Re-enable cover/metadata scraping for themes and DLC

README.md

@@ -309,9 +309,10 @@ Requirements & behaviour:
 > CFW already ship it). The desktop app only downloads and decrypts; it doesn't
 > strip DRM.
 >
-> **Covers/metadata:** themes and DLC have no cover art or game metadata, so
+> **Covers/metadata:** themes and DLC have no cover art or game metadata of
-> the app never scrapes IGDB/libretro/etc. for them (their Library rows show a
+> their own — the app scrapes them like games (IGDB/libretro/etc.), which can
-> placeholder icon instead of a mis-matched game cover).
+> return unrelated results. Downloaded themes keep their embedded preview as
+> the primary cover (used instead of a scraped image when available).
 
 ## Server setup
 

app/covers.py

@@ -30,15 +30,6 @@ _PLATFORMS = {
     "ps1": {"libretro_repo": "Sony_-_PlayStation", "igdb_id": 7, "ss_id": "57"},
 }
 
-# Content types that have no meaningful cover/metadata (IGDB/etc. lookups
-# return unrelated games, so scraping is disabled for them).
-NON_COVER_SYSTEMS = {"theme", "dlc"}
-
-
-def is_scrapable(system):
-    """Whether cover/metadata scraping makes sense for this item type."""
-    return (system or "games") not in NON_COVER_SYSTEMS
-
 
 def _platform(system):
     """Platform parameters (libretro repo, IGDB id, ScreenScraper id)."""
@@ -1151,8 +1142,6 @@ def fetch_cover(name, release_id, system, timeout=10, quick=False):
     ``quick`` limits the game fallback to libretro only (index-driven and fast),
     for bulk store loading; details views use the full IGDB/ScreenScraper path.
     """
-    if not is_scrapable(system):
-        return None
     dest = cover_path(release_id, system)
     if dest.exists():
         if file_is_image(dest):

app/gui.py

@@ -123,11 +123,10 @@ class CoverLoader(QObject):
         from concurrent.futures import ThreadPoolExecutor, as_completed
 
         pool = ThreadPoolExecutor(max_workers=8)
-        futures = {}
+        futures = {
-        for i, it in enumerate(self.items):
+            pool.submit(load_cover, it): i
-            if not covers.is_scrapable(it.get("system")):
+            for i, it in enumerate(self.items)
-                continue  # themes/DLC have no covers; keep the placeholder
+        }
-            futures[pool.submit(load_cover, it)] = i
         try:
             for fut in as_completed(futures):
                 if self._cancel.is_set():
@@ -212,8 +211,6 @@ def load_cover(item, timeout=8, quick=False):
     name = item["name"]
     rid = item["release_id"]
     system = item["system"]
-    if not covers.is_scrapable(system):
-        return None  # themes/DLC have no covers
     if system == "videos":
         return _load_video_cover(name, rid, system, timeout)
     return covers.fetch_cover(name, rid, system, timeout, quick=quick)
@@ -377,13 +374,6 @@ class CoverShowcase(QWidget):
             item.setTextAlignment(Qt.AlignHCenter | Qt.AlignTop)
             item.setToolTip(it["name"])
             item.setData(Qt.UserRole, it)
-            # Themes/DLC show their locally-extracted preview (no scraping).
-            if not covers.is_scrapable(it.get("system")):
-                rid = it.get("release_id")
-                system = it.get("system")
-                path = covers.cover_path(rid, system)
-                if path is not None and path.exists() and covers.file_is_image(path):
-                    item.setIcon(self._fit_icon(QPixmap(str(path))))
             self.list.addItem(item)
 
         self._start_loader(gen)
@@ -484,7 +474,6 @@ class CoverShowcase(QWidget):
             if it.get("on_psp"):
                 menu.addAction("Delete from PSP", lambda: self.delete_psp_requested.emit(it))
             menu.addAction("Delete…", lambda: self.delete_requested.emit(it))
-        if it is not None and covers.is_scrapable(it.get("system")):
             menu.addAction("Scrape…", lambda: self.scrape_requested.emit(it))
         menu.exec(self.list.mapToGlobal(pos))
 
