MythGame: The version of xmame is not supported

[TuX]

I installed xmame to use MythGame, but I always have the same error:

The version of xmame is not supported

I tried several version, and no change.
Running Myth0.15.1 , Xmame 0.82.1

[eolson]

me to, I have no real reason to run xmame but it would be nice to have it working.

[Coume]

Originally Posted by eolson

me to, I have no real reason to run xmame but it would be nice to have it working.

Same here... I do not need it much but I'd love to use it one day
I never had it working whatever distro I use... (FC1, FC2, gentoo..)

And I'd love that they add gngeo...

Ludo

[microe]

the error message you are experiencing is sort of incorrect. The check for xmame is just attempting to get xmame to print it's version (exec xmame -version). And if anything goes wrong then mythgame reports that the version is wrong. Even though several things could have been wrong.

mythgame should be compatible w/ any version of xmame greater then 0.36. So any modern version should be fine (including the latest in most major distros).

So put together xmame version 0.82 or greater and then make absolutely sure that the binary location in the mythgame config is exactly right. For example, in gentoo - xmame is installed in /usr/games/bin. So the binary location of xmame should be /usr/games/bin/xmame. Then gentoo also installs xmame as executable only by users in the games group. So whatever user runs mythfrontend has to also be in that group. Now if both things are right, mythgame should no longer complain about xmame being the wrong version. And you should be able to run xmame.

[UKDude]

I've been getting the same error message and I've triplechecked the location of xmame and all of the ancillary files.. I STILL get the invalid version message.. is it possible the latest release broke XMAME.. does anyone have it working?

[microe]

I have gentoo 2004.1, w/ xmame 0.83.1 emerged and I have it working w/ mythgame. I have the binary location set to /usr/games/bin/xmame.SDL. I have a mythtv user who belongs to the group games and I verified the xmame.SDL did work from the command line before trying w/ mythgame.

I am able to play all games and flip back and forth between xmame and mythgame.

So I am confident that xmame and mythgame work together. Having said that, I have spent more time fiddling w/ mythgame then w/ any other mythtv component. So I don't doubt people are having problems.

Feel free to post here with more questions. I'll try to help best I can.

[UKDude]

FIXED IT!

its a bug of sorts in the MythTV parser.. if you put ANY kind of parameters on the xmame executable command line, it will fail the test.. I had -xv 3.. took that out and Boom.. it worked .. Now of course it won't find any damn ROMs even though gxmame does

Hints? Clues.?

[microe]

Heh, that is a good one for a FAQ. Just give the executable. Good find.

As far as roms go, I have the rom path set in the mythgame config to my rom location and mythgame seems to find them. A reasonable catver.ini is necessary too.

For extra command line options there is the .xmame/xmamerc file. And in mythgame there is access to additional xmame settings if xmame is selected in the mythgame panes and one presses 'm'. This is absolutely horrible UI design in my opinion because these settings are effectively hidden unless you read the source or the README in the tarball. But those extra settings allow you to put stuff on the command line for the xmame executable and do some additional xmame settings.

[microe]

Forgot to mention that a one liner patch was sent to the mythtv-dev list to fix a problem w/ some setups that showed up as no roms being found. The fix is in cvs (as well as some help documentation fixes). But the patch is avialable here:
http://mythtv.org/pipermail/mythtv-d...ne/023443.html

[GameboyHippo]

I can't seem to get mythgame to scan for my roms correctly. I have the following set up for my mame options:

MAME binary location: /usr/games/xmame
MAME ROM location: /media/Games/Arcade
catver.ini file: /usr/lib/games/xmame/catver.ini
MAME hiscores path:
MAME hiscores file: /var/lib/mythgame/hiscore.dat
MAME flyers path: /var/lib/mythgame/flyers
MAME cabinets path: /usr/lib/games/xmame/cab
MAME history path:
MAME image downloader:

Automatically download images (unchecked)
Show disclaimer (unchecked)
Show game info (unchecked)

Everything is in the right places. I'm not sure why my roms don't show up.

I'm using Debian unstable with the mythtv deb packages.