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

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

nexusone13

Hello
1.8.1.4 fix5

Bugs Fix executable only (replace the executable in C:\Program Files (x86)\Nexouille Soft\Arrm\ by the one contained in the archive from the page below). It is necessary to have version 1.8.1.4 installed

http://jujuvincebros.fr/telechargements2/category/11-arrm-update-correctif

Bug correction (application crash) when switching from roms to favorites / hidden / normal.
Bug correction (application crash) when clicking on 'Check name via MD5' button
When deleting METADATA, only the items checked in the 'ROMS Information' panel are deleted.
Addition of a button 'strict search' which allows to retrieve only the games whose PlateformId or ParentId corresponds to the desired - platform (request from Khan-Dam).
Moving the scrape_log.txt in %appdata%\Nexouille soft\arrm\temp\scrape_log.txt.

nexusone13

Hi All,

New version of ARRM available :

1.8.2.0 (02/02/2020)

Adding the thumbnail field to the database
Delete user login info in scrape_log.txt
Add a button 'Media Order ->' (in the Scrap Options tab) to force the search for media (image) in the order of the countries indicated in the associated textbox. The 'force media / Only' options remain active. See the info bubbles for more info.
Add a button 'Text order ->' (in the Scrap Options tab) to force the search for texts in the order of the countries indicated in the associated textbox. See bubble info for more info.
Add a button 'Assign media 'Screenscraper' (in the General Options tab) leading to a window to assign media screenscraper to the tags of the gamelist.xml
Via the 'Assignment of media 'Screenscraper' form, it is now possible to assign to the TAG thumbnail one of the following elements BOXART, SCREENSHOT, CARTRIDGE, MARKED, MIX, IMAGE. Thumbnail will be created when the gamelist.xml is saved.
Now ARRM retrieves video-normalized videos from Screenscraper instead of videos, which are mostly smaller in size and the user can choose not to compress them.
Update of the internal Mame database. Used to retrieve Mame/Fb/Neogeo game names during the initial loading before scraping (Andearoid request).
Fixed TheGamesDB API that's back online
Find some more bezels/overlays *
Added 2 fields 'manual' and 'region' in 'Export gamelist to CSV'.
Add button 'Send debug info to developer' to send automaticaly scrape_log.txt + arrm_launch.txt to developer.
Added 'countries' CUS, KR, and CA when searching for media.
Changed the 'Strict search' button: now only retrieves games whose platformID matches the platform being searched for (previously PlatformId or ParentId).
Added a line on the status of Screenscraper when quota overrun, api closed ...
Fix bug on disk number extraction
Fix bug on the recovery of genres in languages other than Fr
2 templates from Toniosj (Nintendo SNES cartridge pad, Sega Megadrive Cartridge Pad)

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:

Update 1.8.3.0 (02/15/2020)

Changelog : http://jujuvincebros.fr/wiki/arrm/doku.php?id=changelog-en

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Wiki : http://jujuvincebros.fr/wiki/arrm/doku.php?id=start-en

Vlad

@nexusone13 , thanks for this soft, it looks very complete and very well documented, I will try it.. Do you think it can help me : I have local directories with all medias ready (by systems) , and I just want generate the gamelist using these medias (wheels images and snaps video) ...

nexusone13

Hi @Vlad You can follow this wiki : http://jujuvincebros.fr/wiki/arrm/doku.php?id=retrieve_images_en
I hope this will match your current configuration

Vlad

@nexusone13 Just installed.
I follow the guide , but the term "recompose image" is little confusing : in my case , I don't want recompose anything, I just want to associate the existing images with the roms in the gamelist, not generate other medias... Can I use "recompose image" despite this ?

nexusone13

Hi @Vlad

Could you try this :

backup your gamelist first
In 'main options' tab, fill the right directory for image/videos
In 'images options' tab, check 'Screenshot'
in 'Scrap Options' tab, uncheck 'Ignore local search' and check 'Screenshot' in 'Images found locally considered as'. Depending the format of your image files, check or uncheck 'Image as Rom file' (image file name same as rom file name or not)

Then select your Roms and click on 'Recompose' Button

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I hope that the format of your image file name and rom file name will allow the program to make the right associations

Vlad

thanks but I don't see options at the right on scrap option tab ... (I use 1.8.3.0 version), it is normal ?

and another question please, if I use image, snap(video) and marquee in my theme, does the marquee will be take into account ?(I'm wondering because there is no field to indicate the directory of marquee...)

edit : and if I have sub-directory for each type of images, what I must indicate, just the name of sub-directory or the path (from roms directory)?