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    • RionR
      Rion @Rookervik
      last edited by Rion

      @Rookervik Just tried this now on my MSX collection.

      Sadly it don't work as expected only creating a handful of entries where there are over 1120 *.rom files.

      I used the No-Intro Romset for MSX 1-2 with RetroArch's snap archive.

      Folder Structure:
      e:\roms\msx\images

      Tried all the setting for file extensions .rom , .zip , *.rom , ..rom and so on.

      I don't have you old bat file to test because i lost it and the download link is gone in the old forum.

      Edit: Folder & Rom directory

      FBNeo rom filtering
      Mame2003 Arcade Bezels
      Fba Arcade Bezels
      Fba NeoGeo Bezels

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      • RookervikR
        Rookervik Global Moderator @Rion
        last edited by

        @Rion No reason it shouldn't work. You don't need an images folder to actually make the xml. If you use rom as your extension it should find them all. Make sure to use ".rom" and not "rom" and make sure your folder is "e:\roms\msx" and not "e:\roms\msx\"

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        • RionR
          Rion
          last edited by Rion

          That is exactly what i did.

          Setup before scan
          http://imgur.com/yjWTsGy

          After Scan
          http://imgur.com/LwA1e0j

          test
          Generated gamelist.xml

          Just did the same thing to "wonderswan" and same thing happened there.

          Do you still have the bat file avaliable so i can test with that instead?

          Edit :

          When i removed the images folder from "wonderswan" it worked. I then copied over the images folder again.
          This did not work for msx.

          So this is what i did.

          Renamed all the images in the \msx\images folder
          From

          3-D Golf Simulation (Japan) (Alt 1).png
          to
          3-D Golf Simulation (Japan) (Alt 1)-image.png

          and so on...

          Using a Bulk Rename Utility.

          Used sselph/scraper (latest) whit these commands in the command prompt.

          scraper -add_not_found=true -append=true -download_images=true -thumb_only=true -missing=missing.txt -gdb_img=b,s,f,a,l
          

          Now everything works.

          This is the ouput xml file.

          The missing.txt also tells you what screenshots are missing.

          FBNeo rom filtering
          Mame2003 Arcade Bezels
          Fba Arcade Bezels
          Fba NeoGeo Bezels

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          • RionR
            Rion
            last edited by

            Bump @Rookervik

            FBNeo rom filtering
            Mame2003 Arcade Bezels
            Fba Arcade Bezels
            Fba NeoGeo Bezels

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            • RookervikR
              Rookervik Global Moderator
              last edited by

              I guess I don't know what I'm looking for. Not going to read through a 4000+ line xml file. LOL. To me it looks like it did the job. I did every system I have with this program and didn't run into any issues. If you need the old bat file, I have that somewhere...

              MakeXML.bat

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              • iCLintI
                iCLint
                last edited by

                the app did not work just produced a rubbish xml file.

                makexml.bat worked perfectly though thankyou

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                  derebo
                  last edited by

                  @Rookervik Thank you for your software. The Windows file did not create a full .xml file However, the .bat file has produced a successful gamelist.xml file. Big thanks! Much time saved!

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                  • matchamanM
                    matchaman
                    last edited by matchaman

                    I love this tool, I used it a lot in the past for transitioning my files from HyperSpin to EmulationStation.

                    Now that videos are native to RetroPie/ES, is there any chance this will get updated to generate such gamelists?

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                    • L
                      LorThe3rd
                      last edited by

                      @Rookervik Hi, the link is broken, I have my own collection of images & videos, is it possible to update to attach videos as well? Thank in advance!

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                      • RookervikR
                        Rookervik Global Moderator @LorThe3rd
                        last edited by

                        @LorThe3rd I don't have that file saved in any location I can link, anymore. So I don't know how you get hold of it anymore. I guess ask for it and I will email it to you. LOL.

                        As far as adding videos... I could edit it to add videos... maybe if I can figure out the program and learn how to add videos in the first place. Since I have no clue. Don't have any desire for noisy videos to play on my ES all day.

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                          LorThe3rd @Rookervik
                          last edited by

                          @Rookervik The would be great Rookervik, thanks!

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                          • RookervikR
                            Rookervik Global Moderator @LorThe3rd
                            last edited by

                            @LorThe3rd I'm sure it would be great. As far as me going back and modifying something, that's another story. Haha! I, first, have to learn how to do videos. And I'm not all that excited about it since I couldn't care less about video previews. LOL

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                              LorThe3rd @Rookervik
                              last edited by

                              @Rookervik LOL .. no worries, It would be ok if you can email me the Gamelist XML Creator, for the video, I can use Nismo powershell code to generate. :)

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                                jayjayn
                                last edited by

                                the original dropbox link isn't working anymore is there a way to get a new link please? thanks!

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                                • L
                                  LorThe3rd
                                  last edited by

                                  Hi @Rookervik , someone named Jax just post a Gamelist XML Generator tht I need, https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/9486/gengal-gamelist-xml-generator
                                  Thank you for answering my question so promptly :)

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                                  • RookervikR
                                    Rookervik Global Moderator @LorThe3rd
                                    last edited by

                                    @LorThe3rd Ooh that's sexy. I like it a lot! Way better than mine. :D

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                                      Steuv
                                      last edited by

                                      @Rookervik Hi! Your XML Maker seems exactly what I'm looking for ! But the dropbox link seems broken, is it possible to re-upload it ? :)

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                                      • RookervikR
                                        Rookervik Global Moderator @Steuv
                                        last edited by

                                        @steuv See if this link works. Dropbox changed their sharing policies a while back and it's made things difficult.

                                        ES_XML-Maker.rar

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                                          Steuv @Rookervik
                                          last edited by

                                          @rookervik It works ! Thanks a lot, that'll make my life so much easier :)

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                                          • P
                                            paf
                                            last edited by

                                            @Rookervik two questions:

                                            • is it possible to automatically include references to textfiles with games descriptions?
                                            • it would be nice to be able to adapt the program... do you consider it as freeware and if yes, is it possible to get the source code (which programming language?) or/and the old batch (the link above does not work)?

                                            Thanks and regards
                                            Patrick

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