[RELEASE] Rom Collection Browser - Browse and launch emulator game ROMs

wellspokenman · 2012-08-09 21:49

I just had a constructive idea regarding this difficulty surrounding an interrupt to a long filter load...what if there was a switch to disable automatic listing upon hovering over a category? This would mean that I would have to confirm my selection of SNES or MAME with an extra OK press. I think it's the fact that the listing is automatic that creates pressure on the user to not wait too long before making their selection. My theory is that more time=less mistakes and less pain Smile

sudopinion · 2012-08-10 20:18

I love this app and really like the scraper, however it is hanging on games with special characters like ™. Is there a workaround for this?

Miles_prower · 2012-08-11 21:18

Hi, I have installed this add-on via the online repository and after configurating it correctly with the configuration wizard I can't start the Rom Collection Browser, it says "script failed".

I'm using the latest version of XBMC available on the web (i just downloaded it today) on Windows 7 64 bit (Ultimate).

I would like to post the log file but I don't know where I can find it.

Miles_prower · 2012-08-12 13:37

Can somebody help me, please?

solidsatras · 2012-08-12 19:20

(2012-08-11 21:18)Miles_prower Wrote: Hi, I have installed this add-on via the online repository and after configurating it correctly with the configuration wizard I can't start the Rom Collection Browser, it says "script failed".

I'm using the latest version of XBMC available on the web (i just downloaded it today) on Windows 7 64 bit (Ultimate).

I would like to post the log file but I don't know where I can find it.

(2012-08-12 13:37)Miles_prower Wrote: Can somebody help me, please?

Do you mean latest stable version or latest nightly build?
A 5 second search would tell you
HOW-TO:Submit a proper bug report
and the location of the
debug log
for windows:

Code:

%APPDATA%\XBMC\  -->C:\Users\USERNAME\AppData\Roaming\XBMC\

Saying you did everything right, but it doesn´t work, isn´t much of a basis to help you.

Miles_prower · 2012-08-12 19:51

Thanks for the answer.

I meant I'm using the latest stable version.

Here's the text of the log:

Code:

41:13 T:6620  NOTICE: -----------------------------------------------------------------------

41:13 T:6620  NOTICE: Starting XBMC (11.0 Git:20120321-14feb09), Platform: Windows 7, 64-bit (WoW) Service Pack 1 build 7601. Built on Mar 21 2012 (compiler 1600)

41:13 T:6620  NOTICE: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Quad CPU    Q6600  @ 2.40GHz

41:13 T:6620  NOTICE: Desktop Resolution: 1920x1080 32Bit at 60Hz

41:13 T:6620  NOTICE: Running with restricted rights

41:13 T:6620  NOTICE: Aero is enabled

41:13 T:6620  NOTICE: special://xbmc/ is mapped to: C:\Program Files (x86)\XBMC

41:13 T:6620  NOTICE: special://xbmcbin/ is mapped to: C:\Program Files (x86)\XBMC

41:13 T:6620  NOTICE: special://masterprofile/ is mapped to: C:\Users\Lluis\AppData\Roaming\XBMC\userdata

41:13 T:6620  NOTICE: special://home/ is mapped to: C:\Users\Lluis\AppData\Roaming\XBMC\

41:13 T:6620  NOTICE: special://temp/ is mapped to: C:\Users\Lluis\AppData\Roaming\XBMC\cache

41:13 T:6620  NOTICE: The executable running is: C:\Program Files (x86)\XBMC\XBMC.exe

41:13 T:6620  NOTICE: Local hostname: LluisPC

41:13 T:6620  NOTICE: Log File is located: C:\Users\Lluis\AppData\Roaming\XBMC\xbmc.log

41:13 T:6620  NOTICE: -----------------------------------------------------------------------

41:13 T:6620  NOTICE: Setup SDL

41:13 T:6620  NOTICE: Found screen: Monitor PnP gen�rico on ATI Radeon HD 5800 Series, adapter 0.

41:13 T:6620  NOTICE: Found screen: Monitor PnP gen�rico on ATI Radeon HD 5800 Series, adapter 1.

