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    • daeks
      daeks last edited by daeks

      Looking through the forum and seeing all these new editors and helpers, it would be a nice addition to https://retropie.org.uk/docs/ from @herb_fargus to have some common page listing all these tool on one page at the documentation section.

      To create such a list, we should list all the tools here first.

      Windows based

      • Metadata Editor by @amadeus (https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/4152)

      Linux based

      Web based

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      • herb_fargus
        herb_fargus administrators last edited by

        It does seem like there is an awful lot of helpers out there in the forum ether.

        Rookervik made a theme helper for emulationstation:

        https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/60872572/EmulationStation/ES Theme Helper3.rar

        If at all possible it would be nice if all these helpers were sourced on GitHub somewhere just for consistency instead of having all these varying executables that will inevitably have broken links.

        Also I'm not sure how many are actively maintained

        If you read the documentation it will answer 99% of your questions: https://retropie.org.uk/docs/

        Also if you want a solution to your problems read this first: https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/3/read-this-first

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        • herb_fargus
          herb_fargus administrators last edited by

          XML editor by rookervik (also Windows based.

          https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/4471/updated-gamelist-xml-creator/

          Universal XML creator by @screech

          https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/5291/soft-universal-xml-scraper-v2-easy-scrape-with-high-quality-picture

          Seems there's not much Linux love in the world

          If you read the documentation it will answer 99% of your questions: https://retropie.org.uk/docs/

          Also if you want a solution to your problems read this first: https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/3/read-this-first

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          • HurricaneFan
            HurricaneFan @herb_fargus last edited by

            @herb_fargus Yeah, being on a Mac kinda sucks when all the scrapers and tools are written for windows.

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            • meleu
              meleu @daeks last edited by

              @daeks My 2 cents:

              Linux/RetroPie based

              • Joystick selection tool: https://github.com/meleu/RetroPie-joystick-selection/
              • "Launching image" generation tool: https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/7193/runcommand-launching-images-for-any-theme/
              • RetroPie-Manager (quite useful, but the development is dead): https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/2303/retropie-manager-web-app-recalbox-manager-fork-mod
              • Useful topics
              • joystick-selection tool
              • rpie-art tool
              • achievements I made
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              • Jeck11
                Jeck11 last edited by

                We have to include the OP's YARMan Web (former RetroPie WebGUI) + Metadata Editor (BETA)

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                • herb_fargus
                  herb_fargus administrators last edited by

                  There is also the rpi-video-manager by floob

                  If you read the documentation it will answer 99% of your questions: https://retropie.org.uk/docs/

                  Also if you want a solution to your problems read this first: https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/3/read-this-first

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                  • meleu
                    meleu @herb_fargus last edited by

                    @herb_fargus said in Enhance RP docs with "Tools/Helpers" page:

                    There is also the rpi-video-manager by floob

                    https://github.com/biscuits99/rp-video-manager

                    • Useful topics
                    • joystick-selection tool
                    • rpie-art tool
                    • achievements I made
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                    • robertybob
                      robertybob @herb_fargus last edited by

                      @herb_fargus In a new RetroPie repository, or would it be ok for anyone to host them? I'm happy to volunteer for the latter if it meant the tools weren't permanently buried down in the forums.

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                      • herb_fargus
                        herb_fargus administrators @robertybob last edited by

                        @robertybob I don't have a preference. Would be preferable for the creators to host the source themselves with binary releases but short of that if they don't or won't then I don't see any issue with you consolidating them. My main concern is just for the software to disappear because it was hosted on some shady download site

                        If you read the documentation it will answer 99% of your questions: https://retropie.org.uk/docs/

                        Also if you want a solution to your problems read this first: https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/3/read-this-first

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                        • felleg
                          felleg last edited by

                          Linux:
                          Set overscan
                          https://github.com/ukscone/set_overscan

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                          • robertybob
                            robertybob @herb_fargus last edited by

                            @herb_fargus @Rookervik the theme helper link doesn't work any more, do either of you still have it and can upload it again?

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                            • Rookervik
                              Rookervik Global Moderator last edited by Rookervik

                              Only reason there's so much Windows crap is because Windows has a LOT of visual software-creation suites. No programming needed, just plug things in, on-screen, and set some connections in the background and you have a program. Not much of that on Linux or Mac I'm afraid. I can't code, but I can plug stuff in and export an exe :D

                              See if this link works. I can't stand Github. So, sorry if it's annoying finding the file.

                              Theme Helper: https://www.dropbox.com/s/qix1hjwy701dlel/ES Theme Helper3.rar?dl=0

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                              • robertybob
                                robertybob @Rookervik last edited by

                                @Rookervik Thank you so much! It's such a useful tool. I think it would go really well in the ES Toolkit that @mattrixk has put together.

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