[SOFT] ARRM : Another Gamelist, Roms manager, and Scraper for Recalbox, Batocera, Retropie

retromoonman

First off, this program is fantastic. Thank you for all the time and effort you've put into developing it.
However, there are two issues I'm having that are keeping me from moving off of Skraper.

The scraped screenshots used in image mixes are quite blurry. For example, here is what Skraper scrapes, but here is what ARRM scrapes. There are no differences even when turning off the image compression.
I've tried creating my own mix template to add a cartridge image, and this is what it looks like. If you noticed from the images mentioned in the previous issue, ARRM is unable to get cartridge or 3D box images when the box has the portrait orientation; it only gets the marquee. Landscape boxes are fine.

Any help here? Is my template syntax just wrong? I'd really love to use ARRM for everything!

nexusone13

Hi @retromoonman . Sorry for the delay, I'm on vacation. I will have a look at this issue asap. I tried to reproduce this bug, but screenscraper is down for now. I'll try later.

nexusone13

@retromoonman I tried to scrape the game in your example with your created template and it works fine. For this game most of media are only available in japanese, so you ll have to add jp in your media order. See wiki : http://jujuvincebros.fr/wiki/arrm/doku.php?id=media-assignation-en#order_of_priority_of_the_media_according_to_the_country

nexusone13

Hi All,

New version of ARRM available :

1.8.7.2 (10/04/2020)

Added new Recalbox 7.0 systems
New "Folders" tab in which you can configure the paths for each of the media (image, screenshot, boxart, wheel, cartridge, titleshot, map, fanart, manual, video)
Media names have been shortened. Examples:
- Before : A.E. (USA) (Proto)_screenscraper_boxart_arrm.png, A.E. (USA) (Proto)_screenscraper_screenshot_arrm.png...
- Now : A.E. (USA) (Proto)-boxart.png, A.E. (USA) (Proto)-screenshot.png...
Added TAGs: MANUAL, MAP, FANART and TITLESHOT (available on Batocera 5.27)
In the "Images Options" tab, addition in the "Force Media Download" section of MAP, FANART and TITLESHOT media
In the form 'Assignment of media Screenscraper, addition of TAGs: MAP, FANART and TITLESHOT. It is now possible to reference, in the MIX templates of ARRM, the FANART and TITLESHOT tags.
Mix'Me module now accepts FANART and TITLESHOT
Addition of a button "Check for missing images when loading gamelist.xml": When a gamelist.xml is loaded, if Media Tags are empty, ARRM tries to find the missing media locally.
Added a button "Manual (magnifying glass)" and "Manuel +" to read a manual or add one to a Rom
Some options have been put in drop-down lists to save space ("Folders" tab, "Images Options", the filters and "ROM Information")
Removed a bug when using the "Delete Image" button
In the filters, addition of WITH and WITHOUT to filter the TAGS WITH or WITHOUT media
Addition of a "Query" combobox, in the Filters panel, which allows you to compose your own filter and find the history of personalized filters. Click on the? to know the syntax and the eye icon to see the history of custom filters. See wiki http://jujuvincebros.fr/wiki/arrm/doku.php?id=interface-en#the_database_list_of_roms_3
in the "Search" tab, the "Genre" combobox is replaced by a 2 combo box (combo box on the available fields, and combobox on the values associated with this field). It is also possible to type the text you want in the combobox (Nordicpower suggestion)
Taking into account of the systems 'model2', 'model3', 'mugen' under Batocera.plus.
Addition of a 'Force' checkbox in the 'Gamelist Options' tab which allows to save the gamelist.xml without displaying the dialog box (Nordicpower suggestion)
Fixed a bug which renamed the rom file in lowercase when moving rom to a subfolder (thanks Nordicpower)
Addition of a BatoceraPlus checkbox in the 'Batocera/Screenscraper/TGDB' tab to manage the 'Windows', 'Linux' system with the .plus extension and the 'Flash' system with the .swf extension
Fixed various bugs
Added new Recalbox 7.0 systems

If you already have version 1.8.6.4 you can download only the executable alone + some configuration files here: http://jujuvincebros.fr/telechargements2/category/12-arrm-executable-only

Download link for full version : http://jujuvincebros.fr/telechargements2/file/10-arrm-another-recalbox-roms-manager

