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Does this help?

If you've got the storage, I highly recommend http://emumovies.com/ as well. Vids are way cooler than snaps.

I don't think project64 supports 7z files, only zip files. It sounds like you have a full GoodMerge set for n64. There's usually multiple roms in one 7z (ie, the US version and the Japanese version) to save space. You should extract the n64 games you want to want to play, and change the GameEx rom filter to .z64

Yes. I'm running a Radeon 9500 using the DVI -> component dongle, and Powerstrip was pretty much mandatory until the last few Catalyst releases. I've actually had a much more pleasant experience using the ATI HDTV wizard in their latest drivers. I dunno if its my TV, but I've never been able to do anything higher than 480p without some overscan.

Lots of good ideas floating around here, no wonder Tom seems to be making so many updates. I put GameEx up on a TV. I've fine tuned the resolution as much as possible, but there's still a bit of overscan. None of the text is chopped off, but its pretty darn close. What would be nice would be to set a dead zone percentage for the border. GameEx would still draw the background as normal, but squeeze everything else in a little bit.

Ratmonkey, you may be interested in my progress here: http://www.gameex.info/forums/index.php?showtopic=431

SendKeys.cpp works great! There seemed to be some bugs in the special keys lookup, but it had no problems sending input to MAME. As a bonus, I'm now able to fully automate ZSNES as well using the Hauppauge remote, something I always thought would be impossible. It seems to lag a bit in MAME, but thats probably because MAME is sucking the CPU from the IR application. I'm attaching a program (and source) I wrote, called SimKey, which just simulates keystrokes you pass to it. Special commands are enclosed in square brackets, so you can pass arguments from irremote.ini This is the irremote.ini I use for my Hauppauge remote to control MAME. It should work fine with all models, though you may want to change the layout. [MAME] MENU={run(C:\EMU\SimKey.exe "[TAB]")} BACK={run(C:\EMU\SimKey.exe "[ESCAPE]")} GRNPOWER={run(C:\EMU\SimKey.exe "[ESCAPE]")} 1={run(C:\EMU\SimKey.exe "1")} 2={run(C:\EMU\SimKey.exe "2")} 3={run(C:\EMU\SimKey.exe "3")} 4={run(C:\EMU\SimKey.exe "4")} 5={run(C:\EMU\SimKey.exe "5")} 6={run(C:\EMU\SimKey.exe "6")} 7={run(C:\EMU\SimKey.exe "7")} 8={run(C:\EMU\SimKey.exe "8")} 9={run(C:\EMU\SimKey.exe "9")} 0={run(C:\EMU\SimKey.exe "0")} RED={run(C:\EMU\SimKey.exe "5")} GREEN={run(C:\EMU\SimKey.exe "6")} YELLOW={run(C:\EMU\SimKey.exe "7")} BLUE={run(C:\EMU\SimKey.exe "8")} CHNLUP={run(C:\EMU\SimKey.exe "[UP]")} CHNLDOWN={run(C:\EMU\SimKey.exe "[DOWN]")} VOLUP={run(C:\EMU\SimKey.exe "[RIGHT]")} VOLDOWN={run(C:\EMU\SimKey.exe "[LEFT]")} OK={run(C:\EMU\SimKey.exe "[ENTER]")} PAUSE={run(C:\EMU\SimKey.exe "p")} STOP={run(C:\EMU\SimKey.exe "[F3]")} SimKey.zip

Thanks for the feedback. This makes perfect sense considering that the scripts (AutoIt or VBS) sometimes worked, sometimes didn't. I think I'll see if I can whip something up in VS.NET this weekend.

I'd like to be able to exit MAME, do the in game menu, pause & reset via my remote control. I think MAME is using DirectInput, because regular entries in the irremote.ini don't work. I've also tried writing some VBScript to call SendKeys, but I can't get that to consistantly work in every game either. Please lemme know if you've gotten something to work 100%. If you've tried something that didn't work, let me know that too (save me some time).

Sure. Its an Athlon XP 2500, 512 MB RAM, and a Radeon 9500. The OS is Windows XP. I'm displaying on my HDTV at 1776x1000 using a component adapter, but standard TV resolutions work fine too.

I never realized there were so many MAME derivitaves (MAME32FX, MAME32 Plus, AdvanceMAME, etc). I'm about to set it up on my HTPC, and it would really help to hear what some other people are using, and why. Thanks.

It certainly is. Thanks a ton.

Make sure the AVI's have the same name as the ROM they're for. Then, in the GameEx config, set the SNAP PATH to the folder that has all the AVI's.

I would love this feature too.

Cool, thanks for looking into it. In case it helps, I don't have the "snaps in new thread" option on.

I have a TON of avi's for N64, SNES, and NES games. If I spend a while browsing the games, eventually, GameEx will display a black square but not play the video any more. This takes a little while, I probably have to scroll through at least a hundred games, but it means I can't leave GameEx open for very long before it stops playing the previews anymore. Is there some kind of log or something that could help?

