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scraper not working

Posted: Wed Jul 04, 2018 6:57 pm
by eyefire
I am getting the error when I exit to the command line from emulation station:

TheGamesDBRequest - Error parsing XML.
Start-end tag mismatch

This is a totally fresh install of retropie / emulation station from Kite's image for the circuit sword.

Any idea whats going on?

Thanks.

Re: scraper not working

Posted: Thu Jul 05, 2018 2:58 pm
by Robochris
Whew! I was going crazy thinking a file got corrupted... but I have 3 Pis that are all doing that exact same thing.

I'd say something along the lines of a server problem with thegamesdb.. not your system.

Most we can do at this point is wait it out and keep trying. Its been a few days now.

Re: scraper not working

Posted: Thu Jul 12, 2018 4:43 am
by hawker180
Have you tried this scraper? Its heaps better IMO:

https://wiretuts.com/installing-steven- ... -retropie/

Re: scraper not working

Posted: Thu Jul 12, 2018 5:24 pm
by Robochris
hawker180 wrote:
Thu Jul 12, 2018 4:43 am
Have you tried this scraper? Its heaps better IMO:

https://wiretuts.com/installing-steven- ... -retropie/
Yup. With same results. sselphs is my go-to. It seems to be a problem with thegamesdb.

Re: scraper not working

Posted: Thu Jul 12, 2018 5:39 pm
by Robochris
Here is some info I found from google.

https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/184 ... wn-problem

I can’t confirm this is concrete or speculation so take it as you will.