From 5cd69b1cbcdacd1e8ab41b5558f0108ec953c797 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: James H <hodgyj@outlook.com>
Date: Tue, 26 Nov 2024 22:57:51 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Add retroarch playlist generator script

---
 retroarch_playlist_generator.py | 73 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 73 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 retroarch_playlist_generator.py

diff --git a/retroarch_playlist_generator.py b/retroarch_playlist_generator.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..415d116
--- /dev/null
+++ b/retroarch_playlist_generator.py
@@ -0,0 +1,73 @@
+import os
+import sys
+import re
+
+args = sys.argv
+
+if len(args) < 2:
+    print('need to pass path!')
+    exit()
+
+if len(args) < 3:
+    print('need to pass dbname!')
+
+path = args[1]
+dbname = args[2]
+
+extfilter = []
+if len(args) >= 4:
+  extfilters = args[3].split(',')
+
+print('Arg Path: {}'.format(path))
+print('DB Name: {}'.format(dbname))
+print('Ext Filters: {}'.format(extfilters))
+
+output = '''{
+  "version": "1.2",
+  "default_core_path": "",
+  "default_core_name": "",
+  "label_display_mode": 0,
+  "right_thumbnail_mode": 0,
+  "left_thumbnail_mode": 0,
+  "items": [\n%ITEMS%]
+}
+'''
+
+itemstr = ''
+
+for root, dirs, files in os.walk(path):
+    for filename in sorted(files):
+        filepath = '{}\\{}'.format(root, filename)
+        filepath = filepath.replace('/', '\\')
+        filepath = filepath.replace('\\', '\\\\')
+
+        if len(extfilters) != 0 and not os.path.splitext(os.path.basename(filepath))[1] in extfilters:
+          continue
+
+        label = os.path.splitext(os.path.basename(filepath))[0]
+        label = label.replace(' [!]', '')
+        label = re.sub(r'^\d{4} - ', '', label)
+        core_path = 'DETECT'
+        core_name = 'DETECT'
+        crc32 = '00000000|crc'
+        
+        itemstr += '''    {
+      "path": "%PATH%",
+      "label": "%LABEL%",
+      "core_path": "%COREPATH%",
+      "core_name": "%CORENAME%",
+      "crc32": "%CRC%",
+      "db_name": "%DBNAME%"
+    },\n'''
+        itemstr = itemstr.replace('%PATH%', filepath)
+        itemstr = itemstr.replace('%LABEL%', label)
+        itemstr = itemstr.replace('%COREPATH%', core_path)
+        itemstr = itemstr.replace('%CORENAME%', core_name)
+        itemstr = itemstr.replace('%CRC%', crc32)
+        itemstr = itemstr.replace('%DBNAME%', dbname)
+
+output = output.replace('%ITEMS%', itemstr)
+
+with open('{}'.format(dbname), 'wt') as out_file:
+    out_file.write(output)
+        
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