[SOFT] ARRM : Another Gamelist, Roms manager, and Scraper for Recalbox, Batocera, Retropie

nexusone13

Hi, sagaopc

just check this checkbox (PC/DOS files mode) ;

or remove the "windows" entry from the list of managed systems in folder mode by editing the file "systemes_as_folder.txt" by clicking on of this items :

If you choose this second option you can leave unchecked the 'PC/DOS files mode' checkbox.

nexusone13

Hi everyone,

A new version of ARRM is available:

1.9.2.0 (09/22/2022)

Added: Multi-thread scraping on Screenscraper is now possible with ARRM (Max 15 threads). See wiki : http://jujuvincebros.fr/wiki/arrm/doku.php?id=scraper-en#multi-threaded_scraper_with_arrm_on_screenscraper
Added: 1920×1080 resolution available : you will find in the ARRM installation directory, two executables (Arrm_1080.exe and Arrm_32bits_1080.exe)
Modification: The 'Delete Rom' button also deletes associated media (request for cdaters)
Modification: In Boxart, Boxback and Cartridge templates are compatible with profile mode (perspective view) (request for cdaters)
Fixed: 'Research' tab combobox could have duplicate entries (reported by Nordicpower)
Fixed: Platform scraping on Launchbox caused a bug (reported by Balrog57)
Fixed: Multiple scrape on Launchbox no longer worked (reported by Nordicpower)
Fixed: The 'Genre' combobox was no longer powered (reported by Nordicpower)
Fixed: When 'Speed up' was not checked, some images found locally were not taken into account
Fixed: For Hyperspin export the following tags have been corrected: <dev> becomes <developer> , <player> becomes <players>
Fixed: When using 'Move to Folder', the content of some tags could be wrong
Fixed: Various bugs

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changelog from previous version 1.9.1.8 (08/29/2022)

Added: Added scrape engine on specialized GameTDB only on 3DS, DS, SWITCH, Wii and WiiU (search on title + platform). Returns Boxart (2d or 3d), BoxBack and Cartridge/CD. See wiki: http://jujuvincebros.fr/wiki/arrm/doku.php?id=scraper-gametdb-en
Added: Added scrape engine on MobyGames (search on title + platform). Returns Screenshot (choose from 4 random), Titleshot, Boxart 2D, Boxback, Cartridge 2D, Wheel/logo(rarely) . See Wiki : http://jujuvincebros.fr/wiki/arrm/doku.php?id=scraper-mobygames-en
Added: 'ArcadeItalia' checkbox in the 'Arcade' tab associated with the 'Filter Arcade Clone' button, allows you to also check in ArcadeItalia if the selected rom is a clone, and indicates it in the 'temporary_rom' field
Added: When loading EBOOT.bin file for PS3 in the database, the name of the PS3 game is retrieved if the file path contains PS3_GAME\USRDIR
Added: In the tools tab you can now indicate the names of systems that correspond to Arcade, PC/DOS, ScummVM, Daphne/Singe. (used by ARRM for processing specific to these systems)
Added: Template fanart screenshot 720 which displays a Fanart in priority if not a screenshot. (asks Bob Morane)
Modification: The search for the long name of a rom is performed on new roms added when loading a system (search for Arcade/DOS/PC/Scummvm/Daphne/Singe systems.
Modification: The 'Rename with DAT' button also allows to find the long name of a game from its short name for Daphne/Singe/ScummmVM/Arcade/DOS/PC systems
Modification: If the 'No image, only texts' box of the 'Image options' tab is activated, it is possible to assign images in the MixMe module without recreating the Mix image. (request from Nordicpower) See wiki : http://jujuvincebros.fr/wiki/arrm/doku.php?id=mixme_en#edit_add_images_and_keep_your_existing_mix_image
Modification: On Batocera, when 'PAD 2 KeY' is checked, and the system is in folder mode, the padto.keys file is copied into the game directory (request from Nordicpower)
Modification concerning the generation of HTML pages: see wiki: http://jujuvincebros.fr/wiki/arrm/doku.php?id=html_generator-en
Fixed: When scraping on Screencraper if Fanart media was selected for TAGs other than Fanart, no image appears. (reported Balrog57)
Fixed: On MobyGames, sometimes a field could be too long and generated a warning message.
Fixed: Crash in 64-bit mode when unzipping 7zip file (reported Balrog57)
Fixed: On MobyGames, some fetched media had no extension or were size 0. (reported by Bob Morane)
Fixed: Interception of SQL crashes related to searches on GameTDB, SteamDB, LaunchBox
Fixed: Platform scraping on Launchbox caused a bug (reported by Balrog57)
Fixed: Multiple scrape on Launchbox no longer worked (reported by Nordicpower)
Fixed: The 'Genre' combobox was no longer powered (reported by Nordicpower)
Fixed: Various bugs

