(2016-12-07, 11:53)Wintermute0110 Wrote: @axlt2002 and @coremailrx8 The "launching app not found lnk_launcher_app" bug was fixed on 0.9.5 some time ago. However, development of 0.9.5 has been going on. Currently master branch on Github is quite unstable: 0.9.5 introduces much more features than any other previous release and currently I'm testing everything and solving small bugs here and there introduced by changes in the code due to new features.

@axlt2002 I only have Linux machines so I myself do not use LNK launcher at all!

@axlt2002 Yes, Github master reports 0.9.3 because I forgot to update the AEL version in release 0.9.4. Once 0.9.5 is ready for the masses I will bump the version to 0.9.5.

(2016-12-07, 11:46)Wintermute0110 Wrote:

(2016-12-07, 01:51)kiaenigma27 Wrote: Guys this has probably been asked a million times but i cant find an answer.

Managed to import all of my systems and games and all is working a treat.. last thing I need to do is sort out the displayed names for my MAMe roms.

what do you have to do to get it to display the game name rather than the rom zip file name?

I guessed you might need a DAt file for some kind but cannot find one for mame.

No need for additional DATs. AEL includes an offline scraper for MAME and some other systems that works out-of-the-box. Currently only some systems are included (you can see which ones here) and as soon as possible I will include databases for all platforms.

When scanning MAME ROMs, go to AEL addon settings, on tab "ROM scanner" make sure both "Ignore Scrapped Titles (use ROM filenames instead)" and "Clean No-Intro/TOSEC Title Tags" are unchecked. Delete all your ROMs from MAME launcher and rescan. Now the MAME ROMs will have the correct title/name and metadata (except plot).

Note that for No-Intro ROMs I recommend to check the "Ignore Scrapped Titles (use ROM filenames instead)" option.

(2016-12-07, 21:38)kiaenigma27 Wrote: thanks for this although i tried it and roms still show with their abbreviated zip names

So just to be sure i have everything setup right.

Clear my roms list from mame.

Under Rom scanner i have

Metadata scan policy: NFO Files
Assett scan policy: Local Images
Ignore scraped titles: unchecked
Clean no intro: unchecked

then under rom scrpaing i have

Metadata scraping: Offline scrpaer

this still only shows rom file names

what have i done wrong

(2016-12-07, 14:39)axlt2002 Wrote: - Nfo, assets and artworks can be manually added in a second step but having it done while adding the LNK would be more comfortable (and this is working in the actual 0.9.4)

(2016-12-07, 14:39)axlt2002 Wrote: - For the MS-DOS command window, it would be nice to have it launched minimized. I suppose that there is a line in AEL code where "cmd.exe" (or "start.exe"?) is executed...

(2016-12-08, 06:18)Wintermute0110 Wrote:

(2016-12-07, 21:38)kiaenigma27 Wrote: thanks for this although i tried it and roms still show with their abbreviated zip names

So just to be sure i have everything setup right.

Clear my roms list from mame.

Under Rom scanner i have

Metadata scan policy: NFO Files
Assett scan policy: Local Images
Ignore scraped titles: unchecked
Clean no intro: unchecked

then under rom scrpaing i have

Metadata scraping: Offline scrpaer

this still only shows rom file names

what have i done wrong

All settings OK except:

Metadata scan policy: "NFO Files + Scrapers" OR "Scrapers only"

"Scrapers only" is self explanatory. "NFO Files + Scrapers" will load first the ROM NFO file if it exists. If it does not exists then it will use the scraper selected on "Metadata scraping".

(2016-12-08, 06:24)Wintermute0110 Wrote:

(2016-12-07, 14:39)axlt2002 Wrote: - Nfo, assets and artworks can be manually added in a second step but having it done while adding the LNK would be more comfortable (and this is working in the actual 0.9.4)

I don't quite understand what you mean. When you create the LNK launcher you configure the ROM path (LNK path actually), asset directory, etc. Then, when you scan for ROMs if when NFO files and assets are loaded. What is the feature broken in current master branch compared to 0.9.4?

(2016-12-08, 06:24)Wintermute0110 Wrote:

(2016-12-07, 14:39)axlt2002 Wrote: - For the MS-DOS command window, it would be nice to have it launched minimized. I suppose that there is a line in AEL code where "cmd.exe" (or "start.exe"?) is executed...

