Import Games from Emulators | RPCS3, Cemu, RetroArch

[OneAngryGamer]

This extension imports games into Playnite from emulators. The idea for this extension came from the ScummVM game importer by Crow (link here) I could not have made this without standing on the shoulders of giants.













Features:

• No duplicates - This is designed to detect games already imported and will automatically skip those when importing.
  

• No deleted/moved games - Extension verifies paths for every game it imports. It will not import broken paths from games that were moved/deleted.
  
• Auto detect location of emulators - No need to type paths or folder drill.
  
• No more game names like EBOOT.BIN - Extension will read the rom meta files to return the official title for each game. If it is unable to detect the name, it will look up a list (RPCS3 only) or, as a last resort, attempt to extract the game name from the game install path.
  
• Auto set Region - Attempts to read the game region codes from the rom meta files (PS3 and Wii U) and uses these to set the region field in Playnite. RetroArch has beta region detection based on the No-Intro/Redump file names.
  

Expected Questions:

• Why use this extension to import RPCS3 and/or Cemu instead of using Playnite to import? This extension reads the game locations from the emulator config files (no folder drilling to the rom folder),  selects the correct game file (no more de-selecting multiple .BIN files for RPCS3), sets game name, attempts to set the game region and can even import official background art and icons from the roms themselves.
  
• Why use this extension to import roms from RetroArch instead of using Playnite to import? This extension reads the game locations from the emulator playlist files (no folder drilling to the rom folder) and imports cover art.
  

Known Issues/User Errors:

• Emulator location not found - import the emulator into Playnite before importing games.
  

• No games were found in the emulator - The extension was intended for switching from using the emulator frontend to Playnite. You need to have set up your emulator first before you can import games from it. (For RetroArch you need to create playlists).
  
• (RetroArch only) Playlist refuses to import because no default emulator set - It only imports if a default emulator has been set for that Platform. (I intend to add emulator per rom in a future update).
  
• (RPCS3 only) A few PS3 games imported may include one or two square symbols within their game name. This is caused by an unsolved string conversion issue when reading game names from their SFO files. Until this has been solved, manually edit the game names for the few affected roms. FIXED IN v1.3.1
  

Future Plans:

• Import PS3 games that have been installed into RPCS3 HDD FIXED IN 1.4.0
  
• Add support for Dolphin emulator - I have found the game list file but I am unable to parse it. Please reply to this thread if you can help.
  
• Add support for more emulators - This is possible if the emulator has a config file that contains the fullpaths for the games. If you find a likely candidate, reply to this thread with the details of the emulator including the location of its config file and I may look at adding it to a future release.
  
• (RPCS3) Proper read of PS3 SFO file format (instead of the hacks I'm using) FIXED IN 1.5.0
  
• (RPCS3) Read the game name from the compat_database.dat in RPCS3 - Please reply to this thread if you know how this can be done.
  

DONATIONS? I'm not taking donations. If you want to donate, please consider donating to one of these projects instead:

• RPCS3 Patreon
  

• Cemu Patreon
  
• RetroArch Patreon and other donation methods
  

Compatibility Warning: Due to the breaking changes introduced in Playnite 9, this extension is not compatible with any version of Playnite after v8.15.











If you found this extension useful, you can find more of my extensions here - If these forums are closed, I will not be moving to Discord or reddit.

[sheepbeep]

You should work on PlayNite 9 support, as 8 is dead.

[OneAngryGamer]

"I want to import games from Cemu/RPCS3 but I don't use Discord"

You don't need to use Discord. All you need is to open your emulator and enable the Discord option. (Doing this enables the extension to find where your emulator is located)
You can always disable the Discord option in your emulator after you have imported the games into Playnite.
UPDATE: This is no longer required from v1.2.0


"I like the idea of importing the official background art into Playnite but my PS3 games are already in Playnite."

I have uploaded an extension that lets you import the backgrounds for any of your PS3 games in Playnite. See https://playnite.link/forum/thread-889.html


"I like the idea of importing the official background art & icons into Playnite but my Wii U games are already in Playnite."

