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Download "datted" ROMs directly from the NoIntro libraries on Internet Archive using a user friendly interface (PyQt6).

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consoles-games retrogaming roms

nointro-roms-downloader's Introduction

NoIntro-Roms-Downloader

My work is totally free, but if you want to support me anyway, you can do it here . Thank you!🙏

NEWS

06/26/2023: Good news! I may have finally found a viable alternative from using the "archive.org" site. If all goes to plan, you'll have a TON of new systems available, and download speeds will be GREATLY improved. I'll share more with you soon!
02/12/2023: Time has finally come !! v2.0.0 RC1 is up HERE (Carefully read the release description to know how to use it).

DESCRIPTION

Download "datted" ROMs directly from the NoIntro libraries on Internet Archive. Lastest binaries are available here or you can just clone the repo and launch it under Windows and Linux. (see below)

If you want to see changes since the beginning of this project, see CHANGELOG.md.

Supported platforms on 02/13/23

NB: Playstation 1, 2 and 3 are ready to use, but because of the size of files, multi-connections must be implemented before, sorry.

Launch without PyInstaller (Windows/Linux/MacOS)

Step one

git clone https://github.com/silverlays/NoIntro-Roms-Downloader
cd ./NoIntro-Roms-Downloader
python3 -m venv .venv

Step two

For Windows: .venv\Scripts\activate.bat
For Linux/MacOS: source .venv/bin/activate

Step three

pip install -r requirements.txt
python3 app.pyw

Feedback

If you found a bug (not listed on the status above), feel free to create an issue here.

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nointro-roms-downloader's Issues

Various tools (MD5 Checker, ...)

Error when installing/running the exe file: Unhandled exception in script

Unhandled exception in script

Failed to execute script 'app' due to unhandled exception: DLL load failed when importing QtCore: The specified procedure could not be found

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "app.pyw", line 2, in
ImportError: DLL load failed while importing QtCore: The specified procedure could not be found.

PCE/TG16 not listed in the application

The Readme says this set can be downloaded via the application but it's not listed in the application itself.

v2.0 Effective downloads (one connexion)

I'll release the v2.0 with only one connection by rom, but i've planned using multiple connections for big rom (like N64, PS1, PS2...

Multiple connections for large ROMs

Readme instructions syntax error

Unix-based systems use regular slash '/' instead of backslash '\'.

Step two for Linux/MacOS should look like: source .venv/bin/activate

Scrapping for ROM's details pane

I'm currently trying to add Roms scrapping (box art, description, ...). It's well started to make it happen!

More info in this thread soon, stay tuned!

Settings

Check for update at startup.
Cache validity (0, 30, 60, 90 days)
Download path (editbox + button)
Save window size & position (checkbox)
Save panes width (checkbox)
Auto unZip (checkbox)
Optional unZip path (checkbox + editbox + button)
Verify hash (checkbox)

Multiple connexions to speed up downloads

I've planned a new feature for (hopefully) the release of v1.4. As you may know, downloading large ROMs (as on N64) is often very slow, as the site archive.org limits the bandwidth to 200kb/s (fortunately per connection). So the idea is to use multiple connections for ROMs larger than 4MB.

Stay tuned! 😊

Currently, when a download failed, you don't have any information about what rom failed, and what to do either (retry or cancel for example). This will be fixed in the next (probably v1.4) release.

Stay tuned! 😊

v2.0 Speed optimization

Multi-Threading for cache creation done!

v2.0 Downloads confirmation window

Changed plans. Only a MessageBox needed now.

I don't think this should say the ROMs are "official" (even in quotation marks), that doesn't really make sense. The particular romsets that this program use may be outdated or inadvertently corrupted. To check if the ROMs match the No-Intro database, the ROMs should be hashed and checked against the dat files from DAT-o-MATIC. There's currently no API for downloading from DAT-o-MATIC, but you could bundle the dats with the program and manually update them occasionally.

Edit: I may submit a pull request for this (and maybe some others improvements) at some point.