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Donwload links:

Full version via arrm_setup.exe (remember to uninstall the previous version): http://jujuvincebros.fr/telechargements2/file/10-arrm-another-recalbox-roms-manager
Full version without using arrm_setup.exe. (Allows you to install or update the application by copying files): http://jujuvincebros.fr/telechargements2/category/12-arrm-executable-only
Patch page and Beta : http://jujuvincebros.fr/telechargements2/category/11-arrm-update-correctif

Changelog : http://jujuvincebros.fr/wiki/arrm/doku.php?id=changelog-en
ARRM WIKI : http://www.jujuvincebros.fr/wiki/arrm/doku.php?id=Start-en
Videos tutorial playlist : www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLwA4JmSgv-PtLlzwPMOad5Ti96UfsbSzK

Discord : https://discord.gg/p7QsBTS
Twitter : https://twitter.com/ARRM_sofware
Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/ARRMbyNexusone13

Donations:
Utip : https://www.utip.io/jujuvincebros/arrmdonation
Buymeacoffee : https://www.buymeacoffee.com/ARRM
Patreon : https://www.patreon.com/arrm

ZzackK

@nexusone13 thx :)

ZzackK

Mix images have name like: Pole Position (USA) (Proto)-mix.png
Is possible set name without "-mix"
Image like rom file dont help in this case.

EmuDeck using Emulation Station Desktop Edition and folders for images and gamelist are in another places.

ZzackK

Game lists xml in Emudeck dont support links. Images must have the same name like roms.

nexusone13

@ZzackK ARRM uses these suffixes for internal processing. However, you can remove them by hand by following this tutorial: http://jujuvincebros.fr/wiki/arrm/doku.php?id=howto_remove_suffix_en

ZzackK

@nexusone13 thx works but is not comfortable :)

ZzackK

Is possible set rom file name like in gamelist?

nexusone13

Hi everyone,

A new version of ARRM is available:

1.9.2.2 (11/09/2022)

Added: Added Extra1 and Wheelround donwload counter
Added: Button 'Reset Media Bar' in the tab 'Tools' allows to reset the coordinates of the Media Bar if it is no longer accessible.
Added: Checkbox "Article at end" dissociated from the "Clean name" button
Added: Checkbox 'Ignore empty video' in 'Image Options' tab allows to ignore empty videos recovered on screenscraper which displays 'This game is not playable' (mainly on ps2)
Added: Zoom of the image possible by passing the mouse over the thumbnails when scraping with the engines offering a choice of game.
Fixed : Various bugs
Fixed: Browse button for 'Romlist Attractmod folder' was not active
Fixed: In multithreaded scrape, round wheels were not retrieved
Fixed: In some conditions, on different scrape engines, boxart files didn't have a .jpg/.png extension
Fixed: Media Bar was inaccessible after clicking the window minimize icon.
Fixed: Since version 1.9.2.0 regions were not correctly retrieved
Fixed: The 'Check Roms' button added a ./ in front of the game name when the 'Add country' option was activated
Modification: Improved search on MobyGames
Modification: In multithreaded scrape, it is possible to choose RoundWheel as the default image.
Modification: It is possible to deactivate the image/marquee/thumbnail tags when saving the gamelist. (The entirety of the tags will always be kept in gamelist_ARRM.xml)
Modification: Optimization of the scraping on screenscraper.
Modification: The button 'Name via DAT' allows to find the names of PS3/Switch/WiiU/Wii/Gamecube/3DS/DS games, if the file name contains the title ID of the game
Modification: The choice of the TAG image is now done via a combobox (more choices possible)
Modification: When loading a system, the names of PS3/Switch/WiiU/Wii/Gamecube/3DS/DS games as well as the language/country are retrieved if the path or filename contains the title ID of the game
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Donwload links:

Full version via arrm_setup.exe (remember to uninstall the previous version): http://jujuvincebros.fr/telechargements2/file/10-arrm-another-recalbox-roms-manager
Full version without using arrm_setup.exe. (Allows you to install or update the application by copying files): http://jujuvincebros.fr/telechargements2/category/12-arrm-executable-only
Patch page and Beta : http://jujuvincebros.fr/telechargements2/category/11-arrm-update-correctif

Changelog : http://jujuvincebros.fr/wiki/arrm/doku.php?id=changelog-en

ARRM WIKI : http://www.jujuvincebros.fr/wiki/arrm/doku.php?id=Start-en

Videos tutorial playlist : www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLwA4JmSgv-PtLlzwPMOad5Ti96UfsbSzK

Discord : https://discord.gg/p7QsBTS
Twitter : https://twitter.com/ARRM_sofware
Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/ARRMbyNexusone13

Donations:
Patreon : https://www.patreon.com/arrm
Utip : https://www.utip.io/jujuvincebros/arrmdonation
Buymeacoffee : https://www.buymeacoffee.com/ARRM

nexusone13

Hi everyone,

A new version of ARRM is available:

1.9.2.4 (11/29/2022)

Added: It is possible to modify (or empty) the suffixes of the media (-image, -boxart etc...) via the 'Folders' tab. Warning: if you use a single folder for your media, specify different suffixes so as not to overwrite your images.
Added: In the scrape windows, if the user does not act (mouse movement/click), the game is ignored after a time defined in the 'Scrape Options' tab. Skipped games are indicated in the file %appdata%\Nexouille Soft\Arrm\temp_skipped_arrm_%SYSTEM%_%SCRAPE_ENGINE%.txt
Added: Various translations
Added: Some logos and wheels
Modification: Now Mix images have by default the suffix -image in the image TAG (formerly -mix)
Modification: Search on Mobygames could return Cartridge Back instead of Cartridge Front
Modification: Stopping a scrape is now done via a unique STOP button
Fixed: Crash on 1.9.2.3 when multithreaded scraping on screenscraper
Fixed: Since version 1.9.2.2, there could be crashes in the MixMe module if the choice of the TAG image was different from MIX
Fixed: On Mobygames, sometimes images could be size 0
Fixed: On GameTDB, sometimes Box3Ds were not retrieved
Fixed: Display bug when clicking on scrape engine buttons
Fixed: Rom deletion problem in some cases
Fixed: Default images not displayed

Donwload links:

Full version via arrm_setup.exe (remember to uninstall the previous version): http://jujuvincebros.fr/telechargements2/file/10-arrm-another-recalbox-roms-manager
Full version without using arrm_setup.exe. (Allows you to install or update the application by copying files): http://jujuvincebros.fr/telechargements2/category/12-arrm-executable-only
Patch page and Beta : http://jujuvincebros.fr/telechargements2/category/11-arrm-update-correctifChangelog : http://jujuvincebros.fr/wiki/arrm/doku.php?id=changelog-en

ARRM WIKI : http://www.jujuvincebros.fr/wiki/arrm/doku.php?id=Start-enVideos
tutorial playlist : www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLwA4JmSgv-PtLlzwPMOad5Ti96UfsbSzK

Discord : https://discord.gg/p7QsBTS
Twitter : https://twitter.com/ARRM_sofware
Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/ARRMbyNexusone13

Donations:
Patreon : https://www.patreon.com/arrm
Utip : https://www.utip.io/jujuvincebros/arrmdonation
Buymeacoffee : https://www.buymeacoffee.com/ARRM

nexusone13

Hi everyone,

A new version of ARRM is available:

