@tpr glad you like it. for basic stuff it was really good.

I just wanted to answer here and ask for more information, then I noticed that you already gave it in your second thread. Please don't open multiple threads about one topic.

@mitu said in Using ES Scraper - How can I automatically save images to ROM folders?:

@tpr said in Using ES Scraper - How can I automatically save images to ROM folders? png to ico:

Is there a way to force the built-in scraper to use those directories?

No, there is no option for the built-in EmulationStation scraper to change the download location. If space is a concern, then you can symlink the downloaded_images folder to a folder on the external drive.

Thank you very much for the explanation.

@zodiark12 said in Scraper:

If so I will enable them but after scraping can I empty the cache without affecting the medias in the rom folders?

Skyscraper first downloads the media to the cache, then it will copy it to the media folder where EmulatonStation reads it (being it in the ROM folder or not) in a subsequent step - when you generate the gamelists. Once you finish scraping, yes, you can clear the cache and have only 1 copy of the artwork/video/etc.

TODAY Update from ScreenScraper.fr

RedblueflameAujourd’hui à 12:41
Hi everyone !
After a pretty long downtime (we're sorry about that), the screenscraper servers are finally back on ! To prevent our servers to melt down due to the massive influx of requests, they are running with a limited number of concurrent requests, so you may experience latency problems as the queue grows up.
We wanted to thank everyone with your kind messages sent on our discord server, and happy scrapping !
The screenscraper team

RedblueflameAujourd’hui à 15:53
Hi everyone !
Until tomorrow, the access to the website will be cut off. Until then, the website won't be available, but the api will. Your scraps should still be working.

Both scrapers have limits on the # of requests you're allowed to make. TheGamesDB has a monthly quota of about 15000 requests (not sure), while ScreenScraper will give you I think 10000 requests daily. If you exhausted your request limit, you'll not be able to scrape - you'll have to wait.

EDIT: seems like ScreenScraper has a few problems at the moment and scraping from it will not work until they sort out the issue.

@mitu Ok, I'll give Skyscraper a try.

It looks like they're listed under "Atari 8-bit" instead of calling it Atari 800, maybe because it included all versions of the 400/800 system?

Thanks for fishing this out, and hopefully will be an easy fix for you and the team.

Best,

JR

I am using the scraper (not the skyscraper). It looks like the problem is just for scrape the GBA, because I just scraped the PSP wihout problems

@spm2600 Remove the gamelist.xml generated for that system - you can find it in either the rom folder or in \\retropie\configs\all\emulationstation\gamelists\<system>.

I had issues with Pi4 wifi too. In my case I was noticing it when sending files over Samba from W10 or using FTP, and also scraping problems. I'd get constant disconnects and transfer speeds of around 200kb/s even when it would stay working.

I found mentions online of known issues where noise from the HDMI output can disrupt the wifi signal. Every instance I saw talked about said it was only over a certain resolution (1440 I think), but I decided to try disconnecting my 5" screen anyway, which runs 800x480, and as soon as I did that the speeds went up to around 3-5MB/s and the connection stays stable.

@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...