41:13 T:6620  NOTICE: Primary mode: 1920x1080 @ 60.00 - Full Screen

41:13 T:6620  NOTICE: Secondary mode: 1280x1024 @ 75.00 - Full Screen #2

41:13 T:6620  NOTICE: Additional mode: 640x480 @ 50.00 - Full Screen

41:13 T:6620  NOTICE: Previous line repeats 2 times.

[...]

41:15 T:4932  NOTICE: -->Python Interpreter Initialized<--

41:15 T:6704  NOTICE: -->Python Interpreter Initialized<--

41:16 T:1836   ERROR: CRemoteControl::Connect - failed to connect

41:16 T:6704  NOTICE: RCB Service: Start

41:16 T:6704  NOTICE: RCB Service: launch RCB on startup =

41:16 T:6704  NOTICE: RCB Service: scrape games on startup = false

41:16 T:6704  NOTICE: RCB Service: Done

41:16 T:7004  NOTICE: -->Python Interpreter Initialized<--

41:16 T:4568  NOTICE: Artwork Downloader: ## Service - Run at startup: False

41:16 T:4568  NOTICE: Artwork Downloader: ## Service - Delayed startup: -- minutes

41:16 T:4568  NOTICE: Artwork Downloader: ## Service - Run as service: False

41:16 T:4568  NOTICE: Artwork Downloader: ## Service - Time: 00:00

41:16 T:4932  NOTICE:  StorageServer Module loaded RUN

41:16 T:4932  NOTICE: StorageClient-1.1.0 Starting server

41:16 T:4932  NOTICE: StorageServer-1.1.0 Storage Server starting C:\Users\Lluis\AppData\Roaming\XBMC\userdata\Database\commoncache.db

41:20 T:3396 WARNING: XFILE::CFileFactory::CreateLoader - Unsupported protocol(addons) in addons://more/executable.tbn

41:23 T:2120  NOTICE: -->Python Interpreter Initialized<--

41:23 T:2120  NOTICE: RCB_INFO: Loading sqlite3 as DB engine

41:23 T:2120  NOTICE: RCB: init log level

41:23 T:2120  NOTICE: RCB: current log level: 2

41:23 T:2120  NOTICE: RCB_INFO: Loading sqlite3 as DB engine

41:23 T:2120  NOTICE: RCB_INFO: Path to configuration file: C:\Users\Lluis\AppData\Roaming\XBMC\userdata\addon_data\script.games.rom.collect​ion.browser\config.xml

41:23 T:2120  NOTICE: RCB_INFO: XBMC version: Assuming we are on Eden

41:23 T:2120  NOTICE: RCB_INFO: Init Rom Collection Browser: C:\Users\Lluis\AppData\Roaming\XBMC\addons\script.games.rom.collection.browser

41:23 T:2120  NOTICE: RCB_INFO: RCB version: 1.0.1

41:23 T:2120  NOTICE: RCB_INFO: RCB service addon: <xbmcaddon.Addon object at 0x0922DA40>

41:23 T:2120  NOTICE: RCB_INFO: checkUpdateInProgress

41:23 T:2120  NOTICE: RCB_INFO: scrapeOnStartupAction =

41:23 T:2120  NOTICE: C:\Users\Lluis\AppData\Roaming\XBMC\userdata\addon_data\script.games.rom.collect​ion.browser\MyGames.db

41:23 T:2120  NOTICE: RCB_INFO: Path to configuration file: C:\Users\Lluis\AppData\Roaming\XBMC\userdata\addon_data\script.games.rom.collect​ion.browser\config.xml

41:23 T:2120  NOTICE: RCB_INFO: Reading config version from config.xml: 0.9.5

41:23 T:2120  NOTICE: RCB_INFO: Config file is up to date

41:23 T:2120  NOTICE: RCB_INFO: Begin readXml

41:23 T:2120  NOTICE: RCB_INFO: Path to configuration file: C:\Users\Lluis\AppData\Roaming\XBMC\userdata\addon_data\script.games.rom.collect​ion.browser\config.xml

