2011-05-15, 17:32
malte Wrote:Is there any special format or tag name that you require?
I'll be able to extract the info no matter how you tag it, but it would be very nice if the tag you use could store the URL to the thumbnail version of the images as well. The only artwork images that SM Arcade utilizes are the screenshot and marquee images. Here is the way that XBMC does it for video files:
Code:
<thumb preview="http://cf1.imgobject.com/posters/deb/4d9875875e73d6225d005deb/conan-the-barbarian-mid.jpg">http://cf1.imgobject.com/posters/deb/4d9875875e73d6225d005deb/conan-the-barbarian-original.jpg</thumb>
<thumb preview="http://cf1.imgobject.com/posters/87d/4cd9da545e73d676cd00087d/conan-the-barbarian-mid.jpg">http://cf1.imgobject.com/posters/87d/4cd9da545e73d676cd00087d/conan-the-barbarian-original.jpg</thumb>
<thumb preview="http://cf1.imgobject.com/posters/7df/4c6434517b9aa172de0007df/conan-the-barbarian-mid.jpg">http://cf1.imgobject.com/posters/7df/4c6434517b9aa172de0007df/conan-the-barbarian-original.jpg</thumb>
<thumb preview="http://cf1.imgobject.com/posters/216/4bc925b7017a3c57fe00f216/conan-the-barbarian-mid.jpg">http://cf1.imgobject.com/posters/216/4bc925b7017a3c57fe00f216/conan-the-barbarian-original.jpg</thumb>
<thumb preview="http://cf1.imgobject.com/posters/958/4c64343a7b9aa172da000958/conan-the-barbarian-mid.jpg">http://cf1.imgobject.com/posters/958/4c64343a7b9aa172da000958/conan-the-barbarian-original.jpg</thumb>
<thumb preview="http://cf1.imgobject.com/posters/86e/4d0fe8667b9aa1177000386e/conan-the-barbarian-mid.jpg">http://cf1.imgobject.com/posters/86e/4d0fe8667b9aa1177000386e/conan-the-barbarian-original.jpg</thumb>
<thumb preview="http://cf1.imgobject.com/posters/211/4bc925b7017a3c57fe00f211/conan-the-barbarian-mid.jpg">http://cf1.imgobject.com/posters/211/4bc925b7017a3c57fe00f211/conan-the-barbarian-original.jpg</thumb>
<thumb preview="http://cf1.imgobject.com/posters/21b/4bc925b8017a3c57fe00f21b/conan-the-barbarian-mid.jpg">http://cf1.imgobject.com/posters/21b/4bc925b8017a3c57fe00f21b/conan-the-barbarian-original.jpg</thumb>
<thumb preview="http://cf1.imgobject.com/posters/16b/4ce773615e73d6258b00016b/conan-the-barbarian-mid.jpg">http://cf1.imgobject.com/posters/16b/4ce773615e73d6258b00016b/conan-the-barbarian-original.jpg</thumb>
<thumb preview="http://cf1.imgobject.com/posters/631/4c8df31a5e73d6068e000631/conan-the-barbarian-mid.jpg">http://cf1.imgobject.com/posters/631/4c8df31a5e73d6068e000631/conan-the-barbarian-original.jpg</thumb>
<fanart>
<thumb preview="http://cf1.imgobject.com/backdrops/20d/4bc925b7017a3c57fe00f20d/conan-the-barbarian-poster.jpg">http://cf1.imgobject.com/backdrops/20d/4bc925b7017a3c57fe00f20d/conan-the-barbarian-original.jpg</thumb>
<thumb preview="http://cf1.imgobject.com/backdrops/e8d/4be821f5017a3c35bd000e8d/conan-the-barbarian-poster.jpg">http://cf1.imgobject.com/backdrops/e8d/4be821f5017a3c35bd000e8d/conan-the-barbarian-original.jpg</thumb>
<thumb preview="http://cf1.imgobject.com/backdrops/209/4bc925b6017a3c57fe00f209/conan-the-barbarian-poster.jpg">http://cf1.imgobject.com/backdrops/209/4bc925b6017a3c57fe00f209/conan-the-barbarian-original.jpg</thumb>
<thumb preview="http://cf1.imgobject.com/backdrops/205/4bc925b3017a3c57fe00f205/conan-the-barbarian-poster.jpg">http://cf1.imgobject.com/backdrops/205/4bc925b3017a3c57fe00f205/conan-the-barbarian-original.jpg</thumb>
</fanart>
Although XBMC lists every screenshot/marquee image it finds, SM Arcade currently only uses the first one listed in the file.
I was looking at maws.mameworld.info, and there's another bit of information that would be very helpful to SM Arcade if you could work it in. I'm talking about information on a ROM's parent.
For example, http://maws.mameworld.info/maws/romset/19xxb is a ROM which has a parent. If info could be stored such as this:
Code:
<parent>
<title>19XX: The War Against Destiny (USA 951207)</title>
<rom>19xx</rom>
</parent>
*The value for "rom" was stripped off of the end of the link to the parent on mameworld.
Using this info, SM Arcade would be able to use the same screenshot/marquee art for clones as their parent. This is helpful for people who like to use their own screenshot/artwork collections that may lack the images for ROM clones.