Scraping no longer working due to old api

naddel81

just updated to the latest build, but the internal gamesDB scraper cannot be changed to screenscraper in the UI (ES). what am I doing wrong? I just want to add covers to the games that gamesDB cannot find.

quicksilver

@naddel81 what version of retropie are you on?

naddel81

4.4.7? the latest commit.

quicksilver

@naddel81 and you updated emulation station from binary? When you press start and go to scraper you can't arrow over and change to screenscraper?

naddel81

I updated all internals through retropie-setup script. EmulationStation is now 2.8.x and no there is no screenscraper to choose. only gamesDB in the ES UI.

quicksilver

@mitu it appears screenscraper is working properly now. Thanks!

naddel81

@quicksilver where can I choose screenscraper for the internal scraper? I only have gamesDB to select unfortunately.

mitu

@naddel81 Can you show a screenshot of the scraper settings ? You should be able to push left/right (or A) to toggle between them.

naddel81

I guess a restart fixed it. the second scraper is now available, but unfortunately he does not find the missing covers just as gamesDB didn't.
for example "metroid 2 - the return of samus" on GB. I cannot add it's cover. even if I search for only "metroid".

mitu

@naddel81 What's the name of the ROM file ?
EDIT: you have the wrong ROM name, it's METROID 2 - RETURN OF SAMUS, there's no the.

naddel81

but when I click on INPUT and enter only "metroid", it should show me results. but it doesn't.

mitu

@naddel81 I'm not sure about the TGDB scraper, but using ScreenScraper will search by the ROM name.

ballboff

@naddel81 said in Scraping no longer working due to old api:

but when I click on INPUT and enter only "metroid", it should show me results. but it doesn't.

it's not as intuitive as a google search. for example if you type pacman, it doesn't come up with ms pacman as a result, just pacman.

mitu

For the ScreenScraper part, this is not implemented, but I think it would be easy to add. For the TGDB part, I don't know if it's implemented.

naddel81

so "input" scraping is only supported in TGDB and not screenscraper?

Greedo777

@quicksilver How do you update from binary? I updated setup script and packages and that didnt seem to work. Thanks!

quicksilver

@Greedo777 which version of retropie are you on? I'm not sure if the binaries are still being updated for older versions. Try updating emulation station from source.

Greedo777

@quicksilver Tried updating from source although I get a could not install rapidjson-dev package? I have version 4.4.8 of retropie setup script. Thanks!

mitu

@Greedo777 Please add more info about your system - https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/3/read-this-first. What image did you use to install RetroPie ? Which Raspbian version are you running ?

sirhenrythe5th

I tried to scrape single games by using "metadata" -> "scrape".
Just read here that there is a second Scraper now chooseable, i was not aware of that and tried it with the default one.

Result was on both tries: the Pi freezed.
Something i did never have until now, had to Switch off the power Supply to start again.

Will try the second Scraper tomorrow when i am home again.
Just wanted to mention this issue, its not a real bad error for me as i use "Carbon no Meta" and just use the scraper to have the paths of the Images to avoid typing the whole path when i replace the Images against my own ones.

My setup is Maximum default as usual: default Retropie image updated to 4.4.8 (all installed packages), no mods, no overclocking, no gimmicks running on a Pi3B+ with genuine Raspberry Power Supply.