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General / please help - video snaps not looping!

« on: December 27, 2021, 02:09:12 AM »

Hey, anyone know why my video snaps aren't looping?

They are the HQ mame ones downloaded from emumovies.

I have a very simple layout set for vertically orientated monitor (using the rotate plugin) that basically does this: -

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fe.layout.width=240;
fe.layout.height=320;
local video_snap = fe.add_artwork( "snap", 0, 0, 240, 320 );
video_snap.trigger = Transition.EndNavigation;
video_snap.smooth = false;
The videos just get to the end and stop.

I have another PC setup with the same layout and emumovies videos and they loop fine 

I'm running the v2.6.1 of Attractmode included in the latest 2021.08 version of GroovyArcade (arch linux).

Thanks

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General / Re: issue with mouse / spinner not being recognised

« on: July 10, 2018, 12:20:34 PM »

OK, it seems attractmode cannot run groovymame in the same way as running on a bash command prompt.

I need to run it with -v (verbose) output, and redirect the output to a file, so I can see debug information to solve a configuration issue with groovymame.

However, attractmode just seems to pass all parameters to groovymame, which is not expecting the ">[name].txt" as a parameter...

In attractmode, I have set the command line parameters for groovymame to be:  -v [name] > [name].txt

Here's the attract mode log showing this: -

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[arcade@GroovyArcade ~]$ attract
Starting Attract-Mode v2.2.1-43 (Linux)
Config: /home/arcade/.attract/attract.cfg

*** Initializing display: 'MAME'
 - Loaded master romlist 'MAME' in 1 ms (105 entries kept, 0 discarded)
 - Constructed 1 filters in 0 ms (105 comparisons)
connect(2) call to /dev/shm/jack-1000/default/jack_0 failed (err=No such file or directory)
attempt to connect to server failed
 ! NOTE: Use the 'Fill Screen' window mode if you want multiple monitor support to function correctly
 - Loaded layout: /home/arcade/.attract/layouts/attracman/ (layout.nut)
*** Running: groovymame -v outrunb > outrunb.txt
Error: unknown option: >
 ! NOTE: Use the 'Fill Screen' window mode if you want multiple monitor support to function correctly
 ! NOTE: Use the 'Fill Screen' window mode if you want multiple monitor support to function correctly
 - Loaded layout: /home/arcade/.attract/layouts/attracman/ (layout.nut)
[arcade@GroovyArcade ~]$

As you can see: -

*** Running: groovymame -v outrunb > outrunb.txt
Error: unknown option: >

Not sure if this is a bug or something that cannot be fixed, or if someone knows of another way I can get mame to output debug info to a file when run from attractmode (the configuration issue I need to resolve only happens when running groovymame directly from attractmode).

Thanks

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General / command line param issue (was: issue with mouse / spinner not being recognised)

« on: July 04, 2018, 01:44:25 AM »

Hi

I've installed GroovyArcade, running groovymame through AttractMode.

If I launch groovymame directly from a terminal in the LXDE desktop,  when I hit TAB and try to configure dial/paddle inputs for certain games to use the spinner I have attached, it works fine - moving the spinner and groovymame recognises it as "Mouse1Y".

If I then launch AttractMode from the same LXDE desktop session, and run groovymame from there (the command line parameters it sends is just "[name]", the game I am trying to configure is outrun) then the spinner is not recognised - it doesn't show anything when I move it when trying to assign paddle controls etc.

Is AttractMode doing something to disable the mouse/spinner or am I missing something?  It only seems to not be able to recognise the mouse devices (I actually have 2 spinners attached) when running through AttractMode.

Also to note:  Both spinners are attached to the same HID device, spinner 1 uses the Y axis, spinner 2 uses the X axis.  They are GroovyGameGear's TurboTwist2 spinners, connected via a single USB connection.  I've had no problem running this same hardware setup before through AttractMode on Windows 7.

Ah, I've just remembered another issue.  I was trying to get groovymame to run with some debug output to a file, but changing the command line parameters within AttractMode to "-v [name] >[name].txt" then causes groovymame to fail to run the rom correctly, I just get pushed back to AttractMode instantly.

Thanks