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How do you scrape games successfully?


ZeroDrek

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The files names are obscure xmvsfu.zip mvscu.zip, etc. I used EmulationStation before deciding to try LaunchBox starting last week and while LaunchBox is far superior in terms of UI I feel like LaunchBox's importing and scraping abilities are lacking. That is, EmulationStation has no problem finding metadata for commonly named roms like those mentioned above. 

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Some other questions on this.

Is there a post somewhere where I can read about the import process of LaunchBox in detail? That is, what database does it use for scraping? Why couldn't it use the same DB that other front ends like HyperSpin and EmulationStation use to get good results? I'm pretty sure EmulationStation uses TheGamesDB and it has no issue scraping CPS games. I'm curious as to why I'm having issues wit LaunchBox if it uses the same database.

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