EmuMovies & NoIntro / GoodGen naming?

[Funkoid]

I have a couple of sets made up of No Intro roms to reduce the disk space taken up, however this results in the movies not showing up within GameEx due to inconsistancies between rom and video file names.

Can anyone tell me which naming convention the videos use? So i can rename my NoIntro sets as whatever they need to be to get the videos showing?

[Stu1983]

Gerally video and snap shot sets use the GootTools naming convention

I got my nointro sets and ran the Goodtool on it, then I split the sets into europe, usa a japan folders, I then used a tool I created that removes all text in brackets from file names. Then I dumped the usa folder into the europe folder over writing any that already exist and then dumped that into the jap folder over writing again... by doing this now I only have the usa version of each game unless the game was only released in europe or japan

I also ran my tool on all my snaps and videos to help match them to my sets, if you want it let me know and I'll upload it

The other option to save space is to use GoodMerge to 7zip your collection... a 5.82GB GoodSNES set can be compress down to 1.59GB this way... you end up with just 1 file for each rom

Stu

[pgjensen]

if the 7z set is ...

Super Mario World.7z

how does the artwork naming work?

Will it depend on the roms within 7z?

[pgjensen]

an example why 7z support with goodtools naming of artwork (or slightly skewed from goodtools naming) isn't up to par right now w/ gameex:

Adventures of Lolo.7z

- contains about 20 variations for Lolo 1

i.e. Adventures of Lolo (U) [!]

I have an EmuMovies default filename of Adventures of Lolo (U) [!].avi

The video that plays on the main game list of GameEx is Adventures of Bayou Billy, The (U).avi instead!

It also does it for all of the other artwork (choose Bayou Billy):

i.e. TITLES: Adventures of Bayou Billy, The (E).png - instead of Adventures of Lolo (U) [!].png

i.e. BOX: Adventures of Bayou Billy, The (U).jpg - instead of Adventures of Lolo (U) [!].jpg

i.e. CART: Adventures of Bayou Billy, The (U).jpg - instead of Adventures of Lolo (U) [!].jpg

i.e. MANUAL: Adventures of Bayou Billy, The (U).pdf - instead of Adventures of Lolo (U).pdf

-------- if i take out the (U) [!] from the artwork filenames, they show up... so i guess the fuzzy logic is the problem with matching artwork up if it's not the exact name as what is on the main games list.

HOWEVER:

when i select Adventures of Lolo and scroll down to the actual roms within the 7z, it will play the correct Adventures of Lolo (U) [!].avi

[Stu1983]

-------- if i take out the (U) [!] from the artwork filenames, they show up... so i guess the fuzzy logic is the problem with matching artwork up if it's not the exact name as what is on the main games list.

This is why I created my tool to remove the bracketed text, I wasn't happy with the snaps GameEx was choosing with the best match option turned on... I think my problem was even though I had an avi "Super Mario World 2 - Yoshi's Island" which was an exact match for the rom, GameEx was still displaying the avi for "Super Mario World"

I've attached the tool, if you're gonna use it I suggest you make a backup of the files you are about to rename just till your happy with what it does... I create a undo batch file for you but it might not undo all the changes, like if you've replace a file it won't bring back the old 1

Stu

FileRenamer.zip

[katuuuz]

This is why I created my tool to remove the bracketed text, I wasn't happy with the snaps GameEx was choosing with the best match option turned on... I think my problem was even though I had an avi "Super Mario World 2 - Yoshi's Island" which was an exact match for the rom, GameEx was still displaying the avi for "Super Mario World"

I've attached the tool, if you're gonna use it I suggest you make a backup of the files you are about to rename just till your happy with what it does... I create a undo batch file for you but it might not undo all the changes, like if you've replace a file it won't bring back the old 1

Stu

stu, i'm really interested in this program you've written.. will you please explain what to do with it before i download it and ruin my game list?? (on behalf of my stupidity, not your .exe )

[Stu1983]

It should be pretty straight forward you just need to tell it the directory to process, select the options you want and hit go.

So for example if you have a file "Super Off Road (E) [!].zip" it will be renamed to "Super Off Road.zip" if you use the default option. You'll get a batch file in the same directory to undo the rename if your not happy.

