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Santoro:
I want to get a 64 GB SSD drive fore my new cab for reliability, cool operation, and silence.  I usually only play the old MAME games, but if in the future I wanted to run CHD games, I was wondering if it would be possible to run those from a wireless network share while keeping the MAME ones local.  Has anyone tried this?  I would probably only run them every so often so I'd be OK with 10-20 second load times.

Can MAME be configured to look for CHD's in different location than /ROMS?
SavannahLion:
One option is if you have a front end, invoke the -rompath. eg

--- Code: ---mame altbeast -rompath C:\junk\games\mame\roms
--- End code ---

You can specify multiple paths to search if you use the semicolon on the command line.

Second option is you can edit the mame.ini file and append the rom search path with semicolons as well. eg

--- Code: ---rompath      roms;C:\junk\games\mame\roms
--- End code ---

I've found, however, that the behavior is a little flakey when appending paths in the mame.ini file like that. It seems MAME will find the game that you specify, but fail to find any supporting files if the game requires them. For example, I can run the game just fine with the first example, but mame will fail if I go with the second example I gave.

The third option is to let your front end carry the burden of directing which directory to use. I haven't tested front ends much so I can't tell you how it's done.
taz-nz:

--- Quote from: Santoro on April 11, 2009, 12:37:07 am ---I was wondering if it would be possible to run those from a wireless network share while keeping the MAME ones local. 
--- End quote ---

MAME requires Laser Disc CHDs to be stored locally on a drive with preformance equal or better to that of modern 7200rpm Hard Drive.





Santoro:
Thanks guys.  I said wireless, but if I had to I could probably arrange a gigabit wired connection.  Now I am off to google whether gigabit compares to a 7200 RPM drive.  I am pretty sure it doesn't...
Endaar:
The local HDD will be faster, not to mention less of a hassle. Given the cost of (magnetic) disk space, why drive yourself nuts?
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