Thanks to Josh fantastic cooperation vgm.hcs64.com can update every 10 minutes, offering full text search across all sets names and an endless update list if one want to catch up with all the changes. On top of it filtering by system/subdomain is supported.
Search is also included as OpenSearch description that, among other things, allows one to start searching directly from Chrome's omnibox. Searching on the site itself offers instant word completion. And like with any decent fulltext search this one also allows to specify search terms using additional modifiers like wildcards, quotes, circumflex and hyphen.
To make it easier for xxx.joshw.info maintainer Knurek to gather new sets from contributors the site also offers a publicly accessible upload form that allows resuming partial uploads.
Thanks to hcs' nice cooperation we not only may use the vgm subdomain but are also able to use this forum's accounts for authentication on the site. These will be used for the upcoming tagging system that I hope will make it even easier to browse and manage the whole treasure trove.
Latest tiny changes were sorting the word completion list alphabetically (was random before. I'm not really satisfied with either approach, sorting by commonness would be ideal but I couldn't achieve that without a whole additional query), and offering a direct link to the search result if it contains only one result.
Thanks for putting this together.
- option to add platform to the download name as it's hard to keep track otherwise (maybe not possible if they are just direct links).
- file types in the set (for devs, ie.- me). Even a simple txt list would be nice, could be updated when new sets are uploaded.
- tags signaling defects in rips: re-rip needed, transmogrified (good --like any ww2ogg, or questionable --like any Alpha23's XMA), unsupported/unplayable, etc
- GET queries for easier linking/skipping pages. And/or an input near the pagination so I can go to page N directly.
Yes, please. This x1000.
Otherwise, the front end's been great. Only minor gripe is that pagination via POST is less-than-ideal.
They are just direct links indeed, this is just a frontend after all. =)
Looking into it HTML5 appears to have introduced a "download" attribute for suggesting different file names on client side. But this works only for same-origin so the attribute isn't applied in our case. =(
file types in the set (for devs, ie.- me). Even a simple txt list would be nice, could be updated when new sets are uploaded.
As I mentioned in other threads Josh is looking into that (though he seems swamped atm). I'm also waiting for this as it'd come with checksums which are much nicer for linking tags to than the current reliance on fragile file names.
tags signaling defects in rips: re-rip needed, transmogrified (good --like any ww2ogg, or questionable --like any Alpha23's XMA), unsupported/unplayable, etc
Tags will be completely freeform as folksonomy. Later on public visibility likely will depend on popularity, ie. how many agreed putting a specific tag on the same set.
GET queries for easier linking/skipping pages. And/or an input near the pagination so I can go to page N directly.
Hm, what would you want to link to? Search results already can be linked. Pagination can change anytime depending on how many results are shown per page. And I would hope people pare down the amount of search results instead wading through dozens of pages. Will consider adding an input.
If I want to copy results to a txt or post it here, it's faster/standard if it's already in the URL (I see it uses AJAX but there is always the history API I think).
Plus my own belief that searches (=no server change) should use GET :)
For pagination, if it's for perfo I understand, but for example the other day I was trying to find unsupported "Electronic Arts" streams, which gives lots of results, so even filtering by platform took a while (I realize this is not common).
Added the # links to all search results on first page that are not filtered (as only search is exposed to GET).
Added page number input field whenever there are more than 9 pages of results.
edited 7:06 AM EDT August 20, 2017
JoshW.info list as of 2017-08-20
If you have Total Commander, you can use these lst files as virtual directories, giving you easy access to what filetype each and every set uses. This includes searching for filetype/filename.
If not, there are just plaintext files, so still should be usable for you.
No CRC values though.
If anybody runs across any other links to sets not working please let me know.
- some link after uploading to go back to the upload form (it confused me for a moment I was expected to refresh the page).
- nicer handling and/or less catastrophic message for the 'DISCONNECTED after finishing upload during transferring to joshw.info but actually worked' thing, as I keep getting it :X
---psf2.joshw.info---
Genji - Dawn of the Samurai [Genji] (2005-06-30)(Game Republic)(SCE America).7z -> Genji - Dawn of the Samurai [Genji] (2005-06-30)(Game Republic)(SCE).7z
Phase Paradox (2001-05-24)(-)(SCE).7z -> Phase Paradox (2001-05-24)(-)(SCEI).7z
PoPoLoCrois - Hajimari no Bouken (2002-06-20)(G-Artists)(SCE).7z -> PoPoLoCrois - Hajimari no Bouken (2002-06-20)(G-Artists)(SCEI).7z
PoPoLoCrois - Tsuki no Okite no Bouken [PS2] (2004-03-18)(G-Artists)(SCE).7z -> PoPoLoCrois - Tsuki no Okite no Bouken (2004-03-18)(G-Artists)(SCEI).7z
@bnnm - Ok, will look at those. Edit: Done.
