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Screenscraper offers more options for game scraping (for example several image options, you can scrape video previews, etc.). But there is also a **limitation in the number of assets you can download each day**: 50,000 requests max per day. Also, if you use a " | Screenscraper offers more options for game scraping (for example several image options, you can scrape video previews, etc.). But there is also a **limitation in the number of assets you can download each day**: 50,000 requests max per day. Also, if you use a " | ||
- | In order to use ScreenScraper, | + | In order to use ScreenScraper, |
- | ===== Settings ===== | + | Configuration is through **Main Menu** > **Scrape**. |
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- | Configuration is through **Main Menu** > **Scrape**: | + | |
- | * **Scrape From** Choose your database source. Remaining options will appear/ | + | |
- | * **Image Source** | + | |
- | * **Box Source** Prefer 2D boxart or an automatically generated 3D render of the boxart. This will apply to both the boxart thumbnail image and the " | + | |
- | * **Logo Source** Choose whether to use the marquee (with its own background) or the wheel (with a transparent background) for the logo. | + | |
- | * **Scrape Ratings** {{:switch-button.png? | + | |
- | * **Scrape Videos** {{: | + | |
- | * **Scrape Fanart** {{: | + | |
- | * **Scrape Manual** {{: | + | |
- | * **Scrape Pad2key settings** {{: | + | |
- | * **Username** if you use [[scrape_from|screenscraper as a source]], and you have an account with multiple threads, using your screenscraper username and password here will leverage scraping with as many parallel threads as you have access to. It's **a lot** faster. | + | |
- | * **Password** | + | |
- | * **Scrape Now** Begin scraping. Your system may become unresponsive for a moment, but scraping will begin in the background. When done, be sure to **Update Games Lists** to see your boxart! | + | |
===== F.A.Q. ===== | ===== F.A.Q. ===== | ||
==== Is there any way you can launch scraping from the command line, like other retrogaming distributions? | ==== Is there any way you can launch scraping from the command line, like other retrogaming distributions? | ||
- | No, scraping is part of the EmulationStation binary, and can be only started from there. | + | |
+ | No, scraping is part of the EmulationStation binary, and can be only started from there. However, you can use [[https:// | ||
==== I have a very complicated ScreenScraper password, where can I copy/paste it rather than using the EmulationStation keyboard? ==== | ==== I have a very complicated ScreenScraper password, where can I copy/paste it rather than using the EmulationStation keyboard? ==== | ||
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You can edit ''/ | You can edit ''/ | ||
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==== I've entered my username and password correctly, and triple checked, yet I still can't login! ==== | ==== I've entered my username and password correctly, and triple checked, yet I still can't login! ==== | ||
- | If your username/ | + | If your username/ |
Just kidding. You must escape special characters with a preceding backslash ('' | Just kidding. You must escape special characters with a preceding backslash ('' | ||
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