{"id":35579,"date":"2021-11-20T19:59:44","date_gmt":"2021-11-20T19:59:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/droix.net\/knowledge-base\/article\/how-to-connect-to-wifi-change-theme-and-scrape-game-data-on-emuelec\/"},"modified":"2021-11-20T19:59:44","modified_gmt":"2021-11-20T19:59:44","slug":"how-to-connect-to-wifi-change-theme-and-scrape-game-data-on-emuelec","status":"publish","type":"kb","link":"https:\/\/droix.net\/knowledge-base\/en-gb\/article\/how-to-connect-to-wifi-change-theme-and-scrape-game-data-on-emuelec\/","title":{"rendered":"How to connect to WiFi, change theme and scrape game data on EmuELEC"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>In this guide we are showing how to connect your retro console running EmuELEC to WiFi, how to download &amp; install a new theme and scrape game data. While we are using a <a href=\"https:\/\/droix.co.uk\/product\/gameforce-chi\/\">Gameforce Chi<\/a> in this guide, this will work just fine with any EmuELEC based <a href=\"https:\/\/droix.co.uk\/product-category\/handhelds\/retro-gaming-handheld\/\">retro gaming handheld<\/a> that has WiFi.<br><br>You can watch our video guide below, or if you prefer, scroll down a little to find our easy to follow text and image based guide.<br><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"How to connect to WiFi, install new themes and scrape games on EmuELEC retro gaming handheld\" width=\"1170\" height=\"658\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/vP15caxH070?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-connecting-to-a-wifi-access-point-on-emuelec\"><br>Connecting to a WiFi Access Point on EmuELEC<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>First we will connect the device to a WiFi access point. Press <strong>START<\/strong> to bring up the Main Menu and scroll down to <strong>Network Settings<\/strong> and choose it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/droix.net\/knowledge-base\/en-gb\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/11\/EmuELEC-Main-Menu-Network-Settings.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/droix.net\/knowledge-base\/en-gb\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/11\/EmuELEC-Main-Menu-Network-Settings-1024x576.png\" alt=\"EmuELEC Network Settings\" class=\"wp-image-23743\" width=\"512\" height=\"288\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Scroll down to <strong>Enable WiFi<\/strong> and select this option. After a few moments it will be enabled and options to select the <strong>WiFi SSID<\/strong> and <strong>WiFi KEY<\/strong> will appear. Select the <strong>WiFi SSID<\/strong> option and choose your WiFi access point.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/droix.net\/knowledge-base\/en-gb\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/11\/EmuELEC-Network-Settings.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/droix.net\/knowledge-base\/en-gb\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/11\/EmuELEC-Network-Settings-1024x576.png\" alt=\"EmuELEC WiFi settings\" class=\"wp-image-23744\" width=\"512\" height=\"288\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Next, navigate to the <strong>WiFi Key<\/strong> option and enter your WiFi access point password. Once you have entered it, navigate to the <strong>BACK<\/strong> menu option and select it. After a few moments it will connect to the WiFi access point.<br><br>You can go back into the <strong>Network Settings<\/strong> to confirm everything is connected OK.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-downloading-and-installing-themes-on-emuelec\">Downloading and Installing Themes on EmuELEC<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Now that we have internet access, we can download and install a new theme. Navigate to <strong>Updates &amp; Downloads<\/strong> and choose <strong>Themes<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/droix.net\/knowledge-base\/en-gb\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/11\/EmuELEC-Main-Menu-Updates-and-Downloads.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/droix.net\/knowledge-base\/en-gb\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/11\/EmuELEC-Main-Menu-Updates-and-Downloads-1024x576.png\" alt=\"EmuELEC Updates &amp; Downloads\" class=\"wp-image-23745\" width=\"512\" height=\"288\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>It will connect online to download a list of available themes which may take a few moments to do. You can then choose a theme to download. For this demo we will download the popular <strong>Carbon<\/strong> theme. Once it has downloaded, go back to the <strong>Main Menu<\/strong> and choose <strong>UI Settings<\/strong>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/droix.net\/knowledge-base\/en-gb\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/11\/EmuELEC-Main-Menu-UI-Settings.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/droix.net\/knowledge-base\/en-gb\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/11\/EmuELEC-Main-Menu-UI-Settings-1024x576.png\" alt=\"EmuELEC UI Settings\" class=\"wp-image-23746\" width=\"512\" height=\"288\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Choose <strong>Theme Set<\/strong> and you will see a list of installed themes. Select the theme you want and go back one menu. EmuELEC will briefly restart and change over to the newly selected theme.<br><br>Exit the <strong>Main Menu<\/strong> and the new theme will be displayed.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/droix.net\/knowledge-base\/en-gb\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/11\/EmuELEC-New-Theme.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/droix.net\/knowledge-base\/en-gb\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/11\/EmuELEC-New-Theme-1024x576.png\" alt=\"New theme installed\" class=\"wp-image-23747\" width=\"512\" height=\"288\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-scraping-game-data-on-emuelec\">Scraping game data on EmuELEC<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Now we need some game images and text to display on the theme as without them it looks very basic. Press <strong>START<\/strong> to open the <strong>Main Menu<\/strong> and choose the <strong>Scrape<\/strong> option.