Mamewah 1.51 and MAME Videos

[nighthawk2099]

Ok this is going to be long (sorry) and it could be something small and stupid on my part, but.... I've tried and tried but I'm still having problems setting this up.

This is my Mamewah.ini and MAME.ini files (with the MAME.EXE and ROM locations out--they work fine, took them out so as to eliminate them as part of the problem).

### mamewah.ini ###

### (Global) Screen-Saver Options ###
delay                       10
slide_duration              1

### Audio Options ###
enable_sounds               1
sound_volume                100
music_path                  
enable_music                1
music_volume                100

### Movie Options ###
intro_movie_file            
exit_movie_file            
keep_movie_preview_aspect   video_aspect
delay_before_movie_preview  1
music_movie_mix             mute_movies
movie_volume                100

### Misc Options ###
layout                      Classic 1024x768
ctrlr                      
wrap_list                   0
keep_image_aspect           0
refresh_images              0
correct_orientations        horizontal
show_cursor                 0
winipac_file                
mamewah_ipc_file            
lcd_com_port                1
lcd_settings                
exit_action                 choice

### Settings used by MAMEWAH ###
current_emulator            mame
locked                      0
last_ipc                    

----------------------------------------------------------------------------

### mame.ini ###

emulator_title                            M.A.M.E.

### List Generation Settings ###
rom_path                                  
rom_extension                             zip
dat_file                                  
nms_file                                  
catver_ini_file                          
list_generation_method                    rom_folder_vs_listxml

### Execution Settings ###
emulator_executable                      
send_rom_path                             0
send_rom_extension                        0
quotes_around_romnames                    0
long_filenames                            1
show_dos_box                              auto
default_options                          
extra_options_1                          
extra_options_2                          

### Artwork Locations ###
artwork_1_image_path                      
artwork_2_image_path                      
artwork_3_image_path                      
artwork_4_image_path                      
artwork_5_image_path                    
artwork_6_image_path                      
artwork_7_image_path                      
artwork_8_image_path                      
artwork_9_image_path                      
artwork_10_image_path                    
movie_preview_path                        
movie_artwork_no                          1

### Screen-Saver Settings ###
enable_music_in_screensaver               1
saver_type                                movie
scr_file                                  
wrapper_executable                        
wrapper_options                          
movie_path                                D:\Program Files\mamewah\video

### Additional Settings ###
music_path                                
controls_dat_viewer_executable            
controls_dat_viewer_options              
auto_launch_controls_dat_viewer           1
ipc_file_or_path                          
lcd_display_file_path                    
lcd_fe_text                              

### Settings used by MAMEWAH ###
current_list                              0


MAMEWAH launches fine and my layout is working great, but when the videos go to launch, the first one works fine but the rest show junk on the screen.  At some points, it looks like it has the windows start menu open flickering back and forth.  After rebooting the PC and reloading MAMEWAH, the first video is fine and then the crap.  I have upgraded my video drives (older NVIDIA card not on board), updated the DirectX and installed all the system files the FAQ says to.....

HELP!!!!

Could someone who has this running lend me a hand and put me on the right path (or just slap me in the back of the head).  Thanks.

[Minwah]

So you mean the movie screensaver (your subject implies mame preview's to me)?

[nighthawk2099]

sorry.... yea the movie screen saver....

[Minwah]

Hmmm seems to work fine for me...

What do you mean by showing 'junk'?  What OS are you running?

[nighthawk2099]

PIII 600
512 mg
Win 2K

The first movie will launch fine, then when the seconds movie (or when I interrupt it and the screensaver launches again) it will show either a screen shot of the previous movie or a color screen both of which begin flashing (almost like when the ROMs launch and go through thier self tests).  I can still hear sound, but the video is all screwed up.  In some instances, I can almost make out what looks like the start menu open within the flashing screen.  The videos themselves are ok, I can play them through windows media player.  I'll try another computer and video combo to see if that might be it..... thanks for all and any help.

[Minwah]

That's really wierd...I have no idea what is causing that    Sorry I can't be more help.

[nighthawk2099]

ok... I tried it on a new system here at work :

2.2 gh
512 mg
XP

And it works fine.... I just don't understand what could be wrong with the other system..... oh well, I knew it had to be something I was doing....lol..... Thank Minwah.

[Minwah]

And it works fine.... I just don't understand what could be wrong with the other system..... oh well, I knew it had to be something I was doing....lol..... Thank Minwah.

I doubt it is something you are doing...you can't really go wrong there.  I expect it must be a Win2k issue, but I don't have a 2k machine to try it on...

[nighthawk2099]

ok... then I guess I could try XP or 98 on the other machine and see how that goes.... thanks.