Added "unpload another set" link on completion.
On disconnection added check if file was completely uploaded already, and if so show usual upload success message with added hint that transfer to joshw.info may take longer.
edited 10:29 AM EDT August 30, 2017
I figure the search is seeing the dash, and interprets it as an "exclude matches" argument. Perhaps a fix could be, "only interpret the dash as an argument when it is preceded by a " " (space) character" (I haven't done any serious software development, so I don't know how easy this would be). Of course, this behavior could be ignored. If I can figure out what's going on, then most likely someone else can as well. I'm mostly pointing this out for those who expect different behavior, and don't bother to think about how the additional search arguments might be interpreted by the search engine.
And last, thanks for your work! This is a wonderful resource, and saves me from having to download "wget" and learn how to use it, to auto-download the entire archive... (yes, I did [very] briefly consider it). Mouser X over and out.
Thanks for your work here. I certainly look forward to any improvements you have in mind. Mouser X over and out.
Added an automatic hint with a linked suggestion when it detects a dash without preceding space.
(Single set for now, hopefully more to follow)
four .hack sets in psf2/0-9/ for easy confirmation
Usually files beginning with '.' are hidden and are not shown, and weren't being included in the manifest.
I've altered it so that these should be included
Logged in users can now list the files contained within the sets, click on the [...] to show the page. File search will be integrated after some time, currently file listings are only added on demand so a search wouldn't cover the whole joshw.info archive. Tags are also coming, starting starting with file extensions that are automatically gathered from the above file listings.
Big thanks to Josh for a couple crucial internal changes recently that make this possible.
I was thinking about emailing you about something but I might as well ask you here (since my email is acting up, cuz reasons). Can we change uploads so that only logged-in users can upload? It’s been a thought for a while now since occasionally I receive submissions with no details, just the game name. This may be a burden to current uploaders but, idk. Do you think we should?
I think adding some optional form fields like platform and uploader would be useful, so I wouldn't have to manually change filenames.
Plus maybe some log of who-uploaded-what somewhere would be useful as, well, not everybody is so through with their sets.
Aww there seems to be a bug? When i look on page 1 of updates and choose to view 1 game's bgm contents ( the new feature), when I go back and then click on "2" to go to page 2 it takes me back to the contents of the game i just.looked at.
Maybe it is just me
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Also, there are lots of missing rips (from the tracker and old ftp days) that I need to dig up that aren’t in the archive to which I have zero recollection on who did them originally. =/
I guess the real solution here would just be to include a readme txt file in the set? Maybe not even name it as readme but something like ripped_by_bxaimc.txt (maybe without underscores?). Additional information like previous ripper inside perhaps or maybe a rip date? Please no rambling or ranting inside.
Also, maybe I should rename all the sets (or maybe just the future ones since this will take centuries) to their respective console tags like we used to many moons ago:
[NDS]
[3DS] or [N3DS]?
[PC] [MAC-OSX]
[GCN]
[PS1] [PS2] [PS3] [PS4]
[X360] [XBLA]
etc etc etc
Maybe something like this: https://i.imgur.com/FuyMUlC.png
edited 2:31 PM EDT April 11, 2018
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Platform names would be great when downloading same sets of different platforms.
I vote [DS][3DS][PC][MAC][GC][PSx][X360][Xbox][Android][iOS] etc. [Vita] or [PSV]? Maybe just [Switch]?
[XBLA] never, it's like using [Steam][iTunes] = shop, after the name if you must: "Bleh (XBLA)(2018-01-01)...."
@datschge - I get disconnects after seconds, anything off in the server? I think my connection is stable.
and i mean this for real
edited 7:44 PM EDT April 11, 2018
edited 3:22 PM EDT April 12, 2018
(the "set" input isn't being cleared on back I think).
I assume changing the attribute propagates to the property but delayed/inconsistently (in fact it randomly works).
edited 9:16 AM EDT April 15, 2018
Another minor bug, if a set updates the file list seems to cache/show older contents.
