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DaOld Man:
I searched for this but couldnt find it. If it has already been discussed, a pointer to the thread would be greatly appreciated.
I see that mala can play a video clip of the game selected.
How is this done?
Do I need to download video clips from somewhere, or can mame make them?
slsimon:

--- Quote from: DaOld Man on March 10, 2008, 09:35:30 pm ---I searched for this but couldnt find it. If it has already been discussed, a pointer to the thread would be greatly appreciated.
I see that mala can play a video clip of the game selected.
How is this done?
Do I need to download video clips from somewhere, or can mame make them?

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Hello DaOld Man.  There are a couple pieces needed here to get you up and going.  I am sure others will join in here but to gt tyou started here is what I think you should do. 

1.  Visit the BYOAC Wiki facts concerning how Mala interops with the game video previews.  You can get to the wiki site by going to the following:
http://wiki.arcadecontrols.com/wiki/Main_Page
 
2.  You will need to get yourself familiar with the mala layout config utility.  Remember, all video will have precedence over any text or image.  These settings are self explainitory in the Mala layout utility. 

3.  Visit the Mala homepage and preview some of the online documentation located here:  http://mala.arcadezentrum.com/help.html

4.  I would start by selecting a layout that has already been created for you.  You can then manipulate the layout to your liking. 

5.  Once you have your layout configured the way you like, you will have to specify your video preview directory in the mala front end.   

6.  To obtain the video previews and the static images, Circo has done a very nice job getting all these together for everyone.  This still is a work in progress so all the images and video's are not there.  I have faith in Circo and if he has taken the time to get this far in his project, they will be complete before he is done. 

Well, that's about all I can suggest at the moment.  You can browse and perform a search in this forum for Mala layouts and will find a handful of nice thought out layouts.  That is what I have done and manipulated the layout to my liking with the emalators that I plan on using with the layout. 

Thanks, Shane
RoninEditor:
The default is holding "Left Shift" and "F12" at the same time during game play or whenever.  It'll dump a file into your Mame folder... at that point is where I'm in the same boat as you because it's not an .AVI file that MameUI creates, I forget offhand (I'm at work or I could give you the extension) but I wasn't able to get it to work with Mala... granted, I'm having super issues with codecs on my other computer so who knows. 

Does anyone know what to do with the files that MameUI creates, as far as conversion?
Neverending Project:

--- Quote from: slsimon on March 10, 2008, 10:11:50 pm ---6.  To obtain the video previews and the static images, Circo has done a very nice job getting all these together for everyone.  This still is a work in progress so all the images and video's are not there.  I have faith in Circo and if he has taken the time to get this far in his project, they will be complete before he is done.
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You can find Circo's movies here, and a forum thread about them here (there are others as well - search for emumovies). They can be found via bittorrent, or FTP access if you make a modest $20 donation.
DaOld Man:
slsimon: Thanks! I never thought to look at the mala wiki..  :banghead:
Thats some good info there.

ronineditor: Thanks. I am going to play around with the shift +F12

Neverending project: Thanks for the site link. That will save a lot of time.

thanks to all...
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