Yet another feature rich Hyperspin rom & media manager

[xttx]

Well,

as I said, it's now attached to the first post, so I guess the problem is solved,

I don't really like file hostings (often you have to wait, and close one or two windows with ads, and with google drive you have to be registred to download AFAIK), and on the ftp only gold/platinum members will have access to it.

But if you think it could be useful, you can upload it wherever you like

[zero dreams]

I don't really like file hostings (often you have to wait, and close one or two windows with ads, and with google drive you have to be registred to download AFAIK), and on the ftp only gold/platinum members will have access to it.

You should try FileZilla. It's free and I've never had any ads or any bother for that matter. As for the access to the program, I commend you for thinking about the poor people like myself.

Thanks again for the button.

[djmattb241]

Hey I just started messing with Hyperspin and have been fumbling with a way to do this exact thing, and this program did it with basically one click.

I LOVE YOU. (in other words, thank you so much for this, you're awesome!)

[Guest MadCoder]

Very nice job, and more Kudos for release the source to the project. It has a lot of features I was actually looking for that I couldn't find in Bill's.

Very clean code. Would like to see it better commented though.

But Great Job.

[xttx]

The source was quite outdated, I updated it in the first post to reflect last changes.

About the comments, the biggest problem is my poor knowledge of English. And the second one that i'm too lazy :/ But if you have any questions, please feel free to PM me, I will try to do my best.

About work_in_progress:

I'm trying to make iso fixer actually fix something, and not just check. The goal is to repare well known PSX set with corrupted .cue automatically. I'm stuck with creating .cue for .bin - the .bin data modes can differ (mode1/mode2 and 2048/2352/2336 in any combination), and it should be inserted in .cue. I have to figure out how to extract this information directly from .bin. If someone knows something about .bin header, please help.

[zero dreams]

2nd Request:

Move "delete selected rom from database" button to the bar on the right side. When application is full screen it appears as:

Also, a delete confirmation would be nice to ensure an entry isn't deleted by mistake.

3rd Request:

Editable database entry. Not the "RomName" ,as that would lead to problems, but just for the purpose of a quick edit rather than opening the database and searching and editing and saving.

Suggestion:

Some kind of show/hide for Art1-4. Most consoles only really use box & cart so it would be nice to only have what I am actually checking for to be displayed. Or...

Just want to add that I don't think there are any other applications that can remove a database entry in just one click. Like I said before, this application has been EXTREMELY useful to me and I've only used the summary & system settings!!

[xttx]

Update6 (attached to first post)

- "delete selected rom" button - fixed position while resizing

- confirmation when deleting Hyperspin DB entrys (you can disable it in settings)

- Show/Hide columns in main view (right click on the column's header)

The DB Editor is not so easy to implement as all of the above, but the idea sounds good, I'll definetely look what i can do.

[zero dreams]

Thank you very much!!

[xttx]

Update to v0.003

- CD Image fixer now can actually fix some problems (mdf/mds and wrong .bin filename in .cue)

- added database editor. Activate it in settings, then edit data in gridtable as you wish (you can show/hide extra info columns by clicking on the table headers). The "delete rom from db" button turns to "update db" in edit mode. (zero dreams)

- added background music and themes support in matcher (flames)

[Guest MadCoder]

The source was quite outdated, I updated it in the first post to reflect last changes.

About the comments, the biggest problem is my poor knowledge of English. And the second one that i'm too lazy :/ But if you have any questions, please feel free to PM me, I will try to do my best.

About work_in_progress:

I'm trying to make iso fixer actually fix something, and not just check. The goal is to repare well known PSX set with corrupted .cue automatically. I'm stuck with creating .cue for .bin - the .bin data modes can differ (mode1/mode2 and 2048/2352/2336 in any combination), and it should be inserted in .cue. I have to figure out how to extract this information directly from .bin. If someone knows something about .bin header, please help.

Well, I had an idea about the fix ISO for DC. I will send you my changes in the next few days. I going to add Dreamcast CDI to ISO ability, and ISO fixer. DC is one of my favorite consoles, and there are a lot of tools needed to properly convert images to ISO depending on where you download them. When I finish it I will send what I've changed. I'm more a C# guy, but it uses the .Net framework, so it would be too difficult to adjust.

Sidenote: I couldn't get your source to compile in VS2008 / VS2010.

[xttx]

MadCoder, I don't have DreamCast set in my HyperSpin setup (demul is slow, nullDC is not very compatible and I couldn't get makaron to work with HL :/ ), but I heared that there is some problems with this set too (some of gdi are actually cdi or vice versa), it should be nice to impliment something gdi related but I dont know anything about this. If you could contribute some code, will be just great!