For example Super Robot Taisen OG Saga - Masou Kishin III - Pride of Justice (what a name) was updated with a bunch of extra files but still lists only 2.
The list also says "Last changed data retrieved Xh Ym Zs ago." but maybe that only applies to the main list? (not that it matters much).
Thanks for the report that updates for sets are not caught, that means the identification I currently use is unexpectedly not sufficiently unique. Will have to think how to resolve that first.
@bxaimc: Got a reply from JoshW, the dataset the frontend receives is delayed by one hour, so what we observed is intended.
edited 5:18 AM EDT April 17, 2018
- enter file list
- press browser back
- search something
> goes to file list
Also, can't search with hyphens between words, ex. game-name is taken as "game" and exclude -name
Plus, it'd be nice if the file list also had file counts, for quick "this rip has more/less tracks than mine" checks.
edited 1:28 PM EDT April 22, 2018
When you search using hyphens to combine words you actually should already be shown a suggestion. In your example:
You excluded name, did you mean to search for "game name" as a phrase?
where "game name" is a link to the fixed search. If you are asking that behavior to be changed, sorry but no go, it's all built in full text search syntax of the db I can't change.
Added file count to the file lists.
When using the file listing feature, it's displaying files that aren't even in the set and after downloading 2 separate times and checking the original upload, I can confirm those files don't exist.
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Here's what I see on my end with the original upload:
Directory of H:\xxxJoshW\uploaded through vgm.hcs64.com\Dropship United Peace Force (2002-01-18)(SCEE - Studio Camden)(BAM! Entertainment)[PS2]
04/28/2018 11:07 AM <DIR> .
04/28/2018 11:07 AM <DIR> ..
04/28/2018 11:05 AM <DIR> movies
04/28/2018 11:05 AM <DIR> music
Directory of H:\xxxJoshW\uploaded through vgm.hcs64.com\Dropship United Peace Force (2002-01-18)(SCEE - Studio Camden)(BAM! Entertainment)[PS2]\movies
04/28/2018 11:05 AM <DIR> .
04/28/2018 11:05 AM <DIR> ..
04/26/2018 02:38 PM 685,800 char1_english[1ch].ss2
04/26/2018 02:38 PM 685,800 char1_english[2ch].ss2
04/26/2018 02:38 PM 653,800 char1_french[1ch].ss2
04/26/2018 02:38 PM 653,800 char1_french[2ch].ss2
04/26/2018 02:38 PM 653,800 char1_german[1ch].ss2
04/26/2018 02:38 PM 653,800 char1_german[2ch].ss2
04/26/2018 02:38 PM 653,800 char1_italian[1ch].ss2
04/26/2018 02:38 PM 653,800 char1_italian[2ch].ss2
04/26/2018 02:38 PM 653,800 char1_spanish[1ch].ss2
04/26/2018 02:38 PM 653,800 char1_spanish[2ch].ss2
04/26/2018 02:38 PM 603,496 char2_english[1ch].ss2
04/26/2018 02:38 PM 603,496 char2_english[2ch].ss2
04/26/2018 02:38 PM 598,920 char2_french[1ch].ss2
04/26/2018 02:38 PM 598,920 char2_french[2ch].ss2
04/26/2018 02:38 PM 598,920 char2_german[1ch].ss2
04/26/2018 02:38 PM 598,920 char2_german[2ch].ss2
04/26/2018 02:38 PM 598,920 char2_italian[1ch].ss2
04/26/2018 02:38 PM 598,920 char2_italian[2ch].ss2
04/26/2018 02:38 PM 598,920 char2_spanish[1ch].ss2
04/26/2018 02:38 PM 598,920 char2_spanish[2ch].ss2
