krystofurr

oh k. but the only way to do that is through the move database.exe program right? you can't do it directly in game ex? i do seem to recall that the images stayed with the movies regardless of overwriting the database when it crashed.

great. so how am i supposed to add pictures to the movies manually then

any1 have any ideas?

Ok, so i've tested with the movie dir that I thought was causing the problem and I systematically went through each folder for each movie and tested the movie database app and it did not seem to crash until i got to 3 last folders. So I took a clean version of the database and removed the last 3 that seemed to make it crash, rescanned for movies and tested and it crashed..... So now I have no idea what the issue is.... I'm thinking about just moving all of the files out of the directory tree and putting them all in one directory but I don't know if that will even make a difference.

Ok, so there is no log.txt file in the DATA directory. There is one in the main dir of game ex but it looks like it only has the logging for when you run game ex itself. The exe for the moviedatabase is in the main directory called moviedatabase.exe Here is the log file anyway: 12:37:36.5 17/01/2011: GameEx: Version 11.51: Starting Log 12:37:36.5 17/01/2011: Operating System Platform: Win32NT 12:37:36.5 17/01/2011: Operating System Name: Windows XP 12:37:36.5 17/01/2011: Operating System Version: 5.1.2600 12:37:36.5 17/01/2011: Checking for versions of .net Framework installed 12:37:36.5 17/01/2011: .net Framework 2.0 Installed 12:37:36.5 17/01/2011: Intel® Pentium® 4 CPU 3.00GHz, 2045MB 12:37:36.5 17/01/2011: 2.99Ghz - 2 Cores or CPU's 12:37:36.5 17/01/2011: Running Randomize() 12:37:36.5 17/01/2011: Loading PlugIns 12:37:36.5 17/01/2011: Checking for applications to Launch On Startup 12:37:36.5 17/01/2011: Running Misc startup tasks 12:37:36.5 17/01/2011: Setting Menu types 12:37:36.5 17/01/2011: Opening Configuration File 12:37:36.5 17/01/2011: Getting Configuration Values 12:37:36.6 17/01/2011: Using Theme: Default - Default 12:37:36.6 17/01/2011: Checking for alternate Image Directory for Theme: Default - Default 12:37:36.6 17/01/2011: Launching HideOS.exe 12:37:36.6 17/01/2011: Initialising Video/MNG DLL's 12:37:36.6 17/01/2011: GameEx will check for media insertion (may affect performance) 12:37:36.6 17/01/2011: Hiding Taskbar 12:37:36.6 17/01/2011: Is Media Center running? 12:37:36.6 17/01/2011: Checking/Creating LCD Registry values 12:37:36.6 17/01/2011: Check Media Center Exit/Start Mode 12:37:36.6 17/01/2011: Media Center Mode 2 12:37:36.6 17/01/2011: Snap Delay set to: 2 12:37:36.6 17/01/2011: Get other settings 12:37:36.6 17/01/2011: Start work for Form 12:37:36.6 17/01/2011: Getting Original Screen Size 12:37:36.6 17/01/2011: Opening Database Connection 12:37:36.7 17/01/2011: Initializing Component 12:37:36.8 17/01/2011: Retrieving resolution setting 12:37:36.8 17/01/2011: MAME Path is: C:\Emulators\MAME 12:37:36.8 17/01/2011: MAME EXE file is: mame.exe 12:37:36.8 17/01/2011: ROM Path is: F:\ROMS\MAME 12:37:36.8 17/01/2011: Catver.ini is located at: C:\Program Files\GameEx\DATA\catver.ini 12:37:36.8 17/01/2011: controls.ini is located at: C:\Program Files\GameEx\data\controls.ini 12:37:36.8 17/01/2011: History.dat is located at: C:\Program Files\GameEx\DATA\history.dat 12:37:36.8 17/01/2011: nplayers.ini is located at: C:\Program Files\GameEx\DATA\nplayers.ini 12:37:36.8 17/01/2011: command.dat is located at: C:\Program Files\GameEx\DATA\command.dat 12:37:36.8 17/01/2011: MAMEinfo.dat is located at: C:\Program Files\GameEx\DATA\mameinfo.dat 12:37:36.9 17/01/2011: Loading Controls.ini map file 12:37:36.9 17/01/2011: Snap Path is: C:\Emulators\Mame\snap 12:37:36.9 17/01/2011: AVI Snap Path: Not Found 12:37:36.9 17/01/2011: Flyer Path: Not Found 12:37:36.9 17/01/2011: Cabinet Path: Not Found 12:37:36.9 17/01/2011: Cabinet 3D Path: Not Found 12:37:36.9 17/01/2011: Title Path: Not Found 12:37:36.9 17/01/2011: PCB Path: Not Found 12:37:36.9 17/01/2011: Artwork Preview Path: Not Found 12:37:36.9 17/01/2011: Panel Path: Not Found 12:37:36.9 17/01/2011: Manual Path: Not Found 12:37:36.9 17/01/2011: Icon Path: Not Found 12:37:36.9 17/01/2011: Marquee Path: Not Found 12:37:36.9 17/01/2011: Loading Custom Emulators 12:37:36.9 17/01/2011: Loading Emulator 1: [Console] Nintendo NES (Nestopia) 12:37:36.9 17/01/2011: Loading Emulator 2: [Console] Nintendo N64 (Project64) 12:37:36.9 17/01/2011: Loading Emulator 3: [Console] Nintendo SNES (ZSNES) 12:37:37.0 17/01/2011: Loading Emulator 4: [Console] Sega Genesis (Fusion) 12:37:37.0 17/01/2011: Loading Emulator 5: [Console] Mattel Intellivision (Nostalgia) 12:37:37.0 17/01/2011: Using 3D Alpha Blended Animations. 