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    Simple Arcade Multifilter - app for MAME and FB Alpha sets (Get rid of Adult and Mahjong games!)

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    • markwkiddM
      markwkidd @dudumaroja
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      @dudumaroja said in Simple Arcade Multifilter - app for MAME and FB Alpha sets (Get rid of Adult and Mahjong games!):

      Hello, any change in making a preview list to check before copying the roms?

      and maybe some filter for clones.. ex: i want the Simpsons clone for 2 players machine.. so you can select the chars.. not the 4 players one..

      same for ninja turtles.. and etc..

      Thanks for your suggestion about the preview list, I have noted that for a possible future update.

      Please note that the current version does already allow filtering out of clones -- this is based on the information in the MAME DAT file.

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      • markwkiddM
        markwkidd
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        Minor update: I better understand github now than I did a year ago. I've updated the download link to point towards a new v1.0 github release.

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          ismaelzsilva
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          Dude this is awesome! Really simple way to cutdown my romsets. I tried hypersin tools, rom lister, etc, and Simple Arcade Multifilter is the best. Any chances to make a version for MAC system? I am running the .exe in Parallels and its ok, but a native aplication in Mac will be fantastic. Thank you very much!

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          • markwkiddM
            markwkidd @ismaelzsilva
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            @ismaelzsilva said in Simple Arcade Multifilter - app for MAME and FB Alpha sets (Get rid of Adult and Mahjong games!):

            Dude this is awesome! Really simple way to cutdown my romsets. I tried hypersin tools, rom lister, etc, and Simple Arcade Multifilter is the best. Any chances to make a version for MAC system? I am running the .exe in Parallels and its ok, but a native aplication in Mac will be fantastic. Thank you very much!

            Thank you, and I'm glad to hear that SAM is working for you via Parallels.

            About native OS X support: This tool came into being an unusual way -- I was studying a small console-based arcade playlist generator script for RetroArch that was written in AutoHotKey. I started learning AutoHotKey with the intention of creating an improved version of that script but over the course of a few months I wound up writing an AHK library for dealing with MAME DATs and catver files. Then I wrote two applications based on the library.

            If I had any idea the project would wind up like this I would have started out with a cross-platform language. Now I need to rewrite the whole thing from the ground up in order to provide native support for Linux and OS X.

            That's a project I'd like to do but it would take a fair amount of time and I haven't been able to get inspired enough to take it on, yet.

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              ismaelzsilva @markwkidd
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              @markwkidd
              Thank you for the response. No problem, I will use this with parallels, zero problems. I have no idea of programing, but if you need some help or test the a new version, contact with me. Again, SAM is amazing. Thank you very much!
              A hug from Spain!

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              • AndersHPA
                AndersHP
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                @markwkidd said in [Simple Arcade Multifilter - app for MAME and FB Alpha sets \

                FB Alpha collections can be sorted by finding the catver.ini from the MAME set which your FB Alpha collection's ROMs were originally derived from.

                Is it correct that FBA 0.2.97.42 is based on MAME 0.187? And what catver.ini and DAT files does this correspond to?
                As far as I can see here, none of the mentioned libretro cores match this. Does that mean I have to download a mega 0.187 romset just to obtain the catver.ini file ?!

                My "Bubble Bobble" Themed Bartop Arcade
                My Gameboy

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                • markwkiddM
                  markwkidd @AndersHP
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                  @andershp said in Simple Arcade Multifilter - app for MAME and FB Alpha sets (Get rid of Adult and Mahjong games!):

                  @markwkidd said in [Simple Arcade Multifilter - app for MAME and FB Alpha sets \

                  FB Alpha collections can be sorted by finding the catver.ini from the MAME set which your FB Alpha collection's ROMs were originally derived from.

                  Is it correct that FBA 0.2.97.42 is based on MAME 0.187? And what catver.ini and DAT files does this correspond to?
                  As far as I can see here, none of the mentioned libretro cores match this. Does that mean I have to download a mega 0.187 romset just to obtain the catver.ini file ?!

                  You need an fba dat file. The standalone version of fba can generate these from it's ui, but I think the RetroPie docs also have a link to download an fba dat.

                  FBA doesn't 'do' catvers, so in that case you want the catver from the equivalent mame version.

                  AntoPISA at the Progetto site maintains the current recent files. I'm having trouble looking to that site from the device I'm using now, but if you use those keywords you should find it.

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                  • AndersHPA
                    AndersHP
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                    I cannot find a catver.ini file for MAME 0.187. In fact, I find the Progetto site very confusing. Should I just get the newest catver file I can find and cross my fingers? Aren't these files 99% similar?

                    My "Bubble Bobble" Themed Bartop Arcade
                    My Gameboy

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                    • markwkiddM
                      markwkidd @AndersHP
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                      @andershp said in Simple Arcade Multifilter - app for MAME and FB Alpha sets (Get rid of Adult and Mahjong games!):

                      I cannot find a catver.ini file for MAME 0.187. In fact, I find the Progetto site very confusing. Should I just get the newest catver file I can find and cross my fingers? Aren't these files 99% similar?