04/26/2018 02:38 PM 850,376 char3_english[1ch].ss2
04/26/2018 02:38 PM 850,376 char3_english[2ch].ss2
04/26/2018 02:38 PM 846,696 char3_french[1ch].ss2
04/26/2018 02:38 PM 846,696 char3_french[2ch].ss2
04/26/2018 02:38 PM 846,696 char3_german[1ch].ss2
04/26/2018 02:38 PM 846,696 char3_german[2ch].ss2
04/26/2018 02:38 PM 846,696 char3_italian[1ch].ss2
04/26/2018 02:38 PM 846,696 char3_italian[2ch].ss2
04/26/2018 02:38 PM 846,696 char3_spanish[1ch].ss2
04/26/2018 02:38 PM 846,696 char3_spanish[2ch].ss2
04/26/2018 02:38 PM 740,648 char4_english[1ch].ss2
04/26/2018 02:38 PM 740,648 char4_english[2ch].ss2
04/26/2018 02:38 PM 745,224 char4_french[1ch].ss2
04/26/2018 02:38 PM 745,224 char4_french[2ch].ss2
04/26/2018 02:38 PM 745,224 char4_german[1ch].ss2
04/26/2018 02:38 PM 745,224 char4_german[2ch].ss2
04/26/2018 02:38 PM 745,224 char4_italian[1ch].ss2
04/26/2018 02:38 PM 745,224 char4_italian[2ch].ss2
04/26/2018 02:38 PM 745,224 char4_spanish[1ch].ss2
04/26/2018 02:38 PM 745,224 char4_spanish[2ch].ss2
04/26/2018 02:38 PM 516,648 char5_english[1ch].ss2
04/26/2018 02:38 PM 516,648 char5_english[2ch].ss2
04/26/2018 02:38 PM 516,648 char5_french[1ch].ss2
04/26/2018 02:38 PM 516,648 char5_french[2ch].ss2
04/26/2018 02:38 PM 516,648 char5_german[1ch].ss2
04/26/2018 02:38 PM 516,648 char5_german[2ch].ss2
04/26/2018 02:38 PM 516,648 char5_italian[1ch].ss2
04/26/2018 02:38 PM 516,648 char5_italian[2ch].ss2
04/26/2018 02:38 PM 516,648 char5_spanish[1ch].ss2
04/26/2018 02:38 PM 516,648 char5_spanish[2ch].ss2
04/26/2018 02:38 PM 685,800 char6_english[1ch].ss2
04/26/2018 02:38 PM 685,800 char6_english[2ch].ss2
04/26/2018 02:38 PM 690,376 char6_french[1ch].ss2
04/26/2018 02:38 PM 690,376 char6_french[2ch].ss2
04/26/2018 02:38 PM 690,376 char6_german[1ch].ss2
04/26/2018 02:38 PM 690,376 char6_german[2ch].ss2
04/26/2018 02:38 PM 690,376 char6_italian[1ch].ss2
04/26/2018 02:38 PM 690,376 char6_italian[2ch].ss2
04/26/2018 02:38 PM 690,376 char6_spanish[1ch].ss2
04/26/2018 02:38 PM 690,376 char6_spanish[2ch].ss2
04/26/2018 02:38 PM 795,496 char7_english[1ch].ss2
04/26/2018 02:38 PM 795,496 char7_english[2ch].ss2
04/26/2018 02:38 PM 800,072 char7_french[1ch].ss2
04/26/2018 02:38 PM 800,072 char7_french[2ch].ss2
04/26/2018 02:38 PM 800,072 char7_german[1ch].ss2
04/26/2018 02:38 PM 800,072 char7_german[2ch].ss2
04/26/2018 02:38 PM 800,072 char7_italian[1ch].ss2
04/26/2018 02:38 PM 800,072 char7_italian[2ch].ss2
04/26/2018 02:38 PM 800,072 char7_spanish[1ch].ss2
04/26/2018 02:38 PM 800,072 char7_spanish[2ch].ss2
04/26/2018 02:38 PM 987,496 char8_english[1ch].ss2
04/26/2018 02:38 PM 987,496 char8_english[2ch].ss2
04/26/2018 02:38 PM 979,272 char8_french[1ch].ss2
04/26/2018 02:38 PM 979,272 char8_french[2ch].ss2
04/26/2018 02:38 PM 978,376 char8_german[1ch].ss2
04/26/2018 02:38 PM 978,376 char8_german[2ch].ss2
04/26/2018 02:38 PM 979,272 char8_italian[1ch].ss2
04/26/2018 02:38 PM 979,272 char8_italian[2ch].ss2
04/26/2018 02:38 PM 979,272 char8_spanish[1ch].ss2
04/26/2018 02:38 PM 979,272 char8_spanish[2ch].ss2
04/26/2018 02:39 PM 1,920,072 intro_english[1ch].ss2
04/26/2018 02:39 PM 1,920,072 intro_english[2ch].ss2