@@ -2032,13 +2021,6 @@ class StorePage(QWidget):
             rid, system = lc
         else:
             rid, system = covers.stable_key(it["name"]), it.get("system") or "games"
-        if not covers.is_scrapable(system):
-            # Themes/DLC aren't scraped, but a downloaded theme's preview is
-            # cached locally — show it when available.
-            p = covers.cover_path(rid, system)
-            if p.exists() and covers.file_is_image(p):
-                item.setIcon(QIcon(_fit_pixmap(QPixmap(str(p)), self.ICON_W, self.ICON_H)))
-            return
         p = covers.cover_path(rid, system)
         if p.exists() and covers.file_is_image(p):
             item.setIcon(QIcon(_fit_pixmap(QPixmap(str(p)), self.ICON_W, self.ICON_H)))
@@ -2205,9 +2187,6 @@ class StorePage(QWidget):
             rid, system = lc
         else:
             rid, system = covers.stable_key(it["name"]), it.get("system") or "games"
-        if not covers.is_scrapable(system):
-            self.details.set_metadata({})
-            return
         cached = info.load(str(rid), system)
         if cached is not None:
             self.details.set_metadata(cached)
@@ -2239,8 +2218,6 @@ class StorePage(QWidget):
             return
         lc = item.get("_lib_cover")
         rid, system = lc if lc is not None else (covers.stable_key(item["name"]), item.get("system") or "games")
-        if not covers.is_scrapable(system):
-            return
         dlg = ScrapeDialog(item, self, rid=rid, system=system)
         if dlg.exec() != QDialog.Accepted:
             return
@@ -2264,8 +2241,7 @@ class StorePage(QWidget):
             menu.addAction("Download", lambda: self.download_requested.emit([it]))
             if it.get("path"):
                 menu.addAction("Open containing folder", lambda: open_containing_folder(it.get("path")))
-            if covers.is_scrapable(it.get("system")):
+            menu.addAction("Scrape…", lambda: self._search_cover(it))
-                menu.addAction("Scrape…", lambda: self._search_cover(it))
             menu.exec(self.grid.mapToGlobal(pos))
 
     def _on_table_menu(self, pos):
@@ -2280,14 +2256,11 @@ class StorePage(QWidget):
             menu.addAction("Download", lambda: self.download_requested.emit([it]))
             if it.get("path"):
                 menu.addAction("Open containing folder", lambda: open_containing_folder(it.get("path")))
-            if covers.is_scrapable(it.get("system")):
+            menu.addAction("Scrape…", lambda: self._search_cover(it))
-                menu.addAction("Scrape…", lambda: self._search_cover(it))
             menu.exec(self.table.viewport().mapToGlobal(pos))
 
     def _search_cover(self, it):
         system = it.get("system") or "games"
-        if not covers.is_scrapable(system):
-            return
         rid = covers.stable_key(it["name"])
         dlg = ScrapeDialog({"name": it["name"], "system": system}, self, rid=rid, system=system)
         if dlg.exec() == QDialog.Accepted:
@@ -2324,8 +2297,6 @@ class StorePage(QWidget):
                 rid, system = lc
             else:
                 rid, system = covers.stable_key(it["name"]), it.get("system") or "games"
-            if not covers.is_scrapable(system):
-                continue  # themes/DLC have no covers/metadata
             key = (str(rid), system)
             if key in seen:
                 continue
@@ -4445,9 +4416,6 @@ class MainWindow(QMainWindow):
         self.details_panel.set_item(item)
         rid = str(item["release_id"])
         system = item.get("system")
-        if not covers.is_scrapable(system):
-            self.details_panel.set_metadata({})
-            return
         cached = info.load(rid, system)
         if cached is not None:
             self.details_panel.set_metadata(cached)
@@ -4508,8 +4476,6 @@ class MainWindow(QMainWindow):
         item = getattr(self, "_current_item", None)
         if item is None:
             return
-        if not covers.is_scrapable(item.get("system")):
-            return  # themes/DLC have no metadata/cover
         rid = str(item.get("release_id") or covers.stable_key(item.get("name") or ""))
         system = item.get("system") or "games"
         dlg = ScrapeDialog(item, self, rid=rid, system=system)

app/info.py

@@ -182,8 +182,6 @@ def cached_release_dates():
 
 def get_or_fetch(release_id, system, fetch_title):
     """Return cached info (override or fetched) or fetch-and-cache it."""
-    if not covers.is_scrapable(system):
-        return None
     info = load(release_id, system)
     if info is not None:
         return info