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First of all, 'torrent7z', is just a special (torrent friedly) incarnation of 7zip, just like torrentzip is for zip, but with better compression. It is 100% compatible with standard 7zip, therefor the reg. version should handle it just fine. For the automation part, there's no really a need for a script. This can be done with the 'run before' and 'run after' option. Currently I don't have access to my gameex machine, but if you need some more advice, I could check my setup at the weekend.

Either that, or use the taskplaner to periodically (e.g. weekly) clean up the temp-dir. This way you can speed up the launch of recently used games, esp. usefull for large files or when you use a network-share to store your files. The first time you run a game, it will go through the unpack-process. The next time you run the same game, it will be directly launched from the temp-dir, with no need to decompress again.

Since I have paused some time from emulation stuff, I can't really remember the setup anymore, but I think I used the 'start-before'-option in conjuction with cmd.exe to a) extract iso-files to a temp-folder and b ) mount the iso with deamon-tools. If I remeber right, I used cmd.exe with some arguments to call winrar and then deamontools. Something like cmd.exe /c "c:\winrar.exe -e c:\temp\[romname]" & "c:\dt-tools.exe -mount c:\temp\[romname].cue" Just to illustrate, above syntax is probably complete wrong. So, google how to run commands via cmd.exe-call and how to chain them up them.

Hi there, I have a SI Deluxe bezel in *.ai format. I think it's fan (re)-created, but I don't know if it's allowed to post here. I think over at the BYOAC forum they mentions a new (temporary) website with all kinds of vectors created by fans, probably my bezel-file comes from there, too. EDIT: found it: vectorlib.free.fr The SI bezel they have there seem to be the same like mine.

The usual performance tips apply to a gameex-setup as well: - NEVER install things you don't need (like browser-bars, desktop-searches, explorer shell-extensions, printer monitors, other useless tray-icons etc.) - Avoid VISTA (my personal opinion) - Anti-Virus is a must, but use a lightwight one like antivir - The more ram the better - Set up a fixed sized pagefile (around 3x the size of physical memory) - Defrag your drives - Seperate OS and data - Use up-to-date drivers and codecs If your PC is going to be dedicated mameex-system, I would suggest to reinstall it from scratch. Get a small drive to for the OS and pagefiles. Use your 2 terabyte-drives in a RAID-array(either striped for speed or mirrored for error tolerance). Install the driver you need (by hand if possible, using device-manager and *.inf-files only), install codecs, and try to avoid/disable any unneeded gadgets. Switch to old win2000-desktop-theme and you should be ready to fly. Once I ran winxp on an old p3/512 mb ram surprisingly well.

I mostly use the libary/database-mode, maybe stacking isn't used in simple browsing mode. However, stacking in gameex would be a nice feature. Off topic @ bkenobi: you really should give xbmc another try. IMHO it's still the best media center-software/hardware for sd-media and non-live tv.

I know the stacking feature from XBMC and it is really nice. It works like this: Say, you have a movie splitted into 2 files: movie-part1.avi and movie-part2.avi (both in the same folder). Now, in XBMC there's only one entry in the list: 'movie' (and the calculated total running time). When you hit play, the first file starts and after that, the movie countinues automatically with the 2nd file. In XBMC this even works directly with disc-images (!). So basicly it looks for similar file names (using some reg-ex magic i guess), groups them together and automatically plays the individual files in a consecutive order without further manual action. Ofcourse, the movie can be split in more then 2 parts. It works with nearly all common filename-conventions e.g. movie-a, movie-b movie_cd1, movie_cd2 movie(cd1), movie(cd2), movie(cd3) and some other variations of the above.

Finally it's done: MAME .127 is out and emulates the first laserdisk-game: Cube Quest! HOORAY!!

OK, maybe 'crappy' wasn't the best description for those rips, they are ok if you want to run them on the real dc-hardware. But if you want to emulate it, you should go with the real deal. PS: One more 'plus' for nulldc: recently there has been some progress in emulation of the naomi-platfom (arcade-machine based on dc-hardware). So maybe we will be able to run some nice games in the future witch MAME probably will never emulate at a decent speed.

You should really use nulldc! Properly configured, if runs really nice and emulates most of the dc-games. Plus, it can use GDI-Images (real dumps) instead of the crappy cdi-rips.