ninjatech

Bump!

I tried the default theme but I still had no luck. I ran karaoke many times in a row to try to read the title bar of the screen that flashed before game EX comes back up. It says: "Game EX | Karaoke | [filename of song] | [##]/60" The digits before "/60" change each time I run it. Don't know if that extra info is useful.

Here is the log (Below). Once I click a song the screen turns black, then I see a titlebar flash for a second (sometimes it flashes twice). It looks like a screen trying to resize. Then it goes black again and GameEX comes back up like nothing happened. ONE time out of many tries I saw the lyrics come on screen for a split second. Also, the CDG videos run fine in windows media player. Thanks! 22:28:56.7 4/24/2007: GameEx: Version 8.07: Starting Log 22:28:56.7 4/24/2007: Operating System Platform: Win32NT 22:28:56.7 4/24/2007: Operating System Name: Windows XP 22:28:56.7 4/24/2007: Operating System Version: 5.1.2600 22:28:56.7 4/24/2007: Checking for versions of .net Framework installed 22:28:56.7 4/24/2007: .net Framework 1.1 Installed 22:28:56.7 4/24/2007: .net Framework 2.0 Installed 22:28:56.7 4/24/2007: AMD Athlon 64 Processor 4000+ 22:28:56.7 4/24/2007: 2.41Ghz 22:28:56.7 4/24/2007: Running Randomize() 22:28:56.7 4/24/2007: Loading PlugIns 22:28:56.7 4/24/2007: Checking for applications to Launch On Startup 22:28:56.7 4/24/2007: Running Misc startup tasks 22:28:56.7 4/24/2007: Setting Menu types 22:28:56.7 4/24/2007: Opening Configuration File 22:28:56.7 4/24/2007: Getting Configuration Values 22:28:56.7 4/24/2007: Using Theme: Default - Women We Love To Play 22:28:56.7 4/24/2007: Checking for alternate Image Directory for Theme: Default - Women We Love To Play 22:28:56.7 4/24/2007: Launching HideOS.exe 22:28:56.7 4/24/2007: Initialising Video/MNG DLL's 22:28:56.7 4/24/2007: Hiding Taskbar 22:28:56.7 4/24/2007: Is Media Center running? 22:28:56.7 4/24/2007: Checking/Creating LCD Registry values 22:28:56.7 4/24/2007: Check Media Center Exit/Start Mode 22:28:56.7 4/24/2007: Media Center Mode 0 22:28:56.7 4/24/2007: Video previews on. Warning: Only recommended on modern systems 22:28:56.7 4/24/2007: Snap Delay set to: 6 22:28:56.7 4/24/2007: Get other settings 22:28:56.7 4/24/2007: Set: Find emulator artwork on best match basis 22:28:56.7 4/24/2007: Using DirectInput for keyboard input 22:28:56.7 4/24/2007: Start work for Form 22:28:56.7 4/24/2007: Getting Original Screen Size 22:28:56.7 4/24/2007: Initializing Component 22:28:56.8 4/24/2007: Creating Radio Station Genres 22:28:57.0 4/24/2007: Succesfully created station genres 22:28:57.0 4/24/2007: MAME Path is: F:\Emulators\Mame32 22:28:57.0 4/24/2007: MAME EXE file is: Mame32.exe 22:28:57.0 4/24/2007: ROM Paths are: F:\Roms\MAME;F:\Roms\MAME CHDs 22:28:57.0 4/24/2007: Catver.ini is located at: F:\Front Ends\GameEx\DATA\catver.ini 22:28:57.0 4/24/2007: controls.ini is located at: F:\Front Ends\GameEx\data\controls.ini 22:28:57.0 4/24/2007: History.dat is located at: F:\Front Ends\GameEx\DATA\history.dat 22:28:57.0 4/24/2007: nplayers.ini is located at: F:\Front Ends\GameEx\DATA\nplayers.ini 22:28:57.0 4/24/2007: MAMEinfo.dat is located at: F:\Front Ends\GameEx\DATA\mameinfo.dat 22:28:57.0 4/24/2007: Loading Controls.ini map file 22:28:57.0 4/24/2007: Snap Path is: F:\Extras\snap 22:28:57.0 4/24/2007: AVI Snap Path is: F:\Videos\MAME 22:28:57.0 4/24/2007: Flyer Path is: F:\Extras\flyers 22:28:57.0 4/24/2007: Cabinet Path is: F:\Extras\cabinets 22:28:57.0 4/24/2007: Title Path is: F:\Extras\titles 22:28:57.0 4/24/2007: Panel Path is: F:\Extras\cpanel 22:28:57.0 4/24/2007: Manual Path: Not Found 22:28:57.0 4/24/2007: Icon Path: Not Found 22:28:57.0 4/24/2007: Marquee Path is: F:\Extras\marquees 22:28:57.1 4/24/2007: Loading Custom Emulators 22:28:57.1 4/24/2007: Loading Emulator 1: Nintendo N64 (Project 64) 22:28:57.1 4/24/2007: Loading Emulator 2: Nintendo SNES (ZSNES) 22:28:57.1 4/24/2007: Loading Emulator 4: Nintendo NES (NEStopia) 22:28:57.1 4/24/2007: Loading Emulator 6: Sega Genesis (GENS+) 22:28:57.2 4/24/2007: Loading Emulator 7: Sega CD (Fusion) 22:28:57.2 4/24/2007: Loading Emulator 8: Sega Master System (Fusion) 