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[Panja0]

I tried OpenMENU and it works very well!
Though om my 55inch TV with DCHDMI (hw1) the game artwork does not look very well. Very low quality.
Is there something I can do about this or is it just live with it (because of the limitations of the DC)?

[dubcity]

The artwork is 256x256 just like gdemu. It blurs then comes into focus for a clearer picture. Not sure if higher res shot can be used. I'll leave that answer to mrneo.

[mrneo240]

It would be a tradeoff like everything. You could cache fewer high res and blur longer or have lower res and have more in cache for better speed.

256x256 image is 128kb
512x512 image is 512kb

So you can fit a quarter of the images.
Also consider disc space.

1024 256x256 images is 128mb
1024 512x512 images is 512mb

[Panja0]

Thanks! I'll have a look.

[Fanck]

Thanks to the tool posted here: https://www.dreamcast-talk.com/forum/vi ... 22&t=15253 I'm able to get the meta situation sorted, but not Crazy Taxi.

I may be interested in the tool you are talking about, but it seems I can't access the post you're linking (getting "You are not authorised to read this forum.")

Also, I'm browsing the post, but so far I can't find anything about how to handle multiple ID for the same game. I assume it may be for localised versions (like Grandia 2 for which I get T4503M). Should we simply duplicate the line? If so, is it useful to push it in the metadata repository?

I'm trying to find a full list of IDs (regardless of the duplicated ID issue), I assume there should be a TOSEC database floating somewhere, but so far I can't seem to find it :/

[mrneo240]

Also, I'm browsing the post, but so far I can't find anything about how to handle multiple ID for the same game. I assume it may be for localised versions (like Grandia 2 for which I get T4503M). Should we simply duplicate the line? If so, is it useful to push it in the metadata repository?

I'm trying to find a full list of IDs (regardless of the duplicated ID issue), I assume there should be a TOSEC database floating somewhere, but so far I can't seem to find it :/

If you find a correct one let me know

Also unless a localized version has actually different content, I'm not sure the benefit of adding duplicate meta

From what I see grandia 2
PAL T17715D
JAP T4503M

[MoeFoh]

redump's database with serials. Can't vouch for the accuracy.
http://redump.org/discs/system/dc/

[mrneo240]

redump's database with serials. Can't vouch for the accuracy.
http://redump.org/discs/system/dc/

IDK if it is legal but I scraped the entire site and verified against a scrape of all the ip.bins.

matched up

[MoeFoh]

redump's database with serials. Can't vouch for the accuracy.
http://redump.org/discs/system/dc/

IDK if it is legal but I scraped the entire site and verified against a scrape of all the ip.bins.

matched up

Good to know.

[Fanck]

redump's database with serials. Can't vouch for the accuracy.
http://redump.org/discs/system/dc/

From what I can tell it seems rather good, thanks.

I see some double IDs sometimes that do not seem to be explained. But I found that Grandia 2 in its Japanese version has two, and one of them is listing a "limited edition" in imagedb.