QMC2-MAIN-GUI
Section: QMC2 User's Guide (6)
Updated: February 09, 2021
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NAME
qmc2-sdlmame - QMC2 - M.A.M.E. Catalog/Launcher II
SYNOPSIS
qmc2-sdlmame [-config_path path] [-cc] [-tc] [-r] [-h|-?|-help] [qt_arguments]
DESCRIPTION
QMC2 is a graphical front-end based on Qt which drives the great MAME emulator. Besides being a powerful catalog and launcher for systems emulated by MAME it also contains sophisticated ROM management
features through its built-in ROMAlyzer.
OPTIONS
- -config_path path
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Specify this argument to use the directory path instead of the default folder (~/.qmc2) to store QMC2's configuration, logs and cache-files / cache-folders.
- -cc
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This command line option will instruct QMC2 to clear all emulator related caches while starting up in order to forcibly reload this data from the emulator.
- -tc
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Specifying this option on the command line will perform a template check against the current default emulator (if set), printing its output to stdout and exiting before actual start-up occurs.
- -r
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The reconfigure option will relaunch the setup wizard / welcome dialog before starting. This allows you to update or correct the most important emulator settings in an easy way.
- -h|-?|-help
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Shows a brief command line usage help.
- qt_arguments
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See http://doc.qt.io/qt-4.8/qapplication.html#QApplication for more information. However, note that QMC2 will overwrite most of the available Qt arguments with its saved settings in ~/.qmc2/qmc2.ini.
FILES
- /etc/qmc2/qmc2.ini
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System-wide default configuration (optional)
- ~/.qmc2/qmc2.ini
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Individual user's configuration (system-wide settings will be copied initially, if any)
- ~/.qmc2/qmc2-sdlmame.log
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Front-end log from the last run of QMC2
- ~/.qmc2/mame.log
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Emulator-log containing the output from emulator instances launched by QMC2 (cleared whenever the 'first' emulator instance is launched)
- ~/.qmc2/mame.rsc
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ROM state cache
- ~/.qmc2/mame.mlc
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Machine list cache
- ~/.qmc2/mame.mlc.filtered
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Filtered version of the machine list cache used by qmc2-arcade(6) (optional)
- ~/.qmc2/mame-xml-cache.db
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XML cache database (SQLite 3)
- ~/.qmc2/mame-user-data.db
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User data database (SQLite 3) containing rank information and personal comments per machine as well as paths to system- and software-manuals per machine/software
- ~/.qmc2/mame-machine-list.db
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SQLite3 database version of the machine list cache (used by custom views)
- ~/.qmc2/mame-swl-cache.db
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Software-list XML cache database (SQLite 3)
- ~/.qmc2/mame-icon-cache.db
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Icon cache database (SQLite 3)
- ~/.qmc2/mame-dat-info.db
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DAT-info database (SQLite 3), a combined data store for all supported DAT-info sources (emu-info, machine-info and software-info)
- ~/.qmc2/mame.fav
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List of favorite machines
- ~/.qmc2/mame.hst
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List of machines last played (play history)
- ~/.qmc2/mame.sic
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Slot-info cache
- ~/.qmc2/sw-state-cache/*.ssc
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Software-state cache
- ~/.qmc2/youtube/qmc2-sdlmame.yti, ~/.qmc2/youtube/*.png
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YouTube video info/image cache
- ~/.qmc2/LocalStorage/*.localstorage
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Folder used by the built-in web-browser to create small database files for 'HTML5 localStorage' support
- ~/.qmc2/qmc2-sdlmame-cookies.db
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Permanent web-page cookie database (SQLite 3)
- ~/.qmc2/qmc2-sdlmame-checksum.db
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ROMAlyzer's system-mode check-sum database for storing/retrieving paths to dumps available in your file-system by SHA-1 and/or CRC-32 (SQLite 3)
- ~/.qmc2/qmc2-sdlmame-software-checksum.db
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ROMAlyzer's software-mode check-sum database for storing/retrieving paths to dumps available in your file-system by SHA-1 and/or CRC-32 (SQLite 3)
- ~/.qmc2/WebpageIcons.db
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Web-page icon database (SQLite 3)
SEE ALSO
qmc2-arcade(6),
qchdman(6)
BUGS
See the TODO file in the included QMC2 documentation for known bugs and restrictions.
New bugs can be reported here: http://tracker.batcom-it.net/view_all_bug_page.php?project_id=1
AUTHOR
The QMC2 development-team (
http://qmc2.batcom-it.net/)