ARRM : Scraper, Gamelist & Roms manager

nexusone13

Hello everyone, I wrote this little utility to make it easier to manage gamelist.xml, scrape media, manage overlays and various other features for Recalbox, Batocera, Retrobat, Retropie, Emulationstation…
I make it available if it can be useful to you.
This tool works on Windows.

Click here to view screenshots from ARRM 2.0.0.1 version

Wiki & Features : http://www.jujuvincebros.fr/wiki/arrm/doku.php?id=arrm_relooked_en:start-en
Download link : http://jujuvincebros.fr/telechargements2/file/10-arrm-another-recalbox-roms-manager
Beta version : http://jujuvincebros.fr/telechargements2/category/11-arrm-update-correctif
ARRM textual Discord : https://discord.gg/p7QsBTS

lyon00

nexusone13 Can I add a Chinese language pack? My English is not good, I don't understand, I don't know how to use it.

nexusone13

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

nexusone13

Hello All

New version available

version 1.4.9.4 (08/20/2018)

scrape style / options image options are accessible via a toggle button (Options / Images style). It saves a little space
Added a scrape option: "Confirm each game", which allows to validate the scrape of a game or to pass it (Zing's request on the Recalbox forum)
Added a scrape option: "Image as Rom file". The name of the image file will be identical to the name of the rom file (Jay's request on the Recalbox forum)
The choice of templates is now in the form of a drop-down list with sample of the mix
Added a thumbnail in "image style" displaying the selected template
Added many console templates
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 1.5.1.1 (09/12/2018)

little makeover of the interface
bug fix on erasing dos and daphne rom
when creating a mix, if an image (box, screen, marquee) is not found, ARRM searches in the images_downloaded directory for images previous scrap on Thegamesdb, Screenscraper or another scraper. (see above)
if "no image" or no choice of image has been made in the "image options", ARRM only retrieves the textual information of the game (thanks PilafSama)
added 2 templates: mix_recalbox_like / mix_recalbox_like_snes_n64
the values ??of the checkboxes in the image options are retained.
when searching for a missing image, ARRM searches with the <rom filename> if the option 'image as rom' was checked in the 'scrap options' otherwise it looks on the <game title>
Added option: 'Remove filters' When this box is checked, when saving the gamelist, all filters are deleted, hidden files are displayed and the entire list is selected "(Zing and PilafSama requests )
Download link : http://jujuvincebros.fr/telechargements2/file/10-arrm-another-recalbox-roms-manager

nexusone13

Hello All

New version available

Version v 1.5.3.1 (10/09/2018)

Correction of an error in the file of authorized extensions concerning MSX2 (thanks Claude Bezoul)
Added some templates (Amiga600, Amiga1200, C64, Gamecube, MasterSystem, NES, PSX, Virtualboy)
New database including the <cartridge> tag
The scrap on screenscraper allows to recover the image of the cartridge when it exists. New tag in the gamelist.xml <cartridge>
the status line is replaced by a textbox whose detailed content is accessible via a text editor by clicking on 'see log'. Use this log to understand how ARRM works.
The dialog indicating that the game was not found on TheGamesDB no longer appears. see the log status
the image preview checkbox on TGDB is now positioned in the menu "Recalbox / Screenscraper / TGBD"
When loading the gamelist.xml, verifying the existence of the images locally, otherwise deleting the reference of the image in the database
It is now possible in the MIX templates to add a 2nd layer marquee (name of the layer: marquee2), used in the template "emulga like" (Query Marwyn91)
Addition of several templates using the cartridge image: "Atari 7800 cartridge", "cartridge colecovision", "n64 cartridge", "atari 2600 cartridge", "genesis cartridge", "emulga like", and others
Now 10 layers are available in your MIX
Added a "customnomix" filter button that filters images created from other scrapers and recomposed by ARRM. This tag is used so that ARRM does not attempt to remix these images
when looking for a DOS game on screenscraper, ARRM searches with both the .pc and .dos extension
some bugs fixed
In the "Choice Mix Model" page, the "View Rep" button brings directly into the directory of the selected template

Local images search option :

Option "Considered as Mix" in "Scrap Options": When this option is checked, and no image is returned by the scraper, the images from other scrapers found on the disc are then considered already Mixed and so the template is not applied
Option "Considered as a Screenshot" in "Scrap Options": When this option is checked, and no image is returned by the scraper, the images from other scrapers found on the disc are then considered a Screenshot and so the template is applied
if "Regarded as Mix" and "Considered as Screenshot" are not checked, the system will ask you to confirm if the image found locally is already a MIX (in this case there is no template application ) or if the image is a Screenshot (in this case there will be application of the template)
Option "Ingorer other scraper" in "Scrap Options". If this option is checked, in "Image Rebuild" mode, if no image is indicated in the database, search for local images from other scrapers will be ignored.

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

nexusone13

Hello All

New version available

v 1.5.5.1 (10/21/2018)

(see the changelog, more complete, inside the application)

Added a checkbox 'Ignore local search' in 'Scrap Options' menu to skip search for local images when no images were found during scrap on the Internet
A "Mix'Me" button allows you to create your own Mix by selecting the four types of images (Screenshot, Boxart, Marquee and Cartridge) that will apply to the selected template or to choose an existing MIX. Drag & Drop possible.
The templates in Profile mode (perspective screen view) have been modified to take into account the deformation on 4 points of the image (and no longer 3) which makes the perspective effect much more realistic for the images. screenshots and the marke.
modification of the search via md5 for more success in the search (bug raised by Virus-Man)
Improved research on AMIGA Roms
Adding templates for Sega32X, SegaCD, SNES, PC Engine, Blastcity, Naomi (change)

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

DnevnoySwet

nexusone13 Thank you very much, great program! Is there any possibility to add Russian language?

nexusone13

DnevnoySwet sorry but unfortunately I do not know how to write Russian 🙁

nadenislamarre

@DnevnoySwet yes, just translate this file :
https://github.com/batocera-linux/batocera-emulationstation/blob/master/locale/emulationstation2.pot

in case of doubt, see the french file:
https://github.com/batocera-linux/batocera-emulationstation/blob/master/locale/lang/fr/LC_MESSAGES/emulationstation2.po

or ask me (on this forum or on the web chat)

DnevnoySwet

nadenislamarre didn't pay attention to your message, Sorry. In free time and will make read more, thank you.

nexusone13

Hello All,

New templates available for ARRM, Downloadable on the JujuVinceBros website
website

NeoGEo AES
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Donwload link : http://jujuvincebros.fr/telechargements2/file/20-mix-neogeo

3DO
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Donwload link : http://jujuvincebros.fr/telechargements2/file/28-mix-3do

Sega SG-1000
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Donwload link : http://jujuvincebros.fr/telechargements2/file/23-mix-sg-1000

Nintendo Famicom Disk System
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Donwload link : http://jujuvincebros.fr/telechargements2/file/21-mix-famicom-disk-system

Sega Dreamcast
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Donwload link : http://jujuvincebros.fr/telechargements2/file/22-mix-dreamcast

NEC SuperGrafx
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Donwload link : http://jujuvincebros.fr/telechargements2/file/24-mix-supergrafx

Sharp X68000
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Donwload link : http://jujuvincebros.fr/telechargements2/file/25-mix-x68000-profile

NEC PC Engine CD
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Donwload link : http://jujuvincebros.fr/telechargements2/file/26-mix-pc-engine-cd

Sinclair ZX 81
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Donwload link : http://jujuvincebros.fr/telechargements2/file/27-mix-z81

nexusone13

Hello All

New version available

v 1.5.6.1

(see the changelog, more complete, inside the application)

The screens and information bubbles are now available in 5 languages: French, English, Spanish, Portuguese and German. (Many thanks to @Zing for help with the Portuguese translation)
Depending on the language chosen, ARRM attempts to retrieve the descriptions / artwork corresponding to the language on Screenscraper
Added 2 'Roms Infos' and 'Games Infos' buttons that point to the corresponding pages on Screenscraper
Increased resolution of saved images
Added artworks search with country code (ss) on screenscraper
Added several templates: Sega SG-1000, Sinclair ZX81, NEC Pc Engine CD, Sharp X68000, NEC SuperGrafx, Sega Dreamcast, Nintendo Famicom Disk System, Panasonic 3DO
No more overlapping of tooltips when changing language
Modification of the version change dialog box: richtextbox with elevator and clickable link
Download link : http://jujuvincebros.fr/telechargements2/file/10-arrm-another-recalbox-roms-manager

DnevnoySwet

nexusone13 Thanks for the update. You have translated into many languages, but Russian is not. give a link to the language file, I will translate it into Russian. Thanks.

ushilives

nexusone13 I'm a total noob here. I have installed batocera on an internal hard drive of a pc and works fine, just when I copy ROMs over to share directory they never show. Will this ROMs manager be able to correct that?

nexusone13

DnevnoySwet Hi, I'm already working on it (russian google translated version of ARRM). I'll keep you in touch when it'll be ready

DnevnoySwet

nexusone13 Thank you, what can I do to help? Perhaps there will be difficulties, Google translator does not always translate correctly

nadenislamarre

added in https://batocera-linux.xorhub.com/ section links

nexusone13

nadenislamarre Thx a lot 🙂

Arganis31

nadenislamarre Fix typo on link : srapper : Arrm

nexusone13

ushilives If you put Roms in the right format (extensions allowed), on the corresponding system folder with emulationstation closed, next time you launch Batocera, you should see your rom in the gamelist on your screen. Maybe you do something wrong.

ushilives

nexusone13 I've been copying them over to share:\roms then whichever console is right. On the internal hard drive there's batocera, that's just over 1gb in size I think, the share partition is about 150gb in size I think, that's where I have been placing ROMs.

ushilives

nexusone13 do you think it could be something to do with games list.xml not being created or updated?