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    Development of module-script generator for lr-mess, lr-mame and mame standalone

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      Folly @DTEAM
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      @dteam

      I will first wait on the response.

      If you have some extra capacity an other solution could be to add some separate handheld folders for this purpose.

      We can discuss this later.

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        Folly @DTEAM
        last edited by Folly

        @dteam

        So you see, if this works, it would be great.
        Just using a few lines ;-)

        If you are interested in the code I already made.
        This is it :
        (OK)

        #gets the cheat.7z and places it in the correct path
        #works perfect
        wget -N -P /tmp http://cheat.retrogames.com/download/cheat0221.zip
        unzip -o /tmp/cheat0221.zip cheat.7z -d $HOME/RetroPie/BIOS/mame/cheat
        rm /tmp/cheat0221.zip
        
        

        EDIT (look a few posts ahead for better code for artwork !) :
        gdrivedl got only a part of the html code(old version).
        If you would browse the website, you will see that when you scroll-down, more info is added to the page.
        I think that is the reason why it isn't working.
        So I created an issue on github which is solved now.

        #get all artwork files and put it in the correct path
        #first test got about 42 of 162 artwork files :-( 
        #second test with improved version of gdrivedl.py gets all files :-)
        wget -nv -O /tmp/gdrivedl.py https://raw.githubusercontent.com/matthuisman/gdrivedl/master/gdrivedl.py
        python /tmp/gdrivedl.py https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1sm6gdOcaaQaNUtQ9tZ5Q5WQ6m1OD2QY3 -P $HOME/RetroPie/roms/mame/artwork
        rm /tmp/gdrivedl.py
        
        

        ( issue is posted here and gdrivedl.py is improved, accordingly : https://github.com/matthuisman/gdrivedl/issues/12 )

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          DTEAM @Folly
          last edited by DTEAM

          @Folly
          Great, I’ll try those and give you news.
          For the artworks on google drive, if you prefer, I can split It per systems in folders

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            Folly @DTEAM
            last edited by Folly

            @dteam

            I have a solution already ;-) (too bad, not the solution after all ! :-( )

            This is the code to get all 162 files the artwork files which are then placed in the correct directory ( still testing but seems to be ok / damn stuck at 114 files ! ) :

            wget -nv -O /tmp/gdrivedl.py https://raw.githubusercontent.com/matthuisman/gdrivedl/master/gdrivedl.py
            curl https://drive.google.com/embeddedfolderview?id=1sm6gdOcaaQaNUtQ9tZ5Q5WQ6m1OD2QY3#list | egrep -o '(\w|-){26,}' | grep entry | sed 's/entry-//g' | while read fileid ; do python /tmp/gdrivedl.py https://drive.google.com/file/d/$fileid -P $HOME/RetroPie/roms/mame/artwork ; done
            rm /tmp/gdrivedl.py
            
            

            This code should be working but google drive seems to block after a while.
            (see https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/29682/development-of-module-script-generator-for-lr-mess-and-mame-standalone/41 )

            This is how it works :

            • with https://drive.google.com/embeddedfolderview?id=1sm6gdOcaaQaNUtQ9tZ5Q5WQ6m1OD2QY3#list you can list all the files in one page.
            • with egrep -o '(\w|-){26,}' | grep entry | sed 's/entry-//g' you filter out only the file-id's.
            • then it uses these file-id's every time in the loop, creating a command one by one for each file.
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              DTEAM @Folly
              last edited by

              @folly
              Some files are for arcade folder, is It for that you stuck at 114?

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                Folly @DTEAM
                last edited by Folly

                @dteam

                There is another reason why this is not working.

                Haha, I think I tested too much, keep getting => 403 : Forbidden.

                Read the output of one file that I was trying.

                Sorry...Sorry... We're sorry... ... but your computer or network may be sending automated queries. To protect our users, we can't process your request right now.

                Can you get all the files with the code ?

