Tool to re-name & re-compress ROMs

[brudog56]

Hi Everyone,

 

I've been working on completing my ROM collection, which as many of you have probably experienced, can be quite tedious.  The main issue that was slowing me down was downloaded ROM file names not matching what is in the respective Hyperlist for that game.  Worse is that if you're working with compressed files, you not only have to rename the archive, but you have to make sure that the actual ROM is named properly as well.

 

I created a quick tool in .NET which automates most of this.  In the form, you specify the URL where you want to download the ROM.  It also sucks in the game names from the Hyperlist into a filterable listbox, so you don't need to copy/paste the game name.

 

I was wondering if this tool would be useful to others out there?  I know Don's ROM renamer is an awesome tool, but this one is geared toward hunting for ROMs that you don't have yet.  If people are interested, I'll clean the program up and add some bells and whistles & then post it here.

 

Reply to this thread if you're interested!

[ChrisKant]

Sounds cool and reall helpful

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[Melu]

I am very interested. thanks Newbie.

[phantasy]

I would be very interested in this.

[jayrox]

This sounds like a good tool, I have thousands of rom's and by the sound of it this would make life a lot easier.

[brudog56]

Hi everyone,

Sorry for the delay.  I am just about finished with development & will have a beta available for everyone to try out hopefully by the end of the weekend!

[JoyStickKilla]

Could be helpful, although you can get rom sets that are pretty much 100% matches pretty easily. Also just an FYI, if using RL then the filename inside the archive doesn't necessarily need to match the archives name.

[Metalzoic]

10 hours ago, JoyStickKilla said:

Could be helpful, although you can get rom sets that are pretty much 100% matches pretty easily. Also just an FYI, if using RL then the filename inside the archive doesn't necessarily need to match the archives name.

Yeah, I don't think I've ever had to rename a single rom. I always just download the correct matched set so it isn't an issue.

I guess this would be good for those that would rather try to fix a mis-matched set rather than just re-download a better one?

[brudog56]

For anyone who is interested, the first version of the tool is ready!  Using the tool is pretty self-explanatory, however, there are a few settings in the .config file you need to modify to match your environment:

• 7zip - This points the tool to where to find 7z.exe.  If this settings is not present or the path is incorrect, the tool will default to using Windows native file compression for everything.  As the 7zip format has become so popular in Emulation circles, it's better to use that as it also supports .zip and many other compressed file formats.
• HyperSpinDB_Path - This points the tool to where your .\Hyperspin\Databases folder is.  I included this setting basically as a convenience so that you don't have to go sifting through the file system to open the HyperList you want to use.
• ROM_Directory - Again, just a convenience to have the folder browser start at the root of your ROMs folder structure.

One other important thing I should mention: The ROM download URLs you enter in the tool must point directly to the ROM/archive file.  If the URL requires a session cookie, for instance, it will not work.

The only prerequisite for using the tool is .NET 4.5.2.

Please give the tool a shot if you're interested and definitely let me know of any bugs you encounter or features you'd like me to add.  This is a work-in-progress!

 

 

BruDogsROMHunter.zip

[brudog56]

11 hours ago, Metalzoic said:

Yeah, I don't think I've ever had to rename a single rom. I always just download the correct matched set so it isn't an issue.

I guess this would be good for those that would rather try to fix a mis-matched set rather than just re-download a better one?

Hmm.. You guys must know of better places to look than me.  Most of the ROM sets I've been able to download have been the absolute shits.  Don's tool set is great, but most of the sets I've been able to find have been not just incomplete, but missing iconic games.  Very frustrating!

[brudog56]

On 9/25/2016 at 5:22 AM, Melu said:

I am very interested. thanks Newbie.

This tool is now available if you're still interested!

[thatman84]

Good on you for creating and sharing this app.

 

the one biggest problem I have right now is renaming bin/cue files with multiple .bin track files for PSX games.

i know a few peopl in the same boat, if you wanted to add more functions to you app automated bin/cue renaming would save me some serious amount of hours!

when I get to updating missing roms I will give your app a try