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Daphne blank screen??

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In the daphne folder you have a ROMS folder.

Very similar to MAME

Think were starting to solve the problem noW!!

I've the Extracted laser disc files: m2v and ogg file(s) in that directory. Where should they go?

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bkenobi GameEx God (Top Rank)

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You can technically have the files anywhere you want and just make sure you point to the correct location when you call DAPHNE. The way I *think* it's intended to be setup, though, is to keep the roms in the rom directory and the laser disc files in subdirectories (sorta like the way CHDs work). It appears that there is a framefile directory in the v0.99.7 release, so I guess you could put them either there or with the video files. I believe Brian puts them with the video files based on his tutorial. It really doesn't matter as long as you instruct DAPHNE where to look for them via the command line AND you put the correct path to the video files in the framefile (e.g., '.\' or '..\roms\spaceace').

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I'll just go through what Im doing:

1) On Daphne I have player type: Virtual LDP (Mpeg\Ogg)

2) E:\Downloads\Daphne\Mpeg\Road Blaster\Road Blaster.txt

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Road Blaster.txt contains

301 rb0006.m2v

4320 rb0095-96.m2v

4326 rb0008.m2v

9025 rb0010.m2v

10631 rb0012.m2v

13690 rb0014.m2v

15135 rb0016.m2v

18227 rb0018.m2v

19261 rb0020.m2v

22138 rb0022.m2v

22951 rbhs.m2v

23881 rb0004.m2v

24031 rb0024.m2v

26768 rb0026.m2v

27837 rb0028.m2v

30904 rb0030.m2v

31894 rb0032.m2v

35164 rb0034.m2v

35961 rb0036.m2v

39471 rb0038.m2v

40878 rb0040.m2v

47568 rb0042.m2v

4) The Road Blaster folder contains lots of mpeg files as above

5)The rom is located E:\Downloads\Daphne\Rom\RoadBlaster.zip

When I load these setting on Daphne it Parsed the files but them went to a blank screen and when I start it its just a blank screen

Brian Hoffman GameEx God (Top Rank)

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Think were starting to solve the problem noW!!

I've the Extracted laser disc files: m2v and ogg file(s) in that directory. Where should they go?

Your framefile needs to point to whereever you choose to put them.

If your frame file says.

c:\emulators\daphne\mpeg\dragons lair\

151 Dlair.m2v

then the files are in c:\emulators\daphne\mpeg\dragons lair\ and the starting frame is 151 and the filename is Dlair.m2v

As you can see I keep all my videos in c:\emulators\daphne\mpeg\ in thier own folder.

When gameex calls the game it runs the data in the config and create a commandline.

Basicly you have to configure these Items

Daphne path=c:\emulators\daphne

Daphne.exe=Daphne.exe

Daphne options...Leave the defaut "vldp -fullscreen -x 640 -y 480 -nohwaccel"

Those broken down are .. VIRTUAL LASER DISC PLAYER(meaning your running video files off your hard drive) Fullscreen(same) Horizontal and vertical resolution, No hardware accleration.

Ok now you have the per game settings.

Enabled(self explanitory)

Rom... (chooses rom to call) there are several versions of dragon lair roms. default is LAIR but I like DLE20 as this plays thebridge scene.

Game options (you need to edit this) -framefile c:\emulators\daphne\mpeg\framefile.txt

so now it builds the command in order

c:\emulators\daphne\Daphne.exe DLE20 -vldp -fullscreen -x 640 -y 480 -nohwaccel -framefile c:\emulators\daphne\mpeg\framefile.txt

the called framefile point to the video to load and the starting frame.

done.

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does daphne automatically know that the roms are stored in the rom folder?? (Im still trying to get it to work in daphne before i even try GameEx)

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Getting the error Could not initialize laserdisc player!

My log file looks like this:

--DAPHNE version 0.99.7

--Command line is: Daphne.exe cliff vldp -fullscreen -x 640 -y 480 -nohwaccel -framefile E:\Downloads\daphne\mpeg\cliff.txt

--CPU : GenuineIntel 2650 MHz || Mem : 2048 megs

--OS : Windows NT/2000 || Video : NVIDIA GeForce 6500

Setting screen width to 640

Setting screen height to 480

Set 640x480 at 32 bpp with flags: 80000000

Initializing sound system ...