Page of Beta versions : http://jujuvincebros.fr/telechargements2/category/11-arrm-update-correctif

ARRM WIKI : http://www.jujuvincebros.fr/wiki/arrm/doku.php?id=Start-en

nexusone13

Hi All,

New version of ARRM available :

1.8.7.4 (10/27/2020)

Fix connection problems on Screenscraper
Addition of a 'Video+Overlay' button allowing to create Video + Overlay (like the birthday videos of Screenscraper) based on the ARRM templates. They have the suffix -mixvideo. See WIKI : http://jujuvincebros.fr/wiki/arrm/doku.php?id=video_overlay_en
Improved media management in the MixMe module (the selected media are no longer copied into the destination directory with their original name)
Fixed bug in mass replacement
Stop loading if corrupt gamelist.xml
Addition of GenreID in the 'ROM Informations' Panel
Addition of a combobox displaying the label of the genreID. It is possible to choose the genreID via the combobox or by writing it in the dedicated textbox. By clicking on the eye you can view the genreid? label association file
Addition of a contextual menu on the database (right click on the database to make it appear)
The 'Check ARRM updates' button now indicates the presence of a Beta / Patch
Fixed the 'systemes_tgdb.txt' file which generated an error when scraping with 'TheGamesDb.net'
Fixed a bug when moving game from one system to another
During a complete installation the file "template_association.txt" is copied as "template_association.ARRM". When executing ARRM, if no existing "template_association.txt" file is present, the "template_association.ARRM" file is copied into "template_association.txt". This is in order not to overwrite your personalization of the file.
Addition of an "All maps" checkbox in the 'images options' tab which allows you to retrieve all the available maps. Only the first will be assigned to the <map> tag of the gamelist
The button 'Delete unused images and videos' can be applied on multisystems (several systems checked)
Fixed a bug when changing the interface language (switching from French or English to other languages causes a blockage)
Added corrected templates_association for new Recablox 7.0 systems
Correction of the media path when they do not start with ./ in gamelist.xml (case of media scraped via the internet scraper Recalbox 7.0, which prevented ARRM from displaying the media scraped via Recalbox) (Thank you Flomartin)
Addition of a "Replacements" tab which allows you to filter and then apply modifications / replacements on the database. See wiki : http://jujuvincebros.fr/wiki/arrm/doku.php?id=interface-en#replacements (Suggestion Nordicpower)

If you already have version 1.8.7.2 or 1.8.7.3 you can download only the executable alone + some configuration files here: http://jujuvincebros.fr/telechargements2/category/12-arrm-executable-only

Download link for full version : http://jujuvincebros.fr/telechargements2/file/10-arrm-another-recalbox-roms-manager

Page of Beta versions : http://jujuvincebros.fr/telechargements2/category/11-arrm-update-correctif

ARRM WIKI : http://www.jujuvincebros.fr/wiki/arrm/doku.php?id=Start-en

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ExarKunIv

@nexusone13 Nice list of fixes and additions. Now that i know how to use it. i just love it.

ExarKunIv

@nexusone13 so i updated to the latest version and i have a problem

when i try to load the games in the PC folder for my dos box. nothing comes up.

yes i have gone and fixed the extensions to include .sh which is how i start all my Dosbox games and still nothing comes up.

in the prosses window i get this

 Start : 10:50  2020-10-30

Replacing \\RetroPie\roms\pc\gamelist.xml with content of \\RetroPie\roms\pc\gamelist_ARRM.xml
Loading XML into database In progress
Comparing ScummVm DOS files with XML
Applying template : C:\Users\eceise.000\AppData\Roaming\Nexouille soft\arrm\ressources\templates\Next_Pixel_1080_computer\Next_Pixel_1080_computer.xml (auto associated)
Backing up C:\Users\eceise.000\AppData\Roaming\Nexouille soft\arrm\database\systemes_extensions.txt
Backing up C:\Users\eceise.000\AppData\Roaming\Nexouille soft\arrm\database\systemes_extensions.txt finished

i think is has something to do with this
Comparing ScummVm DOS files with XML

hope this is a easy fix for you. till then i will get a older version and go from there

nexusone13

@ExarKunIv hi

could you show me your PC folder directory structure. I want to see how games are named inside this directory
Does it works on previous version , which one ?
On batocera or recalbox, folders of games inside PC folder must be names like this :

Aces of the Pacific.pc
Alone In The Dark 2.pc
etc...

