Trying to get MA working since I got a free license from XArcade. I can't seem to get past this pretty basic error. It only happens on MAME - I tried NESTopia and that appears to work as expected.
My error is this: "The following emulators have invalid media locations:" and then it lists MAME.
My machine is a 64-bit Windows 8.1.
Things I've tried: Tried both 32-bit and 64-bit MAME. A couple different versions as well. I removed the EXE for MAME and I noticed that the error message changed slightly, so it appears to be specific to my ROM location.
I've tried numerous different ROM locations. I've tried with the Image, Movie and Marquee both filled and blank.
Tried running MA in both elevated mode and with different compatibility settings on the .exe.
I didn't change anything else in the MAME settings in the MA preferences.
What doesn't it like about my Media folder?
Any ideas?
Edit: tried version 2.09 as well. Also tried playing around with short vs long for the filename setting. Still nothing.