C# / vb.net, they are quite same and both compiles to MSIL. If you have something in c# to convert to vb, just PM me, i'll do the trick.

About compilation: VERY strange. I'm using VS 2010 Express SP1 without any extra lib. It should compile out of the box. What error do you get???

[goldorakiller]

Hi xttx.

I'm a vb.net programmer too.

Could you upload your last source ?

DO you have a todo list ?

Maybe I can Help you a little.

Here's my suggestion :

- make a datfile from hyperlist files and reverse too

- Add filters for mame. Like ini files that are in "folders" folder in mame.

So I think it could be more easy to make db for mame (only working etc..).

[xttx]

Hi,

you can grab latest source here: http://80.240.211.12/HyperspinChecker_src_0.003.rar

my todo list is in Form1.vb, but for now I'm concentrating on autodetecting .bin data mode and sector size. It seems that .bin is actually nothing more than a slightly modified .iso, and iso file format specification is supposed to be opened, but i can't find it anywhere! So, i'm a little bit away from the main developement line, trying to reverse that damn isos and bins

About your suggestions - they wouldn't be hard to add. I will try to look. Especially xml <-> dat convertion, it could be really helpful, i guess.

[flames]

Thank you very much!!!! It is great. I have to try.

[flames]

I have checked the matching section for theme & background music, and it works great!!! Now we can manage roms, whells, artworks, backgorund music and themes in an easy way. Great work!!!

[RandomName1]

Great program, Thanks!

Would it be possible to strip tags from rom descriptions automatically (except disc numbers) when creating an xml from a rom folder?

[SUBZERO]

Just tried it....great program. definitly will use it in the future when i clean up my HS. thanks

[xttx]

Would it be possible to strip tags from rom descriptions automatically (except disc numbers) when creating an xml from a rom folder?

I don't really understand how it should work. I can fill crc (but it will be very long process). And for manufacturer, year, genre... well, I just have no idea how to implemnt this.

[edit:]

After a little thinking: I can probably do it for years - four numbers in parentheses are quite sure the year.

[edit2]

After a little more thinking: only tosec naming convention have manufacturer in title, and it always the second thing in the parentheses. It could do the trick. Good and nointro have nothing but year and country coded in filename.

[xttx]

update to v0.004

- more ISO fixes

- added filter support for mame folders .ini, and ability to crop database to filtered content (goldorakiller)

- convert from/to HS DB xml <-> clrmame dat (xml format only) (goldorakiller)

- striping tags (year, country, manufacturer) from rom's name when creating DB from folder (right click on the button to configure) (RandomName1)

- some small bugs fixed

[kyoken]

Thanks, very great tool, I use everyday from the beginning recommended 110%

[RandomName1]

Thanks very much for implementing my suggestion.

Unfortunately I can't seem to get it to work. Country tags still remain no matter what options i set for example:

<game name="Crazy Taxi (USA)">

<description>Crazy Taxi (USA)</description>

[xttx]

RandomName1

Yep, the country tag is stripped but goes nowere, that's because there is no such tag in hyperspin XML,

	<description>3 Ninjas Kick Back (USA)</description>
	<cloneof></cloneof>
	<crc>e5a24999</crc>
	<manufacturer>Malibu</manufacturer>
	<year>1994</year>
	<genre>Action</genre>
	<rating>HSRS - GA (General Audience)</rating>

We have year and manufacturer but no country. I just don't know what to do with it yet....

Year and manufactirer works fine.

[goldorakiller]

Can you share source code for 0.004 please ?

[Sir Cyrano]

Can you fix a problem ?? When a Rom has several clones, his theme, wheel, video and art only show complete "green" "yes" in the original Rom, in the Clones it mark how "red" "no".

Do you understand ? Sorry my english is very bad

[xttx]

goldorakiller

Source updated to 0.004u1. Featuring genres/favorites manager. Semi-implimented. Binary is not relased yet.

Sir Cyrano

Will check right now.

edit:

I see. HyperSpin can use themes, wheels, videos for clones from parent rom, but as you actually don't have them, HyperspinChecker will not mark them green. I'll see what i can do.

edit2:

Are you sure the wheels can be inherited too? I only see options for themes and videos. (HyperHQ -> Wheel Settings -> choose wheel -> Navigation Themes -> [Clones Use Parent Vid | Clones Use Parent Themes]) Am i missing something?