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    duplicate listings for games after scrapeing

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      djultimate
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      Hi, am pretty new to Emulationstation, and knowing the scraper isn't working within it , I have started using the Universal xml scraper.

      Problem am getting is when I do a scrape, and update my gamelists.xml , am seeing 2 listings of certain games.

      What am I doing wrong ?

      Thanks in advanceemu station.jpg

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        mitu Global Moderator @djultimate
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        @djultimate said in duplicate listings for games after scrapeing:

        What am I doing wrong ?

        Probably nothing, the scraper is scraping also the .bin files, that's why you get multiple entries per game.

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          djultimate @mitu
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          @mitu would I be ok removing the bin files and re-scraping ?

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            simpleethat @djultimate
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            @djultimate I always drop the .bin files in a different folder (usually roms\systemnamecopier\ and then scrape, it will go a lot faster that way instead of the scraper hashing every .bin. Once you finish scraping drop the bin files back in the appropriate folder and you're good to go!

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