Demul ROM extractor pack for MAME ROMs 1.0.1

I forgot to add just paste the .bat files into your MAME roms folder and run the .bat file from the local machine it will not work if your ROMs are on a network drive so you will have to run it from the computer where the files are stored..

 

Finally got the revisions done on this so everyone feel free to download it now.

 

Edited October 28, 2016 by DOS76

Thanks - Will this work with the latest MAME 0.180 set?  (mine are the SPLIT set, not the merged)

Anyone know? Haven't had a chance to try it yet, but I will....just curious before I bother; in case it still needs work for the latest set...

I made it with the 178 pack so as long as none of the rom name have change since then it should be fine.

So I'm curious. Does this separate them into separate folders or does it just dump them into one demul specific folder?

Inside the zip is a bat for each of those platforms listed. When you run one from inside of your MAME ROMs folder it will make a folder for that platform in the directory you run it from. You will be responsible for copying the files over to a location that is setup in Demul

Edited March 21, 2017 by DOS76

sweet and ty

 

I do not have .zip.. I have .7z no nothing is extracted is there a workaround or I need to have zip files?

you would probably have to edit the bat files to get your file extension as these are specifically looking for .zip also you should use the new pack that @SentaiBrad made as its more up to date. Its also in the download section but most likely his is written for .zip also so you would still need to edit it.

Edited June 12, 2017 by DOS76

can the files be extracted then zipped.. instead or 7z? 

Yeah I'm sure that you could do that once you removed them from the archive you could easily archive them in another format. Pretty good idea.

Good idea indeed  but, if you have a 100 roms it would be a royal pain.. I see an improvement on filters but also a down side..newer mame uses 7z and fba uses zip files now if I imported mame roms in .7z and added roms in zip or rom files launchbox will see those as duplicates so the games I would like to play will not be imported, I know I can import everything regardless of duplication but this can lead to a big mess of games that need to same game from other regions to play in order to run!!! so an unrelated question would be can I combine games that are on a different format (.rom,.zip) but with the same name once they are all imported as .7z so then I can choose to use .zip, .rom or 7z to run the game as a default?

I get a new MAME set every month and its always in .zip so it probably just depend on the source.

Actually with CLRMAMEPro you may be able to switch all 7z to zip.  In Notepad++ you could also change all references to .zip to .7z all at once using find and replace.

Edited June 12, 2017 by DOS76

great work. wondering if these files need chd's at all?

Anything with GD at the end needs CHD there is actually a newer pack by @SentaiBradwhich copies the chd files for you when you run the extractor I should get around to removing my pack from the download section.

 

14 hours ago, DOS76 said:

Anything with GD at the end needs CHD there is actually a newer pack by @SentaiBradwhich copies the chd files for you when you run the extractor I should get around to removing my pack from the download section.

Ah, great to know! I already have the Naoimi chd's so I'm all set, I'll give DOS76's bat's a crack with MAME 0.186. 

 

If anyone's interested to update their files I've decided to take the time and redo them as a lot of games have been added. I've also added ST-V, Model 2 and Model 3. Should you update with these? If your Mame set is relatively new then I guess yes! Hope this will save you some time they took quite some of my yesterday's night to do hehe!

0.215 version https://github.com/Emulga/Mame-Rom-Extractor/releases/tag/0.215

Usage https://github.com/Emulga/Mame-Rom-Extractor/wiki/Usage