#Mame library how to#
#Mame library update#
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#Mame library download#

You only select a few favorite ROMs/CHDs to be downloaded, then update MAME database. Wait for all ROMs/CHDs to be downloaded and update MAME database once (this takes much longer to see the ROMs from MAME because the file pieces are downloaded randomly across all files) or

#Mame library zip#

zip files and update MAME's internal database, newly downloaded ROMs/CHDs will show up in the section in MAME.ĭepending on your goal and available time/bandwidth, you have 3 options: zip files.ĭuring the audit, MAME will find the newly downloaded ROMs/CHDs.

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Now that the ROMs/CHDs are downloading and the correct MAME directories are configured, you want to audit the download directories in MAME so that it will find all the newly downlodaded ROMs/CHDs. STEP 5 - Decide on what ROMs to download and how often do you run audits in MAME MAME - Update ROMs v0.2xx to v0.2xx), then you also need to add the update torrent's download directory by repeating step 1 to 10. You need to add both directories for all ROMs to work.ġ2) If you are also downloading the partial update torrents ( e.g. Set MAME's ROMs directory to the two directories qBittorrent is downloading to:ġ) Go to MAME's main screen (restart MAME if not sure)Ħ) Browse the directory tree using the key to select the correct directory (remembered from previous step).ħ) Once you have found the final correct directory, just highlighting it is not enough, you must press to enter it first, otherwise you'll just set the parent directory instead.Ĩ) Once INSIDE the correct directory, press the key on your keyboard to set the directory in MAME.ĩ) Double click ġ1) Do this once for the ROMs directory and once for the CHDs directory. STEP 4 - Add BOTH ROMs and CHDs directories to MAME Do these steps to find both:ġ) In qBittorrent: In the tab, right click the torrent name or, you should see a small pop-up menu.Ģ) Left click, a file manager should pop up.ģ) In the file manager, look at the directory location ('directory' is also called 'folder' in windows).Ĥ) Do it once for the ROMs and once for the CHDs, remember these 2 directories for the next step.

There are 2 paths: The ROMs (70+GB) and The CHDs (500+GB). G) Do this once for the ROMs torrent and once for the CHDs torrent.ħ) Continue to the next step while the torrents are downloading. Ħ) If you have waited for a minute and the torrents are not downloading, manually add a torrent tracker to each torrent, so that qBittorrent knows what peers/seeds to download from, do this by:Ī) From qBittorrent tab, select one of the torent ( or )ī) Click the tab (between and )Ĭ) Right click anywhere in the tracker list for a pop-up menuĭ) Click, a box will pop up.Į) Paste the following tracker URL into the box and press : į) You should now see in the tracker list, watch the and column, there should be more than 100.

)Ĥ) Click or to close the box.ĥ) You should now see in the qBittorent tab there are two torrents being added, and.

#Mame library how to#

Individual files download (ROMs + CHDs + EXTRAs):Ī) MAME considers CHD files as ROM files, CHDs are just bigger ROMsī) MAME doesn't care where you put the CHDs or ROMs as long as all ROMs/CHDs directories are added to the rom path configuration.Ĭ) That means you can add the torrent directories to MAME, and update MAME's database while ROMs/CHDs are being downloaded one by one, you can also pick which ROMs to download first, read how to do this below.Ģ) In qBittorrent, click or, a box will pop up.ģ) Paste into the box the two magnet links from above, one line per link ( magnet:?xt=urn:btih:xxxxxxxxxxxxx.

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I am tired of it and I know you are too, so here are the latest.ĬHDs 0.243 Full (no changes in 0.244) (Merged, 585.25GB torrent, 100+ seeds): There are too many outdated torrents and information, and the CHDs torrent generated by has garbage padding files and only has files up to 0-9A-C. Full 585.25GB CHDs + 70.23GB ROMs + 64.31GB EXTRAs + Quick How to Guide