Problems with samples in Mame2003plus

[StewDapples]

Hi all, this is my first post here, I have spent the last few weeks trying to set up retropie with a complete set of mane2003 plus roms but have run into difficulties.
I transferred the dat file from off of the pi and used it in clrmamepro as per the tutorial on the website. I have managed to get most of the roms all sorted fine, but for some reason none of the samples are being imported from my source location. I downloaded a 2003 reference collection which seems to contain samples and chd files. But for some reason the samples won’t come over.

Can anyone help me!?

Also do I need to bother with ChD files? If so they don’t seem to come over either!?

Many thanks in advance

[dankcushions]

@stewdapples

I have managed to get most of the roms all sorted fine, but for some reason none of the samples are being imported from my source location. I downloaded a 2003 reference collection which seems to contain samples and chd files. But for some reason the samples won’t come over.

what do you mean 'come over'? just transfer them to the correct location: https://retropie.org.uk/docs/lr-mame2003/#samples

Also do I need to bother with ChD files? If so they don’t seem to come over either!?

just transfer them manually. eg, assuming youre using the mame-libretro rom folder: `/mame-libretro/kinst/kinst.chd'

[StewDapples]

@dankcushions

[StewDapples]

@stewdapples

Hi, the issue I’m having is to get clrmamepro to sort all the samples for me. I have selected a sample path in the setup, but when I perform a rebuild, it sorts out and imports all the roms, but seems to be completely ignoring all the chd and sample files.

Once it’s sorted then, I could then follow the instructions to transfer them over to my pi.

[dankcushions]

@stewdapples perhaps you should show us screenshots of what you're doing. I assume you have samples selected here:

and you have the sample .zip files in the directory you've assigned to samples:

and your dat file includes samples in the first place?

please provide the logfile/summary report

if you're rebuilidng rather than verifying - i'm not sure whether it does anything with samples. it might just put them in the relevant rom .zip files depending on your setup.

[Riverstorm]

@StewDapples - No worries, you're doing it correctly. Samples and CHD's don't come over. You'll need to manually move those to the target path(s).

I wouldn't bother with the CHDs on a Pi3 as it doesn't quite have enough oomph (but I didn't test them all), I haven't tested any on the Pi4. Definitely experiment with some games and see for yourself. It's very easy to delete the ROMs/CHD's if a game is to slow for your liking.

[StewDapples]

@riverstorm

Thanks for the posts, I've managed to get a nearly full set by manually putting the samples across and scanning them. It was a bit frustrating as I had samples in so many locations. It's a shame clrmame can't merge and scan them would have saved a load of time!

I'm only missing the ddragon and sf2 samples from 2003 plus, and 005 and boxingb samples from 2010.

The only ROM I can't seem to complete is the sfcbox one from 2010.

[Riverstorm]

@StewDapples - That's great. Hopefully you only have to do it once and make backups! :)

It is a bit finicky, even though you have to manually build the sample sets they can still be scanned through ClrMamePro. I find it useful if something changes in a set, you'll at least be aware of it. It will remove extraneous samples but it won't rename or add.

In regards to CHD's just make sure you have the right version selected in ClrMamePro when verifying.

You can't really post any links here but the 2010 samples are out there just poking around a bit.

Also the Super Famicom Box BIOS (sfcbox) should be available too.

I think in regards to mame2003-plus samples you could inquire on the official page. They aren't official samples but ones that have been added to enhance the gaming experience. They are exclusive to mame2003-plus.

Basically there are are only a handful of games that have the enhanced audio due to it being a fairly laborious process. If the core can't find the OSTs it will fall back to the original audio. They aren't required but it's nice to have a complete set. I believe they have been added to the DAT. Just to verify the lists are below.

mame2003-plus (ddragon) samples:

		<sample name="title-01"/>
		<sample name="title-02"/>
		<sample name="stage1-01"/>
		<sample name="stage1-02"/>
		<sample name="stage2-01"/>
		<sample name="stage2-02"/>
		<sample name="stage3-01"/>
		<sample name="stage3-02"/>
		<sample name="stage3-alt-01"/>
		<sample name="stage3-alt-02"/>
		<sample name="stage4-01"/>
		<sample name="stage4-02"/>
		<sample name="credits-01"/>
		<sample name="credits-02"/>
		<sample name="diddy-01"/>
		<sample name="diddy-02"/>
		<sample name="complete-01"/>
		<sample name="complete-02"/>
		<sample name="boss-01"/>
		<sample name="boss-02"/>
		<sample name="boss-alt-01"/>
		<sample name="boss-alt-02"/>
		<sample name="finalboss-01"/>
		<sample name="finalboss-02"/>

mame2003-plus (sf2) samples:

