[RESOLVED] Snap To Rom Comarison

[Lorecarver]

Hi, sorry for such and old question (probably)...

GameEX used to creat a folder in each rom folder called "NOT FOUND", which held all the missing Snap files for each rom.  I noticed that this is not populating anymore to tell me which snaps I am missing for my Snaps/Titles/Box Art/Cart Art etc...  Is there a way to activate GameEX to go through all Rom Folders and list the missing pics for those roms in the catigories of Snaps/Titles/Box/Cart/Video etc?

I loved it when it did this before as I could see what I was missing and get the pics and videos for those roms.

Many thanks in advance if someone can help me with this answer.

[Tom Speirs]

It does it in conjunction with the automatic artwork download. Did you turn it off?

Note: I am updating the artwork currently.

[Lorecarver]

Thank you!!

You know what, I did do exactly that, must have changed it by accident

Here is another Question:  I have my "Snaps" in a snap folder, and "Videos" in a Video Folder for each system and emulated system I am running.

When I specify the Directorys in the Setup Wizard, then run GameEX, it will show the Video files playing for those roms that have videos for them; but if a rom does not have a video for it, it will not show the Snap file for that rom...

When I remove the Video Directory from the Setup Wizard config, it shows the Snap Files.  Am I missing a setting here, if you know off hand which it could be, been scowering the config for a Day now lol...

Here is what I'm trying to do...  Show the Video files for each rom they have in a Video Folder and if no Video File, then show the Snap file it has in the Snap Folder.

 

[tthurman]

I haven't configured a new setup in quite some time now, but recall this follows the directory structure of the MAME Extras.

Have you ran "Verify Setup" to ensure it's not a path problem?

[Draco1962]

If any further issues please attach copies of your gameex.ini and log.txt files (right after the issue occurs) to provide a more complete picture of your setup and results seen.

[Tom Speirs]

That is how it normally works and is supposed to work. Show snap if no video.

Not sure why it is not working for you. Obvious reasons is because a video can't play/is corrupted or you dont have the snap.

[Lorecarver]

I got it, for some reason it was not playing all the video files that were .mp4 formate.  I converted them to .avi and low and belhold, all works as expected now, phewww...

Thank you all for your help and support in this!  It has been 10 years since I was able to get back to my Arcade system and had upgraded the lot of it to new pc, better hardware, etc...  So re-did a lot of reinstalling, configuring and coding for my system.  So Your Help is much appreciated!

Thank you again!

[Draco1962]

You may find .mp4 to be preferable over .avi format. If you are having any problems with .mp4 videos, ensuring that you have proper codecs installed, such as the recommended LAV filter codecs will help.