libretro / libretro/RetroArch

Add screenshots to folder named <gamename> inside screenshots folder

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Description

Description

Please make the screenshots for any game go into a folder with its name or some identifier inside the Screenshots folder in RetroArch. It is useful to find one picture inside said folder when user takes lots of them in different games. Also helps if user have set screenshots when awarding cheevos.

Expected behavior

screenshots
-Persona 3 PORTABLE (USA) (or some game name)
--p3pscreenshot-date1.png
--p3pscreenshot-date2.png
-Tekken 3 (USA)
--tekken-date1.png

Actual behavior

screenshots
-p3pscreenshot-date1.png
-p3pscreenshot-date2.png
-tekken-date1.png

Steps to reproduce the bug
  1. Open any game in RetroArch.
  2. Take a screenshot with RetroArch's inbuilt function.
  3. Repeat above for more games.
  4. Close game and RetroArch.
  5. Locate the screenshot folder in storage (in Android it is /storage/emulated/0/RetroArch/screenshots)
Environment information
  • OS: Windows/Linux/Android

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Research direction

No source file or test is named. Start by tracing RetroArch's built-in screenshot flow and how it selects the screenshots output folder across Windows, Linux, and Android. Done means screenshots are placed in a game-specific folder while preserving distinct filenames and working across the listed environments.

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
42/100

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