[SOFT] Arrm (Another Recalbox Roms Manager)

[nexusone13]

New version available :

• v 1.4.0.0 (03/09/2018):

Added support for Screenscraper for information retrieval (in Fr or En) and images (thanks to screenscraper for their complete and fast database)
The search on ScreenScraper is done on the name of the file, then the name of the game and finally crc (if checked, attention the calculation of crc can be long on the images iso)
Added a "save auto gamelist" button to automatically save your gamelist when you switch systems or close the application.
Fixed some bugs

Download link : http://jujuvincebros.fr/telechargements2/file/10-arrm-another-recalbox-roms-manager

[nexusone13]

New version available :

• v 1.4.1.0 (03/10/2018) :
  Manage mixed images differently if screenshot is in portrait format (vertical shmup) or landscape
  The <folder> tags in the gamelist are preserved if you had them and put them back in the new gamelist. Useful if you had customized subfolders with an image. (thanks @ViRuS-MaN )
  Fixed a bug when pressing the 'clear rom' button and various bugs

Download link : http://jujuvincebros.fr/telechargements2/file/10-arrm-another-recalbox-roms-manager

[nexusone13]

New version available :

v 1.4.2.0 (03/22/2018)

• Improve search on screenscraper via md5 and sha1 (if CRC box is checked, to use for Rom who do not have media when searching without CRC)
• Added a Checkbox "JAP" to retrieve Japanese Boxarts if existing on the Screenscraper database
• When searching roms for Amiga1200 system, if the term "AGA", "CD32", "CD 32" (with or without parenthesis) is found in the file name, search is done on the correct platform on screenscraper (the term AGA or CD32 is then added to the name of the game, to differentiate it) (NinjaW request)
• Added a file indicating the roms not found in the scrapper (format: missing_arrm%SYSTEM% _%SCRAPPER% .txt) (Virus-Man request)
• The media file names are changed and the following suffixes are added to the image file name:
  screenshots: "_scrappername_screenshot_arrm"
  boxart: "_scrappername_boxart_arrm"
  mixed: "_scrappername_mix_arrm"
  the suffix JAP is added if a Japanese boxart is present in the image
• Fixed some bugs

Download link : http://jujuvincebros.fr/telechargements2/file/10-arrm-another-recalbox-roms-manager

[ViRuS-MaN]

ton option miss top mais si je trouve la jaquette sur thegamesdb et bien y a le miss qui se mets quand meme ca fait bizarre ca quand meme

[nexusone13]

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[nexusone13]

@virus-man there is one miss file per scraper

[nexusone13]

• v 1.4.3.5 (04/14/2018)

• Taking into account the "playcount" and "lastplayed" in the gamelist
• Ability to add custom tags in the gamelist.xml via the button "Extra Tag + Default Image". The information about boxart, screenshot, marquee, mix and video (download video) can be retrieved and put in the gamelist.xml.
  Tag names can be customized, but you need to keep an "image" tag for compatibility with Recalbox.
  (The latest version of Emulationstation, not yet available on Recalbox, recognizes the tags "video" and "marquee")
• Ability to put a default image (for each custom tag) when no image is found during a scrap.
• Ability to search for the correct name of a game via its MD5 on screenscraper via the button "Check name with MD5" (deletion of the local database of CRC that was not up to date)
• Add Checkbox "Add Disk" and "Clean Name" activable during a scrap, a search of correct name, or the addition of the # Disk/Tape/Side
  "Cleans name" allows to delete the characters between () and [] and places the articles (the, a, an, they ...) at the beginning of the name
  "Add disk" allows to add at the end of the name the disk/tape/side as well as AGA/CD32 (for amiga)
• Added a "Join the chat discord" button to join the discord text chat to report bugs or request features
• Added a changelog clickable link to view application change history
• "Status" zone increased to display several lines of application messages
• Text files like gamelist & Extensions now opens with your system default text editor
• Editable list (button : 'Edit No MD5') of extensions on which the calculation of the MD5 will not be done (in order to save time)
• bug fix with autosave: All games are automatically selected when "autosave Gamelist" is checked and you click on "create gamelist.xml for selected roms"
• Added a 'ScummVM short names' button that points to a website indicating short names to use with your .scummvm files
• Fixed many bugs

Download link : http://jujuvincebros.fr/telechargements2/file/10-arrm-another-recalbox-roms-manager

[Secamfr]

@nexusone13 Merci pour la nouvelle version, j'ai juste un souci lorsque je scrappe il me change automatique les noms comme si la case "nettoie rom" était coché, comment conservé le nom complet de la rom ?

