Mamewah - Help with movie clips preview not displaying???

[shinejinx]

Guys forgive me if im in the wrong forum..

I'm a newbie to the forum, 1st time registered, long time reader.

My issue is i have just bought a used mame cab, with mamewah GUI, all working fine, until i switched on a couple of days ago had the windows system error saying it was corupt and repair it with windows xp cd, in which i did, and resolved the issue, but the MAMEWAH FE, does not display the the video previews, all else workis fine, im able to scroll and select games with joypad fine??

So double checked all the scripts which do point to the correct file path for the preview videos.. i have added the below pop up log that pops up then dissapears, with errors...

Than you for your help, i could not atthed the files for some reason,

Please, please can you advise im stressed with no mamewah experience...
lost hours of sleep double checking the scripts to no avail, the movies do play on vlc fine, but not on widows media player 9, as the codecs are missing, but in theory it should work in VLC.

18/03/2014 04:01:11 No platforms available - create folder(s) within \config (or ensure some platforms exist in \config\groupname.ini.
18/03/2014 04:01:11 Error: 13 Type mismatch in LAY_HideHistory
18/03/2014 04:01:11 Mode 1024 x 768 @ 75Hz, 16bit colour selected after 1 attempt(s) at 1/2 second intervals.
18/03/2014 04:01:12 MAMEWAH quit

18/03/2014 04:07:12 MAMEWAH v1.63 launched
18/03/2014 04:07:12 Cursor scheme: Windows default, Arrow: (None), Wait: (None), AppStarting: (None)
18/03/2014 04:07:12 Desktop colour: 0
18/03/2014 04:07:12 Wallpaper filename:
18/03/2014 04:07:12 Desktop display mode: 1024x768 @ 75Hz, 16bit colour
18/03/2014 04:07:12 Decimal symbol: '.'
18/03/2014 04:07:12 No platforms available - create folder(s) within \config (or ensure some platforms exist in \config\groupname.ini.
18/03/2014 04:07:12 Error: 13 Type mismatch in LAY_HideHistory
18/03/2014 04:07:12 Mode 1024 x 768 @ 75Hz, 16bit colour selected after 1 attempt(s) at 1/2 second intervals.
18/03/2014 04:07:13 MAMEWAH quit

also the ini files from c:\MAMEWAH\COFIG:-

### mamewah.ini (mamewah v1.63) ###

### (Global) Screen-Saver Settings ###
delay                                     0
slide_duration                            3

### Audio Settings ###
enable_sounds                             1
sound_volume                              80
music_path                                c:\MAMEWAH\layouts\mame\mame
enable_music                              1
music_volume                              80

### Movie Settings ###
intro_movie_file                          c:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\My Documents\Installation Files\MAME videos\MAME Intro 5.MPEG
exit_movie_file                           c:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\My Documents\Installation Files\MAME videos\MAME Intro 6.MPEG
keep_movie_preview_aspect                 video_aspect
delay_before_movie_preview                2
music_movie_mix                           merge
movie_volume                              100

### Misc Settings ###
emulator_root_path                       
auto_setup_emulators                      0
theme                                     
wrap_list                                 1
remember_current_game                     1
keep_image_aspect                         0
refresh_images                            0
delay_before_history_dat                  2
safe_mode                                 0
show_cursor                               0
keyboard_led_states                       -,-,-
lcd_com_port                              1
lcd_settings                             
exit_action                               choice
maxlogsize                                100000

### External Application Settings ###
startup_app_commandlines                 
exit_app_commandlines                     
exit_and_run_app_commandlines             c:\WINDOWS\explorer.exe

### Settings used by MAMEWAH ###
current_group                             
current_emulator                          01-mame
locked                                    0


--------------------------------------------------------------

### 01-mame.ini (mamewah v1.63) ###

emulator_title                            Arcade

### List Generation Settings ###
rom_path                                  c:\mame\roms
rom_extension                             zip
dat_file                                 
nms_file                                 
catver_ini_file                           
list_generation_method                    rom_folder_vs_listxml

### Execution Settings ###
pre_emulator_app_commandlines             
emulator_commandline                      C:\mame\mame.exe [name]{nodosbox}{nosafelaunch}
post_emulator_app_commandlines           
general_app_commandlines                 

### Artwork Settings ###
artwork_image_paths                       C:\Mame\snap;;c:\mame\cabinets;;c:\mame\marquees
movie_preview_path                        C:\Mame\MAME Videos
movie_artwork_no                          1
enable_fuzzy_search                       0
history_dat_file                         
history_dat_artwork_no                    1

### Screen-Saver Settings ###
enable_music_in_screensaver               1
select_random_game                        0
saver_type                                gamelist_slideshow
movie_path                               
movie_fullscreen                          1
quit_delay                                0
saver_commandline                         

### Additional Settings ###
music_path                               
lcd_display_file_path                     
description_display                       [description]{scroll}

### Settings used by MAMEWAH ###
current_list                              0

[Ginsu Victim]

I keep a copy of KLM Codec pack on my cabinet and installing that usually fixes video issues.

[shinejinx]

Thank you for responding,

I'm getting some were now cheers, i downlaoded klm 10.3.5

it displayed an video image, but 2 green lines going down, and some video previews are not displaying...

so it must be an codec issue, i have installed on the pc, wm 9 series, the PC\mame cab cannot connect to the internet,

so trying to find other codecs to no avail, any ideas or links.. as they require internet connection

please please

[gonzo90017]

Q: I get a 'runtime error 13, type mismatch' when i try to run Mamewah?
A: This could be caused by a version mix-up, or corrupted list files. Delete the \mamewah\files folder, and it should fix your problem

[shinejinx]

Thank you for your reply,

Tried to delete the folder named file,

But this deleted my games list, so I had restore from recycle bin..

Any other ideas

It's weird some play previews, but some don't??

[zorrobandito]

Have you checked the format of the videos that play and those that don't? At least that might narrow down your codec issue.

[shinejinx]

Thank you for replying,

yes that makes sense, as i assumed there all XVIDS, playing in media.

i'll have a check

cheers

[PL1]

Another way to check is to copy a file that will play and the ones that won't to a thumb drive and take them to a computer with internet access.

Play the one that works and check the codec data. (pull up file info in the player)

Do the same for the ones that don't work.

If it plays, compare the info.

If it wants to look for a codec, jot down the info or save the codec on the thumb drive and install it on your game system.


Scott

[haynor666]

Is there and light codec that I could use instead k-lite ?