2.0.0.1 (03/21/2023)

Modification: Redesigned application. Screenshots : http://jujuvincebros.fr/wiki/arrm/doku.php?id=arrm_relooked_en:screenshots_en_relooked
Added "Header (SteamDB") checkbox in the "Images Options" tab, allows to retrieve the Steam game header and stores it in the wheels directory with the -header suffix. It is not assigned to any TAG in the gamelist.xml (request from bob morane)
Added romsize / romsize in screenscraper API call
"kidgame" tag taken into account when creating the gamelist for Batocera/Retrobat/Retropie
Addition of NextPixel Supervision and Megaduck templates available in the templates donwload module (Update tab)
Various bug fixes

Donwload links:

Download link: http://jujuvincebros.fr/telechargements2/file/10-arrm-another-recalbox-roms-manager
Donwload link for ARRM without installer : http://jujuvincebros.fr/telechargements2/category/12-arrm-executable-only
Download link for Beta: http://jujuvincebros.fr/telechargements2/category/11-arrm-update-correctif

ARRM WIKI : http://jujuvincebros.fr/wiki/arrm/doku.php?id=arrm_relooked_en:start-en
Videos tutorial playlist : www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLwA4JmSgv-PtLlzwPMOad5Ti96UfsbSzK

nexusone13

Hi everyone,

A new version of ARRM is available:

2.0.0.2 (03/31/2023)

Modification: Redesigned application (screenshots : http://jujuvincebros.fr/wiki/arrm/doku.php?id=arrm_relooked_en:screenshots_en_relooked )
Modification: Searches on Launchbox are also done on alternative names
Modification: In 'Selected systems' Tab, The "Retrieve Wheels Systems" button only retrieves the wheels + wheels-carbon of the systems checked in the list of systems.
Fixed: A crash could occur when scraping if the system was not entered in the list of systems recognized by the scraping engine.
Fixed: scrape on Mobygames not working anymore
Fixed: On GOG the descriptions could be wrong
Fixed: On GOG the promotional videos of the site are no longer retrieved
Fixed: In single-threaded scrape on Screenscraper, the titleshot was saved with the suffix of the screenshot, thus overwriting the latter. (thanks foclabroc)
Added: In the 'Updates' tab, checkbox 'Check if a Beta is available', allows you to check the presence of the Beta when launching the program.
Added: In the Tools tab, the button 'Check if the systems exist in the list of scrape engine systems', allows you to generate the list of systems not found in the list of scrape engine systems. If a system does not appear in a scrape engine's list of systems, the scrape may not find anything. Warning: To screenscraper, it is imperative that the system is in the list. See Wiki : http://jujuvincebros.fr/wiki/arrm/doku.php?id=arrm_relooked_en:check_systems_in_scrape_engine_en_relooked
Added: when scraping on screenscraper, it is now possible to scrape a game on several different platforms. See Wiki: http://jujuvincebros.fr/wiki/arrm/doku.php?id=arrm_relooked_en:scraper-screenscraper-en_relooked#how_to_scrape_a_system_on_multiple_platforms (thanks Andea for the suggestion)
Added: In the 'Selected systems' tab, The "Get Arcade Wheels" button retrieves the list of arcade wheels for the systems defined in the arcadesystemename_long.txt file
Added "Header (SteamDB") checkbox in the "Images Options" tab, allows to retrieve the Steam game header and stores it in the wheels directory with the -header suffix. It is not assigned to any TAG in the gamelist.xml (request from bob morane)
Added taillerom (romsize) in screenscraper API call
"kidgame" tag taken into account when creating the gamelist for Batocera/Retrobat/Retropie
Addition of NextPixel Supervision and Megaduck templates available in the templates donwload module (Update tab)

Donwload links:
Download link: http://jujuvincebros.fr/telechargements2/file/10-arrm-another-recalbox-roms-manager
Donwload link for ARRM without installer : http://jujuvincebros.fr/telechargements2/category/12-arrm-executable-only
Download link for Beta: http://jujuvincebros.fr/telechargements2/category/11-arrm-update-correctif

Changelog : http://jujuvincebros.fr/wiki/arrm/doku.php?id=arrm_relooked_en:changelog-en_relooked
ARRM WIKI : http://jujuvincebros.fr/wiki/arrm/doku.phpVideos
tutorial playlist : www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLwA4JmSgv-PtLlzwPMOad5Ti96UfsbSzK

ExarKunIv

@nexusone13 I love that you are still improving this.