I've gotten Kega Fusion v3.3 to work. I've attached my Fusion.ini file. I had to manually create all the SMS folders in it. Here's my GameEx.ini section: [Emulator_4] Enabled=True StartPageName=Sega Master System Games TitleText=SMS StartPageLogo=sms RomFilter=*.zip RomsInFolders=False ROMPath=C:\EMU\SMS\ROMS SnapPath=C:\EMU\SMS\MEDIA\SCREENS WorkingPath=C:\Program Files\KegaFusion MapKeys=False WaitBeforeKeys= SendKeys= ReplaceDash=True ReplaceUnder=True Capitals=True RemoveBrackets=True AlsoLaunch= ShowDesktop=False Debug=False MapFile= OLDatZip= Command=fusion.exe "[ROMPath]\[RomFile]" -sms -fullscreen TitlePath=C:\EMU\SMS\MEDIA\TITLES BoxPath=C:\EMU\SMS\MEDIA\BOX LaunchBefore= LaunchAfter= CartPath= Fusion.ini.txt

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In a previous thread Tom asked me why I use myHTPC as a front end to GameEx. Rather hijacking my own thread (is that possible?) I figured I'd start a new topic. And, don't get me wrong, GameEx is a great emulation front-end, so, please don't use this thread to whine to me about how its designed only for MAME cabinets. I like GameEx, and am hoping that this discussion helps. In my HTPC start-up screen, this is my order of importance: 1. TV 2. Games 3. Music 4. Everything Else. The big problem is someone else is going to have an entirely different order. myHTPC has a 100% customizable menu'ing system. In GameEx, a tv program launcher would be buried under 'External Applications' and I have no clue how I could put it at the top of the first page. I need the flexibility to put menus and submenus wherever I want. The 'External Applications' system also fails somewhat in my mind. I couldn't get BeyondTV to show up unless I use the 'show desktop' option. While its great that it works, it sucks to have to show a Windows desktop at all. It really defeats the whole integrated experience. Now, I've written a few DirectX applications myself, so I imagine a seemless experience would not be very easy to code. The weather HTML app is OK, but again breaks the integrated experience by not using the exact same theme as GameEx. I haven't really explored Jukebox too much, since I haven't set my music up as a Windows Media Library.

It seems to me some emulators tend to be a real bitch to send keyboard events to, no matter how you try. Anyway, the following settings do work for me in Project64 1.6 (nintendo 64 emulator): [Project64] GRNPOWER={alt}{F4} REC={F5} PLAY={F7} PAUSE={F2} I haven't gotten to MAME yet, but it sounds like I'll be returning here once I do (to share my success/failure). Ratmonkey, I've set my remote up to behave the same in GameEx that it does in BeyondTV. Blue/Yellow buttons control the volume. Volume buttons are the only right/left aligned arrows, so they go right/left. Mine looks like this: http://www.hauppauge.com/images/pvr-250_w_remote.jpg Thanks for the alpha tip. I've set it up now so I can do either page down or alpha page down depending on if I use FASTFWD or SKIPFWD.

Heh, there's the problem, myHTPC is pretty far from modern. Work stopped on it a while back when the author decided to start selling it and call it Meedio. Anyway, thanks a ton for pointing out AutoIt. I was able to write a one line script to restore focus to myHTPC. I use a batch file to launch GameEx, and once GameEx dies, I run the focus script.

I launch GameEx from myHTPC (running fullscreen). Everything runs fine, but when I quit GameEx, instead of the focus returning to myHTPC, no application has the focus. After pushing the exit button, it looks like GameEx quickly minimizes, then dies. The problem is the task bar seems to get the focus, so even though myHTPC was running fullscreen, now its not, and I can't send commands to it. Anyone have a similar problem launching GameEx from other front ends? Any workaround ideas? Any chance of a fix? Thanks.

I just finished setting up my HTPC so that I could use the silver remote control from the Hauppauge PVR-250. Its actually very simple. So simple it could probably even be automated First, open up the Irremote.ini file in notepad. Its usually just in C:\WINDOWS. Then, scroll down to the [Applications] section. At the bottom of the list, add a new entry for GameEx. It should look similar to this (I've made mine short so its easy to read) ; First item in this section IS always the default app if no others found [Applications] Default= WinTV Remote= WinTV32= Beyond TV= myHTPC= ZSNESW= meka - 8-bit or die!= NNNesterJ 0.23= GameEx= Then, scroll all the way to the bottom of the file, and add all of this: [GameEx] GO={home} CHNLUP={UP} CHNLDOWN={DOWN} VOLUP={RIGHT} VOLDOWN={LEFT} OK={enter} BACK={BACK} MENU={enter} REWIND={pgup} FASTFWD={pgdn} SKIPFWD={pgdn} SKIPREV={pgup} GRNPOWER={esc} YELLOW={alt}{down} BLUE={alt}{up} Save your changes! Now just restart the IR program, so it re-reads the new Irremote.ini file.