Gamelist.xml populated but not used in ES

[cimbaklm]

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.

[mitu]

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

[sleve_mcdichael]

@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"...

[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

[mitu]

@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 ?

[cimbaklm]

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

[mitu]

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.

[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?

[cimbaklm]

@mitu,

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

Thanks..