04/26/2018 02:39 PM 1,924,648 intro_french[1ch].ss2
04/26/2018 02:39 PM 1,924,648 intro_french[2ch].ss2
04/26/2018 02:39 PM 1,924,648 intro_german[1ch].ss2
04/26/2018 02:39 PM 1,924,648 intro_german[2ch].ss2
04/26/2018 02:39 PM 1,924,648 intro_italian[1ch].ss2
04/26/2018 02:39 PM 1,924,648 intro_italian[2ch].ss2
04/26/2018 02:39 PM 1,924,648 intro_spanish[1ch].ss2
04/26/2018 02:39 PM 1,924,648 intro_spanish[2ch].ss2
04/26/2018 02:39 PM 1,787,496 outro_english[1ch].ss2
04/26/2018 02:39 PM 1,787,496 outro_english[2ch].ss2
04/26/2018 02:39 PM 1,791,176 outro_french[1ch].ss2
04/26/2018 02:39 PM 1,791,176 outro_french[2ch].ss2
04/26/2018 02:39 PM 1,791,176 outro_german[1ch].ss2
04/26/2018 02:39 PM 1,791,176 outro_german[2ch].ss2
04/26/2018 02:39 PM 1,791,176 outro_italian[1ch].ss2
04/26/2018 02:39 PM 1,791,176 outro_italian[2ch].ss2
04/26/2018 02:39 PM 1,791,176 outro_spanish[1ch].ss2
04/26/2018 02:39 PM 1,791,176 outro_spanish[2ch].ss2
04/26/2018 02:39 PM 1,645,800 test1min_english[1ch].ss2
04/26/2018 02:39 PM 1,645,800 test1min_english[2ch].ss2
04/26/2018 02:39 PM 1,645,800 test1min_french[1ch].ss2
04/26/2018 02:39 PM 1,645,800 test1min_french[2ch].ss2
04/26/2018 02:39 PM 1,645,800 test1min_german[1ch].ss2
04/26/2018 02:39 PM 1,645,800 test1min_german[2ch].ss2
04/26/2018 02:39 PM 1,645,800 test1min_italian[1ch].ss2
04/26/2018 02:39 PM 1,645,800 test1min_italian[2ch].ss2
04/26/2018 02:39 PM 1,645,800 test1min_spanish[1ch].ss2
04/26/2018 02:39 PM 1,645,800 test1min_spanish[2ch].ss2
04/26/2018 02:39 PM 1,508,648 uber1_english[1ch].ss2
04/26/2018 02:39 PM 1,508,648 uber1_english[2ch].ss2
04/26/2018 02:39 PM 1,508,648 uber1_french[1ch].ss2
04/26/2018 02:39 PM 1,508,648 uber1_french[2ch].ss2
04/26/2018 02:39 PM 1,508,648 uber1_german[1ch].ss2
04/26/2018 02:39 PM 1,508,648 uber1_german[2ch].ss2
04/26/2018 02:39 PM 1,508,648 uber1_italian[1ch].ss2
04/26/2018 02:39 PM 1,508,648 uber1_italian[2ch].ss2
04/26/2018 02:39 PM 1,508,648 uber1_spanish[1ch].ss2
04/26/2018 02:39 PM 1,508,648 uber1_spanish[2ch].ss2
04/26/2018 02:39 PM 1,124,648 uber2_english[1ch].ss2
04/26/2018 02:39 PM 1,124,648 uber2_english[2ch].ss2
04/26/2018 02:39 PM 1,124,648 uber2_french[1ch].ss2
04/26/2018 02:39 PM 1,124,648 uber2_french[2ch].ss2
04/26/2018 02:39 PM 1,124,648 uber2_german[1ch].ss2
04/26/2018 02:39 PM 1,124,648 uber2_german[2ch].ss2
04/26/2018 02:39 PM 1,124,648 uber2_italian[1ch].ss2
04/26/2018 02:39 PM 1,124,648 uber2_italian[2ch].ss2
04/26/2018 02:39 PM 1,124,648 uber2_spanish[1ch].ss2
04/26/2018 02:39 PM 1,124,648 uber2_spanish[2ch].ss2
04/26/2018 02:39 PM 1,728,072 uber3_english[1ch].ss2
04/26/2018 02:39 PM 1,728,072 uber3_english[2ch].ss2
04/26/2018 02:39 PM 1,728,072 uber3_french[1ch].ss2
04/26/2018 02:39 PM 1,728,072 uber3_french[2ch].ss2
04/26/2018 02:39 PM 1,728,072 uber3_german[1ch].ss2
04/26/2018 02:39 PM 1,728,072 uber3_german[2ch].ss2
04/26/2018 02:39 PM 1,728,072 uber3_italian[1ch].ss2
04/26/2018 02:39 PM 1,728,072 uber3_italian[2ch].ss2
04/26/2018 02:39 PM 1,728,072 uber3_spanish[1ch].ss2
04/26/2018 02:39 PM 1,728,072 uber3_spanish[2ch].ss2
04/26/2018 02:39 PM 1,398,920 uber4_english[1ch].ss2
