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    Scraping no longer working due to old api

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    • ballboffB
      ballboff @naddel81
      last edited by

      @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.

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      • mituM
        mitu Global Moderator
        last edited by

        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.

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          naddel81
          last edited by

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

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            Greedo777 @quicksilver
            last edited by

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

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            • quicksilverQ
              quicksilver @Greedo777
              last edited by

              @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.

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                Greedo777 @quicksilver
                last edited by

                @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!

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                • mituM
                  mitu Global Moderator @Greedo777
                  last edited by 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 ?

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                  • sirhenrythe5thS
                    sirhenrythe5th @mitu
                    last edited by 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.

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                    • mituM
                      mitu Global Moderator @sirhenrythe5th
                      last edited by

                      @sirhenrythe5th If you're using the TheGamesDB scraper, then it will download and cache a few files first, so ES might seem stuck. Give it a bit of time, it only happens the first time it runs.

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                      • sirhenrythe5thS
                        sirhenrythe5th @mitu
                        last edited by

                        @mitu oh wow, never thought about something like that!
                        Thank Mitu, i will have patience next time! 😊

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