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Wintermute0110 / plugin.program.AEL.dev

Emulator frontend and app launcher for Kodi
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Directory as file extension #74

Closed DocMAX closed 4 years ago

DocMAX commented 6 years ago

Hello,

i have an emulator (cemu), which reads from ROM\ROMNAME\*\code\*.prx Now i want to load the games with this "mask".

How can i make AEL read the "ROMNAME" and give it as variable?

Kr, DocMAX

Wintermute0110 commented 6 years ago

Can you put an example with actual filenames or point to a tutorial? For example:

/home/kodi/ROMs/Super Mario/blablabla_a/code/Mario.prx
/home/kodi/ROMs/Super Mario/blablabla_b/code/Mario.prx

I need to understand well how cemu works before thinking of a solution.

DocMAX commented 6 years ago

If the Wii U sources are in Loadliine Format then the pattern is like this:

/home/kodi/ROMs/Super Mario/code/aabb.prx /home/kodi/ROMs/Pokemon/code/yyxx.prx /home/kodi/ROMs/Boxing/code/ttww.prx

Wintermute0110 commented 6 years ago

OK, I see. Then, to call the emulator you use:

$ cemu -g "Super Mario"

or

$ cemu -g "/home/kodi/ROMs/Super Mario/code/aabb.prx"
DocMAX commented 6 years ago

What? The goal is to let AEL scan for directories and give "/home/kodi/ROMs/XXX/code/YYY.prx" to the command line. XXX = the directory, YYY = any kind of string.

baka0815 commented 6 years ago

@DocMAX so it's the latter. @Wintermute0110 wanted to know if you need just "XXX" for the command line or if you'll need the whole string "/home/kodi/ROMs/XXX/code/YYY.prx".

DocMAX commented 6 years ago

@Wintermute0110 the whole path is needed

Wintermute0110 commented 6 years ago

Thanks @baka0815 for your help.

@DocMAX You should configure your launcher as follows:

In AEL addon settings make sure the Recursive scan option is ON.

At launching, AEL will substitute $rom$ with the filename of each ROM.

Also, you should create NFO files and then populate the metadata. Otherwise, the ROMs will be listed in AEL as aabb, yyxx, etc. To do this, first scan your launcher. Then, open the launcher context menu, "Manage ROMs", "Export ROMs NFO files". Then, edit the NFO files and change the ROM title. Finally, go to the launcher context menu, "Manage ROMs", "Import ROMs NFO files". Be careful once you edit the NFO files not to overwrite them (or make a backup of your NFO files).