sirsquall/retroarch_cleannaming

RetroArch CleanNaming

This is a simple scripts, that help you to rename the ROMs with the right naming

Requirement

git clone https://github.com/libretro/libretro-database.git
pip install python-Levenshtein

Config

You can update the config.json

Just add the new extensions you want, and the libretro dataset you want to use

{
  "smc": "libretro-database/metadat/No-Intro/Nintendo - Super Nintendo Entertainment System.dat",
  "sfc": "libretro-database/metadat/No-Intro/Nintendo - Super Nintendo Entertainment System.dat",
  "gb": "libretro-database/metadat/No-Intro/Nintendo - Game Boy.dat",
  "gbc": "libretro-database/metadat/No-Intro/Nintendo - Game Boy Color.dat",
  "md": "libretro-database/metadat/No-Intro/Sega - Mega Drive - Genesis.dat",
  "nes": "libretro-database/metadat/No-Intro/Nintendo - Nintendo Entertainment System.dat",
  "32x": "libretro-database/metadat/No-Intro/Sega - 32X.dat",
  "n64": "libretro-database/metadat/No-Intro/Nintendo - Nintendo 64.dat",
  "v64": "libretro-database/metadat/No-Intro/Nintendo - Nintendo 64.dat",
  "nds": "libretro-database/metadat/No-Intro/Nintendo - Nintendo DS.dat",
  "iso": "libretro-database/metadat/No-Intro/Sony - PlayStation Portable.dat"
}

Usage

Put all the ROMs in the current directory, and run the scripts

Run

python3 rename_roms.py

parameters

You can change the matching distance by adding this parameter and change the value, more the number is higher more the approx will be

python3 rename_roms.py -distance=10

Results

The ROMs will be renamed according to the database of libretro

RetroArch

Then you simply have to scan the directory and everything will be recognized well