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Renaming game titles with the help of Datfiles

Renaming game titles with the help of Datfiles

Available since 1.8.9.4 beta 4

You have Roms whose file name is not correct and which sometimes cannot be found during a scrape. ARRM allows, based on their CRC32/MD5 to search for the correct name in the Datfiles, by selecting the Roms and clicking on Rename with DAT Useful for scraping correctly when roms filenames are not correct.

To rename arcade game titles, please refer to this wiki and use method 3: Rename Arcade Game Titles

Since version 1.9.1.2 beta 3

If the system is one of the Arcade systems declared in the file %appdata%\Nexouille Soft\arrm\Database\arcade_systems_list.txt , the search will first be done on the file name which, in Arcade, is normalized and the result will be very reliable.

Available since 1.9.1.7 beta 9

If the system is part of the Daphne/Singe systems declared in the file %appdata%\Nexouille Soft\arrm\Database\daphne_systems_list.txt , the search will first be made on the short name which, on Daphne/ Monkey is normalized.
If the system is one of the ScummVM systems declared in the %appdata%\Nexouille Soft\arrm\Database\scummvm_systems_list.txt file, the search will first be done on the short name which, on ScummVM, is standardized.
If the system is one of the ScummVM systems declared in the file %appdata%\Nexouille Soft\arrm\Database\pcdos_systems_list.txt , the search will be done first on the filename.

If the previous search does not return anything, the search will be done via MD5 / CRC32

Since version 1917 Beta 9 these files can be modified via the Tools tab see: Configuration files

Warning, the renaming is not 100% reliable, sometimes the names found are not the correct ones

For Arcade systems, since version 1.9.0.2 Beta 15 it is also possible to use Rename Arcade Game Titles

Here's how:

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Renaming game titles with the help of Datfiles

As a precaution save the gamelists.xml of the affected systems.

Select the system (only one) then click on Display

When the Database is filled with the found Roms,

Select the Roms of which you want to find the right title with the help of DATFILES files.

You can apply the Clean Name, Add Disc and Add Country checkboxes which will apply to the title found.

Click on the button Rename with DAT

Validate the confirmation popup.

ARRM will run a CRC32 and MD5 calculation, then look for a match in the Datfiles database. If a match is found, the game title is changed to the one found in the Datfiles.

A CSV file is generated (rename_with_dat.txt) at the end of the operation which indicates which Datfiles the matches come from. This file can be used in Excel (separator | ) . It is located in the directory: %appdata%\Nexouille Soft\arrm\temp

Update database with new Datfiles (.dat/.xml)

Available from version 1.9.0.2 Beta 8

It is possible to update the ARRM database with new dat files (.dat/.xml) to be able to use the Rename with DAT function

To update the ARRM database, you need to put your datfiles (.dat/.xml) files in the folder:

%appdata%\Nexouille Soft\arrm\Database\tosec

Be careful not to put files relating to manual, books, applications, coverdisks, magazines, multimedia, operating systems, etc… as well as game extensions not recognized by your frontend. This would unnecessarily burden the Database and could cause slowdowns.

The files (.xml/.dat) must respect certain formats in order to be taken into account by ARRM. See: Reecognized formats

You can see which .xml or .dat file format is compatible by looking at the files present in the folder: %appdata%\Nexouille Soft\arrm\Database\tosec\samples

Click on the DAT to Database button present in the Update tab. ARRM will go through all the .dat files present and update the database with the new information collected. This can be quite long.

When a .dat/.xml file has been processed, you can delete it from this directory, otherwise it will be scanned again the next time you press the DAT to Database button.

Update Arcade database with new Datfiles (.dat/.xml)

Available from version 1.9.1.2 Beta 3

It is possible to update the Arcade dedicated ARRM database with new datfiles (.dat/.xml). This Arcade database is used with the function Rename with DAT or Filter Arcade Clone on Arcade systems. As a reminder, Rename with DAT allows to find in the ARRM database, the correct title of an Arcade game based on its file name (standardized for Arcade) while Filter Arcade Clone allows you to filter out Roms that are clones of other Arcade games.

To update the ARRM database you must put your DAT files (.dat or .xml) in the folder:

%appdata%\Nexouille Soft\arrm\Database\dat

Warning: only put files related to MAME or FBNEO.

The files (dat/xml) must respect certain formats in order to be taken into account by ARRM. See: Reecognized formats

You can see which .xml or .dat file format is compatible by looking at the files present in the folder: %appdata%\Nexouille Soft\arrm\Database\dat\samples

Click the Arcade to Database button. New records will be added or modified to the existing database. It can be long.

When a .dat / .xml file has been processed, you can remove it from this directory, otherwise it will be scanned again the next time you press the Arcade to Database button

You can find Arcade XML in this site : Le site web de r0man0

Datfiles (.dat/.xml) file format

Since version 1.9.1.2 Beta 3, you can see which .xml or .dat file format is compatible by looking at the files present in the folder:

%appdata%\Nexouille Soft\arrm\Database\dat\samples

These .dat/.xml files must respect this structure.

Restore a healthy database

If you have made a bad manipulation (adding inappropriate files during the previous phases, which could cause a slowdown in access to the databases, I advise you to recover the following files in the ARRM archive corresponding to your version of ARRM:

recalbox_gamelist.mdb for the database Arcade
tosec_dat_database.mdb for the database Tosec

then copy them to the folder: %appdata%\Nexouille Soft\arrm\Database