They thus appear in the gamelist, without having to indicate a .bat or .sh file, cause Recalbox/Batocera frontends knows how to handle it.

You can join the ARRM textual Discord : https://discord.gg/p7QsBTS , it will be easier and more reactive to discuss

Warning: old versions of ARRM can no longer connect to Screenscraper, at least version 1.8.7.4 is required

WIKI ARRM : http://jujuvincebros.fr/wiki/arrm/doku.php?id=start-en
ARRM textual Discord : https://discord.gg/p7QsBTS

nexusone13

Hi @mitu ,

for DosBox, in DOS or PC folders, is it necessary to indicate the full path to a .sh file in the gamelist

<path>./Silent Service (1985).pc/Silent Service (1985).sh</path>

or (like batocera/recalbox) the path to the folder is sufficent for retropie to launch the .sh file

<path>./Silent Service (1985).pc</path>

Thanks

mitu

@nexusone13 said in [SOFT] ARRM : Another Gamelist, Roms manager, and Scraper for Recalbox, Batocera, Retropie:

for DosBox, in DOS or PC folders, is it necessary to indicate the full path to a .sh file in the gamelist

In RetroPie you need to set the 'full' path to the launching exe/sh/conf file, there's no convention to treat .pc folders specially (like in RecalBox or Batocera).

nexusone13

@ExarKunIv , could you come on ARRM discord, I'd like you to test a version which could help you. Thanks

ARRM textual Discord : https://discord.gg/p7QsBTS

ExarKunIv

@nexusone13 ok im in there now

nexusone13

Hi all,

A new version of ARRM is available :

1.8.7.5 (11/11/2020)

Addition in the Bezels / Overlays section (Images Options tab) of a custom button that allows you to resize the Overlays + their configuration file to the desired screen size
Taking into account of the new path for system overlays on Recalbox> 7.0
The 'Missing overlays' button now automatically selects the Roms that do not have an overlay (the search is done in the overlays directory).
Addition of a “Copy Pad2Key” button which allows to send, for the selected systems, a generic .p2k.cfg file ( found in %appdata%\nexouille soft\arrm\ressources ) (thank you soaresden)
The pad2key files for Batocera are recoverable (rom_file.keys format) during scrape. You must have checked the 'Pad 2 Key cfg' checkbox in the 'Scrape Options' tab
Update of the various configuration files for the new Batocera-29 systems
Addition of a “TopStaff ? Favorites” checkbox in the “Scrap Options” tab which puts in favorites the games selected by the Screenscraper team.
Addition of an 'HTML systems' button in the 'Tools' tab which generates an HTML file, very basic, for the selected systems, allowing to view the content of each system (roms, images, manual, video, textual information ). On large systems, processing can take a long time. View example : https://streamable.com/jy6ceq
Addition of a template (classic and video+overlay) mix_screenscraper_birthday
Bug correction: when using MixMe, if the source image was in the media directory, the suffix (-fanart, -boxart etc …) was not added.
Fixed a bug with the button 'Delete unused images and videos' which removed images suffixed '-map' (thanks soaresden)
Fixed the behavior of the 'Get Video' button on the 'Images options' tab
Fixed a bug: when moving a rom via the 'move to a folder' button the .p2k.cfg file was not moved (thank you soaresden)

If you already have version 1.8.7.4 you can download only the executable alone + some configuration files here: http://jujuvincebros.fr/telechargements2/category/12-arrm-executable-only

Download link for full version : http://jujuvincebros.fr/telechargements2/file/10-arrm-another-recalbox-roms-manager

Page of Beta versions : http://jujuvincebros.fr/telechargements2/category/11-arrm-update-correctif

ARRM WIKI : http://www.jujuvincebros.fr/wiki/arrm/doku.php?id=Start-en

nexusone13

Hi all,

A new version of ARRM is available :

1.8.7.6 (11/21/2020)

