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retrohub-org / retrohub

Retrogaming library frontend, built to be a highly customizable platform.
https://retrohub-org.github.io/
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Loading game libraries from remote/external sources #167

Open rsubtil opened 1 year ago

rsubtil commented 1 year ago

Users might have gaming libraries stored externally or even through a network, specially when these libraries are massive. Since those sources are usually slower in terms of I/O, one solution would be to cache game files locally to speed up game loading for frequent games. That way, players can have libraries stored externally, while keeping the disk usage footprint on their machine low.

ffiarpg commented 4 months ago

Integration with this project could be a great way to check this box. User could query for the games on the user's romm server and pull metadata and allow for download and delete of games. https://github.com/rommapp/romm

Example of integration. https://github.com/rommapp/playnite-plugin

rsubtil commented 4 months ago

Thank you for letting me know of this project, I'll keep it in mind when I start doing more research for this issue :+1: