed without the zip extension. The <path> in generated gamelist xml is correct.

OK, so Ver 1.008 fixes that issue. I did realize that the find orphans does not search subfolders. This will take a little time to re-write.

rand0m

@MotoGp Amazing job on the app MotoGP. I just used the latest version and it is working as expected. Retropie gamelist looks for gamelist.xml in the folder we select, would it be possible to just look for roms in a folder (like we give the rom extension zip and it lists all zips in folder without having gamelist.xml) or would that be beyond the scope of app?

RogueSawyer

This is an amazing tool! Thank you for the work. I had been trying to work through several others and there were always gaps but this is clean and very straight forward.

One question, is there a way to merge Gamelists? I have several that have descriptions in them and it would be great if I could merge their descriptions in with the hyperspin list this creates.

Thanks again!

AbbaTheHorse

Hi

Is this still available? It looks great and just what I need, but the link no longer seems to work 🙁

Thank you,

AtH

djcult

Nice App but the link is down. :-(
Can You reup please!!!!

KoCinsKy

Alternative link?

duiz

@MotoGp I'd love to give this a test too!

MotoGp

Hello All,

Sorry I have not been active here for awhile. I've updated the link in the original post but you can also get it HERE

KoCinsKy

Thanks!!!!!

Texacate

Thank you for this software. It works great to identify missing artwork. In a perfect world it would run on a raspberry pi too, but it was easy enough to; copy my roms folder over to a window PC, do the scanning in windows, and go back to my rPi to fix any issues the tool uncovered. Kudos.

NewYears1978

Sorry for necroing this, I have been trying to find a similar program for weeks.
This one is near perfect, the only issue is that the naming conventions of Retrobat are a little different.

I had hoped it was something that could be changed in settings files, but alas it wasn't.

Wondering if the original author or someone else could modify it so you could also set by variables the tags used in the game list.

So like how now it automatically puts MarqueeFolder as <marquee> and VideoFolder as <video> Etc, if you could set a variable for that in the same window where you pick the folder.

In Retrobat for instance, it uses different tags like <fanart> and <thumbnail> and <images>. It also has more than 4 arts, so if a fifth could be added that would be super helpful.

The ones I use are image, video, marquee, thumbnail, fanart (this is how they are generated in Skraper)

I wish I could program I would do this myself. I would have it so you have a variable for the folder and the tag you want to use so it would say for instance:

Media Folder: _____
Video Folder: _____ Video Tag: ______
Marquee Folder: ______ Marquee Tag: _____
Etc

Long shot but I am at whits end so figured I would give it a go. Maybe there's already a newer tool that does this, but I had no luck.

mitu

@NewYears1978 said in RetroPi Media - gamelist.xml generator:

Sorry for necroing this, I have been trying to find a similar program for weeks.

Have you tried using ARRM ? It should have better support for RetroBat.

NewYears1978

@mitu Oh man did I try for hours. That program is so confusing and I could never get it to recognize the art I already had in folders and with the proper tags. It is obviously a well thought out and detailed program, but it's UI is sloppy and it's really confusing to understand most the stuff in it.

I did figure out how to read a directory and generate a gamelist and also scrape images, but they were never named or tagged the way I wanted or needed them to be.

What I have resorted to doing is using Skraper and then just using bulkrename to add -image, -video, -fanart Etc to my art then putting them all in one images folder.

Then I re-scrape inside Retro and let it find that all the art is there, and then recreate the gamelist with the tags.

It's a bit tedious but I guess it works aight.