No joysticks detected

Loading compressed ROM image cliff_u1.bin...8192 bytes read.

Loading compressed ROM image cliff_u2.bin...8192 bytes read.

Loading compressed ROM image cliff_u3.bin...8192 bytes read.

Loading compressed ROM image cliff_u4.bin...8192 bytes read.

Loading compressed ROM image cliff_u5.bin...8192 bytes read.

Could not open framefile : E:\Downloads\daphne\mpeg\cliff.txt

You must specify a -framefile argument when using VLDP.

If you didn't, then this is the problem. :)

Could not initialize laserdisc player!

Shutting down sound system...

Shutting down video display...

cliff.txt is this:

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6 cliff.m2v

10 cliff.m2v

Brian Hoffman GameEx God (Top Rank)

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Getting the error Could not initialize laserdisc player!

My log file looks like this:

--DAPHNE version 0.99.7

--Command line is: Daphne.exe cliff vldp -fullscreen -x 640 -y 480 -nohwaccel -framefile E:\Downloads\daphne\mpeg\cliff.txt

--CPU : GenuineIntel 2650 MHz || Mem : 2048 megs

--OS : Windows NT/2000 || Video : NVIDIA GeForce 6500

Setting screen width to 640

Setting screen height to 480

Set 640x480 at 32 bpp with flags: 80000000

Initializing sound system ...

No joysticks detected

Loading compressed ROM image cliff_u1.bin...8192 bytes read.

Loading compressed ROM image cliff_u2.bin...8192 bytes read.

Loading compressed ROM image cliff_u3.bin...8192 bytes read.

Loading compressed ROM image cliff_u4.bin...8192 bytes read.

Loading compressed ROM image cliff_u5.bin...8192 bytes read.

Could not open framefile : E:\Downloads\daphne\mpeg\cliff.txt

You must specify a -framefile argument when using VLDP.

If you didn't, then this is the problem. :)

Could not initialize laserdisc player!

Shutting down sound system...

Shutting down video display...

cliff.txt is this:

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6 cliff.m2v

10 cliff.m2v

Taken from your error log

You must specify a -framefile argument when using VLDP.

If you didn't, then this is the problem.

Could not initialize laserdisc player

Tempest GameEx God (Top Rank)

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Getting the error Could not initialize laserdisc player!

My log file looks like this:

--DAPHNE version 0.99.7

--Command line is: Daphne.exe cliff vldp -fullscreen -x 640 -y 480 -nohwaccel -framefile E:\Downloads\daphne\mpeg\cliff.txt

--CPU : GenuineIntel 2650 MHz || Mem : 2048 megs

--OS : Windows NT/2000 || Video : NVIDIA GeForce 6500

Setting screen width to 640

Setting screen height to 480

Set 640x480 at 32 bpp with flags: 80000000

Initializing sound system ...

No joysticks detected

Loading compressed ROM image cliff_u1.bin...8192 bytes read.

Loading compressed ROM image cliff_u2.bin...8192 bytes read.

Loading compressed ROM image cliff_u3.bin...8192 bytes read.

Loading compressed ROM image cliff_u4.bin...8192 bytes read.

Loading compressed ROM image cliff_u5.bin...8192 bytes read.

Could not open framefile : E:\Downloads\daphne\mpeg\cliff.txt

You must specify a -framefile argument when using VLDP.

If you didn't, then this is the problem. :)

Could not initialize laserdisc player!

Shutting down sound system...

Shutting down video display...

I'm guessing it's your framefile....

I also think it's odd that you don't have a path to your daphne.exe.

Using Brian's example above... c:\emulators\daphne\Daphne.exe... yours just says "daphne.exe"...

Please check my signature for forther information.

Mikebyrne Super Member!

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I'm runnig this from GameEx now. What does it mean by "You must specify a -framefile argument" I thought the line "-framefile E:\Downloads\daphne\mpeg\cliff.txt" was the framefile argument

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I'm runnig this from GameEx now. What does it mean by "You must specify a -framefile argument" I thought the line "-framefile E:\Downloads\daphne\mpeg\cliff.txt" was the framefile argument

Ok so where is the video files?