04/26/2018 02:39 PM 1,398,920 uber4_english[2ch].ss2
04/26/2018 02:39 PM 1,398,920 uber4_french[1ch].ss2
04/26/2018 02:39 PM 1,398,920 uber4_french[2ch].ss2
04/26/2018 02:39 PM 1,398,920 uber4_german[1ch].ss2
04/26/2018 02:39 PM 1,398,920 uber4_german[2ch].ss2
04/26/2018 02:39 PM 1,398,920 uber4_italian[1ch].ss2
04/26/2018 02:39 PM 1,398,920 uber4_italian[2ch].ss2
04/26/2018 02:39 PM 1,398,920 uber4_spanish[1ch].ss2
04/26/2018 02:39 PM 1,398,920 uber4_spanish[2ch].ss2
150 File(s) 169,580,400 bytes
Directory of H:\xxxJoshW\uploaded through vgm.hcs64.com\Dropship United Peace Force (2002-01-18)(SCEE - Studio Camden)(BAM! Entertainment)[PS2]\music
04/28/2018 11:05 AM <DIR> .
04/28/2018 11:05 AM <DIR> ..
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04/26/2018 02:31 PM 3,849,232 DRIVE_R.VAG
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04/26/2018 02:31 PM 4,229,120 FLIGHT_R.VAG
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04/26/2018 02:31 PM 2,154,656 FRONTEND_R.VAG
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04/26/2018 02:31 PM 3,574,176 INTELLIGENCE_R.VAG
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04/26/2018 02:31 PM 3,653,168 MISC1_L.VAG
04/26/2018 02:31 PM 3,653,168 MISC1_R.VAG
04/26/2018 02:31 PM 3,235,680 MISC2_L.VAG
04/26/2018 02:31 PM 3,235,680 MISC2_R.VAG
04/26/2018 02:31 PM 386,160 MISC3_L.VAG
04/26/2018 02:31 PM 386,160 MISC3_R.VAG
04/26/2018 02:31 PM 367,120 MISC4_L.VAG
04/26/2018 02:31 PM 367,120 MISC4_R.VAG
04/26/2018 02:31 PM 5,190,096 RESCUE_L.VAG
04/26/2018 02:31 PM 5,190,096 RESCUE_R.VAG
04/26/2018 02:31 PM 3,646,656 STEALTH_L.VAG
04/26/2018 02:31 PM 3,646,656 STEALTH_R.VAG
04/26/2018 02:31 PM 3,652,288 TENSE_L.VAG
04/26/2018 02:31 PM 3,652,288 TENSE_R.VAG
36 File(s) 156,183,712 bytes
It happened a couple of times before I think.
Edit: Oh wait, you mean for the upload form, right? This may be a conflict with the script splitting the archive itself as well (technically the upload script splits the file into 1MB size parts and only combines them once completed, resuming an interrupted upload reuses all completed parts), naming the parts differently should help.
Edit2: No, there is no conflict with the numbering scheme you mentioned. It may actually be a race condition while uploading the file from my to joshw's server then. Do you run multiple uploads of the same file at once?
edited 11:00 AM EDT April 30, 2018
I just tried to reupload the .001 file and got 1.2GB, getting there. Then I reuploaded renamed as (file).7z.001.removethis and 1.27GB again. It's puzzling...
EDIT: reuploaded the whole thing without splitting, now it worked I think. Maybe it just hates them splits.
edited 4:47 PM EDT April 30, 2018
@bnnm - I dunno? Race conditions are so darn hard to reproduce, sorry for the hassles.
Oh and I renamed that archive before the second attempt started: from Name.7z to Name[fix].7z if it actually matters.
Later!
edited 7:58 AM EDT May 1, 2018
Random bug: recently added "Akai Suna Ochiru Tsuki" shows the file list of "Xanadu -Dragon Slayer 2-".
edited 4:26 AM EDT August 19, 2018
Anyway I hope it'll be fixed soon, cheers!
