Xananax Posted January 14, 2017 Share Posted January 14, 2017 LB's downloader is not resilient enough for my extremely-very-incredibly-worse-than-dialup-connection. I understand my situation is particular, so I'm not asking to make the downloader better; I assume it's good enough for 99.9% of users. Instead, I'd like to be able to download the metadata package externally and just dump it wherever LB will find it. So I guess my question is: what's the url for the metadata package, and can I download it with any resilient downloader such as Free Download Manager? And once downloaded, where do I put the file? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SentaiBrad Posted January 14, 2017 Share Posted January 14, 2017 You currently can't download the media from the Database like that, however, you can click on a platform of your choice on the left, click a game, press Ctrl + A to highlight all of your games. Then, go to Tools -> Download Metadata and Images. When asked, choose the second option. You can download media from other places, as long as the name of the media matches the name of the game in LB or the Rom file, then restart LB, it should automatically attach. Otherwise the Download Metadata and Media tool is the way to go. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xananax Posted January 14, 2017 Author Share Posted January 14, 2017 Thanks SentaiBrad, but maybe I was unclear; I am not referring to individual data packages, images and so on, but the metadata blob that LB asks to redownload everytime I add a game, and fails to download every time. The box says: "An updated metadata package is available from the Launchbox Games Database, would you like to download it before searching?" When I'm updating the metadata of a single game, I have the option to say no; but if I'm importing many games, my metadata import will stall for 5mn during which LB is trying to update its definition, every time. I'm looking to update that blob so LB stops complaining and asking. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SentaiBrad Posted January 14, 2017 Share Posted January 14, 2017 Ah, that package. I think there might be a link for that actually. It should only ask you if there is an update on the Database every 24 hours. Let me ask Jason if there is a link, I remember there being one at one point. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SentaiBrad Posted January 14, 2017 Share Posted January 14, 2017 So this is the Link that Jason gave me. This is the Metadata.xml that is supposed to get downloaded when it asks you. Place the XML in the Metadata folder. Jason told me it still might ask you to update though, so I don't know what date this metadata package has. http://gamesdb.launchbox-app.com/Metadata.zip Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xananax Posted January 14, 2017 Author Share Posted January 14, 2017 Thanks! I'll try anyway Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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