Help with downloading covers through Multiman

Clutz450

Clutz450

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How does Multiman find and download covers for the games that I install? Like I have been copying over my PSX, PS2, PSP, and PS3 games over to my internal hard drive from my PC but only a handful of covers are automatically downloading and showing up. Mostly PS3 covers show up but for the other systems I'm not getting many. Does it have something to do with how the the game's file names are named? Most of my games are named by the redump standard but there are a few that I named myself. Is there any other way for me to automatically download covers for the games that I already have? Thank you.
 
yes, I believe psx games go in the retro folder in mm's title id folder. I think you may need to use the title id of the games for its covers.
 
Well my understanding is that PSX ISOs go into /dev_hdd0/PSXISO, PSX bin and cues go in /dev_hdd0/PSXGAMES, and PS2 ISOs go in /dev_hdd0/PS2ISO. At least that's how I have my setup and my games do show up in both Multiman and Webman. However, there are only a few games where the covers automatically downloaded. I did find this little bit of infomation over at http://www.psdevwiki.com/ps3/MultiMan.

Code: 
# ==================================================  ===========================
# RETRO COLUMN COVERS INFORMATION
# ==================================================  ===========================
# Covers for PS1 and PS2 games in ISO/BIN+CUE format and for optical discs
# are stored in the following location (OPL cover art format ABCD_123.45_COV.JPG):
#
# PS1  -> /dev_hdd0/game/BLES80608/USRDIR/covers_retro/psx
# PS2  -> /dev_hdd0/game/BLES80608/USRDIR/covers_retro/psx
#
# If you wish to use your own covers, place the images in the same folder
# where the ISO/BIN+CUE files are stored (/dev_hdd0/PSXISO, PS2ISO)
# and name them *EXACTLY* as the ISO/BIN+CUE file (without the extension) + .jpg or .png.
#
# Example: My_PS1_Game.ISO
# COVERS : My_PS1_Game.jpg
#
# Example: My_PS2_Game.CUE
# COVERS : My_PS2_Game.png
#
# Covers must be in PNG format (max 408x408 pixels),
# or in JPG format, having width dividable by 2 but not larger than 3264x3264 pixels.

It talks about covers being in the OPL cover art format but then goes on to say that the game name and the cover name need to be exactly the same. And I'm pretty sure that the covers that had automatically downloaded so far are named exactly the game name and are stored in the same folder as the game. So I don't know if this info here is outdated or if I am just missing something. I know there is a program called OPL manager that will rename all my games into the OPL naming format. I am wondering if I use that program to rename my games if Multiman will then be able to find and download the covers for them. Any ideas?
 
Clutz450 said:
Well my understanding is that PSX ISOs go into /dev_hdd0/PSXISO, PSX bin and cues go in /dev_hdd0/PSXGAMES, and PS2 ISOs go in /dev_hdd0/PS2ISO. At least that's how I have my setup and my games do show up in both Multiman and Webman. However, there are only a few games where the covers automatically downloaded. I did find this little bit of infomation over at http://www.psdevwiki.com/ps3/MultiMan.

Code: 
# ==================================================  ===========================
# RETRO COLUMN COVERS INFORMATION
# ==================================================  ===========================
# Covers for PS1 and PS2 games in ISO/BIN+CUE format and for optical discs
# are stored in the following location (OPL cover art format ABCD_123.45_COV.JPG):
#
# PS1  -> /dev_hdd0/game/BLES80608/USRDIR/covers_retro/psx
# PS2  -> /dev_hdd0/game/BLES80608/USRDIR/covers_retro/psx
#
# If you wish to use your own covers, place the images in the same folder
# where the ISO/BIN+CUE files are stored (/dev_hdd0/PSXISO, PS2ISO)
# and name them *EXACTLY* as the ISO/BIN+CUE file (without the extension) + .jpg or .png.
#
# Example: My_PS1_Game.ISO
# COVERS : My_PS1_Game.jpg
#
# Example: My_PS2_Game.CUE
# COVERS : My_PS2_Game.png
#
# Covers must be in PNG format (max 408x408 pixels),
# or in JPG format, having width dividable by 2 but not larger than 3264x3264 pixels.

It talks about covers being in the OPL cover art format but then goes on to say that the game name and the cover name need to be exactly the same. And I'm pretty sure that the covers that had automatically downloaded so far are named exactly the game name and are stored in the same folder as the game. So I don't know if this info here is outdated or if I am just missing something. I know there is a program called OPL manager that will rename all my games into the OPL naming format. I am wondering if I use that program to rename my games if Multiman will then be able to find and download the covers for them. Any ideas?
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it works this way with webman mod as well. if the image file is named exactly the same as the bin or iso, it will override the original image in the retro folder. webman mod seems to derive its default image straight from multiman's folder. the original webman may have been designed to do that by default along with the other naming scheme you mentioned.
 
My issue right now is that Multiman isn't downloading covers for me for PSX and PS2 games. It downloaded a few but almost all the games I copied over to my hard drive do not have covers. Any idea why this is happening? Do you think it's because of the way my games are named? Should I rename all my games to the OPL naming format? I have a lot of games and I'd rather not try and setup covers manually. I would rather it be done automatically for me. Thanks.
 
Clutz450 said:
My issue right now is that Multiman isn't downloading covers for me for PSX and PS2 games. It downloaded a few but almost all the games I copied over to my hard drive do not have covers. Any idea why this is happening? Do you think it's because of the way my games are named? Should I rename all my games to the OPL naming format? I have a lot of games and I'd rather not try and setup covers manually. I would rather it be done automatically for me. Thanks.
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I guess is because the game names you are using

For PS3 and PSP games the names doesnt matters, because are identifyed by the TITLE_ID that appears inside PARAM.SFO fle... like BLUS12345
But inside PS1 and PS2 games there are no PARAM.SFO files... other backup managers like managunz reads the TITLE from them by reading the .elf file in the root of the game... like SLUS_12.345... but i think multiman doesnt does this

If i remember right... multiman uses a private cover server
 
sandungas said:
I guess is because the game names you are using

For PS3 and PSP games the names doesnt matters, because are identifyed by the TITLE_ID that appears inside PARAM.SFO fle... like BLUS12345
But inside PS1 and PS2 games there are no PARAM.SFO files... other backup managers like managunz reads the TITLE from them by reading the .elf file in the root of the game... like SLUS_12.345... but i think multiman doesnt does this

If i remember right... multiman uses a private cover server
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Thank you for the info. Any idea what the proper naming convention is for those 2 systems so I can automatically get covers? Or do you know of an easy way for me to automatically download them all myself? OPL Manager comes to mind for the PS2 games and I'll probably try that out tonight. But for PS1 games I have no idea. Thanks.

Edit: Does managunz download covers? I've never used it before but if it will work I'll use it to download the covers and them copy them over to multiman.
 
Yes, managunz can download covers, i guess @Zar had a private cover server too, but not sure how many he has
The format is SLUS_123.45.PNG or JPG (i typed it wrong in my previous message)
OPL uses this naming format too, the size maybe is not the same, but this doesnt have much importance because are resized in real time... for optimization is better to use the correct sizes though

For multiman i guess is not going to work with that names, and im not sure about the sizes


Edit:
previous versions of managunz (and maybe new too, im not sure) was downloading covers from other internet webs with a good database and publically availables, you can find this webs by looking at managunz source code, click in the .c files (main.c) and search in your webbrowser (CTRL+F keys) for "http"
https://github.com/Zarh/ManaGunZ/tree/master/MGZ/source

This is a good one https://www.gametdb.com/ (only for PS3 games though)
 
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