PS. I thought it has something to do with browser cache but clearing history up apparently doesn't get rid of that issue.
@bnnm & marcusss - Thanks for the two examples, turned out that the check I already had that should ensure that the file listing is always correct wasn't actually working. Should be fixed now.
@bnnm - I agree, I just changed 'system' to work the way tags do, always showing and highlighting the selected system instead moving it before the search input.
This will need some further fixing, currently text search cops out from tags search, and the system filter doesn't reflect the tags choices, resulting in plenty empty results.
As for searching tags I think I'll later do a page simply listing all available tags for the time being.
edited 4:49 PM EDT August 20, 2018
Bye!
@Ultrafighter - There are no errors in my logs. You may be running into some hidden transfer/time limit, I'd have to check that out to reproduce. I'll ask Josh whether it's possible to host the upload form right on his server so file size limit and having to transfer data between servers are no longer necessary. Other than that you could also upload the files directly to Josh's server using SFTP.
edited 5:28 AM EDT August 21, 2018
I sure didn't expect so many random extensions in the "other" category tho :S
Any chance you could add tag filtering by platform? :) (or just... some way to remove them "others")
Even if you can't, I think the tag list should also show the selected platform anyway.
Feels kind of erratic if you filter by platform, go to tags (platforms disappear), click tag, then filter reappears and still applies.
I was going to suggest a bit of separation between platforms and tags but seems you already added it. It shows when filtering by platform first but not if you filter by tag first though.
Later!
For example I selected "hca" and it showed "PS2" as platform and some set, which evidently didn't have them. Other time I filtered by "PSP" and got "exe" as a posible exts, but no sets would had it.
But tried again later and they don't show those results anymore, so maybe it's normal and it auto-corrects?
I'm not sure this is worth working around just for some oddly behaving browsers.
Maybe I'll add some hidden debug data sometime that you can copy for me so we have at least some info what could be happening there.
Edit: Or if you can you could use the browser's developer tools (usually in the network tab, then index/domain file) to list and copy the form data sent to the server as part of the request header. The server doesn't store user session data aside login (if done so) so any oddity needs to be within the form data.
edited 11:14 AM EDT September 4, 2018
Next time it happens I'll debug a bit and try other browsers, but it wasn't super important, just weird.
e.g.
Displaying details for I Hate Running Backwards - High Stakes (2018-05-22)(Binx)(Devolver Digital).7z 215.76MB 2018-09-23 07:05
File Extension: txth vbx
21 files contained in this set (contains no duplicate files):
.vbx.txth 372B
BGM01.VBX 3.13MB
BGM02.VBX 4.38MB
BGM03.VBX 4.38MB
BGM04.VBX 4.13MB
BGM05.VBX 12.88MB
...........
This game has .fsb files and diferent names
If the main use case is just getting the updated portion between an old and new versions of a set it may be worth thinking about versioning and automatically generating diff packages. Not sure there is real demand for that though.
edited 5:11 AM EDT September 28, 2018
Also if anyone rerips a title I don't see anything preventing him from simply including both existent & new/changed files in a single package. Even if most tracks (like WMAs in specific directories of Xbox discs or AT3 streams coming from BGM folders of a PSP/PS3 image) are identical in both variants of a set there's no valid reason (IMHO) for a ripper to make an archive with only added tracks and wait for a moderator to do quite a few actions - probably DL that outdated ver., unpack both v.1 & v.2 then repack it all in one 7z file. I think it's way more reasonable for a provider of a fresh gamerip to do those rather easy routines himself.
Finally redownloading huge sets only for added DLC BGMs is somewhat realistic scenario but are there many such rips? Then my humble opinion is that it happens quite rarely when DLC music's added later to an existing downloadable gamerip, am I right?
All in all this is a novelty which is presumably hard + time-consuming to implement but it won't do much good anyway.
Bye!
edited 5:40 AM EDT September 29, 2018
- I select "com", then filter with "PC": 4 sets
https://imgur.com/le6WNn8
- I open the first's file list: there is no "com" extension inside
https://imgur.com/e7bUTh1
- I go back to tags (link or closing/opening Chrome), filter by "com"/"pc": 3 sets now (the set I opened disappeared).
https://imgur.com/G3pEHrl
Originally it was 6 sets, 3 vanished during my tests (2 on Firefox, 1 on Chrome, I take it's some server thing). Presumably the other 3 sets will disappear from the "com" tag when opened too, you have 3 chances to debug :3