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General / Re: Help - I can't scrape ROM meta data

« on: June 26, 2016, 12:09:29 PM »

Yup,I know metadata is collected with the romlist build - I just wrote scrapper since it also scrape, although different kinds of data  (I should have been clearer). I'm prob gonna use emumovies or progetto-snaps for art.
1. I'm aware but thegamesdb.net was online, I tested scrapping art right after I built the romlist - which worked. Also tried rebuilding a few times.
2. Iirc AM states that I can use both identifiers separated with a semicolon. I will try using only one though
3. Thanx, but you probably right.
4. Yeah I noticed that, much to my confusion. But I guess it's to prevent one from overwriting any art previously collected.
5. Good catch ... Me so sloppy! 
6. Thanx for confirming.
7. Ohh... Am definitely gonna check that out.

Many thanx for the input 

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General / Help - I can't scrape ROM meta data

« on: June 25, 2016, 12:48:38 PM »

Hello, I'm pretty new to the front end scene, but after migrating away from EmulationStation due to the lack of filters & other options to sort roms, I discovered AM which seams pretty awesome to say the least. If it wasn't for the fact that i can't scrape the metadata from thegamesdb.net, so now I can't use the powerful filters etc anyway
I've done some searching in this forum but didn't get much wiser.
So far I've only tried Sega Mega Drive /Genesis. This is from my genesis_plus_gx.cfg emulator file:

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# Generated by Attract-Mode v2.1.0
#
executable           /usr/bin/retroarch
args                 --fullscreen -L /usr/lib/libretro/genesis_plus_gx_libretro.so  "[romfilename]"
rompath              /home/xxx/ROMs/Sega Mega Drive
romext               .zip;.gen
system               Sega Mega Drive;Sega Genesis
info_source          thegamesdb.net
artwork    flyer           /home/xxx/ROMs/Sega Mega Drive/box
artwork    marquee         /home/xxx/ROMs/Sega Mega Drive/marquee
artwork    snap            /home/xxx/ROMs/Sega Mega Drive/snap
artwork    wheel           /home/xxx/ROMs/Sega  Mega Drive/wheelI even tried nplayers.ini & catver.ini in the 'Additional input files' option - before I realized those are for mame only?

1. Is this a known problem with the built-in scraper? Or are my settings wrong? Cause i previously scraped the roms using Sselph's scraper for ES & it worked, getting me: Genre, Year, Manufacturer, nplayers, etc. (not 100% but at least I got the main bulk of data).
2. If scraping can't be done with AM - is there a script to migrate the metadata from ES's .xml files to AM's romlists? Or are there complete romlists floating out on the internet somewhere?

PS. I'm using Linux, AM 2.0 & currently focusing on old portable & home console games from the 80's & early 90's (no mame to start with, maybe at a later date ^_^ ) using 1G1R No-Intro rom sets (sorted by US,EU,JP,...) & correctly named.

Any help would be appreciated. Thanx /LJ