Batch PBP conversion broke during Action Bass about psxpackager

[RupertAvery]

Thanks for testing!

It appears that the gameid was not found in the gameinfo.db file. That information is actually used to generate the output filename and the internal game title which is used by PSPs.

I am probablly not handling the case where a game was not found. I did check the gameinfo.db file and I see Action Bass - SLPS02482

I'll probably throw a warning and default to a dummy GameID and use the filename as the game name, as that information is not super important outside of PSP usage.

[RupertAvery]

The game was in the database after all. It turns out that the filename for the boot entry in SYSTEM.CNF was using lowercase characters so my matching algorithm didn't find it (I expected all caps). Anyway, I've updated it and it should be more robust now. What other games had problems?

[BadBrent]

I will run the command on my full list of 1200+ games to see which PBP conversions stop because of discid errors...my only thing is that I wish that I was given the option to add a flag where it will bypass trying to convert to PBP a game that errored out and continue on down the line. This would enable me to create a complete NTSC list of games that fault like this during PBP conversion using your utility.

Also, so let you know, there are at least hundreds of people who are doing everything they can to find an app like this such as myself, and our primary reasoning for the PBP conversion is a portable handheld ARM game emulator you can purchase for $70 USD but can benefit from the SD card speed and storage space of something like a massive 256 or 512GB card. Most people end up using CHDs but having a complete folder of PBPs would allow many of us the ability to take the compressed game and use it on the PS Classic once jailbroken, PSPs, and basically anything that can run RetroArch. There are many, many eyes on this project since they were notified that your project is still being actively developed...both Bezza and I have been in communication about a utility or command line utility that can accomplish this goal of bin/cue to PBP so that batch conversions are far easier and there's a lot of people who are getting ready to buy you a few beers at least.

[RupertAvery]

It's good to know that a lot of people have interest in this. Before you go and try to run it on a huge list, I will release an update that fixes the issue with Action Bass (and probably others), add some logging and continue conversion on errors. I'll probably have it out it a few hours.

[RupertAvery]

A new release has been published:

https://github.com/RupertAvery/PSXPackager/releases/tag/v1.4

It contains fixes for the Action Bass problem, and now continues to the next file if there was a problem. Also look at the option to generate a log with -g.