I dream of a program suite like [Overseer+Jacket+Sonaar+Plex] which would search, download and organize a video game library.

Does one already exist?

  • Nouveau_Burnswick@lemmy.worldEnglish
    9·
    1 year ago

    I’d recommend looking another way, find a source you trust (Fitgirl repacka or something) then Use an RSS feed to download the releases.

    I wouldn’t recommend auto-installing, and games will also have multiple releases with updates to contend with

    • YorddleZiggs@lemmy.dbzer0.comOPEnglish
      21·
      1 year ago

      If it can be done via RSS, then an *arr tool can be developed. Unfortunately I’m not a coder 😓

      I tend to grab releases that seem interesting to me (then buy the full game if I like it), but rarely install all of them. I’m more interested in the organization of the .zip/.iso I have laying in a folder, knowing what I have and what I should snatch.

      • Nouveau_Burnswick@lemmy.worldEnglish
        5·
        1 year ago

        It seems like you don’t need an arr like tool for your use case. ARRs are designed to download targets that meet criteria, you’re looking to download everything.

        Instead it sounds like you are looking for a way to browse your downloaded games on a GUI like interface to help you pick which ones to install?

        Breaking from if you need or need not an ARR; is your use case a GUI that lists your downloaded games and pulls the cards from IGDB.com?

        • YorddleZiggs@lemmy.dbzer0.comOPEnglish
          1·
          1 year ago

          Yeah, I guess what I would love are separate features, that are more than likely already done by existing tools/platforms:

          1. a GUI to list locally available content, with clean cards, metadata, community ratings and reviews (like it’s done on IGDB.com or HowLongToBeat.com)

          2. a GUI to organise ALL content (locally available and not-locally available) it into custom lists (like it’s done on HowLongToBeat.com or Steam)

          3. a GUI to browse gamelists and show availability on configured sources (stores, greystores, torrent, usenet) (like its done in Radarr/Sonarr)

              • Uninvited Guest@lemmy.caEnglish
                2·
                1 year ago

                I don’t believe any of the commission methods you listed provide the same amount of compression as the tools used by some repackers.

                I’m no expert. I believe UltraArc/FreeArc are what’s used to get things down so small, and as far as decompressing goes I don’t think support for those compression methods is baked in to your OS/WinRar/7zip etc.

                  • Uninvited Guest@lemmy.caEnglish
                    2·
                    1 year ago

                    I think you misunderstood two separate thoughts.

                    1. Your listed compression methods are not as high compression as what some repackers use.
                    2. The compression algorithm used by some repackers is not supported by OS’s or many common archiving software.
          • rockhandle@lemm.eeEnglish
            1·
            1 year ago

            Not about saving data but I have shitty internet so repacks are a way for me to download stuff without it taking 50 years