I just redid my system. And using a new theme I want to see how some other scraps will look with it.

Can wait to play around with your updates

nexusone13

Hi everyone,

A new version of ARRM is available:

2.0.0.4 (05/04/2023)

Added: It is possible to scrape arcade Roms on ArcadeItalia (ArcadeDB) (http://adb.arcadeitalia.net/)
Added: In file mode, it is possible to indicate per system at what depth to search for rom files in folders (file mode) via the file %appdata%\Nexouille Soft\arrm\Database\folder_search_depth_per_system.txt modifiable via the 'Settings' tab, 'Configuration files' tab, 'Change folder search depth by system' button. See Wiki : http://jujuvincebros.fr/wiki/arrm/doku.php?id=arrm_relooked_en:file_or_folder_mode-en_relooked#roms_search_depth_in_folders_in_file_mode
Modification: it is now possible to make ARRM portable. Read the wiki for the implementation: http://jujuvincebros.fr/wiki/arrm/doku.php?id=arrm_relooked_fr:make_arrm_portable-fr_relooked
Modification: The list of systems to be processed in Folder mode is now configurable via the 'Configuration files' tab of the 'Settings' tab . Wiki : http://jujuvincebros.fr/wiki/arrm/doku.php?id=arrm_relooked_en:file_or_folder_mode-en_relooked
Modification: The checkboxes of the desired media tags in the gamelist of the 'Gamelist' tab are now memorized
Fixed: When deleting unused media, '-header' images are no longer deleted
Fixed: Using the 'Filter Arcade Clone' button with the 'ArcadeItalia' option checked could cause the application to crash
Fixed : Various bugs

Download link: http://jujuvincebros.fr/telechargements2/file/10-arrm-another-recalbox-roms-manager
Donwload link for ARRM without installer : http://jujuvincebros.fr/telechargements2/category/12-arrm-executable-only
Download link for Beta: http://jujuvincebros.fr/telechargements2/category/11-arrm-update-correctif

Changelog : http://jujuvincebros.fr/wiki/arrm/doku.php?id=arrm_relooked_en:changelog-en_relooked

ARRM WIKI : http://jujuvincebros.fr/wiki/arrm/doku.php
Videos tutorial playlist : www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLwA4JmSgv-PtLlzwPMOad5Ti96UfsbSzK

nexusone13

Hi everyone,

A new version of ARRM is available:

2.0.0.7 (06/10/2023)