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                  DTEAM @Folly
                  last edited by DTEAM

                  @folly

                  #gets the cheat.7z and places it in the correct path
                  #works perfect
                  wget -N -P /tmp http://cheat.retrogames.com/download/cheat0221.zip
                  unzip -o /tmp/cheat0221.zip cheat.7z -d $HOME/RetroPie/BIOS/mame/cheat
                  rm /tmp/cheat0221.zip

                  Like you said, It works perfect. It's great

                  wget -nv -O /tmp/gdrivedl.py https://raw.githubusercontent.com/matthuisman/gdrivedl/master/gdrivedl.py

                  curl https://drive.google.com/embeddedfolderview?id=1sm6gdOcaaQaNUtQ9tZ5Q5WQ6m1OD2QY3#list | egrep -o '(\w|-){26,}' | grep entry | sed 's/entry-//g' | while read fileid ; do python /tmp/gdrivedl.py https://drive.google.com/file/d/$fileid -P $HOME/RetroPie/roms/mame/artwork ; done

                  rm /tmp/gdrivedl.pyrm /tmp/gdrivedl.py

                  I got only 38 files ( 271 Mb). I'm gonna try another run (same thing)
                  Example of Errors I had:
                  2.jpg

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                    Folly @DTEAM
                    last edited by

                    @dteam

                    Thanks for trying.

                    Basically it also says : HTTP Error 403: Forbidden.

                    It looks like google detects it and then will blocks you for a time.
                    ;-(

                    I will search again for a solution on the internet.

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                      DTEAM @Folly
                      last edited by

                      @folly
                      If I zip all those files in one file to download, and after that, you manage It on the Pi. Could It be a solution?

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                        Folly @DTEAM
                        last edited by Folly

                        @dteam said in Development of module-script generator for lr-mess and mame standalone:

                        @folly
                        If I zip all those files in one file to download, and after that, you manage It on the Pi. Could It be a solution?

                        If everything else fails, then we can try that ^^, but large files have other problems too solve..

                        Whoow, I just had a full test run and all files are downloaded :-)
                        I Basically used the sample script on this page just using 2 curl lines :
                        https://gist.github.com/tanaikech/f0f2d122e05bf5f971611258c22c110f
                        I injected the filenames and the file-id's from a handmade comma seperate file (.csv) into this sample script.

                        I have to rewrite this a bit.
                        Now I am hopefull !!!

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                          Folly @DTEAM
                          last edited by Folly

                          @dteam

                          Done rewriting.
                          Can you test this for me ? :

                          fileids=(); filenames=()
                          weblist=$(curl https://drive.google.com/embeddedfolderview?id=1sm6gdOcaaQaNUtQ9tZ5Q5WQ6m1OD2QY3#list)
                          IFS=$'\n' GLOBIGNORE='*' command eval  'fileids=($(echo $weblist | egrep -o "(\w|-){26,}" | grep entry | sed "s/entry-//g"))'
                          IFS=$'\n' GLOBIGNORE='*' command eval  'filenames=($(echo $weblist | tr ">" "\n" | tr "<" "\n" | grep zip | grep -v application | grep -v : ))'
                          mkdir -p $HOME/RetroPie/roms/mame/artwork
                          cd $HOME/RetroPie/roms/mame/artwork
                          for index in "${!filenames[@]}"; do 
                          echo downloading : ${filenames[$index]}
                          curl -c ./.cookie -s -L "https://drive.google.com/uc?export=download&id=${fileids[$index]}" > /dev/null
                          curl -Lb ./.cookie "https://drive.google.com/uc?export=download&confirm=`awk '/download/ {print $NF}' ./.cookie`&id=${fileids[$index]}" -o ${filenames[$index]}
                          done
                          cd $HOME
                          
                          

                          How does it work :

                          • create empty array's (see it as an excel column with more cell's with data)
                          • get all data of the website and put it in the string : weblist
                            ( using embedded folder view : http://stackoverflow.com/questions/20681974/ddg#20681975 )
                          • IFS is used to get all data it reads, when encountering a newline (\n), and puts it in the array
                          • sed, tr and grep commands filter the website so IFS will read the data
                          • all data, gathered in the array's, is injected in the curl commands by the for loop
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                            DTEAM @Folly
                            last edited by DTEAM

                            @folly
                            It running right now. It seems to be faster than the other script to get the files.
                            new edit
                            162 zip files + 1 cookie file ... It works !!

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                              Folly @DTEAM
                              last edited by Folly

                              @dteam

                              Yeahhh.. That is great !

                              I am now using a normal curl example and no scripts from others here,
                              perhaps faster that way.

