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

ExarKunIv

first i have to say now that i have used your program a bit, i love it.
it is my go to for scraping now.

the thing is i cant for the life of me get the over lays to work.
i check the box and i see that it downloads.

i then copy the folders that it makes to the correct places. and nothing.

not sure if im doing it wrong or what

nexusone13

@ExarKunIv Thanks for your comments :)
Did you follow the Wiki ?

Be careful in the wiki about the change to be made manually about the core name

Wiki excerpt:

Note : For Retropie, consider changing the name of the 'system' directory to the name of the 'core' of the system. example: \\retropie\configs\all\retroarch\config\megadrive should be changed to \\retropie\configs\all\retroarch\config\Genesis Plus GX

You can know the name of the 'Core' of a system by opening with a text editor the file (for megadrive) '\\retropie\configs\megadrive\content_history.lpl' which indicates the “core_name” used

nexusone13

Hi All

New version available :

1.7.6.5 (06/10/2019)

Added translation of the interface in Chinese (thank you Lyon00)

1.7.6.3 (06/10/2019)

The logs are centralized in a subdirectory (logs_arrm) of the selected system.
When 'Keep rom name' is checked, 'Add disk' & 'clean name' are disabled
Database update: rom / core arcade compatibility (BestArcade4Recalbox-19-05-09).
Add in the tools tab of a textbox to modify the compression parameters of pngequant (request of Ismaily T. M. on the JujuVinceBros facebook page)
Added in the tools tab a button 'Update Best Arcade Core' to update the database with the best core arcade based games. Uses the files 'fba_libretro.csv', 'mame2003.csv', 'mame2010.csv' from BestArcade4Recalbox-19-05-09 list: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1F5tBguhRxpj1AQcnDWF6AVSx4av_Gm3cDQedQB7IECk/edit?usp=sharing. These files are located in '%appdata%\nexouille soft\arrm\database'. The 'Update Core' button uses this database.

1.7.6.1

When adding disk taking into account of [Part x of x] in the file name
When adding disk taking into account references memory sizes (16k) (48k) (128k). I use it for my collection of Roms Zx Spectrum which proposed 3 sizes different memories and therefore slightly different Roms.
Taking into account the video during a recompose image if the video file is present (Jay's request)
Ability to add a video manually to a Rom via the 'Video' button in the game card (Jay's request)
Ability to stop the various treatments applied to selected Roms.
Ability to modify the timeout value on web requests (via the 'Tools' tab). Increase the value when scrap server is overloaded.
Use the 32bits or 64bits version of pngequant (compressor PNG) depending on your environment.
When recovering Video only, '4 images' mode does not need to be activated.
Ability to recover the 'cartridge' as the default image.
When launching a scrap with overlay, the previous file "missing_overlays% SYSTEM% .txt" is saved with the current date.
Added the SNES CD template

1.7.5.4 (05/18/2019)

Fixed a bug that crashed the application when duplicate search returned too many items.
Fixed bug when searching with keywords and with filters
Changed path for systems overlay path for recalbox in 'overlays_path.txt' file : /recalbox/share/system/configs/retroarch/overlays changed to /recalbox/share/system/.config/retroarch/overlays

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

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

polpettedorso

Hi!
Yesterday i've downloaded and played with arrm. I did almost what i wanted, but i couldn' t find the option to scrape the wheel. How is this possibile?

Thanks

nexusone13

Hi @polpettedorso Indeed, it's not yet implemented.... Currently only this items can be scraped :

Boxart (2d/3d)
Screenshot / Screen Title
Marquee (game title)
Mix
Mix 1 from screenscraper
Mix 2 from screenscraper
Video
Manual
Overlays

In a future release...

polpettedorso

@nexusone13 thanks for your feedback. I will wait for the feature, in the meanwhile i will scrape the other elements I need, you did a very good job!

nexusone13

Thanks @polpettedorso

Question :
If by 'wheels' you mean this kind of picture (example) :

alt text

This image can be scraped when you checked 'Marquee' on ARRM.

