Scripts to pull datas from a weblink/local share

Libretro Lakka
#1

Hi everyone ! Does anybody already tried to add a personal “Update” menu that called different scripts (using wget or copy command) to update playlists, romset, bioses or even thumbnails pack ? Instead of pushing datas from a computer using samba shares or scp transfer protocol I would like to do the opposite by having the possibility to update from Lakka directly. Any help is welcome :wink:

#2

Yes, you can build your own rom repository and add a downloader in RetroArch.

There are many ways to achieve this:

  • code a command line tool that search in the DATs and downloads from archive.org
  • build your own private rom repo, with .index files, and let buildbut_assets_url point to it
  • create a Lutro game that uses LuaSocket to browse download roms from archive.org
#3

Hi ! Thanks for your reply and sorry for the long silence… Do you have some literatures to provide me regarding your second proposition buildbot_assets_url ? Many many thanks,

#4

Not really, you have to know how to setup a static http server, like apache or nginx