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Updated templates for (SDL)MESS 0.139

René Reucher — Mon, 02 Aug 2010 15:42:58 +0000

Updated templates for (SDL)MESS 0.139 have been committed to SVN. These updates aren’t really required, but the default value for the option writeconfig should be changed from false to true (this is the complete opposite from MAME, BTW). You can either change this manually (see below for template file locations) or use the updated templates — it’s up to you.

Here are the quick links to the updated templates (use save link as in your browser):

SDLMESS: data/opt/SDLMESS/template.xml
MESS: data/opt/MESS/template.xml

Replace these files in the QMC2 0.2.b16 source tree and reinstall it, or put them in the paths where they have been installed.

The default installation places them below /usr/local/share/qmc2/opt/… on UNIX and /Library/Application Support/qmc2/opt/… on Mac OS X. If you installed QMC2 from a binary package on UNIX, the templates will most likely be stored in /usr/share/qmc2/opt/…!

On Windows, just replace these files within the sub-directory structure of QMC2′s installation path (or where it has been extracted). The templates are then stored in the relative path data\opt\…!

0.2.b16 DMG for Mac OS X

René Reucher — Mon, 02 Aug 2010 09:16:28 +0000

The first official installer package for Mac OS X is now available in the download section.

Updated Ubuntu packages for 0.2.b16

René Reucher — Sun, 01 Aug 2010 18:34:23 +0000

Marcelo has updated his QMC2 packages for Ubuntu to 0.2.b16!

See download section for instructions on how to install/update from his repository (see under Ubuntu).

0.2.b16 RPMs for openSUSE / Win32 packages

René Reucher — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 12:32:20 +0000

Binary packages of QMC2 0.2.b16 for openSUSE 11.2, openSUSE 11.3 and Win32 are now available from the download section.

QMC2 0.2.b16 released

René Reucher — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 08:05:25 +0000

QMC2 0.2.b16 has been released today!

The most important changes this time include:

Enhanced emulator configuration template format to allow for OS-specific handling of certain options and attributes
The ini-importer now cleanly handles white space in string values
The built-in MP3 player received another set of improvements and fixes
Generally, QMC2 now better supports Qt 4.6 environments
Major efforts have been made to cleanly support Mac OS X (however, there’s a Qt/Phonon bug on that platform which causes a crash on exit)

The emulator configuration templates are in sync with MAME 0.139 and MESS 0.138 (if required, template updates for MESS 0.139 will follow when it’s released).

See the change-log for more information.

Have fun,

The QMC2 dev-team

QMC2 on Mac OS X – major overhaul

René Reucher — Thu, 20 May 2010 16:28:39 +0000

FYI… recent SVN revisions now contain much cleaner support for Mac OS X!

I recently got the opportunity to setup a Snow Leopard system for development which enabled me to fix all major / obvious pitfalls, mostly related to the build system. There’s at least one annoying Phonon-related issue left which causes a crash on exit (only for builds using PHONON=1, of course), but it can safely be ignored. Also, as it appears to be a Phonon bug, it may only be fixable by the (former) Trolls… to be honest, I’m not exactly sure about this…anyway, other than that, it just works (TM) .

Quick build instructions are here.

Updated Ubuntu packages for 0.2.b15

René Reucher — Tue, 18 May 2010 05:03:42 +0000

Marcelo updated his QMC2 package to 0.2.b15!

See download section for instructions on how to install/update from that repository (see Ubuntu).

0.2.b15 RPMs for openSUSE 11.2 / Win32 packages

René Reucher — Sun, 16 May 2010 11:01:20 +0000

Binary packages of QMC2 0.2.b15 for openSUSE 11.2 and Win32 are now available from the download section.

QMC2 0.2.b15 released

René Reucher — Sun, 16 May 2010 09:10:19 +0000

QMC2 0.2.b15 has been released today!

Besides a few bug-fixes, this version includes the following new features:

Added optional support for catver.ini from http://www.progettoemma.net/?catlist to all MAME targets — this includes two new optional/on-demand columns and views (category, version)
Added a new ROM types column to all game/machine lists
The exit/stop button now blinks when there’s background activity to indicate the activity itself as well as the button’s seconds function
A new option (PlayOnSublistActivation) has been added to allow for direct launching of a game/machine when it’s activated in the search-, favorites- or played-lists
The MP3 player now also handles MP3 streams (just add a valid stream URL instead of a local file name)

The emulator configuration templates are in sync with MAME 0.138 and MESS 0.137 (we don’t expect template updates for MESS 0.138 to be required when it’s released).

See the change-log for more information.

Have fun,

The QMC2 dev-team

ZXMameCD 0.80 released

René Reucher — Sun, 18 Apr 2010 09:06:42 +0000

Armin Schmidhuber has released ZXMameCD 0.80!

The changes and updates this time include:

based on Slackware 13/Salix
new Qt 4.5.x ZXMameCD menu
root password needed for installer
new autostart menu
Qt 4.5.3 update
new NVidia driver
new HD-installer
USB-installer bugfix
QMC2 0.2.b14 and new style sheets included
two new emulators for Playstation (pcsxr) and Amiga (e-uae)
emulator updates for MAME, MESS, RAINE and DOSBox
installer for many multimedia codecs
Audacious and MPlayer for multimedia
Samba (networks) + Cups (printer)
printing system settings
GParted – partition editor
Catfish – file finder
Transmission 1.76 – BitTorrent client
ePDF-viewer

There are also MPG videos of the ZX boot process and the ZX menu in action.