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Version: 4.2

Scraper

A missing illustration in your game list ? Onion Scraper can solve that ! Using WiFi (so Miyoo Mini Plus only), this app allows you to download game covers without even touching your SD card or a computer.

Features​

  • Automatically download covers from 3 different sources (ScreenScraper, Retroarch and Launchbox)
  • Media type selection (Boxart, 3D, Screenshot, Title Screen, Marquee, Mix)
  • Prefered region selection (will give a priority to the covers from your own region)
  • Manage ScreenScraper accounts (less errors and faster when registered / logged in)
  • Download one covers or all the missing covers of the current console
  • Auto converstion and resize of images for the Miyoo Mini
  • Find game match even if your rom is not well named thanks to ScreenScraper CRC search


Summary screen at end of the scraping

Usage​

  1. Select a rom in the Games submenu

  2. Press Y to open GLO

  3. Choose Scraper

Configuration​

Media Preference​

Choose the desired kind of media.

namepreview exampleavailable on
Box ArtSS,LB,RA
Screenshot - Title ScreenSS,LB,RA
Screenshot - In GameSS,LB,RA
Box Art - 3DSS,LB
WheelSS,LB
MarqueeSS,LB
Screenscraper Mix V1SS
Screenscraper Mix V2SS
SS = Screenscraper, LB = Launchbox, RA = Retroarch

Region selection​

Choose your prefered region. If no media is found for your country code, other countries will be searched as fallback.

Scraping source​

Select where the covers will be searched.

  • ScreenScraper is probably the best supplied, it supports all the media types proposed in Scraper and it also allows to search by CRC which provide a lot of additional matches.
  • Launchbox offers a fast alternative to ScreenScraper.
  • Retroarch is quite fast the the match level is low.

Screenscraper: account settings​

  • Screenscraper information: technical information about ScreenScraper (a retrogaming project to support).
  • Username & password: to set your ScreenScraper credentials.
  • Account state and stats: will show your screenscraper account state (useful to check if your account credentials are well configured and if you don't exceed quotas).

Toggle background Scraping​

Allows to download covers in background, which means that you can use your Miyoo Mini Plus while it is downloading your covers.