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The line E:\Downloads\daphne\mpeg\cliff.txt was incorrect so ive changed it to E:\Downloads\daphne\mpeg\Cliff Hanger\cliff.txt but im now getting the error log below

--DAPHNE version 0.99.7

--Command line is: Daphne.exe cliff vldp -fullscreen -x 640 -y 480 -nohwaccel -framefile E:\Downloads\daphne\mpeg\Cliff Hanger\cliff.txt

--CPU : GenuineIntel 2700 MHz || Mem : 2048 megs

--OS : Windows NT/2000 || Video : NVIDIA GeForce 6500

Setting screen width to 640

Setting screen height to 480

Unknown command line parameter:

Hanger\cliff.txt

Bad command line or initialization problem (see daphne_log.txt for details).

To run DAPHNE, you must specify which game to run and which laserdisc player you are using.

For example, try 'daphne lair noldp' to run Dragon's Lair in testing mode.

The video files for Cliff Hanger are in E:\Downloads\daphne\mpeg\Cliff Hanger\ and in this folder ive Cliff.m2v, Cliff.ogg & Cliff.txt

Tempest GameEx God (Top Rank)

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The line E:\Downloads\daphne\mpeg\cliff.txt was incorrect so ive changed it to E:\Downloads\daphne\mpeg\Cliff Hanger\cliff.txt but im now getting the error log below

--DAPHNE version 0.99.7

--Command line is: Daphne.exe cliff vldp -fullscreen -x 640 -y 480 -nohwaccel -framefile E:\Downloads\daphne\mpeg\Cliff Hanger\cliff.txt

--CPU : GenuineIntel 2700 MHz || Mem : 2048 megs

--OS : Windows NT/2000 || Video : NVIDIA GeForce 6500

Setting screen width to 640

Setting screen height to 480

Unknown command line parameter:

Hanger\cliff.txt

Bad command line or initialization problem (see daphne_log.txt for details).

To run DAPHNE, you must specify which game to run and which laserdisc player you are using.

For example, try 'daphne lair noldp' to run Dragon's Lair in testing mode.

The video files for Cliff Hanger are in E:\Downloads\daphne\mpeg\Cliff Hanger\ and in this folder ive Cliff.m2v, Cliff.ogg & Cliff.txt

Space in the path

I had to hurry to see if I could beat you brian.. ;)

Edit: Woo Hoo! I did it! (of course, that doesn't mean I'm right!) LMAO I made my own day....

Brian Hoffman GameEx God (Top Rank)

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The line E:\Downloads\daphne\mpeg\cliff.txt was incorrect so ive changed it to E:\Downloads\daphne\mpeg\Cliff Hanger\cliff.txt but im now getting the error log below

--DAPHNE version 0.99.7

--Command line is: Daphne.exe cliff vldp -fullscreen -x 640 -y 480 -nohwaccel -framefile E:\Downloads\daphne\mpeg\Cliff Hanger\cliff.txt

--CPU : GenuineIntel 2700 MHz || Mem : 2048 megs

--OS : Windows NT/2000 || Video : NVIDIA GeForce 6500

Setting screen width to 640

Setting screen height to 480

Unknown command line parameter:

Hanger\cliff.txt

Bad command line or initialization problem (see daphne_log.txt for details).

To run DAPHNE, you must specify which game to run and which laserdisc player you are using.

For example, try 'daphne lair noldp' to run Dragon's Lair in testing mode.

The video files for Cliff Hanger are in and in this folder ive Cliff.m2v, Cliff.ogg & Cliff.txt

Make a backup of your cliff.txt then edit the original contents to look like.

"E:\Downloads\daphne\mpeg\Cliff Hanger\"

6 cliff.m2v

If you look at your original.. You will notice your framefile doesnt specify the path of the video files... Hence a bad framefile and It cannot initialise the player because it cant find the video. It also confusingly specifys TWO starting frames.. I guess one is incorrect. If the game seems off use 10 inplace of 6

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6 cliff.m2v

10 cliff.m2v

And Tempest.. You arent wrong you do need quotes in a path that has spaces. :)

Your getting quick.. Perhaps I should step up my game.