Added: 'Theme-Builder' folder in the 'Folders' tab in which will be stored media dedicated to the creator of themes / custom package. You will find there the Wheels created by the Wheel generator (see below), the Steam headers, custom marquee etc...
Modification: Steam headers are now saved in the 'Theme-Builder' folder
Addition: Simple Wheel generator: it can generate Wheels containing, at your choice: the title of the game, cleaned or not (suffix -wheeltitle), the Publisher (suffix -wheelpublisher), the Developer (suffix -wheeldeveloper), the genres (suffix -wheelgenre).
These wheels are created in the 'theme-builder' directory
For the last 3 you can limit the number of items to display. Text color can be solid (selectable via combobox) or randomly generated for each Wheel. See wiki : http://jujuvincebros.fr/wiki/arrm/doku.php?id=arrm_relooked_en:creating_simple_wheel_en_relooked
Modification: When scraping on Screenscraper the native extension of the images is kept (png/jpg...)
Added: We can now assign to Thumbnail and Marquee the desired media for all Scrape engines
Added: 'Assign media for other scrape engines' button in the 'Settings/General Options' tab. See wiki: http://jujuvincebros.fr/wiki/arrm/doku.php?id=arrm_relooked_en:media-assignation-other_scrapers-en_relooked
Added: In the 'Settings/Images Options' tab, the 'Marquee' and 'Thumbnail' checkboxes allow you to force the download of these media.
Added: 'Thumbnail', 'Marquee', 'Bezel' directories are configurable in the 'Settings/Folders' tab.
Added: In the templates, taking into account the <thumbnail> tag for Thumbnail and <marquee3> for Marquee
Added: For Batocera and Retrobat the recovered bezels are copied into the chosen bezels directory and written in the gamelist in the <bezel> tag
Added: Checkbox 'CRC32 before scraping' which calculates the crc32 hash of the file and writes it in the <hash> tag of the gamelist. This calculation is done before the scrape on any scrape engine if this option is checked
Modification: Checkbox 'MD5 before scraping' calculates the MD5 before scraping on any scraping engine if this option is checked
Added: In the 'Gamelist' tab, addition of the 'Bezel' checkbox to write or not the <bezel> tag in the gamelist
Added: In the 'Replacements' module it is possible to use regular expressions (Regex) in the 'Replace' field. See wiki: http://jujuvincebros.fr/wiki/arrm/doku.php?id=arrm_relooked_en:apply_replace_en_relooked#using_regex
Added: in the 'Replacements' module it is possible to use the %%year_only%% variable to retrieve only the year of the game's release date (and not the long format of the type: 19911014T000000)
Modification: The 'Compose image' button has been duplicated and moved to the level of the other scrape buttons for more convenience.
Added: jpg images can be compressed now
Added: Parameters of cjpeg (jpeg compressor) in tools tab / image encoder (by default: -quality 90)
Added: In the mode: 'Missing media only', the creation of the Mix is only done if media has been found
Added: A special example template (retro_gamesheet) generating files with extension '-gamesheet' which can contain text information. Wiki: http://jujuvincebros.fr/wiki/arrm/doku.php?id=arrm_relooked_en:gamesheet_en
Added: template mix + video 'Recalbox V2 like (square)'
Added: template gamesheet 'retro_gamesheet'
Modification : The Bezel Project button allows you to choose between Themed or System Art bezels. Wiki : http://jujuvincebros.fr/wiki/arrm/doku.php?id=arrm_relooked_en:bezels_project_en_relooked

Download link: http://jujuvincebros.fr/telechargements2/file/10-arrm-another-recalbox-roms-manager
Donwload link for ARRM without installer : http://jujuvincebros.fr/telechargements2/category/12-arrm-executable-only
Download link for Beta: http://jujuvincebros.fr/telechargements2/category/11-arrm-update-correctif

Changelog : http://jujuvincebros.fr/wiki/arrm/doku.php?id=arrm_relooked_en:changelog-en_relooked

ARRM WIKI : http://jujuvincebros.fr/wiki/arrm/doku.php
Videos tutorial playlist : www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLwA4JmSgv-PtLlzwPMOad5Ti96UfsbSzK
Donations : http://jujuvincebros.fr/wiki/arrm/doku.php?id=arrm_relooked_en:donations-en_relooked

nexusone13

Hi everyone,

A new version of ARRM is available:

2.0.0.8 (07/05/2023)

Addition : added following fields in the database: ratio, rotation, bezel and extra1
Addition : added <rotation> tag used by Recalbox for TATE mode. This tag is retrieved only when scraping on Screenscraper. A 'Rotate Tag' button in the 'Selected Roms' panel allows you to configure ARRM so that it only updates this field and then launches the scrape on Screenscraper. See wiki: http://jujuvincebros.fr/wiki/arrm/doku.php?id=arrm_relooked_en:grab_rotation_tag_en_relooked
Addition : added <ratio> tag
Addition : added <bezel> tag used by Retrobat (Batocera??) which points to the bezel of the game. A 'Bezel' folder is configurable in the 'Folders' tab
Addition : added, following Pajarorrojo's suggestion, of a small module that allows you to select your favorite systems, so as not to clutter the checkedlistbox with systems that don't interest you. See wiki: http://jujuvincebros.fr/wiki/arrm/doku.php?id=arrm_relooked_en:favorite-system-en
Addition : added 'Max' checkbox next to the 'Video' checkbox in the 'image options' tab allows when scraping video on SteamDB, to recover the video in its maximum resolution, otherwise in 480. For better quality, do not compress the video (beware, the file may be large)
Addition : added Template mix_recalbox_mixrbv1 and mix_recalbox_mixrbv2
Addition : added WASM4 and Arduboy templates from RustyMG available via the 'Updates' tab, 'Download new Mix templates' button
Modification : Media directories are only created when the media is retrieved
Modification : When scraping on SteamDB, the Subtitles of the videos are in the same language as the ARRM interface.
Fixed : Multi-thread scrape on screenscraper could crash if 'Missing Media' option was checked and no game met this criterion
Fixed : Marquee and Thumbnail checkboxes were not remembered
Fixed : various bugs

