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    • muldjordM
      muldjord @Naters CNF
      last edited by muldjord

      @Naters-CNF That provided some useful information. :) You're not scraping from the retropie menu then. You are scraping from the EmulationStation menu using the built-in scraper. I am not sure how it fares with TheGamesDb.

      I would recommend using one of the scrapers from the retropie menu instead. I recommend reading the link I provided at the top. It will describe it all in detail and if you do it correctly, it will help you populate your games with metadata quite easily. Please read my Skyscraper comment at the top as well if you choose to use that.

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        StigNasty
        last edited by

        yeah, looks like the scrapers are down again. I tried both screenscraper and gamesdb. to the OP, it has happened before. it's not just on your end.

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        • Naters CNFN
          Naters CNF @StigNasty
          last edited by

          @StigNasty
          So to clarify does this mean that I can't currently scrape games?

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          • Naters CNFN
            Naters CNF
            last edited by

            I have now learned there are 2 scrapers.
            Steven Selph's and skyscraper
            which do you recomend?

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            • Mr. BerlinM
              Mr. Berlin @Naters CNF
              last edited by

              @Naters-CNF the two is great and works so it's just a matter of what suits you best

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              • Naters CNFN
                Naters CNF @Mr. Berlin
                last edited by

                @Mr-Berlin
                ok thanks alot for the help

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                • Naters CNFN
                  Naters CNF
                  last edited by

                  So I actually tried both scrapers and neither actually worked
                  Now I definetly don't know what to do

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                  • ExarKunIvE
                    ExarKunIv @Naters CNF
                    last edited by

                    @Naters-CNF its not you, the servers are overloaded right now.
                    nothing im using is working right now either.
                    you just have to try them off and on through out the day to see if you can get through.

                    RPi3B+ / 200GB/ RetroPie v4.5.14, RPi4 Model B 4gb / 256gb / RetroPie 4.8.2
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                    Maintainer of RetroPie-Extra .

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                    • Naters CNFN
                      Naters CNF
                      last edited by

                      Okay
                      thanks

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                        froccoar
                        last edited by

                        I use openretro for images, and screenscraper for info. Then execute de "generate game list"

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