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    does a simple gamelist.xml generater exist?

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    • InsecureSpikeI
      InsecureSpike
      last edited by

      basically as the title says, i'm needing something that generates the list from a rom set, and adds only
      "rom name", "display name" and "image name"

      does such a script exist?
      could i do this via the command line?
      would it be a possible thing to make?

      thanks

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      • RionR
        Rion
        last edited by Rion

        Oops did not see your thread before i posted my own and its basically the same.

        Selph's Scraper add games from unsupported systems?

        FBNeo rom filtering
        Mame2003 Arcade Bezels
        Fba Arcade Bezels
        Fba NeoGeo Bezels

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        • InsecureSpikeI
          InsecureSpike
          last edited by

          oh well, hopefully one of us will get an answer, haha

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          • RionR
            Rion @InsecureSpike
            last edited by

            @InsecureSpike said in does a simple gamelist.xml generater exist?:

            oh well, hopefully one of us will get an answer, haha

            Solved thanks to @Rookervik Here

            FBNeo rom filtering
            Mame2003 Arcade Bezels
            Fba Arcade Bezels
            Fba NeoGeo Bezels

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            • InsecureSpikeI
              InsecureSpike @Rion
              last edited by

              @Rion I'll have a look, thanks

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              • RionR
                Rion @InsecureSpike
                last edited by

                @InsecureSpike said in does a simple gamelist.xml generater exist?:

                @Rion I'll have a look, thanks

                FYI, the xml file created makes the assumption that your images are in "*.png" format. This is easy to change using for example Notepad ++ and replacing .png to .jpeg if they are in jpeg that is.

                FBNeo rom filtering
                Mame2003 Arcade Bezels
                Fba Arcade Bezels
                Fba NeoGeo Bezels

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                • RookervikR
                  Rookervik Global Moderator
                  last edited by

                  Haha, I still use my xml batch file. Lemme know if you have any problems with it. :D

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                  • RionR
                    Rion @Rookervik
                    last edited by

                    @Rookervik said in does a simple gamelist.xml generater exist?:

                    Haha, I still use my xml batch file. Lemme know if you have any problems with it. :D

                    Well it works they way it should and the only problem I see is the image file extension is limited to png only.

                    Kids Friendly ES did also have no problem at all using it and making changes to it.

                    Took along time to load though when I added C64 with over 7000 games lol.

                    FBNeo rom filtering
                    Mame2003 Arcade Bezels
                    Fba Arcade Bezels
                    Fba NeoGeo Bezels

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                    • RookervikR
                      Rookervik Global Moderator
                      last edited by

                      Yeah, EmulationStation wasn't built with massive pirated rom-lists in mind. It's more suited for tailored collections. Once you get over 500 scraped games, it takes ES a long time to load. Hopefully you can easily edit the batch file to deal with whatever image extension you are needing. I am not a programmer, so that batch file is about the extent of my programming abilities. Need art? I can do that. :P

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                      • InsecureSpikeI
                        InsecureSpike
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                        • RookervikR
                          Rookervik Global Moderator
                          last edited by

                          In case anyone runs across this in their searches, I have a newer XML maker. Still windows-based: https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/4471/updated-gamelist-xml-creator

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