Content Downloader

Downlads content to make your existing OS with EmulationStation, NOT ES-DE

Installation

Grab the latest release for your system and execute the Installer

This is install.sh for Linux and installer.exe for Windows.

These installers will install to your .emulationstation/cont/ folder.

Due to the installer not knowing what folder is your current theme and for safety when modifying es_systems.cfg, you will have to install the theme icons and modify es_systems.cfg by yourself.

Installing the icons

Get the icons.zip, and extract it to your current theme pack.

The file structure should look like this:

theme/
├─ theme name.xml
├─ cont/
│  ├─ theme.xml
│  ├─ icon.svg
│  ├─ bg.svg
│  ├─ the above file is only used if you set the ./theme.xml to use it
├─ etc./

Modifying es_systems.cfg

The es_system.xml will have to look something like this:

<systemList>
    <!-- systems up here -->
    <system>
        <name>cont</name>
        <fullname>Content Downloader</fullname>
        <path>~/.emulationstation/cont</path>
        <extension>.sh .SH .bat .BAT</extension>
        <command>%ROM_RAW%</command>
        <platform>ignore</platform>
        <theme>cont</theme>
    </system>
    <!-- systems down here -->
</systemList>

License

This is licensed under the GNU GPLv3, with parts of the code licensed under MIT.