Mmm... that's something related to Windows itself. I don't know if it can be solved easily. I will try to do some tests on a Windows machine, maybe changing the arguments. This is the line of code that launchers LNK files. Currently I use the /b argument. Any ideas?

(2016-12-08, 19:35)axlt2002 Wrote: Sorry if I was not clear. You got the point by the way: with 0.9.4 the NFO files and the assets are loaded during the scanning of the ROMs...in the current master branch this doesn't happen. I'm just guessing this issue can be related to the fix you made in the master branch to have the LNKs working properly. Any guess on your side?

(2016-12-08, 19:35)axlt2002 Wrote: I think is a python command, so there should be some documentation where the arguments that the funciotn os.system() can accept are explained. Do you know if this is a standard python command or it has been overwritten somewhere in the Kodi code?

(2016-12-09, 12:11)Wintermute0110 Wrote:

(2016-12-08, 19:35)axlt2002 Wrote: Sorry if I was not clear. You got the point by the way: with 0.9.4 the NFO files and the assets are loaded during the scanning of the ROMs...in the current master branch this doesn't happen. I'm just guessing this issue can be related to the fix you made in the master branch to have the LNKs working properly. Any guess on your side?

So the problem is that the ROM scanner do not load NFO files and local assets. OK, will have a look.

(2016-12-09, 12:11)Wintermute0110 Wrote:

(2016-12-08, 19:35)axlt2002 Wrote: I think is a python command, so there should be some documentation where the arguments that the funciotn os.system() can accept are explained. Do you know if this is a standard python command or it has been overwritten somewhere in the Kodi code?

Yes, indeed is a Python function belonging to the os module. The code I use to launch LNK files is equivalent to this:

Code:

start "AEL" /b "lnk_file.lnk"

The problem is not in AEL, is in the Windows command start which is the one that opens the Window. My original question is if there is an alternative way of launching LNK files in Window which doesn't open a console (so called "MS-DOS window").

(2016-12-09, 12:11)Wintermute0110 Wrote: Also, to everyone: AEL 0.9.5 is being delayed for two reasons: first, a lot of new features were added (including a new Arcade Database MAME scraper and a new totally rewritten filesystem layer that enables assets to be in network units) and second, I've been quite busy with real life. I plan to release 0.9.5 ASAP but expect small bugs due to massive changes in the code. A "small bug" is one that can be solved by doing a small change in the code (like wrong variable name, etc.).

For 0.9.6, I plan to upgrade the launching mechanism to use the Python subprocess module. 0.9.7 will include offline scrapers for all AEL platforms.

(2016-12-09, 12:37)axlt2002 Wrote: Ok, I undrestand. I took a look around Internet to find something that could be useful. The only thing that I saw is the /MIN argument in addition to /b you are already using. But I'm not sure this is the way to go...

Anyway, the "user transparent bahaviour" is perfect when a launcher to a specific .exe is created: in this case there is no MS-DOS windows (or console) opened.

(2016-12-09, 12:37)axlt2002 Wrote: Personally I think I will go for this solution. The drawbak is that I have to create a launcher for every game/application (not a big issue btw). Going this way, I have noticed these to things:

- As per the ROM scanner, also the creation of the launcher for a game/application (.exe file) is not loading the .nfo and assets
- I have tried to create a .nfo file of an .exe application and the structure is different from the ROM one. For the ROM is the following:

Code:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" standalone="yes"?>
<game>
  <title></title>
  <year></year>
  <genre></genre>
  <publisher></publisher>
  <rating></rating>
  <plot></plot>
</game>

while for the application is:

Code:

<launcher>
    <title></title>
    <platform></platform>
    <year></year>
    <publisher></publisher>
    <genre></genre>
    <plot></plot>
</launcher>

Do you think this would be an issue when there will be skins supporting the visualization of the information?

(2016-12-09, 12:37)axlt2002 Wrote: You don't have to excuse yourself Wintermute0110!!! Take your time...your work is just amazing!!! Thanks!

(2016-12-12, 16:24)kiaenigma27 Wrote: Sorry guys me again..

So just bought a second shield TV for the cinema room and want to copy the setup from my first shield tv.. what the easiest way?

I thought the kodi backup addon would work but it doesnt.

can i just copy the folders from the addon & user data folders inside kodi?

i copied over the categories xml & settings xml but it gives me an error when trying to browse the roms that launcher cant be found

(2016-12-12, 18:14)kiaenigma27 Wrote: Thanks. all my roms and assets are on a central server thats mapped on both shield tv's so the address are the same