Draco1962

The latest Direct3D will be included with the 9.0c version of DirectX as it is part of the DirectX API. I do not believe that you have the most recent driver for your card and OS and would recommend installing the nVidia Version 93.71 driver.

Bumping thread - will provide screen images if needed but do not feel that it will prove anything other than provide a pretty picture! This occurs regardless of if custom menus are enabled or not.

Good to hear! Glad to see you catching the fever!

It's almost here... just a few minor tweaks and revisions! The one with the Jukebox Visualization is mainly to highlight a simple trick of applying a bevel to the volume images, then horizontally flipping the image onto itself, creating a somewhat "3-D" effect.

Have you checked for any firmware updates? It is possible mine has an updated firmware version. Also, you didn't note whether or not you tested it at your brothers or elsewhere to see if there was any change.

Not sure how big the ellipse is for the weather but keep in mind that wherever you place it to account for the size of the temperature and the icon for the conditions (the icons measure 93 x 93). That being said, positioning of the Weather element via Theme Editor will be crucial so that you can "contain" the temp and icon within your ellipse. I am not 100% if this image scales depending upon the amount of space allotted for the element in Theme Editor or "just is." Other than that - looking great!

Keep in mind that MAMEDev started making quite a few changes to the core on or about 0.142u3 build so I would not be surprised if you are seeing some new behaviors.

Can't confirm anything with Netflix as I am not a subscriber. If the issue you are having is with streaming, have you checked with your ISP? Also, if you are renting a modem from your ISP, it is possible it may not be functioning right.. hard to say.

Ours is the BD-C6500 - sorry to hear you have had so many problems with yours.

Hi Arjen - can you do me a favor and go into the \gameex\DATA\ directory and delete all files with cache in them? Then start GameEx again (it will rebuild the cache files). I want to see if it resolves the issue or continues. If it continues, download GameEx 12.06 from the website and do a regular install. Don't worry, it will not overwrite your configuration (but would not hurt to backup your gameex.ini and custommenu.ini files if using custom menus to be safe). Please let us know your progress one way or the other. Thanks! Mike

That sux. Our kids bought us a Samsung BluRay player and a 48 inch Samsung LCD for Christmas and they work great together and have yet to encounter any issues. If anything, it has outperformed our expectations. Have watched several video formats and mp3s at various bitrates without a hitch. The only time we had an error with a disk was a Redbox rental that was smudged and had a nice scratch in it. Was able to clean the disk and lost a few minutes of movie advancing to the next chapter and continued playing.

Not sure what level of support if any is provided for it. I would imagine that unless you had ROMs compatible with that latest build there could be other issues. It is unclear what OS and MAME version/build we are dealing with. Andy - can you provide a copy of your log.txt file and also let us know what version/service pack you are running for Windows, also what MAME version/build?

I think that we need to establish whether or not he is able to run any ROMS in MAME at all with the Hantarex Polo connected. We will also need to know at what resolution is he trying to run it, etc. The arcade monitors usually require a lower res (max 640x480 at 15khz) and it is possible he may need a 3rd party software (for some reason the name Soft Res comes to mind) if the video card does not natively provide for it.

My Dell is a Q6600. Very reliable quad core machine. This is my main PC/HTPC for GameEx running Windows 7 Pro x64 with 8 GB of RAM. Wouldn't mind another one for running as a dedicated unit for either cab or HTPC.

You can also delete BlueBox Theme V2 and use mine instead! LOL!

You can remove PSD and XCF files. You can also delete background and foreground image files you do not need (they may be from custom menus that the author created for their own use or for systems you are not supporting in your own configuration). Same goes for logo files. To be honest, since I find myself continually tinkering and adjusting things, I usually keep the PSD and XCF files at least, and purge the custom or system backgrounds/foregrounds that I am not using or will not use.

Happy B-Day thedevilbunny! Had to do it, it just sounds funny! Wait, I made a rhyme! I guess I am a poet and just don't know it.. got a rhyme every time!

But we are more computer savvy! LOL!

Question? Why dual boot XP when you can run a virtualized XP mode session within in Win 7 X64?

DJ - nVidia has some cards out that also carry sound through HDMI. Getting to be pretty much standard. I have a Galaxy GeForce GT 440 with 1GB DDR3 on PCIe that does this. Cool card actually since it supports HMDI vid/sound, DVI out, and VGA out.

We will mark this one for you as RESOLVED! Great assist, guys!

Can you post your emulator configuration, gameex.ini file and your log.txt file right after the issue occurs? Thanks!

I'm just glad that you and yours were unharmed. Material things can be fixed or replaced, lives can't.

Anytime, oGC! Glad you got everything sorted out and this will be marked as RESOLVED. Don't be a stranger!

Thanks, Ben! It is a good and very active forum so hopefully this will generate more interest in GameEx and demonstrate some creative submissions from Down Under!