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      fatelvis1 @TMNTturtlguy
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      @TMNTturtlguy Thank you all, there was a slight typing error in the xml. Videos on one system complete 31 more systems to go. This could be a long night

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        DarkWolf @fatelvis1
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          TMNTturtlguy
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          @fatelvis1 are you using notepad ++, just use find and replace, you can select the incorrect part, and then replace all with the correct part.

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            beamquaker
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            Hi I installed the comic theme and it looks great. I actually learnt a little about command line to install it using the git clone method. Hopefully this theme will be added to the official retropie themes . Thanks for all your hard work .

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              ortsac
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              @backstander said in New Comic Book Theme!:

              mic-Book.git

              I just need to ask, where can I find videos to add for each game?

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                DarkWolf @ortsac
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                @ortsac You could use the Universal XML Scraper. It downloads game art/box art/wheels/screenshots/videos, whatever you like and creates a xml too. I would recommend creating a account on ScreenScraper.fr, as this allows you to use 2 threads to download the stuff you want

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                  Triquick @DarkWolf
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                  @DarkWolf Are there any other scrapers that do video now?

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                    DarkWolf @Triquick
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                    @Triquick The scraper from @sselph scrapes images using the ScreenScraper database.. but I don't know if it also scrapes videos..

                    So I'm sorry, but I don't know of other scrapers than UXS..
                    Btw: UXS works perfect and relatively fast... It is able to connects to your pi via network and scrape the data directly on your pi

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                      sselph @DarkWolf
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                      @DarkWolf It doesn't support video yet. https://github.com/sselph/scraper/issues/146 Is the issue for adding video support which I'm working on when I have time.

                      Auto-scraper: https://github.com/sselph/scraper
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                        DarkWolf @sselph
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                        @sselph Thanks for the information, defenitily waiting for that feature :)
                        I understand that it sometimes sucks running a pc for scraping roms on the pi

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                          Triquick @DarkWolf
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                          @DarkWolf Thanks for the info. That pretty much answers my second follow up question. Will have to give it a look now since finding video was why I held off on moving to a video supported theme.

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                            DarkWolf @Triquick
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                            @Triquick
                            As you can see, ScreenScraper.fr offers a huge database with a lot of metadata/images/videos:

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                              chrisdodgen
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                              Sorry if this is a dumb question, but I scrolled quite far and read a lot of this thread...

                              Is this released? If so, is there a link to the latest? And if so, you ought to do like @ruckage and add a little tag on your name that links out to the latest build, so it's available in every comment.

                              If it's not released, can't wait.

                              Rpi 3 • Rpi Zero 1.3 • Rpi Zero W
                              Retropie Version 4.2
                              Theme - Futura
                              Emulators - All of them.

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                                DarkWolf @DarkWolf
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                                @DarkWolf said in New Comic Book Theme!:

                                @edmaul69 Found the link in post 43, there you go:

                                https://github.com/TMNTturtleguy/ComicBook

                                @chrisdodgen there you go ;-)

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                                  chrisdodgen
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                                  Perfect, thanks.

                                  Is there an ongoing effort to create custom "comic pages" for each system? (I notice most seem to use a default page...)

                                  I've been doing this for the Futura theme, and when I finish up my work there in a few days, I would be happy to pitch in on this one too.

                                  Rpi 3 • Rpi Zero 1.3 • Rpi Zero W
                                  Retropie Version 4.2
                                  Theme - Futura
                                  Emulators - All of them.

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                                    TMNTturtlguy @chrisdodgen
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                                    @chrisdodgen Thanks for the effort but I am just finishing up the last of the pages right now. We will have all of the systems covered. I am preparing an update for everyone tonight and will hopefully release some images today/tomorrow. I decided it was more beneficial for my time and users to not keep making small updates, but instead just complete as much as possible and release one big update. More to come very soon!

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                                      TMNTturtlguy
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                                      Theme Update! Sorry for the long delay in updates. We have been working hard on optimizing the theme as well as completing all of the comic book pages for all of the systems in both the 16:9 and 4:3 versions. I have 10 systems left for the 4:3 version along with testing and then we will be ready for our next release! In the mean time i want to share some exciting updates. Below are a couple more system pages as well as some updates to the game selection menu. Please don't pay attention to the gamelist as I simply copied my arcade system in my es_systems file for testing.

                                      I have incorporate a user option into the design. The user can change between the controller display which is currently running in the downloadable version and the new "Comic Rip" mascot. By simply editing a true/false line in the theme.xml you can decide how you want to see all or some of the backgrounds. Instructions will be included in the next release!
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                                      Standard NES
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                                      Comic Rip NES
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                                        pjft @TMNTturtlguy
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                                        @TMNTturtlguy hah. Oh wow! That was unexpected, and I'm certainly curious to see them all in the end. :)

                                        I believe there was a thread a while ago by @jdrassa on parameters in themes. I wonder if that conversation wouldn't/couldn't be extended to variables/settings in themes.

                                        Anyway, this is looking great! You must have been doing a tremendous amount of work on this. Well done!

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                                          ortsac @TMNTturtlguy
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                                          @TMNTturtlguy Wow!!! You're a master artist at this. Looks great...can't wait for the latest release with instructions. Great job!!! Does one have to delete the old version if it's already in the system to update to the latest? Or will they all be overwritten?

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                                            TMNTturtlguy @ortsac
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                                            @ortsac I think it depends on how you manually add the theme to your system. I typically delete the existing theme and then add then add the new one just because it only takes seconds to load the new theme and then I know everything installed is completely up to date.

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