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Really bog update including all the features I've been working on so far (with some others I may have forgotten). Grab the new version from the first post.

There ya go! Exactly what I was thinking. Maybe even it could use a custom image for the backdrop?

I'll have to try this when I get home. To answer you: yes, it appears to be theme related. I was able to use the default theme and my movies start right up. I didn't try any other themes but can if'n ya like.

Yeah unless you're using software lists as Freq pointed to. The DB doesn't have entries for the MAME type XML based naming system it uses. They'd need to be added somehow for the DB to pick em up.

According to that documentation you dont need to do it ghat way and cant if you want to use emumovies sets. You can fix the naming with a map file though that won't help with artwork. Or you can fix your command line and use the old method. Sorry.

To be honest I hardly use mess for anything and it's a few versions old. You may be right but I can't verify it. If its true that sucks!

MESS doesn't have its own naming convention for emus as far as I know. For the database or emumovies to pick up your roms they need to be renamed using a rom scanner against a major set dat like GoodName. If games aren't working regardless of file name you have something wrong in the setup for that emulator.

Awesome. Glad you figured it out.

Crap, he's right... It's something with MegaMAME. Tell me what I need to do to fix it and I'll do it.

It wasn't mine was it? I was hinting at replacing the stats screen with a database description screen.

I don't know what would be causing this. It's freezing while building the list or after you launch it? How many files are in the rom set you're working on? Are you using a naming scheme (ie TOSEC, NoIntro, etc)? Maybe it's the loop through all the files in that folder bogging it down if it's a really big set? It really shouldn't matter since that happens on a separate thread. It wouldn't freeze as much as it would go slow. Maybe try not running paint (GIMP should be fine) and see if it works? I really don't know what else to suggest.

I use this for things also! As a matter of fact I used it for my Map File Maker's color scheme files. Way more efficient than using a hex chart for sure! +1 on that!

Shark007 of course. I tried the latest and having the same problem. Let me try and describe better what's happening (maybe you will find it helpful): I load GameEx, and instead of the usual black for however many seconds followed by the "Start Page" that loads, the "Please Wait" box comes up over a black screen (this is normally where the "GameEx Is Loading" screen would come up, but hasn't for some time... Unless I have GameEx windowed, in which case the "GameEx Is Loading" screen comes up. That's gotta be a bug by the way... It was introduced several versions ago). Anyhow... I launch a video. The screen does a "zoom in" of sorts (it kind of looks like a black square that fills the screen for about a second), and then it immediately falls back to the theme's screen it was on prior, but with the GameEx "Please Wait" box. The box never goes away, unless it crashes hard (GameEx is not responding) or I have to go into the task manager and kill it. If I go into the Task Manager it seems normal (60 FPS), it just doesn't seem to load the movie, and I've left that sucker go for 9 mins or so. I can see all the other computers on my home network, but haven't attempted to stream anything from them yet (would be probably better to get the local ones going first right?). In my vacation videos (MPEGs), the sound starts for a second and stops, the usual dialog comes up (like ratio on the top, the dialog box on the bottom), and the video starts. These videos are only 5-8 mins long though, so the amount of time it takes to load may or may not have to do with the length of the video? Like it buffers way too much? Not sure. /Side note: It switches between window sizes easily and perfectly every time.

Got my home vids to play (mpeg) but mp4 feature length movies via HandBrake still crash GameEx. Sometimes I have to kill it and other times it gives the not responding error and crashes itself. I also noticed GameEx isn't returning my desktop wallpaper.

Same problem. I load the video, screen goes black, please wait box comes up, and it sits there forever and ever (this video is on my local machine so i haven't even attempted streaming over my network yet). I have to force close GameEx to stop it. If it really is supposed to take over 10 mins to play a 50 second video then it's working (assuming it plays at all that is, i just didn't wait longer than that). lol! I can play movies fine before this update. I have video if you need it. .:EDIT:. I got one to play somehow, but the same one won't play again after returning to the list. The videos are showing thumbs in the list though. Could be my machine I suppose, but as mentioned they worked before. All my mp4s play in Boxee, WMP, and used to play in GameEx. I can stream my movies to anything in the house fine also. I think that's about it.

Okay I'll try the new one. The other one just sat there for >10 mins on the "Please Wait" window. Trying the new file now.

I'll do it right now. So you want me to watch a video from HDD then?

If you need a place to put these, I can hook up some online storage for you.

Ahh the Alpha channel opens up a ton of possibilities. Awesome work on these! I was just in Chicago last week for a petroleum marketer's meeting. I'm about 4.5 hours north of you. Midwest is the best!

Gotta be MAME related. MAME doesn't prompt for a list update if you select the Mame game list?

You mean the favorites menu in GameEx or the MAME list? GameEx favorites won't prompt to update the list afaik. If it's the MAME list it shouldn't update unless you change something or update MAME.

Good to have ya back! A lot has changed since then, but we have a really supportive community here. Don't be afraid to ask for help!

Great. If you have any suggestions pass em along and I'll add em in.

I thought you said she was your fiancée? They don't stop putting out until after the wedding I thought. Lol!