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

mitu

@nexusone13 RetroPie's Emulationstation has an additional node (sortname) to sort the games, instead of sorting alphabetically only. Simply put, if a game has a sortname, its contents is used in the alphabetical sort instead of the name tag. The display name though it's still the name contents.
By default, this node is not populated automatically by Emulationstation, but can be set manually or by a scraper/organizer.

nexusone13

@mitu if the user want to jump to a letter (in the example given by @morenr1) , Retropie uses the sortname or the name tag to do this ?

mitu

@nexusone13 I'm not sure, but it should use the name.

nexusone13

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nexusone13

@mitu So i can use an Index in the 'sortname' tag like "1 - xxxxxx" , "2 - xxxxxxx" without perturbing the jump to a letter ?

morenr1

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

Batocera

I think that if <sortname> tag appears, Retropie's Emulationstation uses it. The problem is that if you add numbers in the <sortname>, <sortname> 0001 -XXXX in all games, you are unabled to jump to a letter, because you won't have letters to jump. :)

nexusone13

@morenr1 Here is the executable only with a "remove sortname tag" checkbox : http://dl.free.fr/ioMYKtRWt

mitu

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

@mitu So i can use an Index in the 'sortname' tag like "1 - xxxxxx" , "2 - xxxxxxx" without perturbing the jump to a letter ?

Yes, you can to that. Jump to letter in this case doesn't always make sense - the sorting might not alphabetical so jumping to a letter would go to the 1st game starting with that letter, but not necessarily to the section of the games starting with that letter (since they could be sorted non-alphabetically).
If your goal is to sort alphabetically the games, then sortname is not necessary.

morenr1

@nexusone13 Works well, now <sortname> doesn't appear and I can use "jump to a letter without problems. I hope you keep this option in future releases.

Thank you

nexusone13

@morenr1 of course :)

nexusone13

For you @morenr1 , here is the 'Without video' button. It's executable only, so replace the old one by this one. http://dl.free.fr/brqVUct42

morenr1

@nexusone13 Great!!! Due to Retropie supports videos, I think that this option is useful for Retropie users.
If I can help you in your development, please let me know.

nexusone13

@morenr1 Hi , I've done some changes :

acceleration of image processing
Download of the video is available without obligation to activate the '4 images' mode
Added Mix RB V1 and Mix RB V2 button to recover V1 and V2 mixes (pre made) on Screenscraper. Available only on Screenscraper using the V2 API.
added a checkbox "remove sortname tag" in the tab 'Gamelist Options' (used on Retropie) (request of morenr1 on forum Retropie)
addition of a button 'without video' in the filters (request of morenr1 on forum Retropie)

If you want to test, just send me an email @ nexusone13@gmail.com thanks :)

nexusone13

mail sent @morenr1 :)

nexusone13

Hi All

New version available : 1.7.3.0

Acceleration of image processing
Download of the video is available without obligation to activate the '4 images' mode
Added Mix RB V1 and Mix RB V2 button to recover V1 and V2 mixes (pre made) on Screenscraper. Available only on Screenscraper using the V2 API.
Added a checkbox "remove sortname tag" in the tab 'Gamelist Options' (used on Retropie) (request of @morenr1 on forum Retropie)
Added a button 'without video' in the filters (request of @morenr1 on forum Retropie)
Added a checkbox in the sorting module of the es_systems.cfg file to differentiate or not the portable consoles from the home consoles

ARRM Wiki (with some practical cases) : http://www.jujuvincebros.fr/wiki/arrm/doku.php?id=start-en

Download Link : http://jujuvincebros.fr/telechargements2/file/10-arrm-another-recalbox-roms-manager use 'Mirror Link1' if you get an 'Invalid Token' error message.

A Former User

Interesting. Currently using Skraper but will check this out tonight.

robotronman

@nexusone13 great work! I successfully scraped my MAME 2003 Plus collection and it worked well.

Unique benefits I really enjoy with your tool:
1: Sortable Rom list and gamelist.xml editor/exporter . Ability to scroll through all and modify in bulk or by single rom. This is a huge help when you need to just make a few modifications to your set etc.
2: Simple single screen tool.
3: works well!

Suggestions:
1: GUI is a bit confusing and could be simplified with a wizard/setup function and moving setup config items to drop downs or separate screens. There is a nice simplicity to the single screen GUI though once you start using it. Nothing is hidden right now which helps.
2: Allow the GUI to be full screen or at least the rom list area. Would love to go full screen with the rom list to see all columns, and take bulk actions with more view if area.

Thanks again for sharing your fantastic tool, and look forward to your future enhancements.

nexusone13

@robotronman Many thanks for your Feedback. :)
You're right, I have to re-think the GUI for future releases
Regards.

ExarKunIv

took me a little to figure out all out, but once i did. it is a nice system

the only suggestion i have is to have the option to pull a title screen too.

other then a simplified GUI like the other post. you have it all

nexusone13

@ExarKunIv hi. Is there a specific tag in the gamelist for the screen title ?