[mythtv] Re: [PATCH] allow .png for NES screens in mythgame

[Junkie Junk]

>  i recently made a patch that moved the db check after the romname 
> check. i never got any response. I feel that the mythgame screenshot 
> detection should be like the other modules where the name of the 
> screenshot is based on the romname only...a db check shouldnt be made 
> at all. that way you can scan through all the files like how the mame 
> screenshots work. any thoughts?

I would be very interested in that, do you know if the screenshots are 
loaded when the game is selected on screen, or if you have to scan for 
games for the screenshots to be recognized (and linked properly). For 
the Image downloader, a way to download mame screenshots automatically 
would be to link the rom name to 
http://www.mame.net/screenshots/romname.png (as in 
http://www.mame.net/screenshots/polyplay.png for the polyplay.zip rom) 
for all roms that you have in your roms directory, although this might 
not be very nice to their server. I have no coding experience so I don't 
know how to do this btw. By having the rom names and screenshot names 
the same, you could compare which you have and don't, and download only 
those that you don't (and do) have.

If I wanted to just compile my modified code, and test this so I know 
that it would work, how might I do this without breaking anything? (rpm 
user only here)