(2016-08-29, 09:39)atsumori Wrote:

(2016-08-29, 07:35)Slapster Wrote: Not sure if it's the repeated scraping or the scraper itself but thought I would post it just in case it is the scraper.

This is gamefaqs site policy (and occurred with Advanced Launcher as well back when AL was functional). All you have to do is go to gamefaqs and fill out a captcha and you can continue importing images, but it will shut you out every 5-20 image imports which makes handling a large library really annoying. It would be super cool if the import script detected when gamefaqs locked you out, paused and let you enter the capture somehow through AEL, but I can't imagine how complex that would be so I wouldn't hold your breath.

And Wintermute, I'll get you my launchers.xml as soon as I get home, thanks for the help.

(2016-08-30, 01:47)sudopinion Wrote: GitHub may be a place you can consider as a source. The libretro-thumbnails database is getting respectable

(2016-08-29, 21:19)Wintermute0110 Wrote:

(2016-08-29, 15:48)Girgl Wrote: Ok. maybe I don't get what Advanced MAME Launcher is then. Don't we have the functionality to launch MAME in AEL already? Why develop another Launcher?

Try Advanced MAME Launcher and you will see yourself. Follow the same instructions as here to install (change plugin.program.advanced.emulator.launcher by plugin.program.advanced.MAME.launcher).

Currently AML is just a prototype. It won't launch anything, it justs contains a MAME 0.174 hard-coded database to test all MAME ROMs plus Software Lists browsing. Any feedback is welcomed.

(2016-08-31, 17:41)heXdot Wrote: Hello,

I migrated from advanced launcher since it doesn't work with Krypton anymore.

Huge thanks for your work!

It seems AEL can't work with .ink file shortcuts. Do you plan on working that in or should I start changing all the paths to my applications/games?

(2016-08-29, 21:25)Wintermute0110 Wrote:

(2016-08-29, 09:39)atsumori Wrote:

(2016-08-29, 07:35)Slapster Wrote: Not sure if it's the repeated scraping or the scraper itself but thought I would post it just in case it is the scraper.

This is gamefaqs site policy (and occurred with Advanced Launcher as well back when AL was functional). All you have to do is go to gamefaqs and fill out a captcha and you can continue importing images, but it will shut you out every 5-20 image imports which makes handling a large library really annoying. It would be super cool if the import script detected when gamefaqs locked you out, paused and let you enter the capture somehow through AEL, but I can't imagine how complex that would be so I wouldn't hold your breath.

And Wintermute, I'll get you my launchers.xml as soon as I get home, thanks for the help.

When I developed AEL originally I though about not having scrapers at all. The thing is that most (if not all) sites will have such download capping, so scraping a whole No-Intro or MAME collection will take many hours. I will encourage users to download as much artwork as possible from sites like emumovies and hyperspin forum and then use the scrapers to fine tuning the artwork of selected ROMs. I plan to add in the first post some links to places where batch collections of artwork can be downloaded.

(2016-08-31, 12:57)mac1202 Wrote: Just use another directory for your bios and edit the rompath line in mame.ini

Code:

rompath                   whereyouputyourbios;whereyouputyourgames

(2016-09-01, 11:16)Girgl Wrote:

(2016-08-31, 12:57)mac1202 Wrote: Just use another directory for your bios and edit the rompath line in mame.ini

Code:

rompath                   whereyouputyourbios;whereyouputyourgames

Well thanks a lot for this! I have been using MAME for many years now and didn't know about this option. Working perfectly. But it seems that there is a bug in AEL, because whenever I start a MAME rom, MAME is launched multiple times. Don't know what could be causing this.

(2016-09-01, 00:18)myghalloween Wrote: Awesome work Wintermute0110 !
Any chance to scrape and browse ROMs by number of player ?

(2016-09-01, 05:24)Slapster Wrote: Now knowing where to find full artwork libraries that makes sense. I figured out my issue by the way. Names were not EXACTLY the same between rom and art. Fuzzy renamer and realizing that Confluence was looking in "title" and not "box front" was all it took. Couldn't ha been more excited once it clicked and yes, process was VERY fast. Thanks for the everyone's input!!

Is there any way to use a fuzzy type offline scrape so files do not need to be EXACTLY the same? I made my rom library many years ago and the file names for some are lazy. Short, no spaces and abbreviated. Just a mess. Or is a fuzzy rename tool my best bet?

Now, before I go on another scavenger hunt, can someone suggest a place or two to get libraries of other information such as descriptions, studio, etc. that would show on the info screen? Is that typically from an nfo file or somewhere else?