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      joyrider3774
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      Will it eventually be running from the pi itselve somehow so you can access a webserver on the pi and view all this data ? Do you have some screenshots i wonder how it looks like

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        Arcuza @joyrider3774
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        @joyrider3774 It's dependant on that the web server is able to push the gamelist.xml through a HTTPRequest. All is client side, so all data is processed in the browser. Of course you can run a web browser on the PI, but I think it would be too slow. In that case I would rather make it native on the PI in C++. But I need to learn Linux graphics, io and input since I've never done that before.

        I just have to solve null data and finite/rational data filtering first. Then you can have a full blown demo.

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          Arcuza @herb_fargus
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          @herb_fargus Thank you for your help. You don't have a well scraped set with several consoles? Is there one gamelist.xml for each console?

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            herb_fargus administrators @Arcuza
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            @Arcuza yes as far as I know there is one gamelist.xml per system.

            I don't really have massive romsets so I don't really have any lists.

            I'm sure there are plenty of others the forum that do though

            If you read the documentation it will answer 99% of your questions: https://retropie.org.uk/docs/

            Also if you want a solution to your problems read this first: https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/3/read-this-first

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              herb_fargus administrators @Arcuza
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              @Arcuza I found another one for NES

              https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B2TMeZ6iEFvHVTEtLWNubk00ZEE

              If you read the documentation it will answer 99% of your questions: https://retropie.org.uk/docs/

              Also if you want a solution to your problems read this first: https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/3/read-this-first

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                Arcuza @herb_fargus
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                @herb_fargus Hi, do these gamelists.xml have different schemas per console, or do they follow a standard? Do anyone know? Is there a document describing this?

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                  herb_fargus administrators @Arcuza
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                  @Arcuza they should be the same for every system.

                  https://github.com/Aloshi/EmulationStation/blob/master/GAMELISTS.md

                  If you read the documentation it will answer 99% of your questions: https://retropie.org.uk/docs/

                  Also if you want a solution to your problems read this first: https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/3/read-this-first

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                    Jeck11
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                    Found this set online. Maybe it'll help ya.

                    https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/23090041/gamelists.rar

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                      Arcuza
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                      Seems like I'm into some nasty mathematics issues, regarding the filters and decimal values.

                      But, at least you can have a nonworking look here:

                      http://elitlogik.se/visualizer.html (Data in this demo is based on herb_fargus NES gamelist)

                      Things that needs to be done:

                      • Fix handling of null values
                      • Be able to set custom color schemes and directions (now its green for low and red for high)
                      • Fix the darn Filters to work better
                      • Sort the selectables descending, maybe group "others" if less than 1%
                      • XMLHttpRequest to recieve the gamelist.xml of your own Retropie

                      In a far future maybe having some nice options when clicking on a game title in the rectangles, like editing, commenting or socializing with your friends on facebook ;)

                      Do you have any suggestions, please post.

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                      • herb_fargusH
                        herb_fargus administrators @Arcuza
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                        @Arcuza to add a cog into your system emulationstation was just updated recently to include video and marquee tags as well just fyi

                        If you read the documentation it will answer 99% of your questions: https://retropie.org.uk/docs/

                        Also if you want a solution to your problems read this first: https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/3/read-this-first

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