@kyussgaming
https://retropie.org.uk/docs/Transferring-Roms/
here is the methods of getting roms to the pis sd card
or probably the best way is to use an external USB drive and its just plug and play using this method
https://retropie.org.uk/docs/Running-ROMs-from-a-USB-drive/

@mitu I think at this stage a clean reinstall is imminent. Your help and advice is very much appreciated though.

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as my other builds I did no have to do this.

On a stock RetroPie installation, this shouldn't be a problem. Post your es_systems.cfg on pastebin.com and we can see if the issue stems from there.

You shouldn't need to create manually any folders, they are created (with the correct name) when the corresponding emulator is installed. RetroPie already comes with emulators installed, so the basic folders should be already present.

The thing is these folders aren't appearing on my SD card that had Retro Pie on it.

If you're looking at the SD card's contents on a Windows PC, you will only see the boot partition, the 2nd partition holds the actual system (and the RetroPie installation), but Windows doesn't know how to read the Linux filesystem on it - so you won't be able to see the folders.

So, if I were to create folders manually, where would I create them on the USB?

No, you don't need to create the folders manually. If you want to transfer your ROMs over, take a look at the Docs. If your RetroPie system is connected to your network, the easiest method for transfer is via File Shares from your PC.

@UberLumby Yeah, I just stumbled upon subfolder scraping by accident myself. Also didn't expect the scrapers to do that.

(Like I noticed the "hide preview" button in the forum editor right now by clicking on it accidentally on my way to the "submit" button. 😆 )

@mitu Thank you very much for your answer.

Ok thanks

That teaches one to tidy up behind oneself after compiling, lest you'll find the remains later when you don't remember putting them there. 😊

(Alas, data remains don't tend to decompose by themselves like other remains do.)

Doesn't matter, I worked it out. I had the <folder> tag placed in the wrong place.

Regards,

@flightrisk this is super old but symlinks are your friends
if you open terminal inside your retropie roms folder you could link your current setup and make a symlink that will work with retropie like
ln -s "/home/user/downloads/Super Nintendo Entertainment System" "/home/user/retropie/roms/snes"
ln -s makes a link between your source and your new fake symlinked folder
inside first quote is where ever your nicely named folder is and the second quote is where you want the new fake folder and as you see its names snes so retropie will use think it accessing a folder names snes but when it goes to snes the system forwards it to the Super Nintendo Entertainment System folder. idk i thought i would share as this is what i do to link to my other hard drive and it works awesome one folder for all systems to access i just make symlinks and all is well

@arambecker No my approach would be a bit more.
A tool to find duplicates.
As I said in my first post. If you have selections of several regions.

Maybe 1000 roms it would be usefull to search for a gametitle and to select duplicates.

Game 1 (J) Game 1 (U) Game 2 (JUE) Game 3 (J) Game 3 (E)

You already programmed delimiter so there needs "just" to generate an automatic search term.
That's not the way your script is intended to work and I think it will need a heavy rework. But this would be usecase, too

ROM Names > Automatic generated search term Game 1 (J) > Game 1 ( Game 1 (U) > Game 1 ( Game 2 (JUE) > Game 2 ( Game 3 (J) > Game 3 ( Game 3 (E) > Game 3 (

Maybe @meleu can say more to this?

Welcome on board :)

I just wrote a "snes" folder to the roms map on the usb drive and put a game in that was't available in the existing rom list on my raspberry. The game is transferred and working. It looks like i don't need the raspberry to create the rom folders to transfer more roms. Writing the subfolders manually in the "roms" folder seems to work.

@romzy7887 What changes have you made though? more details are needed.

I tried what you suggested but it didn't work. Not sure why.

But I did come up with a solution that works.

<?xml version="1.0"?> <gameList> <folder> <name>a</name> <path>./a</path> </folder> <folder> <name>b</name> <path>./b</path> </folder> <folder> <name>c</name> <path>./c</path> </folder> <game> <path>./a/aaaa.zip</path> </game> <game> <path>./b/bbbb.zip</path> </game> <game> <path>./c/cccc.zip</path> </game> </gameList>

@yussafm Good questions. Easy to try a few tests on your own, as not everyone is using it the way you propose. My advice is to avoid folders by letter, as Emulation Station lets you easily jump directly to letters, you can page up page down, and with recent enhancements, there are many ways to build your own custom game lists (and using that technique, you could add favorites, make lists by letter, etc.).

As for timing, I think you will have to do some of your own tests. There are factors like your SD card speed (or whatever you are using to store your ROMs). I would expect it to affect boot times somewhat, as the ROM lists are gathered, but you will have to try it and find out if it's acceptable for your needs. Maybe someone else will reply with their specific examples. My loads are very fast, but I only have a few hundred ROMs.

@KillerQ I had a post about an issue you're going to run into when using subfolders: https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/10427/regarding-image-metadata-displays-in-retropie/18

Hopefully in the future ES gets an upgrade that fixes this or the guys making skins for us can find a workaround for this.

@Robotechvfx That’s a really nice image- I hate to ask, but can you post a link to it? I’d love to use it on my system.