FEATURE REQUEST Download game thumbnails using similar name
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Description
Retroarch when downloading thumbnails box scan for games use nointro naming.
If user has files using TOSEC and not having nointro checksum to use to rom managers not will be possible download thumnails thus being very hard to manually download all files thumbnails and renaming each one.
An option to "Download Thumbnails relative to similar rom name" help.
If having "X1 USA.rom" and retroarch thumbnail database is "X1 date-USA.rom" not will download the thumbnail, but downloading similar name retroarch will search for thumbnails with similar name use in that rom file.
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Research direction
The issue does not mention files, tests, or an entry point. Start by locating RetroArch's thumbnail-download logic and the handling of ROM names, then compare the requested similar-name behavior with the current exact-name lookup. Done means a user can enable the option and retrieve the matching thumbnail for a differently named ROM without breaking existing downloads.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- c
- Domain
- frontend
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100