Hacking GameTDB - game information database + covers

[zorglub07]

Please Zorglub , i can't access them from the site , only the HQ cover is existing (not the regular) , could you check and delete them on FTP ?done
QUOTE(djbubba2002 @ Sep 25 2009, 03:47 PM) ID RZREGT
region NTSC-U
title (EN) The Destiny of Zorro
Delete HQ COVER ...

done

 

[Yod4z]

RCEP5Z is not good, i have found this game with RCEPUG (juste a rename if possible without removing nothing)

 

[pepxl]

@ Benjay

ive noticed the covers ive made from some custom Hombrew ISO's are not the HQ ones i uped but 512px × 340px or have i got it wrong?

 

[Skizzo]

Could you possibly make it so that all the art for a game can be downloaded in one zip file, and perhaps even making different packages for the most popular loaders, with each package containing whatever art is supported by said loaders (for example, no need for disc art if it's for WiiFlow), and already in their default subdirectories within the package so they can easily be unzipped to the base directory wherever we're storing our images? Or would that be too difficult to code and/or too taxing to the server?

 

[Yod4z]

@ Benjay

ive noticed the covers ive made from some custom Hombrew ISO's are not the HQ ones i uped but 512px × 340px or have i got it wrong?

the HQ are 1024 * 680

 

[Benjay]

@ Benjay

ive noticed the covers ive made from some custom Hombrew ISO's are not the HQ ones i uped but 512px × 340px or have i got it wrong?

On the site , you can only see and download the 512x340 one , but from the loader , the 1024x680 is available

you can see if the HQ exists on the site , in the game list (where there are some CCFFDD)
(search CHCP00 for example).
Check out the legend to understand what these letters mean

QUOTE(Yod4z @ Sep 27 2009, 12:32 AM) RCEP5Z is not good, i have found this game with RCEPUG (juste a rename if possible without removing nothing)

renaming is not possible.
You must create a new entrie , and copy/paste all the infos (open 2 pages in your browser).
Pehaps Zorglub can rename , but not us..

 

[pepxl]

ah i see, i need to change the setting in the loader then, im only getting 512x340 using CFG but not sure about WiiFlow

EDIT

WiiFlow DL's them automaticaly and if not available gets the 512x340, wonder how to set CFG to do this

 

[Yod4z]

I have done some modified custom disc for the game Don King Boxing R2KP54 for all different system of game classification

 

[Benjay]

WiiFlow DL's them automaticaly and if not available gets the 512x340, wonder how to set CFG to do this

I'm not sure CFG supports 1024x680 covers.

 

[pepxl]

ive added the cusatom covers i made directly to the loaders cover folders and they show but there must be away to DL them from Wiitdb aswel.

the loader looking here for fullcovers

cover_url_full =+ http://wiitdb.com/wiitdb/artwork/coverfull/{CC}/{ID6}.png

but what would i need change it to DL HQ ones instead as you have a wider knowledge of the servers layout

 

[zorglub07]

renaming is not possible.
You must create a new entrie , and copy/paste all the infos (open 2 pages in your browser).
Pehaps Zorglub can rename , but not us..I'll add an easy way for authorized users to rename a page, including all covers

QUOTE(pepxl @ Sep 27 2009, 09:24 PM) ive added the cusatom covers i made directly to the loaders cover folders and they show but there must be away to DL them from Wiitdb aswel.

the loader looking here for fullcovers

cover_url_full =+ http://wiitdb.com/wiitdb/artwork/coverfull/{CC}/{ID6}.png

but what would i need change it to DL HQ ones instead as you have a wider knowledge of the servers layout

use "coverfullHQ"

 

[pepxl]

thanks for that quick reply, i was only wondering as i was in doubt in which way the HQ covers were downloaded

thanks

 

[Benjay]

Zorglub is a fast man ^^
i'm left for 5 minutes , and when i'm back he has already answered your question lol

 

[Skizzo]

Guess he's chosen to ignore mine then.

Is it possible to do a site grab with something like Teleport Pro then?

