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    • ekstreme
      ekstreme last edited by

      It works great for me. The only thing that I dislike is that when using the batch scraper ROM suffixes eg (World) (Rev A) are kept and displayed, even if the ROM is renamed first. Scraping within Recalbox does behave like this.

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      • rockaddicted
        rockaddicted last edited by

        Hi and thank you for the work about the scrapping from a PC. If you could update the wiki with your method, that would be great =).

        Recalbox V4.1.0 - RPI3 OC - Xbox360 wireless
        Wiki ENG : https://github.com/recalbox/recalbox-os/wiki/Mini-How-To-(EN)
        Wiki FR : https://github.com/recalbox/recalbox-os/wiki/Mini-How-To-(FR)

        Don't forget to upvote messages if it has been useful ;)

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        • 0zzy
          0zzy last edited by

          hi all, i have followed this guide and firt of all this one https://github.com/digitalLumberjack/recalbox-os/wiki/Scrape-your-games-with-your-PC-%28EN%29 but when i reboot the system, xml files are empty and no game details or images are shown in the emulator menu. what’s wrong?

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          • acris
            acris last edited by

            Sorry for my english try this via putty :

            killall emulationstation
            

            upload your gamelist and pictures after via putty : nohup /etc/init.d/S31emulationstation restart & reboot rpi

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            • 0zzy
              0zzy last edited by

              Thanks Acris, this solved for me! I didn't think to kill ES process!

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              • nickdj
                nickdj last edited by

                After scraping with a PC, uploading it to Recalbox, and then copying to the correct location you will need to reboot Recalbox.  I am assuming after scraping there is a corresponding gameslist.xml file?  This shouldn't be empty although I'm aware descriptions are missing from FBA roms. The gameslist.xml file should not be empty as the scraper only creates this file if it finds roms.  Which roms/folder isn't working for you?

                RPi 2 Not overclocked Edimax EW-7811UN LogiLink BT0007A USB bluetooth V2.1 PS3 Controller RecalBox v3.2.8

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                • 0zzy
                  0zzy last edited by

                  hi nickdj, after scraping with PC and uploading the file in the right place, and after rebooting the xml file are empty again. As Acris suggests, i had to kill Emulationstation process before uplodaing xml, after that i rebboted and all goes right.

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                  • nickdj
                    nickdj last edited by

                    That's very interesting.  I've not had this issue to be honest, however, I'm planning to have another go at the scraper especially as I'm thinking of creating a new theme which uses larger images.   🙂 What I may do is include the 'kill ES' command as part of the process.  I take it this is only run after you've uploaded the files to the 'system' folder but before you copy them?  If so that shouldn't be too hard.

                    RPi 2 Not overclocked Edimax EW-7811UN LogiLink BT0007A USB bluetooth V2.1 PS3 Controller RecalBox v3.2.8

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                    • 0zzy
                      0zzy last edited by

                      Yes, ES process must be killed before copying xml to the right ./emulationstation/ ecc folder. that's strange..more strange why happen to me only!

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                      • liquidsnakeblue
                        liquidsnakeblue last edited by

                        I'm lucky I found this thread.  Works wonderfully.  100x better than the method listed at https://github.com/recalbox/recalbox-os/wiki/Scrape-your-games-with-your-PC-(EN)   Thank you!   Liquidsnakeblue

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