I have uploaded an extension that lets you import the backgrounds for any of your Wii U games in Playnite. See https://playnite.link/forum/thread-891.html

[OneAngryGamer]

Update Announcement - v1.2.0 - RetroArch (beta), Name Change, Fixes

• The name has changed from 'Import Emulated Games' to 'Import Games from Emulators'
  
• Dropped all of the 'Enable Discord' requirements. Instead of detecting the location of the emulator on your PC, I decided to read the emulator location from Playnite. (I'm shelving all of my 'emulator detection' code. I may revive this for a future extension which finds emulators on your PC and imports them into Playnite)
  
• Numerous bug fixes. Do not use v1.1.0 - it contains a few minor bugs. Including - incorrect safety check for icons (it was checking if the background image was not a TGA instead of the icon), a potential unhandled error if ImageMagick is not detected and needs its executable selected by the user (I overlooked including this function in v1.1.0. I didn't notice this before release because the program was already being detected by one of the earlier detection methods so it never reached the 3rd method)
  
• You can now import games from RetroArch (Beta) - Select which playlist to import to import games + cover art. Also has very basic detection of regions and versions. I consider this beta because it can not handle separate emulators for each game. It needs to have a default emulator set for each playlist imported (I will change this in a future release)
  

[Lurker000]

"(RPCS3) Proper read of PS3 SFO file format (instead of the hacks I'm using) - Please reply to this thread if you know how this can be done."

If you haven't done this yet:

https://github.com/xXxTheDarkprogramerxX...RAM_SFO.cs

Copy that class to your project.
Usage:
var sfo = new PARAM_SFO("path to sfo");
var title = sfo.Title;
etc etc.

[OneAngryGamer]

"(RPCS3) Proper read of PS3 SFO file format (instead of the hacks I'm using) - Please reply to this thread if you know how this can be done."

If you haven't done this yet:

https://github.com/xXxTheDarkprogramerxX...RAM_SFO.cs

Thank you Lurker000. I plan to make large changes to this extension so it may be a while before I can get onto implementing this.

(The SFO read is not a high priority since my hacks can read the desired data for almost all PS3 SFOs.)

[OneAngryGamer]

A few more changes:

ScummVM now records platforms (using data from scummvm ini)
ScummVM now records version/edition info in version field
OPTIONAL ScummVM can include the edition after the game title
OPTIONAL / BETA RetroArch can try to remove regions from game names
IMPROVED remove game code from game name (RPCS3)
IMPROVED Installation directory now records the root directory of the rom (instead of path containing the rom executable)

[OneAngryGamer]

More changes:

• Dropped feature - Import Icons from Wii U roms
  
• Dropped feature - Import Backgrounds from Wii U roms
  
• Dropped feature - Import Backgrounds from PlayStation 3 roms
  

I'm dropping the image importing from this extension for those who want to use this extension to import roms but don't want the official artwork.

The ability to import images from rom contents will still be available by using other extensions:
Sony PlayStation 3
Nintendo Wii U


I intend to switch to Playnite 9 after the available plugins reach feature parity with Playnite 8. Before I convert this extension, I will drop the ScummVM import after moving it to a separate v8 extension.

[OneAngryGamer]

Update Announcement - v1.3.0

• extensive code changes
  
• NEW RetroArch can try to remove regions from the game names when importing (OPTIONAL / BETA)
  
• IMPROVED remove game codes from game names (RPCS3)
  
• IMPROVED Installation directory now records the root directory of the rom (instead of the path that contains the rom executable) (Improves roms imported from CEMU)
  

The following features have been dropped:

• Import games from ScummVM - This was dropped because when/if I upgrade this extension for Playnite 9/10, this feature wont be needed any more.
  
• Importing images - This was dropped for those who want to use this extension to import games but don't want the official artwork.
  

The dropped features are available in other extensions:

• Import backgrounds and/or icons from Wii U roms https://playnite.link/forum/thread-891.html
  
• Import backgrounds from Sony PlayStation 3 roms https://playnite.link/forum/thread-889.html
  
• Import cover art from RetroArch emulator https://playnite.link/forum/thread-890.html
  
• Import games from ScummVM https://playnite.link/forum/thread-1400.html
  

Compatibility Warning
Due to the breaking changes introduced in Playnite 9, this extension is not compatible with any version of Playnite after v8.15.

If you found this extension useful, you can find more of my extensions here

If these forums are closed, I will not be moving to Discord or reddit.

[OneAngryGamer]

Update Announcement - v1.3.1

This update focused on RPCS3 importing. Extensive testing and improvements were made to naming.

• NEW - cleaning of game names. No more unreadable characters appear for some imported games. (RPCS3)
  
• NEW - detect and remove GameCode from game name if name set from rom directory. (RPCS3)
  
• NEW - detect and remove version from game name if name set from codelist. (RPCS3)
  
• IMPROVED - altered priority of name reading methods. Before: codelist > SFO > directory name. Now: SFO > codelist > directory name. This can improve names for roms that have been patched with translations, undubs or other rom hacks. (RPCS3)
  
• BUG FIX - names were not being read from the RPCS3codes file in v1.3.0 (RPCS3)
  
• other code changes
  

Compatibility Warning: Due to the breaking changes introduced in Playnite 9, this extension is not compatible with any version of Playnite after v8.15.