 

[Benjay]

there are links for covers packs on the home page of WiiTDB.
Autodownloaders are bandwith eaters , and i'm not sure you need all the covers of the site.

 

[Dr. Clipper]

Just to make things fully clear, the best way to get Configurable USB Loader to download HQ boxart is:

cover_url_full =
cover_url_full =+ http://wiitdb.com/wiitdb/artwork/coverfullHQ/{CC}/{ID6}.png
cover_url_full =+ http://wiitdb.com/wiitdb/artwork/coverfull/{CC}/{ID6}.png
cover_url_full =+ http://wiicover.gateflorida.com/sites/default/files/cover/Full%20Cover/{ID6}.png
cover_url_full =+ http://www.muntrue.nl/covers/ALL/512/340/fullcover/{ID6}.png

That way it first clears the defaults, then will always try to get the HQ cover first, and will default to WiiTDB's normal sized cover then the other sites if it is not available. At the moment, it won't have much effect as the images get shrunk to 512*340 by the Loader for display on the screen anyway (due to the screen limitation of 480 height). It will likely be the default download URL set soon, once usptactical implements the planned cover zooming so that there's actually a point to getting the HQ covers.

 

[Skizzo]

there are links for covers packs on the home page of WiiTDB.
Autodownloaders are bandwith eaters , and i'm not sure you need all the covers of the site.

Those packs say they are 3D packs. I'm looking for regular or HQ covers.

I take it my previous suggestion is not a possibility then?

Oh well, I'll figure something out. Thanks for your hard work. No rush. Etc.

 

[Benjay]

Well , like i said before , these apps are bandwith eaters , and we won't help you to increase it on the site ^^
i wish you can understand.
BUT , i didn't say it was impossible.
You've got the app , you've got the links to covers folders , you just need to figure out how to setup your app to do it.
HQcovers pack would be interesting for sure , i can easily understand people who don't have internet connection on their wii , but it would be also a huge pack , considering that 1 HQ cover is generally 1 to 1.5 Mb , it would be something like 500 to 600Mb........

 

[Skizzo]

Well , like i said before , these apps are bandwith eaters , and we won't help you to increase it on the site ^^
i wish you can understand.
BUT , i didn't say it was impossible.
You've got the app , you've got the links to covers folders , you just need to figure out how to setup your app to do it.
HQcovers pack would be interesting for sure , i can easily understand people who don't have internet connection on their wii , but it would be also a huge pack , considering that 1 HQ cover is generally 1 to 1.5 Mb , it would be something like 500 to 600Mb........

I think you misunderstood and that's probably my fault. I meant my previous, previous suggestion.

About putting all the art for each game in one zip, or even separate packages for the most used loaders, already in their default subdirectories.

I understand fully about the BW issue and will not be doing a site grab. I think I'll just make a USB file list and somehow edit that to contain the links to the art for those titles and then grab them with something or another. That would be no different to grabbing all missing artwork from within the loader, other than probably being a lot faster (and maybe even consuming a tiny fraction less BW). How's that sound (again, assuming my previous, previous suggestion isn't a possibility)?

As for the HQ cover pack, I understand it would be huge, but I don't think the users here would have a problem with that. And if they do, the other way of getting the covers is always there for them. And think of the BW savings (and free RS accounts, etc.). I recall the other site operator always bringing up BW whenever people complained about not being able to grab all the art they wanted at once, but whenever someone offered or suggested they be put somewhere in a fashion that would save him tremendous amounts of BW, he then went on to ignore those offers and suggestions, instead preferring to spend his time repeating the same argument to every newcomer. Whatever happened to him anyways?

 

[Benjay]

Oh , i don't plan on repeating the BW problem ^^ (in fact it's not really a problem)
About your previous previous suggestion , sorry , i missed it , but it sounds good.
Try to contact Zorglub to explain him by PM.

About the HQ covers pack , it's on the to-do list , but we need to clean the packs we own (i mean especially the US one , which contains many pixelated , custom and ugly covers).