(Menu) Easier ROM and BIOS management

ROM folder and adding them to a playlist
I know that I have to add the roms to the rom folder and start adding them. Roms that exist in the database are added to the playlist. If I use “add manually” then the database will be ignored and the roms will be associated to a core.

Wouldn’t it be much easier for everyone if the system folders like “snes”, “mame” or “dreamcast” would already exists? Then all roms ins e.g. snes would be added to a manual playlist for the core “snes” right away. The would be added automatically. Then the user could optionally check this roms against the database and add thumbnails. But this would be really optional.

BIOS management
Why isn’t there a folder called “bios” and not “System” or “core/system” on Switch. Some cores even need there special subfolder. You have to look this up on the internet to understand where and which bios files needs to be there.

A unified bios folder with a checklist with checksum check and a checkmark for “passed” if the correct bios with the correct name exist in this folder would be much more convenient.

Expected behavior

rom folder contains folders like "snes", "mame", "psx" and roms are automatically added to a manual playlist associated to the corresponding core of the folder. These playlist can then be scanned against the database and for thumbnails if you user wants to.

a bios folder is scanned after every restart for the correct bios files. RetroArch provides a checklist with checksum check to easily see what is missing.

The issue names no files, tests, or entry points to begin from. Start by clarifying the scope of automatic ROM-folder playlist creation and unified BIOS scanning, including how core associations, database checks, thumbnails, checksums, and platform-specific paths should work; done would require an agreed design and implementation plan.