Zaparoo Core updates
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Zaparoo Core v2.21.0 is out, and most of it is about playlists. A playlist now moves to the next item when a video ends or you quit a game, can switch games on a timer or once nobody has touched the controller for a while, and remembers where you left it, even across a restart. That covers attract mode on a cabinet as well as working through a TV series one card at a time.
Zaparoo Frontend v2.1.0 is the first feature release on the rebuilt MiSTer interface. You can search your whole library from the couch and keep a search as a tile on the Hub.
Zaparoo Core v2.20.0 is out alongside it. MiSTer scripts show up as a system you can browse and launch, and artwork installed by Update All is imported for you after each media database update.
Zaparoo Frontend v2.0.0 is a rebuilt MiSTer interface. This release gets the rewrite out for feedback and testing on your setups.
If waiting put you off the old Frontend, I'd like you to try this version and tell us how it feels on your MiSTer.
Zaparoo Core v2.19.0 is already out, with artwork downloads, more MiSTer launchers, and library and launch fixes.
Zaparoo Core v2.18.0 and Zaparoo App v1.15.0 are now available, and this release is mostly about your library. You can build decks in the App, lists of games and scripts that play like a playlist from one card, and change them any time without rewriting the card. Alongside favorites, you can now like, dislike, or save a game for later. It all lives on your device and works without an account, and with a free Zaparoo Online account, Library sync keeps it the same on every device.
Zaparoo Core v2.17.2 is now available. This patch release fixes problems found after v2.17.1, mostly around reader auto-detect on MiSTer and Linux, stopping Steam and LaunchBox games on Windows, and keeping Core discoverable when your network changes.
Zaparoo Frontend v1.3.0 and Zaparoo Core v2.17.1 are now available. Update All installs both together.
Frontend is a lot faster and has a new look, plus a Hub you can arrange yourself, a reorganized settings menu, and a MiSTer Main build that adds kiosk mode and CRT settings to the OSD. Core v2.17.1 is a patch release for problems found after v2.17.0. The two that mattered most: RetroDECK and EmuDeck games refusing to launch on Linux and SteamOS, and MiSTer arcade games counted as closed the moment they started.
Thank you to Giancarlo Erra for the paging, random picks, favorites controls, and performance work, Peter Brittain for grouping favorites by system, theypsilon for the updater improvements, and Wilfried Jeanniard for the French translation.
Zaparoo Core v2.17.0 is now available. This release adds automatic update checks with opt-in installs, brings Linux desktop and SteamOS out of beta with launchers for 21 standalone emulators and a Zaparoo plugin for Decky Loader, and adds extension cards for playtime limits and per-reader scan modes.
Zaparoo Core v2.16.1 is now available. This patch release fixes problems found after v2.16.0, with faster media updates on slow storage and reliability fixes across the media library, readers, backups, native audio, MiSTer, and macOS.
Zaparoo Core v2.16.0 is now available. This release adds device profiles, portable device backups, more resilient indexing for large libraries, and physical-disc matching.
Zaparoo Core v2.12.0 is now available. This release adds the Core-side support needed for the new Zaparoo Frontend, including faster media browsing, richer metadata and artwork APIs, per-system launcher settings, and favorites.