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      cimbaklm
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      Hello,

      Pi Model or other hardware: PI4B
      Power Supply used: Original
      RetroPie Version Used (eg 3.6, 3.8.1, 4.1 - do not write latest): 4.8
      Built From: Pre made SD Image on RetroPie website
      USB Devices connected: 4
      Controller used: Keyboard, mouse
      Error messages received:
      After using scrapper (integrated in ES and Steven Selph's Scraper), game list is correctly populated but I can't see any informations from it (screenshots, description, rating, etc..) on the screen. It works for some emulators but I have this cas for dreamcast and playstation.

      Verbose log (if relevant): Noting in log :
      May 13 17:21:55 lvl1: System "atarilynx" has no games! Ignoring it.
      May 13 17:21:56 lvl2: Parsing XML file "/home/pi/.emulationstation/gamelists/atarist/gamelist.xml"...
      May 13 17:21:56 lvl1: System "channelf" has no games! Ignoring it.
      May 13 17:21:56 lvl1: System "coleco" has no games! Ignoring it.
      May 13 17:21:56 lvl2: Parsing XML file "/home/pi/.emulationstation/gamelists/dreamcast/gamelist.xml"...
      May 13 17:21:56 lvl2: Parsing XML file "/home/pi/.emulationstation/gamelists/fba/gamelist.xml"...
      May 13 17:21:56 lvl1: File "/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/fba/CPS-2/mpangr1.zip" does not exist! Ignoring.
      May 13 17:21:56 lvl1: File "/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/fba/CPS-2/sfa3.zip" does not exist! Ignoring.
      May 13 17:21:56 lvl1: File "/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/fba/CPS-2/sfad.zip" does not exist! Ignoring.
      May 13 17:21:56 lvl1: File "/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/fba/CPS-2/sfar3.zip" does not exist! Ignoring.
      May 13 17:21:56 lvl1: File "/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/fba/CPS-2/sfar1.zip" does not exist! Ignoring.
      May 13 17:21:56 lvl1: File "/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/fba/Capcom CPS1/dynwaru.zip" does not exist! Ignoring.
      May 13 17:21:56 lvl1: System "fds" has no games! Ignoring it.
      May 13 17:21:56 lvl1: System "gamegear" has no games! Ignoring it.
      May 13 17:21:56 lvl1: System "gb" has no games! Ignoring it.
      May 13 17:21:56 lvl1: System "gba" has no games! Ignoring it.
      May 13 17:21:57 lvl1: System "gbc" has no games! Ignoring it.
      May 13 17:21:57 lvl2: Parsing XML file "/home/pi/.emulationstation/gamelists/mame-libretro/gamelist.xml"...
      May 13 17:21:57 lvl1: File "/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/mame-libretro/mame2003/nvram/1943kai.zip" does not exist! Ignoring.
      May 13 17:21:57 lvl1: File "/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/mame-libretro/mame2003/nvram/mt_aftrb.zip" does not exist! Ignoring.
      May 13 17:21:57 lvl1: File "/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/mame-libretro/mame2003/nvram/aliensya.zip" does not exist! Ignoring.
      May 13 17:21:57 lvl1: File "/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/mame-libretro/mame2003/nvram/aliensyb.zip" does not exist! Ignoring.
      May 13 17:21:57 lvl1: File "/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/mame-libretro/mame2003/nvram/aliens.zip" does not exist! Ignoring.
      May 13 17:21:57 lvl1: File "/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/mame-libretro/mame2003/nvram/aliens2.zip" does not exist! Ignoring.
      May 13 17:21:57 lvl1: File "/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/mame-libretro/mame2003/nvram/mt_beast.zip" does not exist! Ignoring.
      May 13 17:21:57 lvl2: Parsing XML file "/home/pi/.emulationstation/gamelists/mastersystem/gamelist.xml"...
      May 13 17:21:57 lvl1: File "/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/mastersystem/Bubble Bobble (UE) [!].sms" does not exist! Ignoring.
      May 13 17:21:57 lvl1: System "msx" has no games! Ignoring it.
      May 13 17:21:57 lvl2: Parsing XML file "/home/pi/.emulationstation/gamelists/n64/gamelist.xml"...
      May 13 17:21:57 lvl1: System "nes" has no games! Ignoring it.

