ZeroDrek Posted September 13, 2016 Share Posted September 13, 2016 (edited) I've added CPS 1 & 2 roms and have tried scraping them as CPS 1 & 2 and Arcade and barely get any results (about 5 games pull in metadata). How can I get proper results for games? Edited September 13, 2016 by neurohacked Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Carr Posted September 13, 2016 Share Posted September 13, 2016 Hi Neuro, what are your ROM file names? A lot depends on the type of ROM set that you are importing. If the names are obscure then that might be the issue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZeroDrek Posted September 13, 2016 Author Share Posted September 13, 2016 (edited) 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. Edited September 13, 2016 by neurohacked Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Carr Posted September 13, 2016 Share Posted September 13, 2016 We are working on fixing this, @neurohacked, yes. I just need a decent source of data for those games and it'll be an easy fix. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZeroDrek Posted September 13, 2016 Author Share Posted September 13, 2016 Ok thanks. I'll keep checking on updates. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZeroDrek Posted September 19, 2016 Author Share Posted September 19, 2016 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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