Excluding Filetypes for ROM folders

[Former user]

I've browsed for the forums and found some workaround when adding games, but I think there's still missing a proper solution:

• CD-Based games often have .cue and .bin files
• Importing these imports ALL of these files whereas only the .cue is needed.
• The workaround: Import games by files and only select the .cue files.
• Then change the directory to where your ROMs are (so you can use useful features like "Scan for Added ROMS).
• The problem: Whenever you choose "Scan for Added ROMS", all files are scanned in that directory - not only the .cue files...

So a proper include / exclude system would be very useful here :)

[Paul R]

When you import ROMs, choose 'select files' instead, and in the upper righthand box, type *.cue - after the list is generated, press ctrl+A to select them all.

[EvilDragon]

Umm... did you completely read my post above - or did I miss the function I'm looking for...?

I know about that "workaround" - the problem is: "Scan for Added ROMS" will add the bin files on next scan. So if I want to update the romlists for all systems I have, I can't use that function but have to readd the new ones all manually per system.

[Paul R]

Oh, sorry. I guess I must have skimmed through it. :)

[gt46l]

EvilDragon, this probably won't work for you, but it works for me so I'll just throw it out there. I zip all my cue/bins so its just 1 file. If the emulator you are using supports zip, then fixed, if not select unzip first on the emulator settings. It may take a bit for say a DVD size cue/bin to unzip, but if you are just talking about CD based games, its relatively quick. I don't think that it makes sense though for them to overly kludge the scan feature, at least where rom management could fix the issue.