Download link: http://jujuvincebros.fr/telechargements2/file/10-arrm-another-recalbox-roms-manager
Donwload link for ARRM without installer : http://jujuvincebros.fr/telechargements2/category/12-arrm-executable-only
Download link for Beta: http://jujuvincebros.fr/telechargements2/category/11-arrm-update-correctif

Changelog : http://jujuvincebros.fr/wiki/arrm/doku.php?id=arrm_relooked_en:changelog-en_relooked

ARRM WIKI : http://jujuvincebros.fr/wiki/arrm/doku.php
Videos tutorial playlist : www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLwA4JmSgv-PtLlzwPMOad5Ti96UfsbSzK
Donations : http://jujuvincebros.fr/wiki/arrm/doku.php?id=arrm_relooked_en:donations-en_relooked

Madcore

Hi. I tried this program to scrape my collection, and I found it really powerful and suits all my needs.

The only thing I miss is being capable of use a system or platform variable on the folder paths for media download. I have my media separate from roms in another folder, to have everything nice and clean on pc where I have all my collection. I know this is not very orthodox to do when it come to use in Retropie or Recalbox, but in PC I like to had it that way, and being capable of using a variable on the folder path is faster than rebuild the xml with macros to have a new path.

Is there a way to do that?

nexusone13

Hi everyone,

A new version of ARRM is available:

2.0.0.9 (09/09/2023)

Fixed: The copy of the 'Manual' file was not done when adding a manual via the icon of the 'Rom Information' panel (thanks msrecko)
Fixed: On ArcadeDBItalia, screenshots had no dot before extension (ex 005png instead of 005.png) (thanks RGS)
Fixed: In the Mix'Me Module, the MIX is dissociated from the IMAGE tag (unless you have chosen MIX as the IMAGE tag in combobox located in the 'Images Options' tab)
Added: In the 'Scrape options' tab, 'Missing text only' checkbox allows during a scrape to update only checked missing text metadata. see wiki: http://jujuvincebros.fr/wiki/arrm/doku.php?id=arrm_relooked_en:scrape_missing_text_en_relooked
Added: 'Select' tab in which the buttons allowing you to make rom selections are centralized: Roms with missing media, Rom with missing text, Rom with missing overlay, Rom with missing Pad2key
Added: 'Roms with missing media' button, allows you to highlight (select) games that do not have the media checked in the Settings / Images Options tab
Added: 'Roms with missing text' button, allows you to highlight (select) games that do not have the texts checked in the ROM information panel. Only these texts are checked: Game Name, Description, Rating, Year, Developer, Publisher, Players, Genre, Regions, Languages
Added: In the Mix'Me Module the extensions of the source media files are kept. (the .png is no longer forced)
Added: In the Mix'Me Module, you can now select a media for the IMAGE tag
Addition: in the 'Folder' tab, addition of the 'Mix' folder where the MIX images (from a template) are stored and suffix for the Mixes
Added: 'Mix' checkbox in 'Images Options' tab: If checked, when creating a MIX using a Mix template (MIX in the 'Image TAG choice' combobox), the Mix image will be copied to the 'image' folder with the suffix defined for 'image' and in the 'mix' folder with the suffix defined for 'Mix'. If unchecked, the Mix image will be copied only to the 'image' folder with the suffix defined for 'image'
Added: checkbox 'keep Gametitle (retroarch)': For users of the Retroarch frontend, allows you to configure ARRM to retrieve named media respecting the name of the game from .DAT files. Read the wiki: http://jujuvincebros.fr/wiki/arrm/doku.php?id=arrm_relooked_en:keep_gametitle_retroarch_en_relooked
Correction: when using template (MIX in the 'Image TAG choice' combobox), the resulting image will have the suffix defined for Mix, and will be stored in the MIX folder
Correction: on 2.0.0.8 when launching the application you could have this error message 'file not found: cache_database.mdb'
Fixed: Fixed THUMBNAIL and MARQUEE tag affections on Launchbox.

