Alvin Alvin
27 Mar 2022, 16:47

@nexusone13
Thanks for helping too !☺

@smokinph03nix said in Rom Images From Scraper:

if I have my roms, boxart, snaps etc but no gamelist.xml

What do you mean with "I have no Gamelist.xml" ?

The Gamelist.xml File must be in the Folder where you put your Game-Roms, for Example "Amiga".
The Artwork of the Games you have scraped is in a Folder called "downloaded_images" or "media/images" in your Game-Folder.

After you put the ROMs in the Folder, go to
Main Menu -> UI Settings -> Refresh Gamelist
and Recalbox should create a Gamelist.xml File in the Folder.

At the Beginning the Gamelist.xml File only contains the Name of the Games.

The following I didn't try for myself but maybe you can try this:

Start ARRM
Look at the upper Left.

  1. Under System Stuff -> System Folder type in the Name of your ROMs Folder, for Example "\Recalbox\share\roms" (without the Quotes)
  2. Also in the upper Left you should see a "white Box" showing all the Folders where you put the Games in
  3. Chose (for Example) "Amiga" and then click on the Button "Display"
  4. A little bit further down on the left Side also in a "white Box" you should see now a List of all the Games in the Folder.
  5. Down below, on the right Side of the Buttons where you can choose where to scrap from, you should see some gray Buttons - One is labeled "Gamelist Options"
  6. Click on in and check
    "Add 'Temporary' Tag"
    "Core / Emulator per Game"
    "Backup old gamelist"
    "Auto Save Gamelist"
    "Remove filter"
    "Temporary Gamelist"
    "Scumm VM Folders"
  7. Now click on the Button "Select All" (it's over the Box where your Games are listed), an chose the Source where you want to scrap from and start scrapping.
    ARRM should now scrap all the games in one go
  8. After the Games are scraped look at the right Side, under the Description of the ROMs there is a Button called "Save".
    Be sure all your ROMs are marked (maybe you must click on "Select All" again) at than click on "Save".
  9. Look down on the right side. There's a Button called "Create gamelist.xml with all roms"
    Click on it, and a Window will open, showing you the Folder of your Games.
    Then click on "Save" to save the "Gamelist.xml" File.
    If ARRM asks if you want to overwrite the old File simply answer "Yes".
  10. Now go to Recalbox -> Main Menu -> UI Settings -> Refresh Gamelist and refresh the Gamelist.
  11. After that, in Recalbox chose the System (for Example "Amiga") and check if the Games are scraped.

PROBLEM:
Sometimes the Information of the Games you have scrapped didn't show up.
If that happens, do the following:

  1. IMPORTANT: Leave ARRM open, don't close it.
  2. On your Windows-PC start "Windows-Explorer" go to "Network", choose your Recalbox-System, open the "share" Folder, than the "roms" Folder and then the Folder of your Games (for Example "Amiga").
    There you delete the "Gamelist.xml" File.
  3. Now back to ARRM, click on "Create gamelist.xml with all roms" and ARRM will create a new "Gamelist.xml" File which will contain all the Game-Infos you have scraped.
  4. Go to Recalbox, refresh the Gamelist again and check out if the Gameinfo now shows up.