Mala and Daphne ALMOST GOT IT!

[Trebeck]

Hi all,

Well I have been wrestling with Mala taking control of Daphne all day and I am really close to getting it!  I have everything i need for Daphne to work by itself and the games work fine with the new Dapne beta.  Then I read Uncle T's guide (thanks dude you rule!) and went back to an older version for the Mala setup.
I made a bat file for astron and I got it to show up in Mala (even though there are 3 listed...)  but when i start it I get the following error.


--DAPHNE version 0.99.7
--Command line is: G:\Daphnemala2\daphne.exe astron vldp
--CPU : AuthenticAMD 1650 MHz || Mem : 256 megs
--OS : Windows XP/.NET || Video : RADEON 8500 SERIES
Set 640x480 at 32 bpp with flags: 0
Initializing sound system ...
No joysticks detected
Loading compressed ROM image 5473c...16384 bytes read.
Loading compressed ROM image 5474a...16384 bytes read.
Loading compressed ROM image 5284...16384 bytes read.
Loading compressed ROM image 5284...16384 bytes read.
Loading compressed ROM image 5285...16384 bytes read.
Loading compressed ROM image 5280...2048 bytes read.
Loading compressed ROM image 5281...2048 bytes read.
Loading compressed ROM image 5286...16384 bytes read.
Loading compressed ROM image 5338...16384 bytes read.
Loading compressed ROM image 5279...512 bytes read.
Loading compressed ROM image pr-5278.bin...256 bytes read.
Loading compressed ROM image pr-5277.bin...256 bytes read.
Loading compressed ROM image pr-5276.bin...32 bytes read.
Loading compressed ROM image pr-5275.bin...32 bytes read.
total used colors 0xb7 - compressing palette
WARNING : Astron Belt transparent color changed but it isn't 'wired' to anything
Framefile Parse Error
Expected a number followed by a string, but on line 2, found this:   ASTRON.M2V(0x20 0x20 0x41 0x53 0x54 0x52 0x4F 0x4E 0x2E 0x4D 0x32 0x56 )
Mpeg Path : G:/Daphnemala2/games/
---BEGIN FRAMEFILE CONTENTS---
G:\Daphnemala2\games\
  ASTRON.M2V

---END FRAMEFILE CONTENTS---
You must specify a -framefile argument when using VLDP.
If you didn't, then this is the problem.
Could not initialize laserdisc player!
Shutting down sound system...
Shutting down video display...

It wants me to pick a player  right?  Where do I enter this info and what will it look like?  Can someone guide me?

Thanks all,

[SGT]

Depending upon the version of Daphne you're using, there is a framefile option needed in the command.  I don't use Daphne straight from Mala, but I use a batch file instead because I use the Daphne games in the same game lists as my Mame games.  But anyway here is my command line that starts Daphne in case it helps you any.  Note that %1 is a variable that equals both the game name and the frame file name.  Your setup may be different where your frame file is named differently.

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start/wait daphne.exe %1 vldp -framefile E:\emulators\Daphne\framefile\%1.txt -fullscreen -blank_skips -blank_searches -preset 1