thatman84 Posted May 17, 2016 Share Posted May 17, 2016 Apologies for spamming the forums!! I'm getting close to starting to setup MAME on Shield TV but only want to do it once!! Am I right in saying that there is no MAME android emulator that will launch games if they are named as Hyperspin XML database? My database and media has to be named as the MAME roms short name. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BiZzAr721 Posted May 17, 2016 Share Posted May 17, 2016 I believe you are correct. I use mame4droid with 139 romset (original shortname) and hyperspin.xml for 139. Everything shows the correct name and plays. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thatman84 Posted May 17, 2016 Author Share Posted May 17, 2016 So you renamed all your artwork I guess. Is there an easy way to do that? Is that xml from the member I have seen mentioned phulsof or something like that? I would like to split up my romset into the the different systems so I have my Atari classics in it own folder for example. Keeping my MAME wheel only as games I don't have another system wheel for. (I'm not planning on updating roms that often and will keep the full set backed up). I suppose the other way would be to edit out all those games from my MAME database but that could be hard. I just not sure if the mame4droid or retroarch can work like that. I know I can just change the rom path in my hyperspin .ini I don't have the .139 set for mame4droid but may get that at some point or try to figure out how to roll my set back without effing it up! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reznnate Posted May 17, 2016 Share Posted May 17, 2016 Since the MAME rom names are universal, I've never had a naming issue with MAME (when compared with other systems). The default Hyperspin .xml and media files 'just work', although I've been primarily focused on those games/roms that have themes only. I run with themes filter = true. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thatman84 Posted May 17, 2016 Author Share Posted May 17, 2016 Thanks Reznate, when I was browsing the forums a saw a suggestion to rename mame roms to hyperspin xml so assumed it the same situation as console systems. I will download the hyperspin xml again and check the "gamename". I must not understand what the softlists are. Do you know if my plan to remove certain system roms out of my full MAME romset into their own folders is compatible with current android emus? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aftermath17 Posted May 17, 2016 Share Posted May 17, 2016 Not sure if I understand what you're trying to do? You don't have to change anything in the Hyperspin XML for MAME. As long as you download a .139 MAME romset, put it in your MAMAE roms folder, it will work. You don't need to do anything. If you want to remove some roms you can do that as well, just remove them from the XML or filter them with the "roms only" filter. The vast majority of roms will work even if you don't have .139, the names don't change very often and Hyperspin doesn't do a CRC check on them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phulshof Posted May 17, 2016 Share Posted May 17, 2016 For MAME arcade games, no name changes are needed, since the art matches the MAME naming. For MAME software list roms you have 3 options: 1. Rename the art to match the MAME names. 2. Rename the roms to match the HS names. 3. Download a matching HS ready romset. Sent from my SM-G920F using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thatman84 Posted May 17, 2016 Author Share Posted May 17, 2016 For MAME arcade games, no name changes are needed, since the art matches the MAME naming. For MAME software list roms you have 3 options: 1. Rename the art to match the MAME names. 2. Rename the roms to match the HS names. 3. Download a matching HS ready romset. Sent from my SM-G920F using Tapatalk Thanks just re read a thread you were on in platinum/roms forum named Roms (fullset) which made things clearer also. I know MAME and MESS are combined but for ease are there MESS roms include in those 0.173 fullsets I see. Hyperspin is my history lesson in retro gaming so please excuse my lack of knowledge!! I didnt know what Atari Classics were (and many others) before seeing Hyperlist. The only thing I am unsure of is if the android emulators can load MAME/MESS roms that have been renamed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phulshof Posted May 18, 2016 Share Posted May 18, 2016 If it's anything like the pc version: Arcade games: no Console games: yes Home computer games: maybe Sent from my SM-G920F using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thatman84 Posted May 18, 2016 Author Share Posted May 18, 2016 Not sure if I understand what you're trying to do? You don't have to change anything in the Hyperspin XML for MAME. As long as you download a .139 MAME romset, put it in your MAMAE roms folder, it will work. You don't need to do anything. If you want to remove some roms you can do that as well, just remove them from the XML or filter them with the "roms only" filter. The vast majority of roms will work even if you don't have .139, the names don't change very often and Hyperspin doesn't do a CRC check on them. I think I will just drop a set in and be done with it and use the filters like you say. Want I want to do is have my mame roms split up by manufacturer. I'm not planning on updating anytime soon. Just so I can understand what's what and not have to move a 50+gig folder around. It's probably not worth it but just something I was thinking of doing. Example Atari Classics Wheel Atari Classics ROM set in its own folder MAME wheel Only ROMs I have no other wheel for Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
viper360 Posted May 28, 2016 Share Posted May 28, 2016 Hi im abit of an amature at this but iv got a few systems working but cant seem to get my mame showing in my systems wheel i have tried changing lots of things to do with the ini and gone through lots of folders making sure everything is their it works on the windows based system thought it had something to do with the structure been in sections for game types but all my roms are seperate too my guess is theirs something not corrisponding with main menu and and mame ini inifile can any one sugest a fix please. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
viper360 Posted May 28, 2016 Share Posted May 28, 2016 Sorry cant belive how stupid iv been my pc uses a different image for mame on main wheel on pc it actualy says mame and on my android version it states arcade classics im such a moron hopefully i can start all over again and do it right this time becauseiv changed so many things Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
viper360 Posted June 2, 2016 Share Posted June 2, 2016 "help if you can" im setting up my mame now too just downloaded mame600 xml and deleted my old mame xml renamed it mame so it works with the rest of my setup now to delete the vids im not using because theirs too many and takes up so much space. does anyone know if the mame xml has a wheel video set allready set up for me to download so i could just delete all the vids i have and install the corrispong set would make it so much easier because just takes so long to set up a system lol. or a better xml for mame would be nice cant find a standard shotlist xml for android mame. may have to just do what im doing but my ps1 setup is worse thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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