Smart scanner

[kivutar]

Yeah I think it's a valid feature request. This checksum based scanner is clearly showing its limits.

Even if we start adding more databases, for example GoodTools, I'm afraid it will never be enough.. There are new homebrews every months, new fan translations, new romhacks.

The problem is that extension based scanners are also limited. There is not a 1 to 1 mapping between extensions and systems.

So maybe a smart mix of both.

[ghost]

I have wondered why hasn't Retroarch pioneered a optional scanner that goes by name. Especially since all of the varieties in ROM's such as revisions, rom hacks and translations is overwhelming. I can see a dat file becoming so huge if one was to account for all of those. Then having to match thumbnails to them is just makes things so overwhelming, not to mention also wasting disk space.

[kivutar]

I think RetroArch does have a fuzzy scanner now.

[bagelbyheart]

This is addressed in #523