The only thing you need to be carefull off is when using the "Overwrite Existing Files" option, my program will work through the directory in aplhabetical order so if we take Super Off Road as an example again, in the GoodSNES set you have 4 roms called:

Super Off Road (E) [!].zip

Super Off Road (J) [h1C].zip

Super Off Road (J).zip

Super Off Road (U) [!].zip

Using the Overwrite option you'll end up with 1 zip file call "Super Off Road.zip" again but it will contain the "Super Off Road (U) [!]" rom file because

first it will rename "Super Off Road (E) [!].zip" to "Super Off Road.zip"

then "Super Off Road (J) [h1C].zip" will be renamed to "Super Off Road.zip" replacing the existing file and so on meaning the last file to be renamed in Super "Off Road (U) [!].zip"

This isn't a problem for me as I'd rather keep the U version of a file anyway but you just need to be aware of this as this can't be undone by the created batchfile

If you don't use the Overwrite option you'll be asked if you want to overwrite each file or not

Stu

[LB11]

Do I have to do anything with the exe first? I opened it and it says application failed to initialize, press close to end.

[Stu1983]

Strange... the only time I've seen that is if it's run on a machine that doesn't have .net2 framework installed but since GameEx uses .net2 framework I'd assume that can't be the case, unless your running it on a different machine?

The only other thing I can think of is if your running it over a network it may do that?

Stu

[Funkoid]

Strange... the only time I've seen that is if it's run on a machine that doesn't have .net2 framework installed but since GameEx uses .net2 framework I'd assume that can't be the case, unless your running it on a different machine?

The only other thing I can think of is if your running it over a network it may do that?

Stu

Yeah, sounds line a .net 2 issue.

[katuuuz]

It should be pretty straight forward you just need to tell it the directory to process, select the options you want and hit go.

So for example if you have a file "Super Off Road (E) [!].zip" it will be renamed to "Super Off Road.zip" if you use the default option. You'll get a batch file in the same directory to undo the rename if your not happy.

The only thing you need to be carefull off is when using the "Overwrite Existing Files" option, my program will work through the directory in aplhabetical order so if we take Super Off Road as an example again, in the GoodSNES set you have 4 roms called:

Super Off Road (E) [!].zip

Super Off Road (J) [h1C].zip

Super Off Road (J).zip

Super Off Road (U) [!].zip

Using the Overwrite option you'll end up with 1 zip file call "Super Off Road.zip" again but it will contain the "Super Off Road (U) [!]" rom file because

first it will rename "Super Off Road (E) [!].zip" to "Super Off Road.zip"

then "Super Off Road (J) [h1C].zip" will be renamed to "Super Off Road.zip" replacing the existing file and so on meaning the last file to be renamed in Super "Off Road (U) [!].zip"

This isn't a problem for me as I'd rather keep the U version of a file anyway but you just need to be aware of this as this can't be undone by the created batchfile

If you don't use the Overwrite option you'll be asked if you want to overwrite each file or not

Stu

so if i have 4 versions of a game and choose to overwrite, i'll end up with 1, correct? that would be ideal.

[Stu1983]

so if i have 4 versions of a game and choose to overwrite, i'll end up with 1, correct? that would be ideal.

yeah just make sure it's the one you want as long as you want the U version you should be fine, the only problem is if a game only got released in europe and jap you would end up with the J version instead of the E version, I doubt this happed much though it was more likely that a game would come out in the states and japan and old europe would be forgotten about

I recommend you split them into 3 folders, U's in 1, J's in 1 and E's in another and then run my tool with the overwrite option and the subdirectory option on then move all the renamed files from the J folder to your final directory then dump the E's on top of them and finally the U's on top of that and tell it to replace everytime

Stu

[LB11]

Probably the dotnet issue. There is no net2.0 on this machine. I was just impatient and wanted to fool around and see how it worked now. Ill try it on the HTPC when I get home.

Thanks for the help!

[katuuuz]

weird problem..

for example super mario brothers, super mario brothers 2, and super mario brothers 3 (NES) ((all named as i just typed)) are identically named for the videos but super mario brothers 3 shows the super mario brothers 2 video?! i do indeed have the super mario 3 video and it's exactly named in that of the rom.

[Stu1983]

weird problem..

for example super mario brothers, super mario brothers 2, and super mario brothers 3 (NES) ((all named as i just typed)) are identically named for the videos but super mario brothers 3 shows the super mario brothers 2 video?! i do indeed have the super mario 3 video and it's exactly named in that of the rom.