If you want this kind of pictures (wheel carbon) :
alt text

or (wheel steel)

alt text

It is not yet implemented in ARRM

polpettedorso

@nexusone13 The first one: i will try! Thank you :-)

nexusone13

Hi All,
New version of ARRM available :

1.7.7.0 (10/05/2019)

Automatic association of templates by system via the template selection menu. You no longer need to edit the template_association.txt file manually.
   Operating mode: select a single system, then click on 'Show Mix Model' to select the desired template, then confirm.
   The system / template association will be saved in the template_association.txt file
   If you wish to modify the default template: Do not select any system and click on 'Choose Mix Template', then confirm.
Taking into account the new Amiga tree on Batocera 5.23; Amiga systems are no longer under the Amiga directory, but in the amiga, amigacdtv and amigacd32 directories directly in roms.
Added several templates: Famicom, DOS (profile), MSX TurboR, Othello Multivision, Sega Mark III, Sharp X1, Spectravideo, Super Famicom, TurboGrafX, Box Marquee Cartridge and Box cartridge
fix bug when filtering game title containing a simple quote (thx virus-man)
Update systems for Recalbox / Batocera
update of the core / emulator for Batocera / Recalbox

Download Link : http://jujuvincebros.fr/telechargements2/file/10-arrm-another-recalbox-roms-manager

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

nexusone13

Hi All,
New version of ARRM available :

1.7.7.5 (10/31/2019)

Added templates for Myst's Next_Pixel 1.3 theme for Recalbox (https://samystudio.github.io/es-theme-next-pixel/). See Wiki : http://www.jujuvincebros.fr/wiki/arrm/doku.php?id=templates_available_en
Added Rom file renaming button with game name (Ninjaw request)
Add a video preview of the snap video if present (the sound is deliberately cut) Right click on the video to access full screen, play / pause, etc ...
Added video button that appears in the game card when a video is present. By clicking, it opens the media player associated with the extension of the video. (Ninjaw asks)
Added a checkbox in the 'Tools' panel to compress video with handbrake whose encoding parameters are modifiable in 'Handbreak parameters', making them compatible with OMX player for Retropie (Morenr1 request via mail). See Wiki : http://www.jujuvincebros.fr/wiki/arrm/doku.php?id=settings-fr#tools
The template file allows to manage differently the display of boxarts according to their format (portrait, landscape (style N64), CD). See the Next_Pixel templates for an example.

Download Link : http://jujuvincebros.fr/telechargements2/file/10-arrm-another-recalbox-roms-manager

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

morenr1

Great improvements.

With the compress video option and the proper parameters (in my case I use -Z "Gmail Small 10 Minutes 288p30" -f "av_mp4"), now I have two benefits, all video previews are compatible (some of video previews had a YUV codification not compatible with OMXplayer), and the file size is one third of the original size, without dramatic loss of quality in a 19'' monitor

moren1

nexusone13

Hi All,

New version of ARRM available :

1.8.0.0 (11/16/2019)

Compressed .7z files are also used when searching for MD5 in the archive.
Correction of the search by MD5. ARRM finds a more games. (thanks Andearoid for the numerous detailed tests).
Added a "Recompose Image" button for multisystems (when more than one system is selected) : Application of templates without having to rescrap
Addition of a "without video" button in addition to the "without image" button for multisystem scrap (when more than one system is selected). If both are checked the roms without video OR without image will be processed.
Added a button 'Compress selected video' in the tab 'Tools' to recompress the videos of selected roms
Modification of the filters 'without image', 'without description', 'without video' which are now checkboxes. The logical operator and / or apply to all conditions. (KhanDam's request on the JujuVinceBros forum)
Added tags in the xml Mix templates: <item boxart_align = "true / false" /> and <item cartridge_align = "true" /> which allow to center the boxart and the cartridge in the image area defined in the mix. Currently available in the template Next_Pixel_GameAndWatch
Database update: rom / core arcade
Fixed various bugs
Added 'NeoGeo Mini' template from KhanDam

Download Link : http://jujuvincebros.fr/telechargements2/file/10-arrm-another-recalbox-roms-manager

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

nexusone13

Hi All,

New version of ARRM available :

1.8.0.5 (12/01/2019)

