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    Renaming ROM Files

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      5paceCat
      last edited by

      Hey guys! I'm a bit of an organization freak and tend to rename files to keep things tidy. Will renaming, say, a Dreamcast ROM from "SOA_CD1_ECH.cdi" to "Skies of Arcadia (CD1).cdi" affect scraping? I'll be building my first RPi soon and am not familiar with how the scraper communicates with whatever source it grabs from.

      Thanks in advance!

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      • edmaul69E
        edmaul69 @5paceCat
        last edited by

        @5paceCat i think it should scrape easier changing it from the garbage name.

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        • herb_fargusH
          herb_fargus administrators @5paceCat
          last edited by

          @5paceCat sselphs scraper doesn't use names, it uses hashes.

          If you read the documentation it will answer 99% of your questions: https://retropie.org.uk/docs/

          Also if you want a solution to your problems read this first: https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/3/read-this-first

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            5paceCat
            last edited by

            Great. Thanks for the info, guys!

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            • FloobF
              Floob
              last edited by

              @5paceCat Just dont go renaming any MAME .zip files.

              Please read the Docs before asking a new question.
              RetroPie Help Guides: https://goo.gl/3gcNsT

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              • meleuM
                meleu @5paceCat
                last edited by meleu

                @5paceCat I think you have to rename before the scraping process. Otherwise the <path> entries of your gamelist.xml won't match the ROM filenames.

                And, like said above, don't rename any arcade ROM files.

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                  5paceCat
                  last edited by

                  Gotcha. I'm renaming everything pre-install. I'm just getting all the files ready while the parts are shipping.

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