This sounds exactly like the issue I was having, try turning off "Snap Best Match" in the "Tweaks/Performance" page

Stu

[katuuuz]

This sounds exactly like the issue I was having, try turning off "Snap Best Match" in the "Tweaks/Performance" page

Stu

stu you're the man for it's now fixed... i was wondering, is there a way, (if not is there a way to code) all of my roms to match the exact title of my videos without renaming each by name? it's only a few, but enough not to want to do it manually. ex. "1943 - battle of midway" is the name of my video, and "1943" is the name of the rom...

[Stu1983]

stu you're the man for it's now fixed... i was wondering, is there a way, (if not is there a way to code) all of my roms to match the exact title of my videos without renaming each by name? it's only a few, but enough not to want to do it manually. ex. "1943 - battle of midway" is the name of my video, and "1943" is the name of the rom...

There's a tool I created here which should do most of the work for you

Basically run FuzzyTextMatch, drop all your roms on the left window and all your jpgs on the right window, the default options should be fine so just hit 'Match', this can take a while

A results window will appear which you'll need to check through, if you don't agree that the game in list 1 is the same as the game in list 2 then tick the box in the ignore column

Once you've checked them all, export the results to a txt file

You'll need to edit the file a bit which is easiest done by pasting it into excel

You'll need to add a colum at the start and fill it with:

ren "

You need a column in the middle between the 2 results filled with:

.zip" "

Finally a column at the end filled with:

.zip"

Copy all this back into a txt file and remove all the tabs, rename the file to a batch file and run it in your rom directory

It's a bit of work but it's alot easier than going through and renaming them all by hand

I'll maybe make the program do all this for you at some point

Stu

[katuuuz]

There's a tool I created here which should do most of the work for you

Basically run FuzzyTextMatch, drop all your roms on the left window and all your jpgs on the right window, the default options should be fine so just hit 'Match', this can take a while

A results window will appear which you'll need to check through, if you don't agree that the game in list 1 is the same as the game in list 2 then tick the box in the ignore column

Once you've checked them all, export the results to a txt file

You'll need to edit the file a bit which is easiest done by pasting it into excel

You'll need to add a colum at the start and fill it with:

ren "

You need a column in the middle between the 2 results filled with:

.zip" "

Finally a column at the end filled with:

.zip"

Copy all this back into a txt file and remove all the tabs, rename the file to a batch file and run it in your rom directory

Its a it of work but it's alot easier than going through and renaming them all by hand

I'll maybe make the program do all this for you at some point

Stu

haha no rush if you intend to write the program to do it, but you lost me at "paste to excel." i'm a stranger to microsoft excel.

[Stu1983]

haha no rush if you intend to write the program to do it, but you lost me at "paste to excel." i'm a stranger to microsoft excel.

I updated the program to create the batch file for you, just tick the box, tell it what extension the files are that you're wanting to rename and then hit export

Stu

[pgjensen]

where's the new download?

[Stu1983]

where's the new download?

I just replaced the file at the origional link here I don't want different versions of the same file floating about

Stu

[katuuuz]

I just replaced the file at the origional link here I don't want different versions of the same file floating about

Stu

sweet stu, what exactly should i have ticked though?

[Stu1983]

sweet stu, what exactly should i have ticked though?

You should probably turn of the "remove bracketed text" options leave the other options as they are

Once the results appear tick the export batch file option and tell it the type of file your looking to rename it defaults to .zip but you might want to rename your .jpgs or .pngs

Stu

[katuuuz]

You should probably turn of the "remove bracketed text" options leave the other options as they are

Once the results appear tick the export batch file option and tell it the type of file your looking to rename it defaults to .zip but you might want to rename your .jpgs or .pngs

Stu

after matching, when it shows the possible match list, do i click the ignore box or no before ticking export to batch? then after i have a batch do i run it? i'm lost.

[katuuuz]

after matching, when it shows the possible match list, do i click the ignore box or no before ticking export to batch? then after i have a batch do i run it? i'm lost.

ok, i figured that part out but placing the bat file in my roms directory doesn't do anything.. i'm trying to have the roms match the .avi videos, so i put the roms in the left column, avis in the right, matched them, ticked export batch, type .avi in the field where .zip was exported to my rom directory, ran the batch, and nothing happened.