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PSX redump ignored
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Description
The redump dat of PSX is ignored when building the RDB.
This is because our code first look at dat/Sony Playlistation.dat, then try to add metadata from metadat/redump/Sony Playstation.dat based on the serial. But this later file doesn't contain any serial. So the matching can't happen.
It causes problems like wrong file names. dat/Sony Playlistation.dat contains wrong names like Saga Frontier while metadat/redump/Sony Playstation.dat has the right name SaGa Frontier.
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Research direction
Start by locating the RDB-building code that reads dat/Sony Playlistation.dat and metadat/redump/Sony Playstation.dat. Inspect how metadata is matched by serial, then verify the generated RDB uses the redump name, such as “SaGa Frontier,” instead of the incorrect base DAT name; no specific test file is mentioned.
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- Tech stack
- python
- Domain
- data
- Issue type
- Bug
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- 1-2 days
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