[nexusone13]

Salut @secamfr je t'ai laissé un msg en privé.
Si le pb vient de la position des articles (Le, la, etc) , lors d'un scrap sur Screenscraper, il faut savoir que Screenscraper retourne toujours le nom du jeu avec l'article au début du nom. Mais ton pb est peut être autre. J'attends ta réponse en pvt

[nexusone13]

Hi all

New version available

• v 1.4.7.1 (05/09/2018)

• You can manually enter an MD5 on a game and force its scrape on this md5, the md5 will be saved in the gamelist.
          During an unsuccessful search on the name of rom, ARRM does a search via the MD5 which will be saved in the database and XML.
          Thus during future scrapes he can search directly via the MD5 already found.
• addition of a field 'md5' in the gamelist and the database (new version of database)
• The template for the image mix is ??now managed via XML files. Use the 'see mix model' button to choose your template.
          The xml files are editable and editable (remember to click reload). You can create your own files and background
          They are located, along with their background file in \ users \ your_ident \ appdata \ roaming \ soft_example \ arrm \ resources.
• add the 3d Box button to retrieve in the Box image mode or in the boxart tag the 3D box if available on screenscraper
• add a textbox 'MD5 game' to make a unit search on the MD5 entered in the textbox screenscraper and no longer on the name of the game or its calculated md5.
• MD5 button: the "clean name" checkbox can be applied to this button.
• fixed a bug: under recalbox some images did not appear: solution removal of the old image during the scrap of a game.
          (If you are in this case, remember to click on 'delete unused images' then select all your database and click on 'check if image exists'
          and then filter on 'roms without pictures' and scrap them)
• It is possible to select several systems in order to launch an automatic scrape on Screenscraper:
         If multiple systems are selected, an automatic scrape starts on Screenscraper. A report appears at the end of scrape.
       If only one system is selected, the usual interface is available, which allows scrape and manage the gamelist.xml
• checkbox to use the name of the Rom file as a game name (SecamFr request)
• Improved 'Verif Name via MD5' (more accurate)
• Added a 'Verification Roms' button which only serves to browse the database and apply actions related to checkboxes 'Clean Name', 'Add Disk', and 'Keep Name Rom'
• The 'Channel Search in Title or Rom Name' now allows you to search for the desired channel in both the Game Title, but also in the Rom file name (SecamFr request)
• Ability to enter a Genre Filter by entering the genre, without the need to select a genre in the combobox
• addition of a "export csv" button allowing to export in csv format the list of games of your current gamelist (request of StephaneR)
• longer bubble info
• Fixed various bugs

Download link : http://jujuvincebros.fr/telechargements2/file/10-arrm-another-recalbox-roms-manager

Thanks to the following people for the donation
* Stephane R. (from Canada)

Thanks to the following people for their suggestions and bug reports:
    * AnkX (from the recalbox forum)
    * ViRuS-Man (from the recalbox forum)
    * Secamfr (from the recalbox forum)
    * Outlaw (from the recalbox forum)
    * chris256 (from the recalbox forum)
    * ninjaw (from the recalbox forum)
* TotalRecall (from the recalbox forum)
* Jay (from the recalbox forum)

[nexusone13]

Hello All
New version available :

• v 1.4.7.3 (05/18/18)

• It is possible to move the roms from one system to another and keeping the scrape informations via the button "Move to folder. Attention it is necessary that the destination folder is the root of the destination system folder

• v 1.4.7.2 (05/12/2018)

• change processing for .scummvm files so that the sleeve is directly visible under recalbox without having to validate the game to show information. (Anto64 suggestion)
  see https://github.com/recalbox/recalbox-os/wiki/ScummVM-(EN)
• update manual MD5 processing : now on a search with a MD5 entered manually, the platform is no longer passed as a parameter in the request. So you can grab informations from the same game on other platform
• fixed a bug on Folders tag in XML (Thanks VirusMan)
• fixed a bug in the renaming and moving of roms (dos / scummvm)
• Fixed a bug when refreshing the datagrid during a move of roms in another directory
• added a button 'Screenscraper' in the groupbox "Roms Information", to open the Screenscraper page of the platform concerned to the first letter of the name of the game

Download link : http://jujuvincebros.fr/telechargements2/file/10-arrm-another-recalbox-roms-manager

[RetroVadus]

Hello!

