LB not scraping the correct platform.

[Steams71]

I'm trying to scrape my ZX Spectrum platform, however LB is scraping a lot of Amstrad CPC covers, videos and screenshots instead of spectrum ones.  Ghosbusters for example, downloads the amstrad cpc stuff not the spectrum.

I'v checked that the platform is set to ZX Spectrum, it is but it's still happening.

Edited December 2, 2021 by Steams71
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[spycat]

You could check that your ZX Spectrum platform's "Scrape As" field is set to
Sinclair ZX Spectrum
 

[Steams71]

1 hour ago, spycat said:

You could check that your ZX Spectrum platform's "Scrape As" field is set to
Sinclair ZX Spectrum
 

Already have, and it is.

[neil9000]

Have you looked on the database to see if the wrong covers you are getting are actually there for Spectrum and simply got through moderation incorrectly? Also do you have any examples, as a quick look at my games seem OK, but i'm not gonna manually inspect 2528 games.

 

[Steams71]

15 hours ago, neil9000 said:

Have you looked on the database to see if the wrong covers you are getting are actually there for Spectrum and simply got through moderation incorrectly? Also do you have any examples, as a quick look at my games seem OK, but i'm not gonna manually inspect 2528 games.

 

No I havent, I didn't think about that. Ill have a look now.  I think I may have solved the problem. I had seperated my spectrum into two platforms, one for normal 48K games and a another for 128K games.  I called the platform  ZX Spectrum 128K.  I changed the platform name to Sinclair ZX Spectrum 128K and it's scraping Spectrum games now. It appears it didn't like the name I had given the 128K games platform.

[neil9000]

7 minutes ago, Steams71 said:

No I havent, I didn't think about that. Ill have a look now.  I think I may have solved the problem. I had seperated my spectrum into two platforms, one for normal 48K games and a another for 128K games.  I called the platform  ZX Spectrum 128K.  I changed the platform name to Sinclair ZX Spectrum 128K and it's scraping Spectrum games now. It appears it didn't like the name I had given the 128K games platform.

You can use any naming you like, but if you do type a non standard name a "Scrape As" dropdown appears and you would choose the correct platform there, in this case Sinclair ZX Spectrum. Essentially you can call platforms whatever you like, but we still need to now what to scrape it against in order to pull metadata and media.

I tend to have correct media for a lot of my games.

 

[Steams71]

26 minutes ago, neil9000 said:

You can use any naming you like, but if you do type a non standard name a "Scrape As" dropdown appears and you would choose the correct platform there, in this case Sinclair ZX Spectrum. Essentially you can call platforms whatever you like, but we still need to now what to scrape it against in order to pull metadata and media.

I tend to have correct media for a lot of my games.

 

That's the bit I didn't get. I had already set it to scrape as ZX Spectrum, but it was scraping Amstrad CPC until I changed the Platform to be Sinclair ZX Spectrum 128k. It then scraped correctly. Like you say I though I could call my platfroms anything I wanted to. It appears that LB doesn't like though.  I've also split my Amiga into 16 bit and 32 bit platforms. I had the same sort of problems there too, until I changed the platform name from CBM Amiga 1200 to Commodore Amiga 1200. Until I changed the platform name to Commodore, the scrape kept coming up empty. It was set to scrape as Commodore Amiga.