scott9

I can see a short duration flash of the nag screen, but then it goes black (I think it has something to do with the program that blocks the windows desktop. I have another question completely unrelated to this, but with NESTopia I get "unknown error" then "file not found" when I run it from GameEx. If I type in the same command from the command line it works fine with no error.

Yeah that seems to have fixed it, thanks. I have one more quick question, when I run the same version of GameEx under Windows Vista, it doesn't show the loading screen, any idea why?

Thats a shame, I really like that theme :/ Any ideas for a workaround?

When I exit snes9x, GameEx crashes. Below is the log for when it crashes: 20:30:28.7 11/3/2007: GameEx: Version 8.94: Starting Log 20:30:28.7 11/3/2007: Operating System Platform: Win32NT 20:30:28.7 11/3/2007: Operating System Name: Windows XP 20:30:28.7 11/3/2007: Operating System Version: 5.1.2600 20:30:28.7 11/3/2007: Checking for versions of .net Framework installed 20:30:28.7 11/3/2007: .net Framework 1.1 Installed 20:30:28.7 11/3/2007: .net Framework 2.0 Installed 20:30:28.7 11/3/2007: AMD Athlon 64 Processor 3500+, 1022MB 20:30:28.7 11/3/2007: 2.2Ghz 20:30:28.7 11/3/2007: Running Randomize() 20:30:28.7 11/3/2007: Loading PlugIns 20:30:28.8 11/3/2007: Checking for applications to Launch On Startup 20:30:28.8 11/3/2007: Running Misc startup tasks 20:30:28.8 11/3/2007: Setting Menu types 20:30:28.8 11/3/2007: Opening Configuration File 20:30:28.8 11/3/2007: Getting Configuration Values 20:30:28.8 11/3/2007: Using Theme: Acidbrain Vision 20:30:28.8 11/3/2007: Checking for alternate Image Directory for Theme: Acidbrain Vision 20:30:28.8 11/3/2007: Launching HideOS.exe 20:30:28.8 11/3/2007: Initialising Video/MNG DLL's 20:30:28.8 11/3/2007: Hiding Taskbar 20:30:28.8 11/3/2007: Is Media Center running? 20:30:28.8 11/3/2007: Checking/Creating LCD Registry values 20:30:28.8 11/3/2007: Check Media Center Exit/Start Mode 20:30:28.8 11/3/2007: Media Center Mode 2 20:30:28.9 11/3/2007: Video previews on. Warning: Only recommended on modern systems 20:30:28.9 11/3/2007: Snap Delay set to: 2 20:30:28.9 11/3/2007: Get other settings 20:30:28.9 11/3/2007: Set: Find emulator artwork on best match basis 20:30:28.9 11/3/2007: Start work for Form 20:30:28.9 11/3/2007: Getting Original Screen Size 20:30:28.9 11/3/2007: Opening Database Connection 20:30:28.9 11/3/2007: Initializing Component 20:30:29.0 11/3/2007: Retrieving resolution setting 20:30:29.0 11/3/2007: Initialising Windows Media Player Component 20:30:29.1 11/3/2007: MAME Path is: C:\Emulators\Mame32 20:30:29.1 11/3/2007: Cannot Find MAME Path: MAME Disabled 20:30:29.1 11/3/2007: Loading Controls.ini map file 20:30:29.1 11/3/2007: Loading Custom Emulators 20:30:29.1 11/3/2007: Loading Emulator 2: Nintendo SNES games 20:30:29.4 11/3/2007: Using 3D Alpha Blended Animations. This could be slow 20:30:29.4 11/3/2007: Using General Font: Trebuchet MS 20:30:29.4 11/3/2007: Using Title Font: Trebuchet MS 20:30:29.5 11/3/2007: Initialising DirectDraw 20:30:29.6 11/3/2007: Creating DirectDraw Device 20:30:29.6 11/3/2007: Using Device: Radeon X1900 Series (Omega 3.8.330) 20:30:29.6 11/3/2007: 501mb video memory available 20:30:30.2 11/3/2007: Setting Resolution to 1680x1050 32 bit color 20:30:30.3 11/3/2007: Creating DirectDraw Surfaces 20:30:30.3 11/3/2007: Creating Primary Surface - Full Screen Mode 20:30:30.3 11/3/2007: Creating Back Buffer 20:30:30.4 11/3/2007: Version 2 Theme being used. Loading. 