This is a "plugin" for the Video Disk Recorder (VDR). Written by: Thomas Maass Project's homepage: http://projects.vdr-developer.org Latest version available at: http://projects.vdr-developer.org See the file COPYING for license information. Description: With this plugin you can launch mame-games. The plugin will start mame under X, but if someone could reactivate the sdl-dvb-driver, if should work over DVB, too. Not tested yet. Installation: You need VDR (of course!) and sdlmame. A few roms are welcome, too. Unpack the sources into your VDR-plugins-directory, and create a symlink to mame, like the other plugins. Type make plugins to build the plugin. Modify the script "vdr-mame-launch.sh" to your needs, and copy it to your path. If you want to be able to control mame with your remotecontrol, modify the file vdr-mame-lircrc to your needs, and copy it to your lirc-config-directory. Make sure, that it is loaded with irexec /etc/lirc/vdr-mame-lircrc Load the plugin with -P mame Configuration: At this time, there are only two setup-options: Stop VDR before play: The VDR will be stopped, before the game is launched. This is recommended, when using a weak machine or something like xineliboutput. VDR will be restarted automatically after mame has ended. Specify the start / stop commands in the "vdr-mame-launch" script. Rompath: I think, that explains itself. lircrc: Here are some useful keycodes to create your own lircrc-file for the plugin: key keycode function ESC 1 Exit Emulator UP 103 Navigate GUI DOWN 108 LEFT 105 RIGHT 106 1 2 Start player 1 2 3 Start player 2 5 6 Insert coin Tab 15 Open in game menu GUI Enter 28 OK / Enter in menu P 25 Pause game F3 61 Reset game Have fun!