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New Automatic Import feature with v13.12...any way to restrict/ignore certain file types from being imported (e.g. *.mp3, *.png, etc.) or ignore sub-directories? 

Currently have a RetroBat & Batocera build which share the same rom directory. File structure for those front-ends includes media sub-directories within the rom directories (and an xml). The non-game file types are being captured as games using auto import.

Would like to share the same rom directories with LB using the auto import by directory feature and not have to resort to importing by file.

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7 hours ago, xdmanalo said:

New Automatic Import feature with v13.12...any way to restrict/ignore certain file types from being imported (e.g. *.mp3, *.png, etc.) or ignore sub-directories? 

Currently have a RetroBat & Batocera build which share the same rom directory. File structure for those front-ends includes media sub-directories within the rom directories (and an xml). The non-game file types are being captured as games using auto import.

Would like to share the same rom directories with LB using the auto import by directory feature and not have to resort to importing by file.

Currently no. This is a new feature so the devs are actively working on updating. It can be a bit tricky to plan for all the variations as an example Pico8 emulator uses .png as rom file. So blacklisting that would prevent Pico8 from importing.  I would say if you are using that type of folder structure those other front ends use you might want to turn this feature off for now. 

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I have  a similar issue with one Mugen game. LB imports 53 files from the sound folder for some reason. I want to leave 'Automatic Import' enabled for Steam games and the like, but every time I delete the extra entries, close and reopen LB, they come back. If there was a way to either tell LB to exclude certain file types or if we can specify any folders that we don't want it to scrub for games, that would be a very helpful feature.

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18 hours ago, Cyril Figgis said:

I want to leave 'Automatic Import' enabled for Steam games

Automatic storefront import and Automatic ROM import are two different features and can be turned off/on independently of each other. Storefront auto-imports can be managed via Tools > Manage > Storefronts, Auto ROM imports has an on/off checkbox in Options (Tools > Options)

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On 5/20/2024 at 3:28 PM, C-Beats said:

Automatic storefront import and Automatic ROM import are two different features and can be turned off/on independently of each other. Storefront auto-imports can be managed via Tools > Manage > Storefronts, Auto ROM imports has an on/off checkbox in Options (Tools > Options)

Can I turn on / off auto rom import only for specific platforms? I have some custom platforms that I don't want to get messed up (e.g.: PS3 disc games; PSN games).

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56 minutes ago, SiriusVI said:

Can I turn on / off auto rom import only for specific platforms? I have some custom platforms that I don't want to get messed up (e.g.: PS3 disc games; PSN dames).

For the auto rom import (Not the Storefront option) it is global. So you cannot turn on/off per platform. 

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On 7/19/2024 at 3:19 PM, SiriusVI said:

OK thx, would be nice to have, though.

I agree, being able to tune the way the auto-importer works would be great. The mix of convenience and personalization is what makes LB special imo.

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