If you found this extension useful, you can find more of my extensions here. If these forums are closed, I will not be moving to Discord or reddit.

[OneAngryGamer]

Working on importing PSN games from RPCS3 virtual HDD. This will be included in v1.4.0 releasing soon.

[OneAngryGamer]

Update Announcement - v1.5.0

Two major changes in this release which had been on the Future Plans list.

The biggest change is reading game names from PS3 SFO files. Previous releases may have appeared to read SFOs but I was using hacks which had two disadvantages:

1. Only certain SFOs could be "read".
   
2. Those that were read relied on the title appearing at set locations. While this was tested on every SFO I had, there was always the risk that incorrect values could be returned.
   

• NEW - import digital PS3 games installed to RPCS3s HDD. (RPCS3)
  
• IMPROVED - read game names from PS3 SFO files using their index table to locate the title. No more position hacks. (RPCS3)
  
• IMPROVED - region detection expanded to support all valid PS3 regions. (RPCS3)
  
• IMPROVED - names of imported games output to log. Will also display on the results message depending on number of games imported. (All emulators)
  
• more code improvements
  

To import the digital PS3 games, select the RPCS3 - HDD games from the menu. The previous RPCS3 import option is now listed as RPCS3 - Disc games.


Compatibility Warning: Due to the breaking changes introduced in Playnite 9, this extension is not compatible with any version of Playnite after v8.15.

If you found this extension useful, you can find more of my extensions here

[koriebonx98]

You could potentially do the xinia emu, it uses a folder in the emulator to sore games and dlc. But when in a certain format that’s not iso e.g xbla it has weird coding “a7tfufu67hu7” or whatever but when playing on xinia it could stand for bejewelled 3 for example

[OneAngryGamer]

You could potentially do the xinia emu, it uses a folder in the emulator to sore games and dlc. But when in a certain format that’s not iso e.g xbla it has weird coding “a7tfufu67hu7” or whatever but when playing on xinia it could stand for bejewelled 3 for example

This works by reading the files created by emulators. This is something that Playnite (as at version 8) can not do.

It does not import games from folders because that feature is already available in Playnite.

If an emulator stores the rom paths & title information in a file that can be read then that emulator can be added. Most do not so they can not be added.

I can add Xenia if you can provide the location of this file (if it has one) along with information on reading the file format if it is not in SQL or a plain text format.

I have checked many popular emulators and these meet the requirements:

Emulator:

• RPCS3 = ADDED
  
• Cemu = ADDED
  
• ScummVM = ADDED (moved to a separate extension)
  
• Dolphin = File exists but I am unable to read the format.
  

Frontend:

• RetroArch = ADDED BETA
  
• 2x more frontends that I have been testing and will release if these forums are not shutdown first.
  

[OneAngryGamer]

I tested Vita3K emulator again. While the extension can be modified to read the SFO files in Vita roms, I could not find an emulator file that lists the roms so Vita can not be added to this extension.

Roms that have been installed to the virtual drive can not be added either. Unlike RPCS3, it does not appear possible to command line boot installed roms in Vita3K so it would be pointless importing these roms.

If anybody knows otherwise or if the emulator ever supports this in future, reply to this thread and I will update this extension to import Vita.

[OneAngryGamer]

I recently tried Playnite 10 for the first time and compared the built-in support for importing games in P10 with this extension.

Sony PlayStation 3

• Titles (clean games) = Playnite 10 is better. I am aware of one case where my code loses one character from its title because that character wont convert. Playnite converted all correctly.
  
• Titles (modded games) = I prefer my extension. P10 does not return the desired title for rom translations and undubs.
  
• Dates = P10 is better. It can import the Published Date.
  

Other platforms

• Nintendo Wii U = P10 does not support reading rom data for Wii U roms. Using my extension to import Wii U will give you 'Mario Kart 8'. Importing the same game into P10 will give you 'Turbo'.
  
• Sony PlayStation Vita = P10 does not support reading rom data for PS Vita roms. My extension does not either but that is only because I can not get a path to the rom(s) from the emulator. If you are importing the roms directly then you could read the SFOs.
  

[darklinkpower]

The RPCS3 import script is available here if you want to contribute improvements: https://github.com/JosefNemec/Playnite/b...tGames.ps1

Neither the Wii U nor the Vita emulators have custom import scripts, hence why they have issues during import. I don't see myself these scripts being worked on by Crow in the future, ideally someone interested in these should work on them and contribute them to Playnite.