41:23 T:2120  NOTICE: RCB_INFO: Begin readRomCollections

41:23 T:2120  NOTICE: RCB_INFO: current Rom Collection: Genesis

41:23 T:2120   ERROR: Error Type: <type 'exceptions.UnicodeEncodeError'>

41:23 T:2120   ERROR: Error Contents: 'ascii' codec can't encode characters in position 21-22: ordinal not in range(128)

41:23 T:2120   ERROR: Traceback (most recent call last):

                                              File "C:\Users\Lluis\AppData\Roaming\XBMC\addons\script.games.rom.collection.browser\d​efault.py", line 57, in <module>

                                                import gui

                                              File "C:\Users\Lluis\AppData\Roaming\XBMC\addons\script.games.rom.collection.browser\r​esources\lib\gui.py", line 1822, in <module>

                                                main()

                                              File "C:\Users\Lluis\AppData\Roaming\XBMC\addons\script.games.rom.collection.browser\r​esources\lib\gui.py", line 1818, in main

                                                ui = UIGameDB("script-Rom_Collection_Browser-main.xml", util.getAddonInstallPath(), skin, "720p")

                                              File "C:\Users\Lluis\AppData\Roaming\XBMC\addons\script.games.rom.collection.browser\r​esources\lib\gui.py", line 189, in __init__

                                                statusOk, errorMsg = self.config.readXml()

                                              File "C:\Users\Lluis\AppData\Roaming\XBMC\addons\script.games.rom.collection.browser\r​esources\lib\config.py", line 229, in readXml

                                                romCollections, errorMsg = self.readRomCollections(tree)

                                              File "C:\Users\Lluis\AppData\Roaming\XBMC\addons\script.games.rom.collection.browser\r​esources\lib\config.py", line 288, in readRomCollections

                                                Logutil.log('Rom path: ' +str(romPathRow.text), util.LOG_LEVEL_INFO)

                                            UnicodeEncodeError: 'ascii' codec can't encode characters in position 21-22: ordinal not in range(128)

41:23 T:6620   ERROR: CLocalizeStrings::ClearBlock: Trying to clear non existent block C:\Users\Lluis\AppData\Roaming\XBMC\addons\script.games.rom.collection.browser

41:31 T:6620  NOTICE: Storing total System Uptime

41:31 T:6620  NOTICE: Saving settings

41:31 T:6620  NOTICE: stop all

41:31 T:6620  NOTICE: ES: Stopping event server

41:31 T:6620  NOTICE: stopping zeroconf publishing

41:32 T:4196  NOTICE: ES: UDP Event server stopped

41:32 T:6620  NOTICE: stop sap announcement listener

41:32 T:6620  NOTICE: clean cached files!

41:32 T:6620  NOTICE: unload skin

41:32 T:4932  NOTICE: StorageServer-1.1.0 Closed down

41:32 T:6620  NOTICE: stop python

41:32 T:6620  NOTICE: stopped

41:32 T:6620  NOTICE: destroy

41:32 T:6620  NOTICE: closing down remote control service

41:32 T:6620  NOTICE: unload sections

41:33 T:6620  NOTICE: destroy

41:33 T:6620 WARNING: Attempted to remove window 10013 from the window manager when it didn't exist

41:33 T:6620 WARNING: Attempted to remove window 10014 from the window manager when it didn't exist

41:33 T:6620 WARNING: Attempted to remove window 10015 from the window manager when it didn't exist

41:33 T:6620 WARNING: Attempted to remove window 10016 from the window manager when it didn't exist

41:33 T:6620 WARNING: Attempted to remove window 10017 from the window manager when it didn't exist

41:33 T:6620 WARNING: Attempted to remove window 10018 from the window manager when it didn't exist

41:33 T:6620 WARNING: Attempted to remove window 10019 from the window manager when it didn't exist

41:33 T:6620 WARNING: Attempted to remove window 10107 from the window manager when it didn't exist

41:33 T:6620 WARNING: Attempted to remove window 10115 from the window manager when it didn't exist

41:33 T:6620 WARNING: Attempted to remove window 10104 from the window manager when it didn't exist