                      I'm looking more closely at the Progetto site now and it does look like they're saying to use the current catvers for any version going back to 0.165.

                      My obsessive tendencies recoil from that kind of generalization, but AntoPISA knows a lot about MAME metadata so it's probably legit.

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                      • AndersHPA
                        AndersHP
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                        OK, so you'd just use the file in the green link at this page?

                        My "Bubble Bobble" Themed Bartop Arcade
                        My Gameboy

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                        • markwkiddM
                          markwkidd @AndersHP
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                          @andershp said in Simple Arcade Multifilter - app for MAME and FB Alpha sets (Get rid of Adult and Mahjong games!):

                          OK, so you'd just use the file in the green link at this page?

                          Yes, that will have to be the catver for your project. If there are unmatched romsets in simple arcade multifilter or other issues please do post here and I'll try to help.

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                          • AndersHPA
                            AndersHP
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                            I think it got the job done pretty neatly, and it seems to work faster than clrmamepro and romsorter, and is definitely more user friendly. Thumbs up!

                            I'd love for an option to sort out NeoGeo games, since I like my NeoGeo folder to be separate, but I guess that comes down to the DAT file, right? So I'll have to use the MAME 0.78u5 'Lite' DAT File mentioned here right?

                            My "Bubble Bobble" Themed Bartop Arcade
                            My Gameboy

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                            • markwkiddM
                              markwkidd @AndersHP
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                              @andershp I'm afraid that the catver doesn't know anything about Neo Geo. I'm worried that an old DAT like the 0.78u5 would be a poor match for a modern FBA but I have no idea if that would actually be a problem.

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                              • cosmo0C
                                cosmo0 @ismaelzsilva
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                                Shameless plug :)

                                @ismaelzsilva said in Simple Arcade Multifilter - app for MAME and FB Alpha sets (Get rid of Adult and Mahjong games!):

                                Dude this is awesome! Really simple way to cutdown my romsets. I tried hypersin tools, rom lister, etc, and Simple Arcade Multifilter is the best. Any chances to make a version for MAC system? I am running the .exe in Parallels and its ok, but a native aplication in Mac will be fantastic. Thank you very much!

                                I had no idea this tool existed, so I built my own, doing similar things in a different way (and more), fully cross platform : https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/17255/fast-and-cross-platform-retropie-arcade-roms-manager-gui

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                                • markwkiddM
                                  markwkidd @cosmo0
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                                  @cosmo0 nice! I'll be taking a closer look soon!

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                                  • jca2112J
                                    jca2112
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                                    Hey, sorry about reviving an old thread.

                                    I'm trying to filter the preferred Final Burn Alpha 0.2.97.42 romset for RetroPie (for a Raspberry Pi 3 as mentioned in the docs) using Simple Arcade Multifilter.

                                    As mentioned previously, I believe FBA 0.2.97.42 is based on the MAME 0.187 romset, so I would be looking for a catver.ini (for sorting) file version for MAME .187, which isn't available anywhere (that I can find). Is okay to use ANY later version of a catver.ini file after 0.187? They only version I see available is for 0.197.

                                    Appreciate any help/info.

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                                    • markwkiddM
                                      markwkidd
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                                      The current ProgettoSNAPS catver.ini file is evidently designed to work with all versions of MAME 0.165 through the present. That's the one you need for your FBA collection.

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                                      • jca2112J
                                        jca2112 @markwkidd
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                                        @markwkidd said in Simple Arcade Multifilter - app for MAME and FB Alpha sets (Get rid of Adult and Mahjong games!):

                                        The current ProgettoSNAPS catver.ini file is evidently designed to work with all versions of MAME 0.165 through the present. That's the one you need for your FBA collection.

                                        Good to know, thanks. Would that same MAME .197 catver.ini work for MAME 2003 0.78 roms as well? (One catver.ini file for both MAME and FBA sorting?)

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                                        • markwkiddM
                                          markwkidd @jca2112
                                          last edited by markwkidd

                                          @jca2112 said in Simple Arcade Multifilter - app for MAME and FB Alpha sets (Get rid of Adult and Mahjong games!):

                                          @markwkidd said in Simple Arcade Multifilter - app for MAME and FB Alpha sets (Get rid of Adult and Mahjong games!):

                                          The current ProgettoSNAPS catver.ini file is evidently designed to work with all versions of MAME 0.165 through the present. That's the one you need for your FBA collection.

                                          Good to know, thanks. Would that same MAME .197 catver.ini work for MAME 2003 0.78 roms as well? (One catver.ini file for both MAME and FBA sorting?)

                                          The current catver.ini will unfortunately not work well for mame2003.

                                          However, I help maintain a catver.ini for mame2003 which, although I'm biased, should work perfectly for you: https://github.com/libretro/mame2003-libretro/blob/master/metadata/catver.ini

                                          If you haven't used github before, use the "raw" link button to access the file directly

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                                          • cosmo0C
                                            cosmo0 @jca2112
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                                            @jca2112 Hey! FYI my arcade manager has all you need for FBA : https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/17255/fast-and-cross-platform-retropie-arcade-roms-manager-gui
                                            I provide several downloadable CSV files to help you manage everything you need.

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