qmc2-main-gui(6)

1QMC2-MAIN-GUI(6)               QMC2 User's Guide              QMC2-MAIN-GUI(6)
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NAME

6       qmc2-sdlmame - QMC2 - M.A.M.E. Catalog/Launcher II
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SYNOPSIS

9       qmc2-sdlmame [-config_path path] [-cc] [-tc] [-r] [-h|-?|-help] [qt_arguments]
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DESCRIPTION

12       QMC2  is  a graphical front-end based on Qt which drives the great MAME
13       emulator. Besides being a powerful catalog and launcher for systems em‐
14       ulated  by  MAME it also contains sophisticated ROM management features
15       through its built-in ROMAlyzer.
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OPTIONS

18       -config_path path
19              Specify this argument to use the directory path instead  of  the
20              default folder (~/.qmc2) to store QMC2's configuration, logs and
21              cache-files / cache-folders.
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23       -cc    This command line option will instruct QMC2 to clear all  emula‐
24              tor related caches while starting up in order to forcibly reload
25              this data from the emulator.
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27       -tc    Specifying this option on the command line will perform  a  tem‐
28              plate  check  against  the  current  default  emulator (if set),
29              printing its output to stdout and exiting before actual start-up
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32       -r     The  reconfigure option will relaunch the setup wizard / welcome
33              dialog before starting. This allows you to update or correct the
34              most important emulator settings in an easy way.
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36       -h|-?|-help
37              Shows a brief command line usage help.
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39       qt_arguments
40              See   https://doc.qt.io/qt-5/qapplication.html#QApplication  for
41              more information. However, note that QMC2 will overwrite most of
42              the   available   Qt   arguments  with  its  saved  settings  in
43              ~/.qmc2/qmc2.ini.
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FILES

46       /etc/qmc2/qmc2.ini
47              System-wide default configuration (optional)
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49       ~/.qmc2/qmc2.ini
50              Individual user's configuration (system-wide  settings  will  be
51              copied initially, if any)
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53       ~/.qmc2/qmc2-sdlmame.log
54              Front-end log from the last run of QMC2
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56       ~/.qmc2/mame.log
57              Emulator-log  containing  the  output  from  emulator  instances
58              launched by QMC2 (cleared whenever the 'first' emulator instance
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61       ~/.qmc2/mame.rsc
62              ROM state cache
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64       ~/.qmc2/mame.mlc
65              Machine list cache
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67       ~/.qmc2/mame.mlc.filtered
68              Filtered  version  of  the  machine  list cache used by qmc2-ar‐
69              cade(6) (optional)
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71       ~/.qmc2/mame-xml-cache.db
72              XML cache database (SQLite 3)
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74       ~/.qmc2/mame-user-data.db
75              User data database (SQLite 3) containing  rank  information  and
76              personal  comments  per  machine as well as paths to system- and
77              software-manuals per machine/software
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79       ~/.qmc2/mame-machine-list.db
80              SQLite3 database version of the machine list cache (used by cus‐
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83       ~/.qmc2/mame-swl-cache.db
84              Software-list XML cache database (SQLite 3)
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86       ~/.qmc2/mame-icon-cache.db
87              Icon cache database (SQLite 3)
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89       ~/.qmc2/mame-dat-info.db
90              DAT-info database (SQLite 3), a combined data store for all sup‐
91              ported DAT-info sources (emu-info,  machine-info  and  software-
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94       ~/.qmc2/mame.fav
95              List of favorite machines
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97       ~/.qmc2/mame.hst
98              List of machines last played (play history)
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100       ~/.qmc2/mame.sic
101              Slot-info cache
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103       ~/.qmc2/sw-state-cache/*.ssc
104              Software-state cache
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106       ~/.qmc2/youtube/qmc2-sdlmame.yti, ~/.qmc2/youtube/*.png
107              YouTube video info/image cache
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109       ~/.qmc2/LocalStorage/*.localstorage
110              Folder used by the built-in web-browser to create small database
111              files for 'HTML5 localStorage' support
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113       ~/.qmc2/qmc2-sdlmame-cookies.db
114              Permanent web-page cookie database (SQLite 3)
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116       ~/.qmc2/qmc2-sdlmame-checksum.db
117              ROMAlyzer's system-mode check-sum database for  storing/retriev‐
118              ing paths to dumps available in your file-system by SHA-1 and/or
119              CRC-32 (SQLite 3)
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121       ~/.qmc2/qmc2-sdlmame-software-checksum.db
122              ROMAlyzer's software-mode  check-sum  database  for  storing/re‐
123              trieving  paths  to dumps available in your file-system by SHA-1
124              and/or CRC-32 (SQLite 3)
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126       ~/.qmc2/WebpageIcons.db
127              Web-page icon database (SQLite 3)
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BUGS

133       See the TODO file in the included QMC2 documentation for known bugs and
134       restrictions.
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136       New    bugs    can    be    reported    here:   https://tracker.batcom-
137       it.net/view_all_bug_page.php?project_id=1
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AUTHOR

140       The QMC2 development-team (https://qmc2.batcom-it.net/)
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