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/droix.net\/knowledge-base\/en-gb\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/11\/EmuELEC-Main-Menu-Scrape.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/droix.net\/knowledge-base\/en-gb\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/11\/EmuELEC-Main-Menu-Scrape-1024x576.png\" alt=\"EmuELEC Game Scrape\" class=\"wp-image-23748\" width=\"512\" height=\"288\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Highlight <strong>Scrape From<\/strong> and choose <strong>THEGAMESDB<\/strong> This is a free to use game scraper that does not require an account to use.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/droix.net\/knowledge-base\/en-gb\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/11\/EmuELEC-Scrape-From.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/droix.net\/knowledge-base\/en-gb\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/11\/EmuELEC-Scrape-From-1024x576.png\" alt=\"EmuELEC Scrape Settings\" class=\"wp-image-23757\" width=\"512\" height=\"288\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Navigate to <strong>Scrape Now<\/strong>. You can choose to scrape specific video game consoles in the <strong>Systems<\/strong> menu. For now we will scrape all the games for all systems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/droix.net\/knowledge-base\/en-gb\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/11\/EmuELEC-Scrape-Now.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/droix.net\/knowledge-base\/en-gb\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/11\/EmuELEC-Scrape-Now-1024x576.png\" alt=\"EmuELEC Scrape Settings\" class=\"wp-image-23749\" width=\"512\" height=\"288\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Choose <strong>START<\/strong> and the game scraping will begin. Depending on the number of games you are scraping, this can take some time. So if necessary, leave it on charge and check back in a while. <br><br>NOTE: If you are scanning &#8216;full sets&#8217; of roms for multiple systems, this can take a very long time. We recommend changing the Systems to one or two systems at a time and do them in batches.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/droix.net\/knowledge-base\/en-gb\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/11\/EmuELEC-Game-Scraping-in-progress.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/droix.net\/knowledge-base\/en-gb\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/11\/EmuELEC-Game-Scraping-in-progress-1024x576.png\" alt=\"EmuELEC Scraping Games\" class=\"wp-image-23750\" width=\"512\" height=\"288\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Once it has finished scraping you can check the game lists to see how it looks.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-configuring-the-theme-to-display-image-and-game-text\">Configuring the Theme to display image and game text<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Personally I prefer a text list with image and game description. This is very easy to change to, simply press <strong>START<\/strong> to access the Main Menu, navigate to <strong>UI Settings<\/strong>, then <strong>Theme Configuration<\/strong>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/droix.net\/knowledge-base\/en-gb\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/11\/EmuELEC-UI-Theme-Configuration.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/droix.net\/knowledge-base\/en-gb\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/11\/EmuELEC-UI-Theme-Configuration-1024x576.png\" alt=\"EmuELEC Theme Configuration\" class=\"wp-image-23752\" width=\"512\" height=\"288\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Select the <strong>Gamelist View Style<\/strong> option and you can change it to another style. I like the aforementioned  <em>Detailed View<\/em> as it provides an image and text descriptions for games.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/droix.net\/knowledge-base\/en-gb\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/11\/EmuELEC-Gameforce-Theme-View-Style.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/droix.net\/knowledge-base\/en-gb\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/11\/EmuELEC-Gameforce-Theme-View-Style-1024x576.png\" alt=\"EmuELEC Gamelist View Style\" class=\"wp-image-23753\" width=\"512\" height=\"288\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Go back to the game list and it will now be updated to the new view showing a list of games on the side, with a box art image and text description if available.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/droix.net\/knowledge-base\/en-gb\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/11\/EmuELEC-showing-image-and-description.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/droix.net\/knowledge-base\/en-gb\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/11\/EmuELEC-showing-image-and-description-1024x576.png\" alt=\"EmuELEC showing new theme with text, image and game description\" class=\"wp-image-23754\" width=\"512\" height=\"288\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>You can change around the settings to show information such as game screen shots instead of box art for example. We hope you found this guide useful to get started with themes and scraping game data. We will let you explore the variety of themes and view options.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In this guide we are showing how to connect your retro console running EmuELEC to WiFi, how to download &amp; install a new theme and scrape game data. While we are using a Gameforce Chi in this guide, this will work just fine with any EmuELEC based retro gaming handheld that has WiFi. 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