Modification of the filter panel: now it is a panel with tab: 'Filters', 'Research'
Added in the filter panel check boxes 'without screenshot', 'without box', 'without mark', 'without manual'
Add a 'Manual' field in the database
Added a 'Region' field (of the form 'us, eu, jp ...) in the database containing the regions of a given game.
Display region flags in mixes if the <region> tag is true. Parameterizable in template files (region1 and region2 tags). All templates have been updated to allow the display of flags.
If no regions available, possibility to display the 'World' flag via the checkbox 'World Flag?' in the Tools tab
If you want to display them, edit the xml of the template edit the tag <region> to TRUE (request of foclabroc on discord jujuvincebros)
Button 'Add Flag' in tab 'Tools' to add the flags to the image without having to rescraper. The selected template must be the one originally used on the existing image.
Modification of the filter panel + add checkboxes 'without screenshot', 'without boxart', 'without mark', 'without manual'
The search by keyword on the roms can be done independently on the name of the game, name of rom or description
Added a button 'Recover Media' in the 'Tools' panel to retrieve the wheels of the present systems: To display the wheel of the selected system in the Panel 'ROM informations'
Checkbox in front of the textual elements of the 'ROM Information' panel. Only checked items are refreshed during a scrap. (Jay's request on Recalbox forum)
Remove the 'Auto Association Association' button from the 'Systems' panel, redundant with the 'Auto template' button
Now in 4-image mode, the screenshot is saved in its native format without adding "black bars"
Modification of the template 'super famicom' and addition of the template 'snes us' (request of Andearoid forum JujuVinceBros)
Checkbox 'Only' for 'Force media' in tab 'images options': if checked only the media of the checked country are retrieved. No fallback to other media available. (request from Andearoid JujuVinceBros forum)
The 'Select all', 'All deselected' and 'No filter' buttons are accessible directly for the 'Filters' and 'Search' modules (request from Andearoid JujuVinceBros forum)
Added a combobox to choose between Handbrake and FFmpeg for video compression. (request from Andearoid on JujuVinceBros forum and thanks for the settings)
Addition of a checkbox ".ZIP" allowing to prioritize the calculation of the MD5 / CRC32 on the file contained in the .ZIP / .7z during mass calculation of the CRC32 / MD5.

Download Link : http://jujuvincebros.fr/telechargements2/file/10-arrm-another-recalbox-roms-manager

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

paffley

Hi, this looks great, thank you and well done on this. Just a quick question...

With this piece of software, can you mix your own images (if you already have them on your system?)

I'm wanting to mix boxart and cartart only.

nexusone13

Hi @paffley
You can create your own template (for mix) see wiki : http://jujuvincebros.fr/wiki/arrm/doku.php?id=create_template-en

Or use Mix'Me to create your mix with existing template and your own pictures. See Wiki : http://jujuvincebros.fr/wiki/arrm/doku.php?id=mixme_en

But if you want a Template with only Boxart & cartridge , you can use this template : mix_box_cartridge

or this one : mix_box_marquee_cartridge

ANDRELLVS

great!

paffley

Thanks @nexusone13 :) ill have a play, looks great!

paffley

@nexusone13 does it batch mix from your own images/folders if I create my own template?

nexusone13

Hi @paffley
Have a look to this section of the wiki : http://www.jujuvincebros.fr/wiki/arrm/doku.php?id=retrieve_images_en to know if you can use your current pictures.

nexusone13

Hi All,

New version of ARRM available :

1.8.1.2 (12/25/2019)

Redesign of the template selection module. It is now possible to assign a template by system, default template via the module without having to edit the file 'template_association.txt' . cf Wiki: http://jujuvincebros.fr/wiki/arrm/doku.php?id=choose_mix_en
Addition of a link (?) On the various interface panels allowing access to the dedicated section of WIKI
Removed the animated message 'Processing'
Addition of 2 templates mix_box_cartridge_v2 and mix_box_marquee_cartridge _v2
Fixed many bugs
Change the notation of the games to be in agreement with the themes.
Added a 'Compress image' checkbox giving the user the choice to compress or not the images.
Target .NET framework 4.5.2 or higher
Number of calls made per day and maximum number of calls allowed on screenscraper visible via 'login screenscraper', 'Check identifier'

Download Link : http://jujuvincebros.fr/telechargements2/file/10-arrm-another-recalbox-roms-manager

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