@YFZdude So I was able to get SSelph's scraper to work, but after a while, it started giving me "hash not found" errors and a "panic: runtime error". I've been searching for solutions for this, but I've found next to no information on the issue and the github page doesn't seem to be active. I'm gonna try Skraper and see if that gives me better results.

Just saw this app related to this topic. Its not exactly what I am looking for, just want to link it here: RetroPi Media - gamelist.xml generator

TheGamesDB site has a monthly quota for requests - I think 5000 (?). If you scraped a lot of games, then you probably went over that quota and your requests are ignored. The scraper works fine - so there's not a issue with the site or EmulationStation.

@bryan617 said in Nested ROM folders and box art: Is there any way to have the box art for NES and SNES show up without taking the ROMs out of their nested folders and placing them directly in their system folder? Short answer - no. The folder doesn't have box art, so it's normal you're seeing the boxartonly when entering the folder and looking at the actual ROM.

Why isn't screenscraper.fr's content mirrored on the Internet Archive? Seems like exactly the sort of thing they'd collect.

Thx! That is actually a good interim solution.

So scraping from one of the API services is still better than trying to find a dump somewhere online I'm guessing, due to ROM compatibility...

@RetroRick said in where do I put the CREDENTIALS from SCREENSCRAPER.fr in retropie for SkyScraper OR SS Scraper?: $HOME .emulationstation/downloaded_media but will not show up on the metadata screen, nor play. You might have an existing gamelist that's overriding the one generated by the scraper.

@mitu said in Best way to scrape ONE GAME?: Right now it looks like ScreenScraper has given back access to non-registered users, so scraping from EmulationStation (using ScreenScraper) should work. It should be possible to use screenscraper.fr credentials within ES. Is there a reason why this isn't implemented?

@mitu thank you , I'll test it and update

I use openretro for images, and screenscraper for info. Then execute de "generate game list"

Due to heavy load, I know Screenscraper has disabled it's API to non registered users. Try using a different API, or register an account with Screenscraper then use a scraper that can be configured to use your login credentials, Skyscraper has a line in it's config,ini as mentioned above. I've been using Skraper. It runs on Windows and scrapes through samba shares.

@mitu ok, thank you!

@muldjord Thanks! I'll still be giving Skyscraper another go of course! There's still lots more scraping to be done.

I just created an account on screenscraper.fr . I edited the file with my login info and now it seems to be working for the most part. However it only missed a few games? Maybe I did the scraper thing right?

@quicksilver Yes I made an account a while back and it’s in the skyscraper config.