[mythtv-users] MythGame supported versions

[Craig Partin]

There are other things besides the version that will cause that error.
 Make sure your paths in setup are all correct and that the myth user
is in the games group.  That last one stumped me for a while.


On Tue, 8 Mar 2005 12:30:53 -0800, Ross Campbell
<ross.campbell at gmail.com> wrote:
> > The last portion that I'd like to get working is MythGame.  I tried to
> > DL the latest version of xmame and MythGame says that it is an
> > unsupported version.  Which version of xmame should I be looking for?
> > Also, while I'm at it, what versions of NES, SNES, and ATARI emulators
> > should I look for?  I'm currently running FC2 with Myth 0.17 rpms.
> 
> <frustrating>
> >From my experience, the command line flags for xmame change completely
> every two to three versions for no apparent reason. Hello?!?
> </frustrating>
> 
> I built xmame-0.92 and it worked fine outside of MythTV, but some
> default flag was causing a problem in MythTV. I downgraded to
> xmame-0.88 and now it's working with 0.17
> 
> I would recommend that you first get emulators working outside of
> MythTV, set up their default dotfiles to do everything you want like
> fullscreen, etc. and then start looking at using them in MythTV
> 
> The other emulators aren't nearly as finicky about versions - just
> enter any desired command line flags into the emulator options screen.
> 
> Also, look here:
> 
> http://www.mythtv.info/moin.cgi/MythGameHowTo
> 
> -Ross
> 
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