Any easy way to export or move a set of Roms?

[topcatuk]

Hey

ive imported a load of mame Roms into a fresh install of launchbox. Ive gone though them and found 200 I like and added to a playlist. 

I know wantbto move just thise roms out of launchbox on this pc and onto my arcade cab pc. 

Is there an easy way of exporting the Roms in a pllsylist or moving their location to a different folder?

[neil9000]

Just now, topcatuk said:

Hey

ive imported a load of mame Roms into a fresh install of launchbox. Ive gone though them and found 200 I like and added to a playlist. 

I know wantbto move just thise roms out of launchbox on this pc and onto my arcade cab pc. 

Is there an easy way of exporting the Roms in a pllsylist or moving their location to a different folder?

Unfortunately not, and MAME is very difficult to move roms period. If you have a merged or split MAME romset then the games you want to move may actually rely on files inside of other game zips. This is why the merged and split sets are smaller than the non-merged, the non-merged has every file needed inside of each zip, the split and merged ones do not, and may rely on other files inside completely different games, so just copying the games you want may actually not contain all the files needed to actually run them.

[topcatuk]

8 minutes ago, neil9000 said:

Unfortunately not, and MAME is very difficult to move roms period. If you have a merged or split MAME romset then the games you want to move may actually rely on files inside of other game zips. This is why the merged and split sets are smaller than the non-merged, the non-merged has every file needed inside of each zip, the split and merged ones do not, and may rely on other files inside completely different games, so just copying the games you want may actually not contain all the files needed to actually run them.

Ok thanks. I just want a non cluttered list. It’s from a split collection so should be ok. 

I guess the only way might be to add the ones I want to a playlist. All the ones I don’t want add to another playlist. Then copy all over to my arcade pc, then copy over the playlists XML then delete the ones I don’t want from the arcade pc. 

[neil9000]

2 minutes ago, topcatuk said:

It’s from a split collection so should be ok. 

No, thats what im saying some of the games you want may rely on other game zips, just copying the games you want to play may not work as it may require files from another game zip.

[DOS76]

14 minutes ago, topcatuk said:

I guess the only way might be to add the ones I want to a playlist. All the ones I don’t want add to another playlist. Then copy all over to my arcade pc, then copy over the playlists XML then delete the ones I don’t want from the arcade pc. 

When you say copy all over to the arcade PC if you mean your MAME roms then yes doing what you are describing with the playlist will work as long as all the roms are present. You could also only move the roms you want to the arcade PC as long as you leave the roms on your other PC and then add the path to the other PC to the MAME.ini but that is a little more advanced than just moving them all.

[topcatuk]

3 hours ago, neil9000 said:

Unfortunately not, and MAME is very difficult to move roms period. If you have a merged or split MAME romset then the games you want to move may actually rely on files inside of other game zips. This is why the merged and split sets are smaller than the non-merged, the non-merged has every file needed inside of each zip, the split and merged ones do not, and may rely on other files inside completely different games, so just copying the games you want may actually not contain all the files needed to actually run them.

That’s what I’ve done in the end. Copy a playlist and then all the Ron’s. Launchbox only has the Roms I want in its library but all the rims are in the same folder 

thanks for your help