Added a 'Rate me' button to rate a game and send the rating to Screenscraper. You must have an account on screenscraper and that it is entered in ARRM. See: https://streamable.com/ybzx86
Support for <kid>, <adult>, <id> (Screenscraper Game Id) tags
Addition in the 'Information Rom' Panel of the GameID, Kid and Adult fields
Addition of a 'Use GameID' checkbox which allows, when the GameID is entered, to search in priority with the GameID on Screenscraper. (it is possible to force the scrap of a particular game by entering its gameid and checking 'Use GameID'
Addition of an option 'Html condensed without image' when creating the HTML file, allows to have a display in the form of table without image. See : https://streamable.com/shfa5m
Reorganization of tags in the gamelist (more readable)
Removal of the unnecessary 'Box 3D' checkbox: the choice of the boxart format is made in the "Assignment of media screenscraper" menu
Correction of a bug in the replacement module: modification of a value of a field
Bug correction: when Mix and Recover Video were checked, the video was retrieved twice
Fixed bug when moving rom between directories

If you already have version 1.8.7.5, you can download only the executable alone + some configuration files here: http://jujuvincebros.fr/telechargements2/category/12-arrm-executable-only

Download link for full version (remember to uninstall the previous version) : http://jujuvincebros.fr/telechargements2/file/10-arrm-another-recalbox-roms-manager

Page of Beta versions : http://jujuvincebros.fr/telechargements2/category/11-arrm-update-correctif

ARRM WIKI : http://www.jujuvincebros.fr/wiki/arrm/doku.php?id=Start-en

paffley

Hi, looks great, thanks for all the updates!

Is there any tutorial or video on how to batch merge 2 images I have on my computer? I would like to batch convert my boxart with my cartart from each of the folders.

Thanks.

nexusone13

Hi @paffley
You can mix Boxart & cartridge via an ARRM template and it will generate a mix image (romname-mix.png) like this

You can modify the template.
You can grab info how to do this in the wiki : http://jujuvincebros.fr/wiki/arrm/doku.php?id=Start-en

You can join ARRM textual Discrod, it will be easier and faster to communicate : https://discord.com/invite/p7QsBTS

paffley

Hi, thanks ill have a play :)

BadFurDay

@nexusone13 Great work, any chance support for Attract Mode romlists could be added? Thanks.

nexusone13

Hi all,

A new version of ARRM is available :

1.8.7.8 (01/02/2020)

Correction of the overlays path for games under Batocera (now each game overlay is placed in a corresponding system subfolder)
Fixed a bug when creating overlay configuration files on Batocera (missing :)
Update of the configuration files for the creation of overlays on Recalbox/Retropie. #video_shader_enable = “true” and input_overlay_hide_in_menu = “true” (olivierdroid92 and toniosj).
Addition of a button ‘Resize Overlays’ in the panel ‘Possible actions on selected Roms’ which allows to resize the existing overlays. See tooltip on the button for more explanation. See wiki : http://jujuvincebros.fr/wiki/arrm/doku.php?id=resize_overlays-en
Addition of a ‘GamesDatabase Music’ checkbox in the ‘Scrap Options’ tab which allows during a scrape to retrieve, on the Gamesdatabase site, musics if not present. A <music> tag will be written in the gamelist.xml (usable with my JVB_Quizz game : http://jujuvincebros.fr/telechargements2/category/13-games)
Addition of a button ‘Recover music’ in the panel ‘Actions possible on selected Roms’ which allows to extract the audio track of the videos if the video exists or to go to seek it on the site GamesDatabase. A <music> tag will be written in the gamelist.xml (usable with my JVB_Quizz game)
Addition of a music folder in the Folder tab where the mp3s recovered via the options above will be stored.
Permutation of Dev / Manufacturer when creating XML for Hyperspin.
During a scrap on Screenscraper, if a manual is not found, a search is launched on GamesDatabase

If you already have version 1.8.7.7, you can download only the executable alone + some configuration files here: http://jujuvincebros.fr/telechargements2/category/12-arrm-executable-only

Download link for full version (remember to uninstall the previous version) : http://jujuvincebros.fr/telechargements2/file/10-arrm-another-recalbox-roms-manager

Page of Beta versions : http://jujuvincebros.fr/telechargements2/category/11-arrm-update-correctif
ARRM WIKI : http://www.jujuvincebros.fr/wiki/arrm/doku.php?id=Start-en