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When you run MAME32 with "skip game info" off, does it open a pop-up box? I was pretty sure that info was displayed on a black screen that says "type ok" or something.

I don't use a DC emulator (still run the real thing!), but most of the people here have switched from Chankast to NullDC. You might consider giving it a go since it appears to have better support in this forum. Just a thought.

Vista = Suck! Actually, I've only tried it once at Costco... I hit a button, turned around and when I looked back, it was blue screened! I'll stick with XP for now.

Do your custom folders show up in the list in GameEx? If so, are you sure they are in the correct MAME32 format? I have downloaded a few MAME32 custom folders and have them loaded on my cab, so I know the feature works. I would make sure your file is formatted correctly. Also, make sure it is in the location you are calling out in the settings (if the list doesn't even show up).

I use the lower quality set since I'm just using them for previews. The option to turn off avi snap audio...sorry I don't remember. If you load up the setup wizard, you can search for avi and it should pop it right up for you though!

You might want to just copy your entire GameEx directory. There are other files you may or may not have edited (e.g., custominput.ini). I just backed up my cab and what I grabbed were: GameEx.ini custominput.ini GameEx/Config/Emulator

I don't have LED's

When you look into this button problem with the jukebox, can you also try to fix it for game selection?

Was nplayer.ini there? If it's not there, then GameEx will have no clue how many players each game has. I suspect that GameEx will default to 1, so even if it's multiplayer, GameEx won't know.

I'll add it.

I had the same problem myself. I switched from using the FFDShow codec on the main page to CCCP. I turned off divx, xvid, etc through CCCP. Then I set AVI snap audio to off. When I booted up again, things worked great. Unfortunately, I did all of these at the same time, so I don't know which one(s) were needed. I would try AVI snap audio first, then the codecs.

Keep in mind that component is analog (as is vga), so you will experience losses to video quality as the signal strengh goes down. If your cable gets too long, you will probably see issues. This is probably EXACTLY what the VGA->TV adapter you were looking at before used (assuming it was component and not composite or svideo). It's surely a neat trick though!

Do you have nplayer.ini and is it pointed to in the correct location? If it's not there, then GameEx probably assumes that the game is single player.

close on a geological scale anyway

The VGA->Cat5 adapters are not just moving the wires around. There is actually some kind of encoding and decoding going on there. I don't know exactly how it works, but a cat5 cable has 8 conductors where a VGA cable has 15. The real problem (potentially) is that you have to make those two jacks connect directly to each other without going to your router. As far as quality, as long as you are within the range spec and have decent cables, you should be fine even if you have some electromagnetic fields to go through. Cat5 cables have twisted pairs that help cancel out that kind of noise. As long as the adapter uses them appropriately, you shouldn't have problems. To be fair though, I've never used them and they look on the pricey side. If it were me and I was going more than a few feet (VGA cable length), I would go the HTPC route as well. BTW, there is one other option I have used and works ok. X10 sells those wireless video transmitter reciever pairs. I've used them to play video games on a tv I couldn't see. Messed up, but it worked and looked fine...as long as the microwave was off.

Maybe there could be an option in the settings to stretch the video to full screen, stretch the video but keep aspect ratio (stretch until the top or side is hit, basically), or no stretch.

Just to clarify... Like HK said, I was talking about the stability of the GameEx front end. I think there are an infinite number of enhancements that *could* be implemented, but I think that the FE is perfectly usable as is. In other words, if development stopped today and no more updates were made, we wouldn't be lost waiting for fixes etc.

Are you sure you can't scroll the main page? I have more than what will fit on the main page and I can just scroll down. Just a thought.

This has been discussed in the past. I think one option suggested was to create an emulator or application called "delete videos" or something. Then, point the source to your video source with appropriate filters. Finally, use the delete command as the command line: delete "[RomDir]\[RomFile]" That's off the top of my head. I'd suggest searching the forum since I know there was a lot of discussion at one point.

The funny thing is that I was going to try MA before I went with GameEx. The reason I didn't was because they require you to buy it before you can see if you like it. I said NOPE, and moved on. Same cost there and here, just refuse to shell out before I even know if I like it. And, for the most part, they looked very similar feature and user interfacewise. Either way, from what I've read anyway, both are great front ends. I'm just suprised someone would ask for help and then cut down the community that helped. Oh well...

Post your entire log please.

Just wanted to pipe in and point out that there are also a few pinball games built into MAME. I think 90% are adult games though

Wow.....

Thanks for posting the resolution. It is very helpful to know how problems get resolved for future reference!

I'm not sure it is because I have seen it do the command prompt before without IE7. I think that was an older version of windows though.