Download link: https://shorturl.at/bintv
Donwload link for ARRM without installer : https://shorturl.at/osEN2
Download link for Beta: https://shorturl.at/orsW0

Changelog : https://shorturl.at/chS18

ARRM WIKI : http://jujuvincebros.fr/wiki/arrm/doku.php
Videos tutorial playlist : https://shorturl.at/gizDN
Donations : http://jujuvincebros.fr/wiki/arrm/doku.php?id=arrm_relooked_en:donations-en_relooked

nexusone13

Hi everyone,

A new version of ARRM is available:

2.0.1.0 (11/05/2023)

Added: Textbox 'Ignore these files' in the 'Parameters' tab, 'Configuration files' Tab : Whe n loading a system, the indicated files are ignored. Can be used to ignore Bios files. You can use wildcards (* ?)
Added: 'family' and 'mode' tag
Added checkbox 'Ignore title search for these systems: 3DS, DS, GameCube, PS3, SWITCH, Wii, WiiU'. (this helps avoid bad naming)
Added: Intercepting errors on invalid images
Added: export module to retroarch. Allows you to export Media, Playlists and Overlays to Retroarch directories. See wiki: https://shorturl.at/BDIT5
Added: Renaming of Artworks based on the game name / ROM file name. See wiki: https://shorturl.at/rSVY7
Added: Checkbox 'Keep one genre' in the Gamelist tab: If checked, when saving the gamelist.xml, only the first genre of the game is kept. Warning: Other genres will be lost when you reload the gamelist.xml in ARRM
Added: When exporting to 'Hyperslist' only the first genre of the game is kept.
Added: When creating M3Us, alternative ROMs can be ignored via the 'Ignore Alternative Roms in M3U' checkbox in the 'Scrape Options' tab. The alternative tags sought are defined in 'Alternative Roms Tags' of the 'Configuration Files' tab
Modification: Some special characters (c)(tm)(r) (~)² (cube)... are removed during the search to increase the chances of results.
Modification: database engine detection method
Modification: When searching for duplicates, the filter is retained. We can then make other filter queries on the selection of duplicates.
Fixed : when using 'deleted unused artworks/videos' feature, 'extra1' images are taken into account
Fixed : In 'missing media' mode, during a scrape with Screenscraper Multithread, the roundwheel was downloaded even if already present
Fixed: Possible crash on other scrape engines, if 'seconds before ignore' was too large. It is now limited to 98 max
Fixed : If an xml contained prohibited characters, a crash could occur after the alert message
Fixed : Some images could be size 0 after unsuccessful compression: restoration of the original uncompressed image
Fixed : The wheelround was not retrieved from HFSDB when the 'Missing Media' checkbox was checked
Fixed: Deactivation of the search validation button by Title/Description/File when the textbox is empty (removes the resulting crash)
Fixed: Various bugs

Download link: https://shorturl.at/bintv
Donwload link for ARRM without installer : https://shorturl.at/osEN2
Download link for Beta: https://shorturl.at/orsW0

Changelog : https://shorturl.at/chS18

ARRM WIKI : https://shorturl.at/aiBLT
Videos tutorial playlist : https://shorturl.at/gizDN
Donations : https://shorturl.at/iAFJK

wtstreetglow1

@nexusone13

Thank you so much for sharing this tool with everyone. It is so helpful to someone that already has all of the scraped media and was wanting to start fresh!!

Thank you again!!