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    EmulationStation Sluggish and Scraper Broken with 4.7 Release

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    • BuZzB
      BuZz administrators
      last edited by

      A fix from @mitu has been applied to the scraper and new ES binaries are available again (v2.9.6rp)

      To help us help you - please make sure you read the sticky topics before posting - https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/3/read-this-first

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      • masersparkM
        maserspark @BuZz
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        And that works too. Thank you so much for everything, @BuZz and @mitu!

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          Phil_Chambers
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          @buzz My scraper is still not working with the v2.9.6rp update.

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          • mituM
            mitu Global Moderator @Phil_Chambers
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            @phil_chambers What scraping source are you using ? Can you give an example of game/rom that's not working ?

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              Phil_Chambers @mitu
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              @mitu I'm using the built in scraper for various roms on various systems and it doesn't work. It was working last week when I installed 4.6, But I've fully updated 4.7 and it is still unable to find anything.

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              • mituM
                mitu Global Moderator @Phil_Chambers
                last edited by

                @phil_chambers You already said that - please add some details, as I asked in the previous reply, otherwise we'll not be able to check whether it's a scraping source error or an actual error in EmulationStation's scraper.

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                  Phil_Chambers @mitu
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                  @mitu You don't need to be rude. As I previously stated it's unable to scrape for ANY AND ALL games I have, that were previously being scraped while on 4.6. So why I would need to provide specific examples escapes me, but I'll give you several examples to humor you.
                  Final Fantasy Tactics Advance - GBA
                  Legend of Zelda, The Oracle of Ages - GBC
                  NBA Jam Tournament Edition - Sega Master System
                  Castlevania II - Simon's Quest - NES
                  Castlevania - Symphony of the Night - Playstaion
                  Donkey Kong Country 2 - SNES
                  Metal Slug X - Arcade

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                  • mituM
                    mitu Global Moderator @Phil_Chambers
                    last edited by

                    @phil_chambers I wasn't rude, just merely asking for more details. What scraping source are you using ?

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                      Phil_Chambers @mitu
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                      @mitu The built in scraper that comes installed with stock 4.7.

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                      • mituM
                        mitu Global Moderator @Phil_Chambers
                        last edited by

                        @phil_chambers The built-in scraper has 2 sources for scraping available

                        • TheGamesDB.net
                        • ScreenScraper.fr

                        You can configure which one is used from the EmulationStation's settings. Right now, ScreenScraper.fr is not accessible for non-registered users, so scraping from that source does not work - it's not a bug in EmulationStation.

                        If you change the scraping source and use TheGamesDB, scraping will work.

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                          Phil_Chambers @mitu
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                          @mitu Scraping from TheGamesDB doesn't pull any results for any rom on any system. Is there a system log somewhere I can pull?

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                            mitu Global Moderator @Phil_Chambers
                            last edited by

                            @phil_chambers said in EmulationStation Sluggish and Scraper Broken with 4.7 Release:

                            Is there a system log somewhere I can pull?

                            EmulationStation has a log in \\retropie\configs\all\emulationstation (es_log.txt), but I don't think that it logs any details about scraping request error (just the error).

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                            • jamrom2J
                              jamrom2 @mitu
                              last edited by

                              @mitu does the new version fix the Atari 800 scraping?

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                                mitu Global Moderator @jamrom2
                                last edited by

                                @jamrom2 I think so.

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                                • jamrom2J
                                  jamrom2 @mitu
                                  last edited by

                                  @mitu thank you. I'll give it a shot and report.

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                                  • jamrom2J
                                    jamrom2 @jamrom2
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                                    @jamrom2 well... it kinda works...

                                    I get parsing errors and every now and then it picks up a game title. The games it does read are seen as Atari 400/800 titles, which is good. But it doesn't recognize many, and again... a ton of parsing errors when you restart ES.

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                                      mitu Global Moderator @jamrom2
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                                      @jamrom2 Thanks for the test. I wonder if it's screeenscraper that's wonky of the scraping that's not ok. Are you scraping just the Atari800 system ?

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                                      • jamrom2J
                                        jamrom2 @mitu
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                                        @mitu yes, via the ES option. I also tried using Skyscraper from Retropie_Setup from the console, and I got something very similar. Like a lot of truncated info, or not found.

                                        I also updated to the latest Retropie Set-up script (but I'll guess you knew that because I updated ES..LOL)

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                                        • mituM
                                          mitu Global Moderator @jamrom2
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                                          @jamrom2 said in EmulationStation Sluggish and Scraper Broken with 4.7 Release:

                                          @mitu yes, via the ES option. I also tried using Skyscraper from Retropie_Setup from the console, and I got something very similar. Like a lot of truncated info, or not found.

                                          Hm, if the same happens from Skyscraper, it may be something on the source site. Can you list some of the ROMs that have issues ? I'll give it a shot from my side and see what's the issue.

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                                          • jamrom2J
                                            jamrom2 @mitu
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                                            @mitu

                                            thegamesdb and screenscraper both used.

                                            worked through ES scraper -
                                            Action Biker (1985)(Mastertronic)(US).zip
                                            F-15 Strike Eagle (19xx)(MicroProse)[cr The Cruiser].zip
                                            H.E.R.O. (1984)(Activision).zip
                                            Galaxian (1982)(Atari).zip

                                            Failed in ES and Skyscraper:
                                            A-E (1982)(Broderbund).zip
                                            Archon (1983)(Electronic Arts).zip
                                            Goonies, The (1985)(Datasoft).zip
                                            Gateway to Apshai (1983)(Epyx).zip

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