IR-CD-I ???

escc1986

@folly yes i looked ... doesnt seem to help

Folly

@escc1986

here you can download nightly cores :
http://buildbot.libretro.com/nightly/windows/

click x86 or x86_64 and find RetroArch-cores.7z

escc1986

@folly

let me try that

Folly

@escc1986

I am downloading the stable now.
I will check if it has cores in them.

You should also check you core-directory in the menu !

escc1986

@escc1986

ok , i downloaded it ... now im not sure what to look for ? like exact name ? ...

from what i see i dont see it .. or cd-i related... or if i have to download mame ... then i already have it

i forgot to mention , i found this earlyer today but i have no idea how to excute it

https://forums.libretro.com/t/guide-play-non-arcade-systems-with-mame-or-mess/17728

Folly

@escc1986

http://buildbot.libretro.com/nightly/windows/x86_64/latest/
In above link you find them directly.
I can't find a mess core.

My advise, try mame standalone.

escc1986

@folly

ok with the mame (standalone core downloaded , then what do i do ? (mame is already in Retroarch for me on my win 10 pc )

Folly

@escc1986

Standalone mame isn't part of retroparch.
You can run it without.

You can run mame from your console
then you have to run, I think :
mame cdimono1 -cdrm game.chd

there should be a bios directory somewhere.
You have to place the cdimono1.zip in there.

or run mame with a click
You get into a menu.

Much is explained on https://docs.mamedev.org/
Look at the documentation.

escc1986

@folly

so mame is an exe file on my pc ?

im sorry all this is hard to understand for me , im sorry

can you remotly see my computer and help me ? (anydesk)

Folly

@escc1986

Did you install mame from my suggested link ?

escc1986

@folly

i didnt , because i downloded directly from within retroarch , im sorry for the confusion , let me do that now

ok

i just downloded mame_libretro.dll.zip

i just extracted it and all it is is

mame_libretro.dll

i dont know what to do ?

Folly

@escc1986

It is better to help you this way, so you learn.

I know it can be confusing, but once you know how it is structured, you know.

escc1986

@folly

Thank you for wanting to teach me

so i downloaded what you suggested and extracted it ... all it was is a file named

mame_libretro.dll

Folly

@escc1986

You have to install this :
https://www.mamedev.org/release.html

This is an emulator that has nothing to do with retroarch and libretro-cores.
That's why it's called standalone.

escc1986

@folly

ok let me do that

escc1986

@escc1986

ok just installed mame

i have a folder structure

Folly

@escc1986

Try to run mame once.
There must be a mame.ini .
If you open this with a text editor there should be directory's in them.
So you can see where the roms have to go to.

Try to read from here.
https://docs.mamedev.org/usingmame/usingmame.html

ps: I have to quit now. Perhaps I can help you tomorrow again.

escc1986

@folly said in IR-CD-I ???:

mame.ini

i ran mame once

there is no mame.ini

only ini file i locate is

ui.ini

yes please help me tomorrow have a wonderful evening

Folly

@escc1986

Ok, try using the docs from the link I gave you.
Much is explained.

Perhaps i will install it too on a windows computer tomorrow.
So I can see what it does.

Good luck, for now.

escc1986

@folly

just read the doc you sent me ... no luck in understanding .. hope you could guide me tomorrow .... message me tomorrow if you have some luck on your end

Thank you .. until then