                              Maybe I have to improve it a bit :

                              • remove cookie afterwards or place in /tmp directory.
                              • try to improve writing directly in the artwork directory, without going to the directory

                              But for now, it will do.

                              Are all files coming in the correct place or do some files have to be moved ?

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                                DTEAM @Folly
                                last edited by DTEAM

                                @folly said in Development of module-script generator for lr-mess and mame standalone:

                                Are all files coming in the correct place or do some files have to be moved ?

                                Mame artwork go in /home/pi/RetroPie/roms/mame/artwork

                                .cfg files for overlays are generated in propers folders

                                like: /home/pi/RetroPie/overlays/konamih/kgradius.cfg

                                kgradius.cfg

                                overlays = 1
                                overlay0_overlay = kgradius.png
                                overlay0_full_screen = false
                                overlay0_descs = 0
                                

                                kgradius.png is not automatically generated

                                In the MAME artworks kgradius.zip we found
                                4 .png files and only one is the backgroung.

                                Do you want to add the entire handheld overlay or just get the background? I,m saying that because I saw this picture for MAME in your previous post .

                                Personally, with the background only It's fine for me. I made some of the default.lay files that we find on google drive (svmu, pockstat, gp32, mc_tv200, sy889, etc.) and I don't know how to turn a default.lay file into a .cfg for retroarch overlay with position, size, etc.

                                gradius

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                                  Folly @DTEAM
                                  last edited by Folly

                                  @dteam said in Development of module-script generator for lr-mess and mame standalone:

                                  kgradius.png is not automatically generated

                                  The code you used here is only for downloading the artwork files :
                                  https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/29682/development-of-module-script-generator-for-lr-mess-and-mame-standalone/46

                                  I still have to program the extraction of the .png files , but it seems it is doable / quite easy. ;-)
                                  EDIT : I just added extraction of Background.png's (classich, gameandwatch, konamih, tigerh) in : generate-overlay-configs.sh / get-cheats-artwork-overlays.sh
                                  I cloned it also to get-cheats-artwork-overlays.sh so we can add the download stuff later into that script.

                                  For some artwork files there are no "Background.png" files. So we will have to find a solution for that.

                                  Do you want to add the entire handheld overlay or just get the background? I,m saying that because I saw this picture for MAME in your previous post .
                                  Personally, with the background only It's fine for me.

                                  I only want to do the background.

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                                    DTEAM @Folly
                                    last edited by

                                    @folly

                                    For cheat codes with MAME, I think you will have to add

                                    cheatpath /home/pi/RetroPie/roms/mame/cheat
                                    cheat 1
                                    

                                    in mame.ini.

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                                      Folly @DTEAM
                                      last edited by Folly

                                      @dteam

                                      Added in the generate-systems-lr-mess_mame-1v8-alpha.sh script.
                                      It will be added to the mame.ini config if installing/updating an install-<RPname>-cmd.sh module-script in the RetroPie-setup.

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                                        Folly @DTEAM
                                        last edited by Folly

                                        @dteam

                                        How is it going with the backgrounds ?

                                        These games have bg.jpg and can work in lr-mess (but not in the script yet).
                                        kdribble
                                        kloneran
                                        knfl
                                        taddams
                                        tddragon3
                                        tgaiden
                                        tinday
                                        tmchammer
                                        trobocop2

                                        We have to find a solution for these games and probably more.
                                        1 - So I can try to change the script so it will also detect bg.jpg and alter the config accordingly.
                                        But this can conflict/be a problem in the long run if more games have to be added with also different background filenames.

                                        An uniform approach would be better, I think.
                                        Something like this :

                                        2 - So it would be nicer,I think, if bg.jpg is converted to a Background.png and that both files are kept in the archive.
                                        3 - Or the layout is altered for Background.pngand then keeping only Background.pngis also a posibility.

                                        My intuition says option 2 .
                                        Keeping original files and make it compatible for our project.

                                        What do you think ?

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                                          DTEAM @Folly
                                          last edited by

                                          @folly
                                          I'm gonna do the conversion for files in Google Drive

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                                            Folly @DTEAM
                                            last edited by

                                            @dteam said in Development of module-script generator for lr-mess and mame standalone:

                                            @folly
                                            I'm gonna do the conversion for files in Google Drive

                                            Are you letting me know when it's ready ?

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