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    Scraping Games

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      luca
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      Hello,

      how does RetroPie find the right scraping information for a game? Dont get me wrong.. I know how to run the scraper but I would like to know how it is implemented E.g. the site TheGameDB seems not to contain any rom hashes. How is the matching between the rom file and its GameDB entry done?

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      • AlexMurphyA
        AlexMurphy Banned @luca
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        @luca I believe it uses platform and name to scrape.

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          luca @AlexMurphy
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          @AlexMurphy ok thank you

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          • DarkWolfD
            DarkWolf @luca
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            @luca Normally by hash, name or/and platform/extension

            System: Raspberry 3 Model B, RetroPie 4.2.1
            Storage: 16gb Micro SD, 64gb USB Drive
            Theme: Updated NBBA

            Documentation solves many problems: https://retropie.org.uk/docs/

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