      Guide used: official documentation : https://retropie.org.uk/docs/Scraper/
      File:
      /opt/retropie/configs/all/emulationstation/gamelists/dreamcast/gamelist.xml
      /opt/retropie/configs/all/emulationstation/gamelists/psx/gamelist.xml

      Emulator: Dreamcast (lr-flycast), and PSX (lr-pcsx_rearmed)
      Attachment of config files: gamelist.xml
      PSX : https://pastebin.com/cucH6bzw
      DREAMCAST : https://pastebin.com/Nhf0iGUp

      How to replicate the problem:
      Juste scrap with internal scrapper

      Thanks for you help.

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      • mituM
        mitu Global Moderator
        last edited by

        Are you sure you don't have a gamelist.xml also in the roms folder for those systems ?

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          sleve_mcdichael @mitu
          last edited by

          @mitu that was my first thought as well, but in their log it says:

          May 13 17:21:56 lvl2: Parsing XML file "/home/pi/.emulationstation/gamelists/dreamcast/gamelist.xml"...
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            cimbaklm @sleve_mcdichael
            last edited by cimbaklm

            @sleve_mcdichael and @mitu,
            Actually I did not saw that, but after investigation, I can see that both files are the same :

            pi@retropie:~ $ ll /opt/retropie/configs/all/emulationstation/gamelists/dreamcast/gamelist.xml
            -rw-r--r-- 1 pi pi 11925 May 13 17:20 /opt/retropie/configs/all/emulationstation/gamelists/dreamcast/gamelist.xml
            pi@retropie:~ $ ll .emulationstation/gamelists/dreamcast/gamelist.xml
            -rw-r--r-- 1 pi pi 11925 May 13 17:20 .emulationstation/gamelists/dreamcast/gamelist.xml

            Same date, same size
            I checked the content and it's the same, diff gives me nothing :
            diff /opt/retropie/configs/all/emulationstation/gamelists/dreamcast/gamelist.xml .emulationstation/gamelists/dreamcast/gamelist.xml

            I checked also the images, to be sure they are downloaded and it's fine.

            I scrapped neogeo games and it worked fine. As you can see, both files are a the same structure (same creation date, same size) :
            pi@retropie:~ $ ll /opt/retropie/configs/all/emulationstation/gamelists/neogeo/gamelist.xml
            -rw-r--r-- 1 pi pi 34653 May 13 20:29 /opt/retropie/configs/all/emulationstation/gamelists/neogeo/gamelist.xml
            pi@retropie:~ $ ll .emulationstation/gamelists/neogeo/gamelist.xml
            -rw-r--r-- 1 pi pi 34653 May 13 20:29 .emulationstation/gamelists/neogeo/gamelist.xml

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            • mituM
              mitu Global Moderator
              last edited by

              @cimbaklm said in Gamelist.xml populated but not used in ES:

              Actually I did not saw that, but after investigation, I can see that both files are the same [...]

              Yes, /home/pi/.emulationstation/ is the same folder as /opt/retropie/configs/all/emulationstation.

              Can you post your es_settings.cfg file ?

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                cimbaklm @mitu
                last edited by

                @mitu, here it is : https://pastebin.com/UuECWSir

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                • mituM
                  mitu Global Moderator
                  last edited by

                  Looking more closely at the gamelist files - the reason you don't see the artwork/metadata is you have sub-folders for each game. The listing you see when you enter the systems is the sub-folder names, not the games - if you open/enter the folder entry you'll see the actual entry, with images/desc/etc.

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                    sleve_mcdichael @mitu
                    last edited by sleve_mcdichael

                    @mitu said in Gamelist.xml populated but not used in ES:

                    Yes, /home/pi/.emulationstation/ is the same folder as /opt/retropie/configs/all/emulationstation.

                    But it's not the roms folder, was my point. (edit: whoops, you weren't replying to me, and I misread what they had said.)

                    Is it odd that it's parsing that one, though, and not the one in roms since it seems like they do both exist?

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                      cimbaklm @mitu
                      last edited by

                      @mitu,

                      Oh yes you're right, if I go down to the directory I can see the images...

                      Thanks..

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