20:30:30.4 11/3/2007: Loading Button Data 20:30:30.4 11/3/2007: Loading Font Data 20:30:30.4 11/3/2007: Loading Layout Data 20:30:30.4 11/3/2007: Loading Taskbar Data 20:30:30.4 11/3/2007: Loading graphic Surfaces 20:30:30.4 11/3/2007: Display is running at: 1680x1050 32bit color, 60hz 20:30:30.4 11/3/2007: Creating Surfaces Misc and Dialogs 20:30:30.4 11/3/2007: Creating Surfaces Volume 20:30:30.4 11/3/2007: Creating Surfaces Arrows 20:30:30.5 11/3/2007: Creating Surfaces GameEXlogo Text 20:30:30.5 11/3/2007: Creating Surfaces Toolbar 20:30:30.5 11/3/2007: Creating Surfaces Backgrounds 20:30:30.9 11/3/2007: Creating Surfaces Toolbar Controls 20:30:30.9 11/3/2007: Creating Surfaces GameEx Logo 20:30:30.9 11/3/2007: Creating Surface Unselected 20:30:30.9 11/3/2007: Creating Surfaces Home & Exit 20:30:30.9 11/3/2007: Creating Surfaces Snaps 20:30:30.9 11/3/2007: Creating Surfaces Menu and List Bars 20:30:31.0 11/3/2007: Creating Fonts 20:30:31.0 11/3/2007: Creating Menu Font 20:30:31.0 11/3/2007: Restoring Menu Font From Cache 20:30:31.0 11/3/2007: Creating Game Font 20:30:31.1 11/3/2007: Creating Font Black 20:30:31.2 11/3/2007: Creating Font Black Small 20:30:31.3 11/3/2007: Creating Game Font Faded 20:30:31.4 11/3/2007: Creating Title Font 20:30:31.4 11/3/2007: Restoring Title Font From Cache 20:30:31.5 11/3/2007: Fonts Created Succesfully 20:30:31.5 11/3/2007: 394mb video memory left available 20:30:31.5 11/3/2007: Creating instance of global keyboard hook 20:30:54.5 11/3/2007: Text/Language: English 20:30:54.5 11/3/2007: Applying Language/Text 20:30:54.5 11/3/2007: Initialising Bass Audio Library 20:30:54.6 11/3/2007: MAME CMD options: -triplebuffer -nowindow -joy 20:30:54.6 11/3/2007: Loading last used Game List 20:30:54.6 11/3/2007: Setting Music Volume 20:30:54.7 11/3/2007: Creating DirectSound Device 20:30:54.7 11/3/2007: Trying: Primary Sound Driver 20:30:54.7 11/3/2007: Loading Sound Files 20:30:54.7 11/3/2007: DirectSound Device Created Successfully 20:30:54.7 11/3/2007: Initialising DirectInput for Gamepad support 20:30:54.7 11/3/2007: Unable to create a joystick device 20:30:54.7 11/3/2007: Playing intro sound file 20:30:54.7 11/3/2007: Initializing MCE Remote 20:30:54.7 11/3/2007: Initialization OK! Starting GameEx! 20:30:54.7 11/3/2007: Testing Main Loop Once: Processing Frame 20:30:55.1 11/3/2007: Testing Main Loop Once: Main Loop ran successfully 20:30:58.7 11/3/2007: Validating: Emulator_2: Custom Background: D:\Emulators_and_Roms\SNES\Snapshots 20:30:58.7 11/3/2007: Warning: Emulator_2: Custom Background Does not exist 20:30:58.7 11/3/2007: Validating: Emulator_2: Snap Path: D:\Emulators_and_Roms\SNES\Snapshots 20:30:58.7 11/3/2007: Validating: Emulator_2: Database: SNES 20:30:58.7 11/3/2007: Validating: Emulator_2: Title Snap Path: 20:30:58.7 11/3/2007: Warning: Emulator_2: Title Snap Path Does not exist 20:30:58.7 11/3/2007: Validating: Emulator_2: Box Art Path: 20:30:58.7 11/3/2007: Warning: Emulator_2: Box Art Path Does not exist 20:30:58.7 11/3/2007: Validating: Emulator_2: Cart Art Path: 20:30:58.7 11/3/2007: Warning: Emulator_2: Cart Art Path Does not exist 20:30:58.7 