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Hubble:
Thanks to the FFDShow codec pack and some earlier posts, I've got intro videos working in MALA.  Just one minor glitch:

My layouts are JCrouse's MAMEWAH layouts which have been converted using the included MALA app.  I've then opened each layout and added a new object for "VIDEO" and placed it on top of the "TITLE/SNAP" object.

At the moment, if both a snapshot AND a video is present, then MALA will display both (I noticed this when I had 1941 selected, since the video is very narrow and the screenshot undeerneath was showing through).

Is there a way to instruct MALA to display snaps ONLY if a video is not present?

Many thanks in advance!

loadman:
Nope ... Sorry  :-[

Not sure why you would want snapshots anyway if you have videos?  :dunno

Hubble:
 . .  it's in case the video set I've got is incomplete, and to avoid having to cross-check with hundreds of games to see if it IS complete.  It's a very nitpicky thing, I'll admit, but I was just curious.  I've only been using MALA for a short time and didn't know if there was something I'd missed about how layouts handle snaps and videos.  And it might be nice to have a new kind of object in the Layout creator - one that would display any graphic OR video, with a preference to the video, and maybe even an option to find a file that "most closely matches" the ROM name . . .

At the moment I've just put a video object UNDER the title/snap object.  It seems to show through when a video is present, and snaps show normally when that's all I have.  Seems to be working so far without bogging the machine down . . .

loadman:

--- Quote ---And it might be nice to have a new kind of object in the Layout creator - one that would display any graphic OR video, with a preference to the video, and maybe even an option to find a file that "most closely matches" the ROM name
--- End quote ---
OK, You could ask SWINDUS I Guess

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--- Quote ---t's in case the video set I've got is incomplete, and to avoid having to cross-check with hundreds of games to see if it IS complete.
--- End quote ---

I found the emumovies sets very good (complete)

http://www.emumovies.com/

Hubble:
Thanks!  That's actually what I'm using, and you're right - there are so few holes in those sets that I really don't have to worry about it anyway.

There is one other question i had, though.  I found the other threads about the vids causing sluggishness in MALA, or displaying with artifacts (green smudginess, etc).  Like the original poster, my intro vids (from EmuMovies) work fine in MAME, but badly or not at all in other emus.

I've cleaned ALL DivX codecs off my machine.

I have four items I've downloaded: the latest DivX bundle, the latest Xvid bundle, the FFDShow bundle, and the DivX Toolbar toggle tool.

Which combination of the above tools have worked for other people who want to use EmuMovies sets for MAME as well as other emulators?

Again, many thanks...

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