12:37:37.0 17/01/2011: Using General Font: Trebuchet MS 12:37:37.0 17/01/2011: Using Title Font: Trebuchet MS 12:37:37.0 17/01/2011: Initialising Direct3D 12:37:37.1 17/01/2011: Applying GameEx is Loading Image 12:37:37.1 17/01/2011: Setting Resolution to 1360x768 32 bit color 12:37:37.1 17/01/2011: Creating Surfaces 12:37:37.3 17/01/2011: Creating Primary Surface - Full Screen Mode 12:37:37.3 17/01/2011: Creating Back Buffer 12:37:37.4 17/01/2011: Loading graphic Surfaces 12:37:37.4 17/01/2011: Display is running at: 1360x768 32bit color, 60hz 12:37:37.5 17/01/2011: Creating Surfaces Flags 12:37:37.6 17/01/2011: Creating Surfaces Misc and Dialogs 12:37:37.7 17/01/2011: Creating Surfaces Volume 12:37:37.7 17/01/2011: Creating Surfaces Arrows 12:37:37.7 17/01/2011: Creating Surfaces GameEXlogo Text 12:37:37.7 17/01/2011: Creating Surfaces Toolbar 12:37:37.7 17/01/2011: Creating Surfaces Backgrounds 12:37:37.7 17/01/2011: Creating Surfaces Toolbar Controls 12:37:37.7 17/01/2011: Creating Surfaces GameEx Logo 12:37:37.8 17/01/2011: Creating Surface Unselected 12:37:37.8 17/01/2011: Creating Surfaces Home & Exit 12:37:37.8 17/01/2011: Creating Surfaces Snaps 12:37:37.8 17/01/2011: Creating Surfaces Menu and List Bars 12:37:38.2 17/01/2011: Creating Fonts 12:37:38.2 17/01/2011: Creating Game Font 12:37:38.4 17/01/2011: Creating Game Font Faded 12:37:38.5 17/01/2011: Creating Title Font 12:37:39.2 17/01/2011: Creating Menu Font 12:37:39.3 17/01/2011: Creating Font Black 12:37:39.4 17/01/2011: Creating Font Black Small 12:37:39.4 17/01/2011: Fonts Created Succesfully 12:37:39.4 17/01/2011: 4MB Video Memory Used 12:37:39.4 17/01/2011: Initialising Bass Audio Library 12:37:39.4 17/01/2011: Creating instance of global keyboard hook 12:37:39.6 17/01/2011: Attempting to load game list 12:37:39.8 17/01/2011: Applying Language/Text 12:37:39.8 17/01/2011: Text/Language: English 12:37:39.8 17/01/2011: MAME CMD options: -nowindow -joy -skip_gameinfo 12:37:39.8 17/01/2011: Loading last used Game List 12:37:39.8 17/01/2011: Loading Start Page 12:37:39.9 17/01/2011: Creating DirectSound Device 12:37:40.0 17/01/2011: Trying: Primary Sound Driver 12:37:40.0 17/01/2011: Loading Sound Files 12:37:40.0 17/01/2011: DirectSound Device Created Successfully 12:37:40.0 17/01/2011: Initialising DirectInput for Gamepad support 12:37:40.2 17/01/2011: Unable to create a joystick device 12:37:40.2 17/01/2011: Initializing MCE Remote 12:37:40.2 17/01/2011: Playing intro sound file 12:37:40.2 17/01/2011: Initialization OK! Starting GameEx! 12:37:40.2 17/01/2011: Testing Main Loop Once: Processing Frame 12:37:40.9 17/01/2011: Testing Main Loop Once: Main Loop ran successfully 12:38:21.1 17/01/2011: Exiting GameEx! 12:38:21.2 17/01/2011: Saving Settings 12:38:22.3 17/01/2011: Disposing Plugins 12:38:22.3 17/01/2011: Closing database connection 12:38:22.3 17/01/2011: Checking for applications to Launch On Exit

Ok. What file would be the log file? Is it just log.txt in the DATA directory?

Hello, So I've recently purchased Game Ex and am having some issues with the Movie Database program. It seems to have an issue or so I've found with a specific directory of movies. I was wondering if there was any character limitations for filenames, length of filenames or even number of sub directory limitations ( like do all of the movies have to be in one directory and not seperated ). Everytime I use a fresh db and load other directories of movies it works fine but once i get to this specific one it crashes. Help anyone? Thanks Krys