		<sample name="ryuslow-01"/>
		<sample name="ryuslow-02"/>
		<sample name="ryufast-01"/>
		<sample name="ryufast-02"/>
		<sample name="blankaslow-01"/>
		<sample name="blankaslow-02"/>
		<sample name="blankafast-01"/>
		<sample name="blankafast-02"/>
		<sample name="chunlislow-01"/>
		<sample name="chunlislow-02"/>
		<sample name="chunlifast-01"/>
		<sample name="chunlifast-02"/>
		<sample name="ehondaslow-01"/>
		<sample name="ehondaslow-02"/>
		<sample name="ehondafast-01"/>
		<sample name="ehondafast-02"/>
		<sample name="guileslow-01"/>
		<sample name="guileslow-02"/>
		<sample name="guilefast-01"/>
		<sample name="guilefast-02"/>
		<sample name="dhalsimslow-01"/>
		<sample name="dhalsimslow-02"/>
		<sample name="dhalsimfast-01"/>
		<sample name="dhalsimfast-02"/>
		<sample name="balrogslow-01"/>
		<sample name="balrogslow-02"/>
		<sample name="balrogfast-01"/>
		<sample name="balrogfast-02"/>
		<sample name="sagatslow-01"/>
		<sample name="sagatslow-02"/>
		<sample name="sagatfast-01"/>
		<sample name="sagatfast-02"/>
		<sample name="mbisonslow-01"/>
		<sample name="mbisonslow-02"/>
		<sample name="mbisonfast-01"/>
		<sample name="mbisonfast-02"/>
		<sample name="versus-01"/>
		<sample name="versus-02"/>
		<sample name="endfight-01"/>
		<sample name="endfight-02"/>
		<sample name="continue-01"/>
		<sample name="continue-02"/>
		<sample name="highscore-01"/>
		<sample name="highscore-02"/>
		<sample name="intro-01"/>
		<sample name="intro-02"/>
		<sample name="playerjoin-01"/>
		<sample name="playerjoin-02"/>
		<sample name="playerselect-01"/>
		<sample name="playerselect-02"/>
		<sample name="gameover-01"/>
		<sample name="gameover-02"/>
		<sample name="kenslow-01"/>
		<sample name="kenslow-02"/>
		<sample name="kenfast-01"/>
		<sample name="kenfast-02"/>
		<sample name="zangiefslow-01"/>
		<sample name="zangiefslow-02"/>
		<sample name="zangieffast-01"/>
		<sample name="zangieffast-02"/>
		<sample name="vegaslow-01"/>
		<sample name="vegaslow-02"/>
		<sample name="vegafast-01"/>
		<sample name="vegafast-02"/>
		<sample name="bonusstage-01"/>
		<sample name="bonusstage-02"/>
		<sample name="mbisonending-01"/>
		<sample name="mbisonending-02"/>
		<sample name="kenendinga-01"/>
		<sample name="kenendinga-02"/>
		<sample name="kenendingb-01"/>
		<sample name="kenendingb-02"/>
		<sample name="ehondaending-01"/>
		<sample name="ehondaending-02"/>
		<sample name="blankaending-01"/>
		<sample name="blankaending-02"/>
		<sample name="guileending-01"/>
		<sample name="guileending-02"/>
		<sample name="zangiefending-01"/>
		<sample name="zangiefending-02"/>
		<sample name="specialending-01"/>
		<sample name="specialending-02"/>
		<sample name="ryuending-01"/>
		<sample name="ryuending-02"/>
		<sample name="dhalsimending-01"/>
		<sample name="dhalsimending-02"/>
		<sample name="chunliendinga-01"/>
		<sample name="chunliendinga-02"/>
		<sample name="chunliendingb-01"/>
		<sample name="chunliendingb-02"/>