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I have found that if you have MameUI to run as a program inside Gameex, you can make navigate to MAMEUI through gameex and then make the change to the MAME games properties. Close MAMEUI and you are back in gameex ready to play the game with the new change. I have found that the resolution is the most common setting that needs to be changed. Tempest, some of those 3,000 posts have really helped me out in the past, thanks!

OK, well thanks for giving it a shot, Tom. I'll let you know if I can ever get it to work.

I installed version 11.26 on a new hard drive and then swapped out the gameex.ini file for the one on my old computer and then installed 11.27. Is that incorrect? Should I remove the whole directory, install 11.27 and then drop in the old gameex.ini file?

I looked in the multimedia/HTPC and it definitely was not in there. I ran the setup wizard search, found it and then changed to "yes" and now it is a setting in multimedia/htpc. Wierd, but I suspect that it was a recently added feature and since I brought over my old configuration settings, maybe it doesn't get pulled up if it isn't in the config file. Anyways, thanks for helping me find it! Now, the bummer is that it didn't fix the problem. Video previews are still working, but my log now has a different error than I believe it had the last time when I try and play a video. 10:10:55.9 10/7/2010: Error HRESULT E_FAIL has been returned from a call to a COM component. 10:10:56.0 10/7/2010: at DvdCore.DvdEngineClass.Init() at af.a(Boolean A_0, Boolean A_1, String A_2, String A_3, Boolean A_4, Boolean A_5) 10:10:56.0 10/7/2010: Saving DVD Bookmark 10:10:56.0 10/7/2010: Error Saving DVD Bookmark 10:11:00.5 10/7/2010: Error HRESULT E_FAIL has been returned from a call to a COM component. 10:11:00.5 10/7/2010: at DvdCore.DvdEngineClass.Init() at af.a(Boolean A_0, Boolean A_1, String A_2, String A_3, Boolean A_4, Boolean A_5) 10:11:00.5 10/7/2010: Saving DVD Bookmark 10:11:00.5 10/7/2010: Error Saving DVD Bookmark Thanks for all of the help guys! Dean

Thanks Draco, I did try that yesterday and had no success with it. Isn't the codec used for the preview and what could explain that the codec doesn't work in a full screen mode? I am baffled - I've installed Gameex twice and I've never had problems with the video portion before. Is there an earlier version of gameex that I can revert back to where it was handled differently or how would I just use wmplayer as an external player? Maybe that is the easiest solution given my problems? Thanks again for all of the help, guys!

I checked the shark codec pack, my arcadevga card settings, looked in gameex and did a google search on VMR9/EVR so that I wouldn't have to bug you again, but I didn't see where exactly I would find this setting. Can anyone tell me where this setting is so I can give it a shot? Thanks!

Well, I have the drop down in Gameex set to FFDSHOW and then in shark vista codecs I hit the button to select FFDSHOW for MPEG2. It still only works in the preview window, but when I click on the actual DVD or video, it crashes and returns to the gameex preview window and generates the error that is in the log I submitted last time. I really don't understand how codecs work, but if it works in the preview window, doesn't that mean that the crashing isn't a result of the codec? When I use the cyberlink codec, it crashes and I need to shut gameex down in task manager. Sorry to keep being a bother, I had it working before my computer died and now trying to reinstall I am not able to get past this for some reason. Everything else seems to be working better than fine now that I have a faster computer!

That option was unchecked. The results are no different when I check this option. It is so odd that the previews work, but when I select the video to play, it is a no go. I've tried with both DVD's in the drive as well as ones on the HD. The VOB files will play fine when selected and all movies work in Window Media Player 11. Thanks for trying to help me troubleshoot.

Thanks guys! It was tough to find the actual link, but once I did and uninstalled my current codecs (k-lite and ffdshow) I installed it. I get the video previews, but when I click to play the video or DVD, I get errors in the log. Can anyone tell me what the errors in my log mean? Thanks! log.txt

Thanks for the fix, Tom. I still can't seem to get DVD's to play without crashing my system. I've tried it with no external player and even downloaded and installed FFDSHOW. I tried to go to the command and have it point to windows media player (wmplayer.exe) and that has the same result. Now what is wierd is that if I go to play video and then go to a .vob file, then gamex has no problem playing the video with the normal gameex video player. I am not sure why this could be, any ideas? Thanks again, Tom! Dean

Is there a way to make gameex use WMP for DVD's? The DVD i put in my DVD drive plays without problem in windows media player 11, but playing the same video in gameex makes it crash and require me to manually turn off the system because not even ctrl alt delete will bring up task manager. I can play VOB files through gameex, but is there a way to make it so I don't have to play each VOB file independently? Thanks. It seems in this version, I get sometimes 3-10 seconds of black screen before certain things work too, like the jukebox had the 10second black screen before it appeared. Wierd, is there some settings I need to change?

How timely, I just had the same issue. Installing on Win 7 after the HD died and decided to upgrade from my 1.8GHZ machine! Thanks!

Awesome guys, thanks!

I have only used windows XP to setup mame cabs. I have a computer that has win 7 home edition and was wondering if there are any issues with gameex, mame, arcadevga cards, jpacs or any other standard equipment? Are there any issues or other things someone would need to know to make win 7 work?

Thanks guys, I'll give them a try. I really appreciate the responses. Thanks Kenobi, wasn't trying to spam multiple threads, just noticed that some were talking about similar questions and figured I would deliver it right to the people who probably knew the answer! Thanks again for the help.