scrape info pc to retropie issues

kns886

Hello. I recently started using Universal xml scraper and saved all images and gamelist.xml files to my PC. I am copying those files over to the pie via winscp in to the opt/configs/all/emulationstation/downdloaded_images folder and gameslist folder. I shutdown emulationstation before I copy, and reboot the system when I am done and none of these scraped files show in the emulationsttion front end after reboot. Only the rom file name is present. no game art or decriptions. I have no idea what I am doing wrong however if I run the scraper and use the pie rom directory instead of pc, the game art and info transfer to the above folders and game art and decriptions work. HELP!!

mitu

@kns886 In order for the scraped art to show up with a ROM, the path to the scraped files (images/videos) should be correct in the gamelist.xml file for the system where the ROM is stored.
Most likely this is not correct - look in the gamelist/system/gamelist.xml file and see how the images/videos are referenced, you could maybe correct the paths the file and then re-transfer back the correct .xml files.

kns886

Hey. Thanks for the reply. This is where the .XML is saying the image art and mp4 video files are located Example:
<?xml version="1.0"?>

-<gameList>

-<game source="ScreenScraper" id="88256">

<path>/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/FDS/Super Mario Brothers 2 (Japan).fds</path>

<name>SUPER MARIO BROTHERS 2</name>

<desc>originally released in japan as super mario bros.® 2, this game has previously made only brief cameo appearances in the western hemisphere. mario fans will appreciate the familiar look and feel of the game, while finding that its updated game play creates an entirely new challenge. no longer content just to wear different-colored overalls, mario and luigi also possess different skill sets (mario can stop quicker, while luigi can jump higher). in addition to the classic enemies already known to fans worldwide, there are also poison mushrooms, backward warp zones, and the occasional wind gust (which can help or hinder your progress) to take into account. and if that?s somehow not enough, expert players can go looking for the game?s secret worlds. so get ready to put your mario skills to the ultimate test, and save the princess again. just don?t be surprised if she?s in another castle!</desc>

<image>/home/pi/.emulationstation/downloaded_images/FDS/Super Mario Brothers 2 (Japan)-image.png</image>

<video>/home/pi/.emulationstation/downloaded_images/FDS/Super Mario Brothers 2 (Japan)-video.mp4</video>

<developer>Nintendo</developer>

<publisher>NINTENDO</publisher>

<genre>Platform</genre>

<players>1</players>
I tried dropping the XML in the retropie/ roms/(system) folder and that didn't work either. I feel like I am missing a step some where when I drag and drop the files from my pc to the pie. When I tell XML scraper to use rom file already on the pie for the scrape, it puts images in the downloaded_images folder and .XML file in the gamelist folder and everything works. Checked xml file against the xml file from the pc scrape and don't see anything different between the two.

mitu

As I said, check the filenames path - do you really have a file /home/pi/RetroPie/roms/FDS/Super Mario Brothers 2 (Japan).fds on the Pi ? Linux filenames/paths are case sensitive, so make sure everything is matching up - ROM name/path and the metadata filenames.

kns886

@mitu hey. thanks for your help. Did not know that Linux was case sensitive. Changed all folders, and did a find and replace to all lower case in the xml and all is good! Noob at all this but I am learning alot as I go. Thanks again for the help!