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Title: Front end software for loading programs (for an HTPC)?
Post by: Pete Harcoff on January 27, 2004, 11:00:03 pm
I run MAME32 (and various other emulators) on a PC hooked up to my home theater.

What I want is some nice-looking front-end software I can configure to launch programs from, rather than using the standard windows interface.  Also, it will have to be usable with my ATI Remote Wonder (which has buttons on it for arrow keys and Enter, as well as controlling the mouse).

I've already tried myHTPC, but am currently encountering an irritating problem where it launches two copies of the program I am trying to run (this is especially problematic with SNES9x, which I've got configured to run full-screen; after the first copy loads, the second copy causes a DirectX error).

Anyone have any suggestions?
Title: Re:Front end software for loading programs (for an HTPC)?
Post by: Goz on January 28, 2004, 01:11:07 am
You can try xlobby

http://www.xlobby.com/

It's pretty good, I've been able to work most emulator in it.

Good Luck


Title: Re:Front end software for loading programs (for an HTPC)?
Post by: GSXRMovistar on January 29, 2004, 04:43:32 am
Quote from: Pete Harcoff on January 27, 2004, 11:00:03 pm
I run MAME32 (and various other emulators) on a PC hooked up to my home theater.

What I want is some nice-looking front-end software I can configure to launch programs from, rather than using the standard windows interface.  Also, it will have to be usable with my ATI Remote Wonder (which has buttons on it for arrow keys and Enter, as well as controlling the mouse).

I've already tried myHTPC, but am currently encountering an irritating problem where it launches two copies of the program I am trying to run (this is especially problematic with SNES9x, which I've got configured to run full-screen; after the first copy loads, the second copy causes a DirectX error).

Anyone have any suggestions?


myHTPC is extremely flexible and I'd stick with it, have you tried posting a question in the forums at myHTPC.net? Might be easy to fix the problem then to just look for another frontend.