Better Boxart: Customizable Scraping / Miyoo Mini Plus & Other Devices

[@MassiveRican]

Bro, there needs to be more like buttons! Phenomenal work. Love how enjoyable this makes navigating my gamelist. Honestly this is so thorough we even get a nice and quick Gimp edit to customize to your hearts content. Couldn't ask for more.

[@PhyrexTechs]

I also think it makes it look a lot better. Thanks for the kind words!

[@DemonUKPES]

Those batch files are great. Top work my man!

[@PhyrexTechs]

Thank you!

[@fabianmartinez1321]

Your videos should be at the top my friend! thank you for the good content!

[@PhyrexTechs]

Thank you for the kind words!

[@oghalealex]

I really like what appears to be a "nintendo game boy" sticker that you have on your device. Where did you get it?

[@PhyrexTechs]

Yeah, it's a great sticker! www.etsy.com/listing/1215555181/nintendo-gameboy-label-aufkleber-sticker?ref=share_v4_lx

[@oghalealex]

@@PhyrexTechs thank you so much for responding. Love your videos so far! 🙌🏾

[@PhyrexTechs]

Thanks! That means a lot to me!

[@toycoma98]

@@PhyrexTechs Swap a black dpad from another miyoo to complete the gameboy look.

[@PhyrexTechs]

That is a good idea. Might need to do that.

[@dee12yearsago88]

Lost me on the skraper config as i have anbernic and i don't know which root folder to look for. ugh

[@SirMuddyToast]

Good guide, what are the games playing demo on the screen in the background?

[@PhyrexTechs]

Thanks! That would be ActRaiser 2 for the SNES. A hard but great game!

[@fauxtapes]

Brilliant work, thank you for sharing. Sadly MM+ template link not working and when I download the MM+ Big Zoom archive I get a bat file, not three files like you use in this video. Could you please clarify? Thanks!

[@PhyrexTechs]

Sorry about that my server went down for a bit. The link for the MM+ big zoom should work now. files.phyrextechs.com/share/BSKak5jy

[@fauxtapes]

@@PhyrexTechs Thanks a lot, sir!

[@Lenny17734]

Would you do a guide on how to scrape homebrew roms/rom hacks, those not recognized by Skraper? Thank you!

[@PhyrexTechs]

So most scapers are not going to match those. Some of the more popular rom hacks might get detected. But ultimately for things like that you are going to want to use the options I put towards the end of the video and either get them from the steam grid site or make them yourself.

[@Lenny17734]

@@PhyrexTechs thank you ! Didn’t see the end of the video yet, will give it a try

[@thenextmj4523]

You rock!!!

[@PhyrexTechs]

Thanks for watching!

[@hapcampbell]

Excellent guide, but as others have said, the Skraper template you reference is no longer available. Great channel, love your videos.

[@PhyrexTechs]

Thanks I was just able to find a better link and have updated it.

[@hapcampbell]

@@PhyrexTechs You are a legend, sir. 🙂 We thank you.

[@DaimlerC]

Have you gotten doom to play? I can’t figure out where to put the files and how to get it to show up. Your videos rock 👍

[@PhyrexTechs]

Yeah, it was a little confusing to get working but I eventually did. I'll make a video on how to do it.

[@DaimlerC]

@@PhyrexTechs that would be so great! Thanks for your videos!

[@cuba77ru]

👍

[@chongsuklee]

I'm stuck on Steam ROM Manager 2.4.11 community presets. Nothing will show when I type anything, example: snes (no drop down to select). Please help.

[@PhyrexTechs]

It's a little odd how it works, you need to type something in but it will not show the list right away. You have to click the word you typed for the list to show. If the list is still not populating you may need to go to the Settings tab on the left and then click the "Force download" button next to "config presets" under "Community variable/presets settings".

[@crispkit]

This no longer seems to work. I followed the instructions and cannot get the parser to work whatsoever.

[@PhyrexTechs]

It should still be working. I just tested it again and was able to parse my games. It it giving any error messages in the Log tab in the top left?

[@Zerzayar]

Except starting Skraper for the first time may take hours. 😅

[@PhyrexTechs]

Yeah depending on the internet connection and PC it can take so long...

[@MassiveRican]

Hi @phyrextechs just a heads up that the skraper template link is down. :(

[@PhyrexTechs]

They must have taken down the link from discord. I looked to see if I still have a copy and I can't find it. Your next best option is to follow these instructions: Via "ALL SYSTEMS" on the left, go to the "MEDIA" tab -> Enable & set "Resize width to" to 250 and enable "Keep Image Ratio" Select the image type you don't want in the "Fetched Media List" and press the "minus" button, so there's only one picture. You can change how the image mix looks with the two buttons under "Media type", I recommend changing "4 IMAGES MIX" to "Screenscraper's Recalbox Mix V2", but use whatever you prefer. If you choose a picture that's taller than it's wide, like the boxart, set "Resize height to" to 360 and disable "Keep Image Ratio"

[@MassiveRican]

@@PhyrexTechs thanks, very helpful. I'm trying it out now. I'm also building up a real nice AdvanceMenu png/mp3 library of files and I'd prefer to make a higher resolution quality of the Snap. What I get between scrapper or tiny best set snap packs are a bit blurry, do you know of a way to record your own Snaps for AdvanceMenu that doesn't use AdvanceMAME or AdvanceMESS emulators? That's all I could find.

[@PhyrexTechs]

Hmm, Not that I know of. I'll be sure to let you know if I ever find another way.

[@PhyrexTechs]

The link has been updated.