From be78339d7546f0e4afc9a338db202ccd9df86280 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: porg Date: Mon, 7 Feb 2022 16:33:29 +0100 Subject: [PATCH 1/2] Added section "Advanced Playlist Management" with 3rd party web app "Retroarch Playlist Editor" Linked to that web app. And gave an outline of what you can do with it. Useful end user information. --- docs/guides/roms-playlists-thumbnails.md | 9 +++++++++ 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+) diff --git a/docs/guides/roms-playlists-thumbnails.md b/docs/guides/roms-playlists-thumbnails.md index 5d645321f8..233617c10e 100644 --- a/docs/guides/roms-playlists-thumbnails.md +++ b/docs/guides/roms-playlists-thumbnails.md @@ -100,6 +100,15 @@ MAME 2003-Plus.lpl 5. CRC or Serial number for database and other matching purposes. **You can omit the CRC or Serial for a manually created playlist entry by using the word DETECT here instead, although it may limit your ability to use Netplay for this playlist entry.** 6. The name of this playlist, ending in the extension .lpl +### Advanced Playlist Management + +- The 3rd party web app [Retroarch Playlist Editor](https://www.marcrobledo.com/retroarch-playlist-editor/) let's you do just what the name tells. +- You can either edit your existing playlists or create new playlists by mixing/merging existing playlists. +- You can reorder one or multiple entries by drag-n-drop. +- You can rename individually or per find and replace (also RegEx). +- It let's you do batch operations such as "Sort by name" or "Change core for selected". +- Very handy to customize your playlists. (Until one day RetroArch may offer that itself). + ## Thumbnails RetroArch can display three types of thumbnails for games in playlists, depending on the specific RetroArch menu driver in use: From ce205f37ac7a1ddc250fb76198d74110b42fd6e2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: =?UTF-8?q?=C3=96mercan=20K=C3=B6m=C3=BCr?= Date: Mon, 14 Feb 2022 19:14:15 +0300 Subject: [PATCH 2/2] Update docs/guides/roms-playlists-thumbnails.md Co-authored-by: Rob Loach --- docs/guides/roms-playlists-thumbnails.md | 14 ++++++-------- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-) diff --git a/docs/guides/roms-playlists-thumbnails.md b/docs/guides/roms-playlists-thumbnails.md index 233617c10e..253deedc1a 100644 --- a/docs/guides/roms-playlists-thumbnails.md +++ b/docs/guides/roms-playlists-thumbnails.md @@ -100,14 +100,12 @@ MAME 2003-Plus.lpl 5. CRC or Serial number for database and other matching purposes. **You can omit the CRC or Serial for a manually created playlist entry by using the word DETECT here instead, although it may limit your ability to use Netplay for this playlist entry.** 6. The name of this playlist, ending in the extension .lpl -### Advanced Playlist Management - -- The 3rd party web app [Retroarch Playlist Editor](https://www.marcrobledo.com/retroarch-playlist-editor/) let's you do just what the name tells. -- You can either edit your existing playlists or create new playlists by mixing/merging existing playlists. -- You can reorder one or multiple entries by drag-n-drop. -- You can rename individually or per find and replace (also RegEx). -- It let's you do batch operations such as "Sort by name" or "Change core for selected". -- Very handy to customize your playlists. (Until one day RetroArch may offer that itself). +### Third-Party Applications + +Since playlists are managed in text-only JSON format, there are a few third-party applications to help manage your playlists. + +- [RetroArch Playlist Editor](https://www.marcrobledo.com/retroarch-playlist-editor/) ([Source](https://github.com/marcrobledo/retroarch-playlist-editor)) +- [RetroArch Playlist Buddy](https://forums.libretro.com/t/retroarch-playlist-buddy-playlist-and-thumbnail-generation-app/8417) ([Source](https://github.com/markwkidd/ahk-retroarch-playlist-helpers)) ## Thumbnails