41:33 T:6620  NOTICE: closing down remote control service

41:33 T:6620  NOTICE: unload sections

41:33 T:6620  NOTICE: application stopped...

esk1 · 2012-08-12 21:46

For ZSNES I have to use solo mode otherwise I XBMC crashes, I have the RCB Service installed but when I quit ZSNES XBMC does not automatically launch. If I click the XMBC Icon on my desktop I get put back in RCB the first time however.

esk1 · 2012-08-13 00:22

(2012-08-12 21:46)esk1 Wrote: For ZSNES I have to use solo mode otherwise I XBMC crashes, I have the RCB Service installed but when I quit ZSNES XBMC does not automatically launch. If I clock the XMBC Icon on my desktop I get put back in RCB the first time however.

I figured out that I installed XBMC to a different path, now I am getting the dreaded error: CApplication:: create() failed - Check log file and that it is writeable once I updated my applaunch.bat file. Using the explorer trick in front of it didn't do me any good.

edit:

Okay I figured these out and wanted to post my solution. I launched a process monitor on my second screen (ctrl + esc + shift) and noticed that the znes process was not going down until after the attempted launch of xbmc. I knew that this was what the explorer line was meant to fix, but my problem above was that it was trying to launch it while my resolution was still adjusting. I added a "timeout 3" above the launch line and a explorer to the front of that and everything is working perfectly.

malte · 2012-08-13 12:53

wellspokenman Wrote:I just had a constructive idea regarding this difficulty surrounding an interrupt to a long filter load...what if there was a switch to disable automatic listing upon hovering over a category? This would mean that I would have to confirm my selection of SNES or MAME with an extra OK press. I think it's the fact that the listing is automatic that creates pressure on the user to not wait too long before making their selection. My theory is that more time=less mistakes and less pain

Good idea. I will think about adding this or something similar. Thanks.

sudopinion Wrote:I love this app and really like the scraper, however it is hanging on games with special characters like ™. Is there a workaround for this?

No, not atm. It is on my list but I did not find a reliable way to fix it. I will work on this again with one of the next releases.

Miles_prower Wrote:I meant I'm using the latest stable version.

Here's the text of the log:

It looks like there is a special character in one of your paths. Can you show me your config.xml file?

esk1 Wrote:Okay I figured these out and wanted to post my solution. I launched a process monitor on my second screen (ctrl + esc + shift) and noticed that the znes process was not going down until after the attempted launch of xbmc. I knew that this was what the explorer line was meant to fix, but my problem above was that it was trying to launch it while my resolution was still adjusting. I added a "timeout 3" above the launch line and a explorer to the front of that and everything is working perfectly.

Thanks for finding out and sharing. Maybe the timeout will fix it for others too.

Wizard1969 · 2012-08-13 16:48

I just discovered rcb and it looks like exactly what i have been looking for. I have read through the guides, wiki, etc but after setting up rcb, pointing the first-run wizard to the correct location for mame.exe and rom folder i still see no roms when i pull up rcb. Mame runs fine from cmd. Looking for a little help from some more experienced xbmc'ers. I'm sure it's something basic i'm overlooking. I've pulled a log file with nothing but a xbmc startup & straight into rcb & rcb config file. TIA for any help.

Log File

rbc config

sudopinion Member Posts: 73 Joined: Jun 2012 Reputation: 1	2012-08-10 20:18 Post: #2562 I love this app and really like the scraper, however it is hanging on games with special characters like ™. Is there a workaround for this?
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Miles_prower Junior Member Posts: 18 Joined: Apr 2010 Reputation: 0	2012-08-12 13:37 Post: #2564 Can somebody help me, please?
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esk1 Member Posts: 72 Joined: Jan 2009 Reputation: 2	2012-08-12 21:46 Post: #2567 For ZSNES I have to use solo mode otherwise I XBMC crashes, I have the RCB Service installed but when I quit ZSNES XBMC does not automatically launch. If I click the XMBC Icon on my desktop I get put back in RCB the first time however. (This post was last modified: 2012-08-13 00:46 by esk1.)
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