write a small java program to generate a gamelist.xml file, thousands of Roms, in seconds

huxley518

just traverse each rom directory, note the exact file name, and make sure theres a corresponding extry in gamlist.xml. you can process thousands of files. also remove annoying caracters abd numbers from filenames. i could provide a simple java app if interested. each rom folder would have a perfectly matching gamelist.xml. Automation is wonderful.

Re: RetroPi Media - gamelist.xml generator

r3dstar

@huxley518 Hey, oddly working on a similar thing in Python to generate a custom gamelists to for a curated set of games across all systems. A bit more of what I've been doing is here https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/32674/arcade-high-scores-in-the-system-menus-adapted-grid-theme-with-videos but what I'm working on at the moment is pulling out high score data and putting it into a game's description. By using the favourites menu I can pull in all my favourite games and have in one single menu. All the games' data I've curated is in a .csv file.

Here's a snippet of my arcade gamelist.xml all of which is generated each time my cab is turned on before ES starts up.

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<gameList>
	<game>
		<name>001 : 1942</name>
		<video>/mnt/usbhd/videos/1942.mp4</video>
		<path>/mnt/usbhd/roms/arcade\1942.zip</path>
		<image>/mnt/usbhd/images/arcade\1942.png</image>
		<marquee>~/.emulationstation/themes/carbon-2022/art/systems/arcade.svg</marquee>
		<releasedate>19700101T000010</releasedate>
		<favorite>true</favorite>
		<desc>1942
(Capcom, 1984)
Arcade
DARREN^N   364810 Round 9
D.-&? Z^    60240 Round 2
DARREN      51820 Round 2
c CAPCOM    40000 Round 0
TEST        36670 Round 2
STEVE       36550 Round 2
ALL         35000 Round 0
!%()^{}^?    33910 Round 2
RIGHT       30000 Round 0
RESERVED    25000 Round 0
EXEDEXES    20000 Round 0
            10630 Round 1
VULGUS       9999 Round 0
SONSON       8888 Round 0
HIGEMARU     7777 Round 0
EXEDEXES     6666 Round 0
NAKASATO     5555 Round 0
             1500 Round 0
             1400 Round 0
             1300 Round 0
             1200 Round 0
             1100 Round 0
             1000 Round 0
              900 Round 0
              800 Round 0
</desc>
	</game>
	<game>
		<name>002 : 1943: The Battle of Midway</name>
		<video>/mnt/usbhd/videos/1943.mp4</video>
		<path>/mnt/usbhd/roms/arcade\1943.zip</path>
		<image>/mnt/usbhd/images/arcade\1943.png</image>
		<marquee>~/.emulationstation/themes/carbon-2022/art/systems/arcade.svg</marquee>
		<releasedate>19700101T000020</releasedate>
		<favorite>true</favorite>
		<desc>1943: The Battle of Midway
(Capcom, 1987)
Arcade
DAZ   66500 
12    44600 
!&:   30300 
 *^   27300 
.9!   25200 
</desc>
	</game>
	<game>
		<name>003 : 1941: Counter Attack</name>
		<video>/mnt/usbhd/videos/1941.mkv</video>
		<path>/mnt/usbhd/roms/arcade\1941.zip</path>
		<image>/mnt/usbhd/images/arcade\1941.png</image>
		<marquee>~/.emulationstation/themes/carbon-2022/art/systems/arcade.svg</marquee>
		<releasedate>19700101T000030</releasedate>
		<favorite>true</favorite>
		<desc>1941: Counter Attack
(Capcom, 1990)
Arcade
DAZ   443800 Rank 1
DAZ   223300 Rank 0
Z*.    38500 Rank 0
*.-    31800 Rank 0
CAP    30000 Rank 7
COM    25000 Rank 0
CAP    24000 Rank 0
COM    23000 Rank 0
CAP    22000 Rank 0
COM    21000 Rank 0
</desc>
	</game>