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    Scrape MAME Metadata?

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    • ShakzS
      Shakz
      last edited by Shakz

      Ah ok this makes sense now.
      You don't need to use the old version. UXS is doing exactly what it is supposed to do. You need to merge your romset into one zip file. Right now everything is separated out with the parent and the clones from all the different regions. Merging them will combine all the parents and clones in one zip.
      For UXS to work right you will need to merge them.
      Don't forget to clear out all the old art as well before scraping again....it can start to consume quite a bit of space on a tiny SD card.
      You might want to try with just a handful of games to start...until you're sure we have this figured out ;-)

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      • dankcushionsD
        dankcushions Global Moderator @hansolo77
        last edited by

        @hansolo77 sselph scraper uses mamedb, which has been down for ages. many posts about this.

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        • RionR
          Rion @hansolo77
          last edited by

          @hansolo77 This is a limitation of the current database on screenscraper.fr.

          More info about it here

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

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          • hansolo77H
            hansolo77 @Shakz
            last edited by

            @Shakz Will merging the ROMs cause me to lose the ability to play various clones? How does it display them in the ES if they're merged?

            Who's Scruffy Looking?

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            • ShakzS
              Shakz
              last edited by Shakz

              Yeah it will....squishes them all up under the parent rom and thats what you play. :-(
              Unless someone knows a trick in lr-mame
              If they are merged they just display as one game....the parent.

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              • hansolo77H
                hansolo77
                last edited by

                Bummer. I think I'll just use what I got then, and wait for an updated database that has more details about the country/etc.

                Who's Scruffy Looking?

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                • screechS
                  screech
                  last edited by

                  hi @hansolo77

                  So just for information :

                  Name + Country will try to match your rom country to the database (and if weel register in DB and found) will show you the country.
                  Name + Bracket will catch the bracket from your Rom Filname (ex : mario (jap)(v2).zip will give you : Mario Bros. (jap)(v2) )

                  So for now the DB on Arcade game is not complete... And we have a lot's of work to do on it...

                  The main thing is, today, we can't specify so much things about clone (except some country).

                  the Screenscraper V2 website and DB is in progress, when it's finish, we can add lot's more information about clone (country all of them, clone, and some other stuff). So when it's done I can put these information in UXS to scrape.

                  The best way (today) is to merge your rom to avoid duplicate. Sorry.

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                  • hansolo77H
                    hansolo77
                    last edited by

                    Name+Bracket only generates a gamelist.xml with the Game Name. mario (jap)(v2).zip creates Mario Bros.

                    In my previous example... Name+Bracket creates:

                    • 19xx.zip
                    • 19xxa.zip
                    • 19xxh.zip
                    • 19xxj.zip
                    • 19xxjr1.zip

                    to

                    • 19XX: The War Against Destiny
                    • 19XX: The War Against Destiny
                    • 19XX: The War Against Destiny
                    • 19XX: The War Against Destiny
                    • 19XX: The War Against Destiny

                    Where as GameName+Country will at least provide the (country) in the name if the data exists in the db. Games like Pacman, which is a clone of Puckman, just doesn't show up. I think it should be listed as Pacman (Clone of Puckman).

                    Who's Scruffy Looking?

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                    • screechS
                      screech
                      last edited by

                      that's normal...

                      19xx.zip
                      19xxa.zip
                      19xxh.zip
                      19xxj.zip
                      19xxjr1.zip

                      haven't anything between bracket ;)

                      if you have something like :
                      19xxjr1 (1 player).zip then name will be 19XX: The War Against Destiny (1 player)

                      Like I say, the next DB version will provide more information on clone (at least "clone") so I can add these info in UXS ;)

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                      • hansolo77H
                        hansolo77
                        last edited by

                        Alright, cool. :)

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                        • hansolo77H
                          hansolo77
                          last edited by

                          I'm back again trying to scrape MAME. Using the options available in the latest version of USX I'm still getting a simple gamelist without all the extra bits. Has the database been updated any with the information on clones/etc yet? I know you said this was in the works before, but this thread is 8 months old and I thought maybe SOME progress has been made...

                          Who's Scruffy Looking?

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