jeffremiller

I searched in explorer... just zip files and folders...even tried removing all CHDs... I also tried moving my ROM folder to the root of the C drive. I don't doubt there is something fouling up the works, but can't seem to find it.

Is there any good way to audit my roms and figure out which ones may be remnants of an old install?

Posted this on the emumovies forum, but hoped for a more timely response on this board. I reinstalled everything last weekend and started playing with the emumovies downloader. It works fine for me with NES, N64 and Super NES... but when I try MAME or Daphne, It bails on the file search and provides a pop up "first pass validation error" I assume this is a nameing convention problem with my ROMs, but that is just a guess. Anyone else see this behavior?

Yes... tested both on and off.

I have now tested with several AVI and MPG files... all seem to play well. I will mess with the DVD Playback setting later this evening, but DVDs play fine outside of GameEx. Any thoughts as to the earlier posted error in the logs?

I spent some time with this last night. AVI movies seem to play just fine in GameEx. Had some issues with WMV as noted above. DVD still shows the error listed above, but plays fine in Media Center.

Previews play... But full screen seems to be a problem. Tried one of the Vista sample videos and it never started playing in full screen.

I recently upgraded my cabinet and moved to Vista 64 bit. Improvement in MAME is noticable!! One thing I miss is the instantsheller utility. Is there something similar for Vista?

I reloaded my system as part of the migration to 64 bit MAME. The specs are now: Vista Ultimate 64 bit Core 2 Duo 2.3 2 GB RAM I loaded the Shark007 CODEC pack and utilities and the DVD plays fine in Media Player and MCE but not within GameEx... Log shows the following: Error HRESULT E_FAIL has been returned from a call to a COM component. 17:11:07.4 9/16/2009: at DvdCore.DvdEngineClass.Init() at u.a(Boolean A_0, Boolean A_1, String A_2, String A_3, Boolean A_4) Thoughts?

I've recently added a DVD ROM to my cabinet and want to play DVDs. When I insert the disk, I receive the Play DVD popup, but when selected, the machine pauses, screen flickers black and it returns to GameEx. Is there a brief tutorial to get this working?

Not sure how feasible it is but I amconsidering a small touchscreen to controls certain aspects of the machine while it is gaming. I was considering the following: Control Arcade Ambience (On/Off) Display Jukebox controls (maybe itunes?) Display game info such as marquee (Marquee Magician) Display CPU load, Temp, etc. Another thought was to create touchscreen Admin buttons...

I have my setup configured to play an MP3 track in the ambience setup. The setup is: Core2Duo E6550 2.4 GHz 2 Gb RAM Embedded sound and additional sound card for arcade ambience. I can play the same MP3 on my Macbook pro (core2duo) without a stutter. But when I play this in the gameex interface, no other activity, not even A/V running, it stutters from time to time. Thoughts? Suggestions?

Would anyone perhaps have the original RedEx Theme background with layers? I would like to modify it to have a picture of my CP rather than the one currently in the image. Thanks Jeff

Here's mine. Rack mounted Core2Duo 2.4 with two soundcards, TV Tuner, etc. 27" NEC Presentation Monitor Build is complete but working out bugs, such as my pinball plunger circuit Here is an intro/attract mode video I put together as well. http://gallery.me.com/jeff.miller/100015

Not sure I would even really use the touch screen unless it could be used for Jukebox controls, iTunes or to switch views on the monitor. Imagine a tabbed interface (like multiple tabs in Firefox) that had CP View, System Stats, Jukebox, Cabinet/marquee/CP of original photos, game info, etc that was available separate from what is running on the main display. That would rock!

Another Idea: Since you are using a touchscreen... and I probably will as well... would it be possible to have itunes or something running on that screen only while mame or gameex is on the other? Just thinking of various uses... above and beyone the display controls idea. Think you sold me on the idea... not that I needed help... but as mine will not be in the CP, but under the monitor, I may go with the in-dash retractable model... I even managed to find a motorized one rather than the one above. http://cgi.ebay.com/VMI70-7inch-IN-DASH-VG...%3A1%7C294%3A50 Also, since it has two AV inputs as well as VGA, maybe I can switch from itunes to CP display using the source button.

Have you looked at the Samsung U70? http://gizmodo.com/5147033/samsung-syncmas...sb-side-display

I attempted this last night with a png file but it failed to work. I even resized the file to the same size as DEFAULTicon.png. What are the size/color requirements for these files?

I am considering adding a second screen to my mameroom UA II Cabinet. This would be used to display CPWizard control layouts, or instruction cards or High Scores. I was looking at the touchscreen models considering that perhaps I could use a juke box application there as well. This would either mount below my monitor (if it were a motorized in dash type or between my speakers (for the flip down) Has anyone done this? I have read about Marquee Magician, etc and I current use CPWizard for control display before the games, but it would be nice to have them displayed all the time.... or be able to play a juke box app through a second sound card. Has anyone gone down this road? Here is a link to the in-dash unit I was considering: http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/In-dash-7-T...A1%7C240%3A1318

That worked... weird.

I just attempted an compile of 128 with the hiscore patch. It compiled along for about 4 minutes and then errored out. The error was related to osd_update_hi being redefined. in the windows/video.c I looked at the file and found a subroutine called osd_update_hi and removed it from the file. All compiled fine after that. Will I miss this snippet of code? Did I fix my problem or just mask it?

I built a cabinet about a year ago and have loved it. Problem is, my 21" LCD just finally died. Seems they were never made to run constantly. What is the best... within reason.... monitor for a cabinet? What would it cost me to replace?

A full reinstall fixed my issues... of course I lost a few setting, but it's all good now.

I found a newer version on the net dated June 2008... I installed that one but still no help.

I DL'ed the one linked on the GameEx site and reinstalled... same thing.