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Ok Ive changecd the space in Cliff Hanger and also the .txt file as suggested but im now getting the error

--DAPHNE version 0.99.7

--Command line is: Daphne.exe cliff vldp -fullscreen -x 640 -y 480 -nohwaccel -framefile E:\Downloads\daphne\mpeg\CliffHanger\cliff.txt

--CPU : GenuineIntel 2650 MHz || Mem : 2048 megs

--OS : Windows NT/2000 || Video : NVIDIA GeForce 6500

Setting screen width to 640

Setting screen height to 480

Set 640x480 at 32 bpp with flags: 80000000

Initializing sound system ...

No joysticks detected

Loading compressed ROM image cliff_u1.bin...8192 bytes read.

Loading compressed ROM image cliff_u2.bin...8192 bytes read.

Loading compressed ROM image cliff_u3.bin...8192 bytes read.

Loading compressed ROM image cliff_u4.bin...8192 bytes read.

Loading compressed ROM image cliff_u5.bin...8192 bytes read.

Framefile parse succeeded. Video/Audio directory is: E:/Downloads/daphne/mpeg/CliffHanger/"E:/Downloads/daphne/mpeg/CliffHanger/"/

Could not open file : E:/Downloads/daphne/mpeg/CliffHanger/"E:/Downloads/daphne/mpeg/CliffHanger/"/cliff.m2v

Could not initialize laserdisc player!

Shutting down sound system...

Shutting down video display...

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Ok Ive changecd the space in Cliff Hanger and also the .txt file as suggested but im now getting the error

--DAPHNE version 0.99.7

--Command line is: Daphne.exe cliff vldp -fullscreen -x 640 -y 480 -nohwaccel -framefile E:\Downloads\daphne\mpeg\CliffHanger\cliff.txt

--CPU : GenuineIntel 2650 MHz || Mem : 2048 megs

--OS : Windows NT/2000 || Video : NVIDIA GeForce 6500

Setting screen width to 640

Setting screen height to 480

Set 640x480 at 32 bpp with flags: 80000000

Initializing sound system ...

No joysticks detected

Loading compressed ROM image cliff_u1.bin...8192 bytes read.

Loading compressed ROM image cliff_u2.bin...8192 bytes read.

Loading compressed ROM image cliff_u3.bin...8192 bytes read.

Loading compressed ROM image cliff_u4.bin...8192 bytes read.

Loading compressed ROM image cliff_u5.bin...8192 bytes read.

Framefile parse succeeded. Video/Audio directory is: E:/Downloads/daphne/mpeg/CliffHanger/"E:/Downloads/daphne/mpeg/CliffHanger/"/

Could not open file : E:/Downloads/daphne/mpeg/CliffHanger/"E:/Downloads/daphne/mpeg/CliffHanger/"/cliff.m2v

Could not initialize laserdisc player!

Shutting down sound system...

Shutting down video display...

Framefile parse succeeded. Video/Audio directory is: E:/Downloads/daphne/mpeg/CliffHanger/"E:/Downloads/daphne/mpeg/CliffHanger/"/

Could not open file : E:/Downloads/daphne/mpeg/CliffHanger/"E:/Downloads/daphne/mpeg/CliffHanger/"/cliff.m2v

Could not initialize laserdisc player!

that seems incorrect.

Brian Hoffman GameEx God (Top Rank)

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Put the frame file in the directory of the video file if its not already.. Then make the contents look like this. Which theoritically will tell it to look in that directoy for cliff.m2v and start at frame 6

.\

6 cliff.m2v

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Thats Cliff Hanger working now!! THANKS GUYS

Holy shit... :)

Hopefully you can get the rest setup now that you know how it works.. Place each framefile on the same dir as the video and use the same structure.

:)

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All the framefiles WERE in the same folder so I cant figure out what the problem was it just wouldnt run from Daphne directly but since I configured it with GameEx everything works great.

It must have been a commandline issue or an issue with ME vs the Command line!! LOL

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All the framefiles WERE in the same folder so I cant figure out what the problem was it just wouldnt run from Daphne directly but since I configured it with GameEx everything works great.

It must have been a commandline issue or an issue with ME vs the Command line!! LOL

Well I cant argue with sucess.. Great job sticking it out.. Daphne is a pain in the ass to configure at first.

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Yeah, but in the end you have the opportunity to get cheated by Dragon's Lair over and over and over and over and ....

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