Comment on RomM (self-hosting emulation) releasing a significant update - 4.2
NuXCOM_90Percent@lemmy.zip 4 days ago
Heh, heard about this yesterday on a different board and gave it a go.
It is definitely jank. Super easy to set up and get running (one of the best docker compose files I ever used) but the hodge podge of grabbing your own API keys for the metadata services is a mess. Would have preferred it if their folder structure were the same as the “industry standard” retroarch (ugh. transphobic shits) layout but whatever. Same with support for distinguishing that a .cue file means the associated bin/iso/chd files probably shouldn’t be scanned to.
My only real complaint is that it doesn’t have a clean way to remove missing files (for example, if you moved said isos into a subfolder rather than using the .cue file that was always a mess) or providing in-UI excluding of matches (e.g. shader caches for modern emulators or a memory cards folder of older emulators).
Still, I like it a lot. Not likely to play anything in my browser but really nice for browsing what is actually on my NAS when the mood strikes. And gonna take a look at the romm APIs in the not too distant future to see if I can leverage that to finally set up my sync utility (which will probably involve research/getting involved to figure out how save states and memory cards are handled… or set up a way for them to be handled).
vorpuni@jlai.lu 4 days ago
Do you have a link that explains how RetroArch is transphobic? I’m OotL.
NuXCOM_90Percent@lemmy.zip 4 days ago
resetera.com/…/duckstation-now-on-indefinite-hiat… is a good thread on the subject of the RA/LR crew turning to harassment the moment someone won’t specifically package their emulators for LR and www.resetera.com/threads/…/page-7 for transphobia specifically.
I’ve seen increasing statements that the harassment campaign that murdered Near was driven by RA/LR folk but haven’t managed to find any direct evidence and there is zero chance I am wading through kiwi farms for it. But I definitely recall a few clashes with RA/LR as that was coming up and its priorities (and market share) were shifting.
vorpuni@jlai.lu 7 hours ago
Thanks for the links, took me a while to get to it. It’s really missing some actual investigative journalism into this because it’s a confusing mess.
I did not realize there were so many toxic people around emulators, of all things…
NuXCOM_90Percent@lemmy.zip 6 hours ago
Its one of those things you can only really “know” by actually keeping an ear open. I mean, look around. Lemmy generally seems to skew left (how much of that is the tankies on dot ml is a different discussion). But there are basically two or three of us who point out that BDS is specifically calling for a boycott of Microsoft every time a gamepass or Gears of War thread comes up because fuck that shit, No Ethical Consumption Under Capitalism™ means Fuck Off Palestine New Forza Dropped.
But if you listen and ask questions when people reference Internet Lore, you too get the brainworm and can make informed decisions going forth.
Which, truth be told, is not that different than anything else. If you only watch the news when something interesting happens, you might think a nazi is a good man and father. Whereas, if you have suffered even a bit of continual psychic damage over the years, you KNOW that is bullshit and can start thinking about why CNN is glazing him and so forth.
The Internet is a spectacular pleasure box and a great way to find out information on demand. But relying solely on The Algorithm and Others to inform you is how you get… 2025.