11/3/2007: Validating: Emulator_2: Manual Path: 20:30:58.7 11/3/2007: Warning: Emulator_2: Manual Path Does not exist 20:30:58.7 11/3/2007: Loading OfflineList Dat File for emulator: 2 20:30:58.7 11/3/2007: Cannot Find Offline List Dat File 20:30:58.8 11/3/2007: Restoring Emulator from Cache 20:30:58.8 11/3/2007: Restoring Emulator Database From Cache 20:31:06.5 11/3/2007: Running: cmd.exe /c C: snes9x.exe "D:\Emulators_and_Roms\SNES\Roms\Super Mario World (U) [!].smc" 20:31:15.7 11/3/2007: 21 Consecutive Exceptions Occured 20:31:15.7 11/3/2007: Object reference not set to an instance of an object. 20:31:15.7 11/3/2007: at w.dj() at w.at() 20:31:15.7 11/3/2007: Trying reinitialising the display after sleeping for 4 seconds 20:31:15.7 11/3/2007: Exception count will be dropped to 15 20:31:20.3 11/3/2007: --**-- 20:31:20.3 11/3/2007: 21 Consecutive Exceptions Occured: Exiting 20:31:20.3 11/3/2007: Closing database connection 20:31:20.3 11/3/2007: First Exception: 20:31:20.3 11/3/2007: Argument 'Number' is not a valid value. 20:31:20.3 11/3/2007: at Microsoft.VisualBasic.ErrObject.Raise(Int32 Number, Object Source, Object Description, Object HelpFile, Object HelpContext) 20:31:20.3 11/3/2007: at w.a(String A_0, Double A_1, Double A_2, Boolean A_3) 20:31:20.3 11/3/2007: at w.a(Int32 A_0, Int32 A_1, Boolean A_2, Boolean A_3) 20:31:20.3 11/3/2007: at w.a(Boolean A_0, Boolean A_1, Boolean A_2, Boolean A_3, Boolean A_4, Int32 A_5) 20:31:20.3 11/3/2007: at w.a(Boolean A_0, Boolean A_1) 20:31:20.3 11/3/2007: at w.j(Boolean A_0) 20:31:20.3 11/3/2007: at w.ca() 20:31:20.3 11/3/2007: at w.at() 20:31:20.3 11/3/2007: Last Exception: 20:31:20.3 11/3/2007: Object reference not set to an instance of an object. 20:31:20.3 11/3/2007: at w.dj() 20:31:20.3 11/3/2007: at w.at()

Ok, it looks like the problem was that I was using the offline list file N64_OL.zip, after I deleted it the video now plays. The problem is now that it plays the audio, but there is no video (just a black box). If I move up or down when the video is playing, GamEx freezes up and I have to kill it with task manager (no error shown). So any ideas?

I am very sure that there is not a problem with the codec, I have the same setup on my desktop pc (ffdshow filters), and I can play the videos in windows media player fine. I tried turning on and off the force 16-bit option, but it didn't fix the problem. I don't have any mame videos, but I do have mame snapshots, and those all work correctly (display at the lower left hand corner).

I have a bunch of avi videos for n64 games, and I am setting up a system specifically for GameEx. I created a directory c:\Project64\Movies, and set that to the video/snapshot path in GameEx, and every video preview has the same name as the n64 rom. I have the exact same setup on my other pc, and it plays the video previews for n64 games fine, but on my GameEx system it doesn't even attempt to play the video preview (the GameEx background music keeps playing, and I can browse the roms as normal without video previews). I can play every video on my gameex system using windows media player, and I have the ffdshow filter installed (it shows the ffdshow icon in the systray when I play a video). Is there a specific option in GameEx to enable/disable video previews? I'm not quite sure why it is not showing video at all.