22:28:57.2 4/24/2007: Loading Emulator 9: NEC TurboGrafx 16 (MagicEngine) 22:28:57.3 4/24/2007: Using 2D Animations 22:28:57.3 4/24/2007: Using General Font: Trebuchet MS 22:28:57.3 4/24/2007: Using Title Font: Trebuchet MS 22:28:57.3 4/24/2007: Initialising DirectDraw 22:28:57.3 4/24/2007: Applying GameEx is Loading Image 22:28:57.4 4/24/2007: Creating DirectDraw Device 22:28:57.4 4/24/2007: Using Device: Ultimarc ArcadeVGA2 22:28:57.4 4/24/2007: 499mb video memory available 22:28:57.7 4/24/2007: Setting Resolution to 1024x768 32 bit color 22:28:57.7 4/24/2007: Creating DirectDraw Surfaces 22:28:57.7 4/24/2007: Creating Primary Surface - Full Screen Mode 22:28:57.7 4/24/2007: Creating Back Buffer 22:28:57.7 4/24/2007: Loading graphic Surfaces 22:28:57.7 4/24/2007: Creating Surfaces Misc and Dialogs 22:28:57.8 4/24/2007: Creating Surfaces Volume 22:28:57.8 4/24/2007: Creating Surfaces Arrows 22:28:57.8 4/24/2007: Creating Surfaces GameEXlogo Text 22:28:57.8 4/24/2007: Creating Surfaces Toolbar 22:28:57.8 4/24/2007: Creating Surfaces Backgrounds 22:28:57.9 4/24/2007: Creating Surfaces Toolbar Controls 22:28:57.9 4/24/2007: Creating Surfaces GameEx Logo 22:28:57.9 4/24/2007: Creating Surfaces Home & Exit 22:28:57.9 4/24/2007: Creating Surfaces Snaps 22:28:57.9 4/24/2007: Creating Surfaces Menu and List Bars 22:28:58.0 4/24/2007: Creating Fonts 22:28:58.0 4/24/2007: Creating Menu Font 22:28:58.0 4/24/2007: Restoring Menu Font From Cache 22:28:58.0 4/24/2007: Creating Game Font 22:28:58.3 4/24/2007: Creating Font Black 22:28:58.4 4/24/2007: Creating Font Black Small 22:28:58.5 4/24/2007: Creating Game Font Faded 22:28:59.0 4/24/2007: Creating Title Font 22:28:59.0 4/24/2007: Restoring Title Font From Cache 22:28:59.1 4/24/2007: Fonts Created Succesfully 22:28:59.1 4/24/2007: 442mb video memory left available 22:28:59.2 4/24/2007: Starting GameExtender on: 127.0.0.1:8383 22:28:59.4 4/24/2007: Text/Language: English 22:28:59.4 4/24/2007: Applying Language/Text 22:28:59.4 4/24/2007: Initialising Bass Audio Library 22:28:59.5 4/24/2007: MAME CMD options: -triplebuffer -nowindow -joy 22:28:59.5 4/24/2007: Attempting to load game list 22:29:00.6 4/24/2007: Loading last used Game List 22:29:00.6 4/24/2007: Setting Music Volume 22:29:00.7 4/24/2007: Cannot Load Play List. Check Path and filename 22:29:00.7 4/24/2007: Creating DirectSound Device 22:29:00.7 4/24/2007: Trying: Primary Sound Driver 22:29:00.7 4/24/2007: Loading Sound Files 22:29:00.7 4/24/2007: DirectSound Device Created Successfully 22:29:00.7 4/24/2007: Initialising DirectInput for Gamepad support 22:29:00.7 4/24/2007: Unable to create a joystick device 22:29:00.7 4/24/2007: Initialising DirectInput for Keyboard support 22:29:00.8 4/24/2007: Initializing MCE Remote 22:29:00.8 4/24/2007: Initialization OK! Starting GameEx! 22:29:00.9 4/24/2007: Testing Main Loop Once: Processing Frame 22:29:01.1 4/24/2007: Testing Main Loop Once: Main Loop ran successfully 22:29:12.7 4/24/2007: Loading Karaoke Cache 22:29:29.0 4/24/2007: Exiting GameEx! 22:29:29.0 4/24/2007: Saving Settings 22:29:31.1 4/24/2007: Disposing Plugins 22:29:31.1 4/24/2007: Checking for applications to Launch On Exit

Tom, Thanks for getting back to me. I have downloaded the latest version but I am still having the same problem. I realize you probably have a large to-do list for development, so I am just curious if this fix was already applied or if you are holding off for a later update. Thanks, Chris

Hello fellow GameEX Users! This is my first post here. AWESOME program. I registered it within a few hours of messing with the demo. Can't wait to get my cabinet up and running with GameEX. Onto my problem: I installed "Karaoke for DirectX" and I am able to run cdg files in Windows Media Player. However when I try to launch a playlist from GameEX karaoke fails to run (or, on rare occasions, flickers on for a second then disappears). This results in GameEX coming back on screen back where I started. Anyone have a similar issue or any idea how to fix this? This is a brand new rig with an ArcadeVGA PCI-E card. I assume it's some sort of codec issue. I do have Xvid installed for my game AVI previews. Thanks!