two joypads in mame

[J-Rod]

I have two USB gamepads, and it seems like mame sees them both as the same controller. Is this just the way mame is? Or is there something I can do to get them recognized as seperate controllers? I mean for now I can play the simple games that use only a couple of buttons, and map one controller to the analog and one to the digital pad. But what if we wanted two player Street Fighter? This poses more of a problem. Any input is appreciated. -JC

[Kremmit]

I had a similar problem.  I was using two identical gamepads and they were both plugged in right next to each other on the front panel USB ports.  I moved one of them to the USB ports on the back of the computer and my problem went away. 

The front ports plug into a different USB header on my mobo from the ones on the back; I can only assume this is what made the difference.

[J-Rod]

Weird. Well I have my wireless pad hooked to the rear, and I have been hooking the other wired pad to the front USB plate. I guess I'll have to take a look at how the machine handles the USBs, now that I know mame indeed will see two seperate controllers. Thanks for the input!

[markrvp]

Kremmit is correct (as usual).  Identical gamepads should be hooked up to different USB buses.

[J-Rod]

Indeed, Kremmit, you are correct. I must have had both my wireless controller and the wired plugged to the front while I was testing. I have since moved the wireless inside the box using a USB extension cable from the back ports, and all is well. Thanks so much for the help.