A bit of fedback
ARM do not save the tag <core> in gamelist.xml
I used the function "move to folder", the game-list was saved but I missed all the <core> </core> tags in the new gamelist.xml.
This tag is used to define the core to be used in the rom. i.e: imame4all, mame2010, etc.
Could be supported this tag in ARM?

Another suggestion. What do you think about a new funtion to delete orphan entries in gamelist.xml?

[nexusone13]

@retrovadus Hi, thx for your report, could you send me a gamelist with "core" tag please at nexusone13@gmail.com so I could implement this tag in the next release

[RetroVadus]

@nexusone13
Ok the example file has been sent.
regards

[nexusone13]

Hello All
New version available :

v 1.4.8.1 (05/25/2018)

• Added "core" and "emulator" tag in the gamelist (Request from @RetroVadus)
• new 'Recompose Image' button that allows you to apply a template with image information already stored in the gamelist (boxart, screenshot, wheel / marquee recovered via Extra Tag option of ARRM) without having to rescrap from the net
• added several templates
• addition of the TO8 system (Thomson TO8) normally provided in the next update of recalbox.
• scrap bug correction with ZX81
• fix various bugs

Download link : http://jujuvincebros.fr/telechargements2/file/10-arrm-another-recalbox-roms-manager

[nexusone13]

Hello All

New version available (Important update)

• v 1.4.8.2 (05/29/2018)

• Fixed a big bug that prevented the game from launching after adding "core" and "emulator" tags with empty content: now these tags are no longer written to the gamelist when they are empty.
  To apply the solution to your gamelist, simply reload your system in ARRM, select your roms and create the gamelist so that everything comes back in order. (no need to re scrap)
  Thanks to VirusMan for quickly detecting the problem

Download link : http://jujuvincebros.fr/telechargements2/file/10-arrm-another-recalbox-roms-manager

[nexusone13]

Hello All

New version available

version 1.4.9.0 (06/04/2018)

• Default images now integrate into templates. They apply when no picture is found. For example, choose a "snowy screen" for the Screenshot.
  The default Screenshot is applied if 'image style' matches Screen or Mix. Default Boxes and Marquee are applied only if 'image style' matches Box or Marquee.
• The system search parameters are now manageable via external files containing for theGamesDb and Screenscraper the names of systems recalbox / batocera / emulationstation and their equivalent on the sites Screenscraper and TheGamesDb (accessible via the button next to the buttons Screenscraper and TheGamesDb)
• add a Naomi style arcade template

Download link : http://jujuvincebros.fr/telechargements2/file/10-arrm-another-recalbox-roms-manager

(Always uninstall previous version before installing a new one)

[nexusone13]

Hello All

New version available

version 1.4.9.1 (07/01/2018)

• v 1.4.9.1

• Add support for Daphne (see wiki for correct directories setting)
• Add support for Thomson
• Update Thegamedb.net api url (the images were no longer recovered)

Download link : http://jujuvincebros.fr/telechargements2/file/10-arrm-another-recalbox-roms-manager

(Always uninstall previous version before installing a new one)

[Zing]

@nexusone13 Hello!
First of all: thank you very much for the tool!
I have some questions: I found the option to delete unused images very useful.
But I did not find an option to delete the entries in the gamelist that no longer have a ROM, this option exists and I do not know how to use? Or is there still no such option?
Also I have not located a Scrapp option that allows the user to decide whether to accept Scrapp found or not. For example, due to similar names, ScreenScraper sometimes finds information about a game that is not the chosen one, but since it only finds one, it does not give you the option to choose, and manually you have to go back to the game, and delete the information that was entered wrong. Or am I doing something wrong?
I emphasize that the tool is very useful, thank you again!

[nexusone13]

@zing hi zing and thanks for your encouragement. When you load a gamelist, if a rom file does not exist it will not be shown i the database. You have to save the database into the gamelist to save the change. About the option to accept or not a scrap , it does not exists indeed. and I'm afraid it will slow down the scrap. Maybe an option in a future release