[SOFT] Universal XML Scraper - Windows Scraper for your Recalbox

[paradadf]

@thanosazlin please, read the forum:
https://forum.recalbox.com/topic/3842/how-to-screenscraper

There you have the explanation why you fon't get roms scraped. Just a hint: the filename must be exact as the one in the database (without extension), when the CRC hash doesn't match.

This is the thread for the version 2 btw:
https://forum.recalbox.com/topic/4690/soft-universal-xml-scraper-v2

[azvarel]

Suggestion for UXS implementation: when the internet connection fails, instead of redoing the scraper starting again, downloading the images where it left off and then being able to mount the gamelist.xml

My connection is 35mbps and the scrapper download is very slow, 40 scrapers for example here gives an estimate of 54 minutes 42 seconds.

[paradadf]

@azvarel you can change the scrape mode in general configurations from new file to add new game (or something like that). There is no need to scrape everything again.
About the speed... try contributing to screenscraper.fr to become more threads

[azvarel]

@paradadf But if you drop the internet connection, it does not generate the gamelist.xml file, the program simply gives error and closes. Then this option is not valid.

[screech]

@azvarel normally there is a timeout function with retry... It try to download 3 times with 20 sec timeout for every file... And if it can't download, it will try the next rom... So it's strange you have a "crash"...

40 roms in 54minutes is very longue... (more than a minute by rom :S )

normally it's about 1 or 2 sec by roms... (even without multi-thread)

Wich rom are you trying to scrape ?
Exemple Big BIN or ISO files can take long time but it's not a "scrape" problem, it's an "Hash" problem...
Your computeur need to calculate a value based on the file you scrape...
If it's a big file and you have a pretty slow computer, it can take lot's of time...

For these "type" of file, You need to consider .CUE or .GDI files.
UXS will put you BIN in hidden without scrape them if you have a .CUE file with the same name

[azvarel]

@screech my pc no is slow, is AM3+ with 16gb RAM, I'm doing this via wifi connection, it has some influence, I did not put the rpi3 on the router via ethernet cable. This time it was roms of CPS 2 that took time, even today I could not even do those of NEOGEO, simply the program UXS gave error and closed the application, I lost hours trying here and I decided to test the scraper atari 2600 and to my surprise, it worked. I tested initially with 16 roms, and the UXS gave an estimated term of 58 min and 28 sec, time that gives enough to watch an episode of a TV series.

[eb2016]

Is there a mega noob friendly tutorial for this to help me get started with it?

[azvarel]

@eb2016 translate the tutorial https://forum.recalbox.com/topic/3489/soft-universal-xml-scraper-português/

@screech I'm running test with ethernet cable to see if it goes faster and still very slow, but so far the UXS did not give error and did not close application

[screech]

It's reaaly weird that is so slow...
Can you check your antivirus and/or firewall ? MAybe it's them slowing down UXS...

I just try a scrape on network, and it works fine.. Less than 1sec with a simple screenshot, and between 2 and 4 sec for a classic MIX.

Maybe you can try with the "digimirror" function unchecked (in GENERAL CONFIG)

[briefer]

Hi

thank you for the great work. The scrapper works great... except for zxspectrum games. Not even 1 game is found, and I have thousands of rom files.

When I look for the hash numbers in the log, I cannot find any match in the database.

Any help would be greatly appreciated...

[tavareslfelipe]

Is there a way to do this on MacOS? I tried run this scrapper on Wine, but it didn't work.

[DarkMatter]

First of all thanks for the tutorial.

I'm able to run the scraper, and it finds 100% of the roms I went and checked \RECALBOX\share\roms\lynx and I see the downloaded_images folder with the game images, and there is a gameslist.xml file. However when I checked the system the images do not show by any of the games. I tried a restart, and still no luck.

I'm at a loss at how to proceed. I believe when it says "kill emulation station" before scraping that isn't working b/c the frontend is still loaded and showing on the TV screen in the other room while scraping occurs? I'm not familiar with using SecureShell, but I simply connect via network share.

[stamstamstam]

Hello,
I'm trying to use Universal XML Scraper64, but all I get is a fatal error (problem connecting to the database).
Firewall and Antivirus are clear, no idea what's going on. I'm using WIndows 7 64 pro.
Would someone be kind enough to point me the right direction please?
Thanks!

[KillerQ]

I seem to be having the EXACT same issue. I have used XML scraper several times in the past with 100% success. Now, for the past few days it will just make a bunch of 0kb png files or no files at all.

Something has definitely changed with the newest update or the server or something.

Even the roms that would scrape a few weeks ago no longer scrape

[screech]

@KillerQ look here : https://forum.recalbox.com/topic/4690/soft-universal-xml-scraper-v2/218

[MrKarate]

Helpme pleas ( fatal error Time Out ) mensagem in Universal XML software, I'm using Windows 7, Firewall and antivirus disabled, Server offline?

[paradadf]

This is an old thread, please look always for the latest:

https://forum.recalbox.com/topic/4690/soft-universal-xml-scraper-v2