Multiple CHD rename/re-org does not always create respective directory

[Former user]

When you have many CHD files at the root of a directory and Romcenter detects that it needs to create a folder for each one of them in order to organize/fix them, it will normally create a dir for each and move the CHD in it. However for some files it will fail to do so and will rename the actual name.chd to dir.name.chd instead of creating dir/name.chd and when you click fix again, nothing happens.

[Eric Bole-Feysot]

Hi. Can you post the log file?

[Gino]

Here is part of my log for a renaming issue where Romcenter shortens the name of the files when trying to fix them, making them undetectable anymore by the MAME software. I think it doesn't like multiple "." dots in the name.

bbh\ : rename rom bbh_v1.00.14.chd to bbh_v1.00.chd bbh2sp\ : rename rom bbh2sp_v2.02.11.chd to bbh2sp_v2.02.chd bbh2spa\ : rename rom bbh2sp_v2.02.09.chd to bbh2sp_v2.02.chd bbh2spb\ : rename rom bbh2sp_v2.02.08.chd to bbh2sp_v2.02.chd bbhcotw\ : rename rom bbhcotw_v3.02.05_cf.chd to bbhcotw_v3.02.chd bbhsc\ : rename rom bbhsc_v1.60.01.chd to bbhsc_v1.60.chd bbhsca\ : rename rom bbhsc_v1.50.07_cf.chd to bbhsc_v1.50.chd carnking\ : rename rom carnival_king_v_1.00.11.chd to carnival_king_v_1.00.chd chasehq2\ : rename rom chase_hq_2_v2.0.6.jp.chd to chase_hq_2_v2.0.6.chd deathsm2\ : rename rom ds2_4.0.chd to ds2_4.chd gp2x.zip : rename rom gp2xsound.wav.wav to gp2xsound.wav gtfore01\ : rename rom golf_fore_v1.00.25.chd to golf_fore_v1.00.chd gtfore02\ : rename rom golf_fore_2002_v2.01.06.chd to golf_fore_2002_v2.01.chd gtfore03\ : rename rom golf_fore_2003_v3.00.10.chd to golf_fore_2003_v3.00.chd gtfore03a\ : rename rom golf_fore_2003_v3.00.09.chd to golf_fore_2003_v3.00.chd gtfore04\ : rename rom golf_fore_2004_v4.00.00.chd to golf_fore_2004_v4.00.chd gtfore04a\ : rename rom golf_fore_2004_v4.00.08.chd to golf_fore_2004_v4.00.chd gtfore05\ : rename rom golf_fore_2005_v5.01.06.chd to golf_fore_2005_v5.01.chd gtfore05a\ : rename rom golf_fore_2005_v5.01.02.chd to golf_fore_2005_v5.01.chd gtfore05b\ : rename rom golf_fore_2005_v5.01.00.chd to golf_fore_2005_v5.01.chd gtfore05c\ : rename rom golf_fore_2005_v5.00.00.chd to golf_fore_2005_v5.00.chd gtfore06\ : rename rom golf_fore_complete_v6.00.01.chd to golf_fore_complete_v6.00.chd hotd4a\ : rename rom mda-c0004a_revb_lindyellow_v2.4.20_mvl31a_boot_2.01.chd to mda-c0004a_revb_lindyellow_v2.4.20_mvl31a_boot_2.chd initiad4c\ : rename rom mda-c0004a_revb_lindyellow_v2.4.20_mvl31a_boot_2.01.chd to mda-c0004a_revb_lindyellow_v2.4.20_mvl31a_boot_2.chd kofskyst\ : rename rom kof_sky_stage_v1.00j.chd to kof_sky_stage_v1.chd kofxii\ : rename rom kof xii.v1.00.chd to kof xii.v1.chd pwrshovla\ : rename rom power shovel ver.2.07j.chd to power shovel ver.2.chd raizpinj\ : rename rom raizin ping pong ver 2.01j.chd to raizin ping pong ver 2.chd roadburn\ : rename rom road burners v1.04.chd to road burners v1.chd samspsen\ : rename rom samurai spirits sen.v1.00.chd to samurai spirits sen.v1.chd trbwtchs\ : rename rom troublewitches_ac_v1.00j.chd to troublewitches_ac_v1.chd wontmuch\ : rename rom wontmuch_v1.00.chd to wontmuch_v1.chd

[Gino]

FYI I had the same issue listed at the top as well but I could not recreate it. I will post a log as soon as it happens again.

[Eric Bole-Feysot]

Please post the file located at c:\programdata\romcenter\romcenter_xml.log. There is one file per day and is much more detailed.

[Gino]

if you do a search for bbh_v1.00.chd it will send to the right spot

[Eric Bole-Feysot]

I have found the problem. It seems mame removed the trailing chd extension in the dat extracted from mame.exe. I added a control and now it's working. It will be available in next release.

[Eric Bole-Feysot]

About moving chd to folder, try using 'rename files' instead of 'rename roms'

[Eric Bole-Feysot]

This is fixed and will be released with rc3. Rename rom -> give the correct chd name Remove useless rom -> move the chd in folder

[Eric Bole-Feysot]

Removing version: 4.0.0rc2 (automated comment)