QUOTE(madmab @ Apr 30 2009, 09:24 AM)
It's in one of the threads around here. RessX wanted to go the boxart is 0001.png and cartart is 0004.png route, and Gillles suggested something else (I forget what), etc, etc.
Lol, I copy/paste my answer for those who have forget:
For the users without big hard drives, it would be cool to display a boxart AND a screenshot at the same time.
(like they are doing in a lot of pc frontends in fact) ph34r.gif
Yep! We need an Xport inverter!!
All the best emus of the world (mame, Zsnexbox...) and all the pc front ends are working with "boxart", "titles", and "screenshots" folders; unfortunatelly it's not the case of the Xport emus sad.gif .
Perheaps a coder out there could create a programm to convert all our "Xport screenshots" into "classic multi folders screenshots"
A programm that could convert:
Mario/0001.png, 0002.png, 003.png, 0004.png INTO
Boxarts/mario.png , Titles/mario.png ,Screenshots/mario.png , Carts/mario.png
Like this it would be SOOOOO MOOORE EASY :
- For the USERS, to display any screeenshots/boxarts/carts/titles in the desired order.
- For the CODER, to display what he want in the General User Interface
I don't know if such a wonderfull programm should be hard to create madmab? Peheaps Bomb bloke know how to programm such a thing?
Madmab answer:
I think I wrote a batch file to do this some time back. I'll have to dig around and see if I can find it. It had issues with directories with certain characters in their name (& comes to mind). But still makes for a good timesaver. I think two directories (one for screenshots and the other for boxart/cartart) ought to work just fine.
the Xports screenshots conventions aren't standard at all and cause us a lot of problems:
- For the USERS, to display any screeenshots/boxarts/carts/titles in the desired order.
- For the CODER, to display EASILLY what he want in the General User Interface
I really think you should join a batch program with your news releases to FINALLY have a "standard" screenshots/boxarts/titles conventions with separates screenshots/boxarts/titles/carts folderts like all the best emus of the world (mame, zsnexbox, pc front ends, etc...)easy compatable with all the screenshots/boxarts packs websites
Such a programm/batch file would be a dream to FINALLY GET RID of that annoying system (other than that the Xport/madmab edition emus are really perfect for me (and my friends))