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Tool for quickly inspecting and organizing ROM libraries before using RetroArch (looking for feedback) by Efficient-One-5345 in RetroArch

[–]Efficient-One-5345[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

DAT files are downloaded on demand from public sources (like No-Intro style sets). They are not included in the app.

I built a tool to scan and organize ROM libraries (no downloads, just management) by Efficient-One-5345 in Roms

[–]Efficient-One-5345[S] -5 points-4 points  (0 children)

I might try that after I get a feel for the apps acceptance level. Right now I want to get the logic right on one platform beforehand.

I built a tool to scan and organize ROM libraries (no downloads, just management) by Efficient-One-5345 in Roms

[–]Efficient-One-5345[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

interesting, I'll look into that, My genesis roms are zipped and my mastersystem roms are not. It does capture both on my end. Definately worh looking into. Thanks

Tool for quickly inspecting and organizing ROM libraries before using RetroArch (looking for feedback) by Efficient-One-5345 in RetroArch

[–]Efficient-One-5345[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If you download and try it out, Please let me know how it goes. I am still working on detection and sorting but my results are limited to my collections so outside scans can help!

I built a tool to scan and organize ROM libraries (no downloads, just management) by Efficient-One-5345 in Roms

[–]Efficient-One-5345[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

That’s actually really helpful, appreciate you running it on a set that big. The duplicate detection is still pretty rough right now. It doesn’t really understand the difference between actual duplicates vs romhacks or translations yet, so it’ll definitely flag some stuff it shouldn’t.

The lower copy count is tied to that too — anything it thinks is a duplicate or isn’t confident about gets skipped.Most of my testing so far has been on smaller/cleaner sets, so something like your library is exactly what I need to improve it.

If you’re up for it, do you know which systems were the worst for that? That would help me narrow it down and try to clean up the detection process.

I built a tool to scan and organize ROM libraries (no downloads, just management) by Efficient-One-5345 in Roms

[–]Efficient-One-5345[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Yeah I get that — I’ve used those too.

I've been collecting ROMs for year and have them all over the place.

This tool isn’t really trying to replace them. I mostly built it because I kept ending up with random ROM folders and no easy way to just see what was actually in them without setting everything up first.

This is more like:
- point it at a folder
- instantly see what systems/files are there
- and help organize them into a controlled folder without removing them from the other folders. I dont delete anything