Just wanted to start this thread and propose what game infolabels could / should be supported in Kodi?
I know that Retroplayer and Kodi currently doesn’t have the ability to scrape info / metadata / artwork for games yet, but I’d like to get the ball rolling by attempting to write a scraper/database for this info for Kodi (semi-based on all the metadata that already exists in the addon I wrote, but written to provide a database for quick and efficient retro game scraping). To do that, we’d need a list of infolabels that games support.
Here’s a list of suggested infolabels that I can think of.
- title – self explanatory
- label, label2 – alternate titles?
- platform – platform(s) the game file is compatible with. Platforms themselves would have to be standardized
- plot / synopsis / overview – self explanatory
- date – release date of game
- genre – self explanatory. Would be beneficial if the genre types was standardized somehow
- developer / studio – self explanatory
- publisher – self explanatory
- region / country code – Lots of game files are tagged currently with region code (US, De, Br, etc). There is sort of a ‘standard’ for this already, see here.
- rom code – Lots of game files are tagged currently with rom codes (h = hacked rom, t = trained rom, ! = perfect dump, etc). There is sort of a ‘standard’ for this already, see here.
- region format – NTSC, PAL, others?
- media format – CD, cartridge, floppy, multi-disc floppy, etc
- discnumber – self explanatory
- players – could be simple number for max number of players, of could be defined further for vs. games, co-op games, etc
- poster(s) – could be defined further to front box, back box, flyer, cartridge / disc image, etc
- banner(s) – self explanatory
- fanart(s) – self explanatory
- clearart – self explanatory
- clearlogo – self explanatory
- thumb – self explanatory
- snapshot(s) – could be defined further to title snapshot, in-game snapshot, game-over screen snapshot, etc (MAME image sets go to this detailed level currently)
- trailer – self explanatory
- manual – scan of game manual
- map(s) – maps for in game
- perspective – top-down, side scrolling, first person, etc. A standardized list would be beneficial
- rating – similar to IMDB / user rating ESRB – E, M, etc
- size – file size of game file(s)
- set – Shows the name of the set the game is part of (ex: all mario games)
- tagline – self explanatory
- cast – cast of characters in game (ex: mario, luigi, etc)
- playcount – self explanatory
- lastplayed – self explanatory
- percentcomplete – not sure if this is possible? Probably not.
Seems like a lot of infotags, but I’m sure others can think of some I haven’t. What do you all think?