Boxart Buddy is a boxart scraping and image composition tool for MuOS.
Written from the ground up for flexibility and performance, the goal of this application is to allow you to scrape boxart for your rom collection and create “Mixes” of boxart that suit a variety of themes.
Following installation, all functions and configuration can be done on device meaning no XML files, or tinkering with manual configurations. The goal of the application is to beautify your rom collection as quickly as possible.
Boxart Buddy supports all devices that run the latest version of MuOS (2508.1 Canada Goose), including all Anbernic and TrimUI devices (NOTE: I’ve now had multiple reports that this version freezes on TrimUI Devices, so until I get a device and fix the issue it’s not worth using on TrimUI devices, I’ll fix this prior to full release)
This is a pre-release version and testing and feedback is welcome.
The game list should be grouped by console first and then name already? Maybe I can add some controls to change the sort order, Are you saying that you would prefer it to be A-Z (not grouped by console?
The error is nothing to do with SD space, it looks like it’s hitting a particular issue with a rom filename, probably a character it doesn’t like (emoji / kanji).
If you’re able to provide the log file (enable first under CONFIG > LOG > FILE LOG - and then restart the app), it will help me fix the problem.
I’m able to replicate the issue with the character encoding, so I will work on a fix for that today, it only happens with certain combinations of characters like “tá,bâ”.
The log file is in /mnt/mmc/MUOS/application/BoxartBuddy/data/logs/{date}.txt
Thanks for note on the Glyph, I’ll change it!
I don’t use XML files for templating, I want to avoid that and make everything configurable in the GUI, but I’m happy to add more options to the layout to make it more flexible.
On the mix page, did you choose the preset using the “START” button? A star will appear above the preset name after you do this. Also the button on the HOME page will contain the name of the preset after you change it.
After you change it you need again “Generate Mixes”
That’s only showing the screenshot, press right → and then go down to the ‘mix’, is it generated correctly?
Let me know your SD card setup (two SD cards, is catalogue on SD2?). Program assumes if you have 2 SD cards then catalogue is on SD2 (auto). You can manually adjust it in the config (CONFIG > PACK)
I’ve released a new version that fixed the issues identified so far and a few others:
fixed issues with utf8 string truncation causing fatal error
fixed issue with libretro scraper which was causing it to fail, so scraping should be much faster when libretro is enabled
fatal errors now emit a crash log for easier bug reporting
defaults file logging to enabled at default level during pre-release period
fixes the db reset process within config
I’ve also tested the pack process on devices with 1SD and 2SD and it “work for me™”, but still want to help if that doesn’t work for anyone, I’m just not able to replicate. The default behaviour is to install images into “/run/muos/storage/info/catalogue/” after pressing the “PACK” button on the HOME screen.
I did make late amends to the path finding logic due to the releases of Goose and then Canda Goose so It’s probably that there are issues here. My assumption is that “/run/muos/storage/info/catalogue” points to the correct location of the catalogue folder given the current MuOS configuration but that assumption may well be incorrect.
If reporting PACK issue please tell me your MuOS settings from (CONFIGURATION > DEVICE BACKUP > Metadata Catalogue), as well as you SD card setup (1 or 2), and if this is a fresh install or upgrade, I’ll try and track this down. Thanks
Goona try it soon!