Missing MAME videos FIX (sort of)

[Creezz67]

I don't know about everyone else, but everytime I update MAME with the new xml (e.g. MAME 0.189 - 0.190) it ends up with loads of missing videos on my Hyperspin wheel (as they have not yet been released)

A good temporary solution to this is to go and download the MAME snaps files (images only) and rename them all to .mp4/flv (whatever format you have currently) MAME has a snap for every game (38,000+)

Then copy them to your MAME video folder, and this fills in all the empty videos all in one go, so when you view your game at least an image is showing, rather than nothing.

Reason for using .flv or .mp4 extensions instead of the current .png extension on the MAME snap images is so that when you do get the new updated videos for the latest MAME then you can overwrite the .mp4/flv image files you have in you video folder, with the new actual .mp4/flv video files.

 

Hope this helps

[AntoPISA]

If you want to rename from one version to another, you can use my renameSET.dat with the MAMErenSET tool; it's easy to use.

You find them here

http://www.progettosnaps.net/renameset/ and here http://www.progettosnaps.net/tools/