{"action":"created","issue":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/mamedev/mame/issues/708","repository_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/mamedev/mame","labels_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/mamedev/mame/issues/708/labels{/name}","comments_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/mamedev/mame/issues/708/comments","events_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/mamedev/mame/issues/708/events","html_url":"https://github.com/mamedev/mame/issues/708","id":140292607,"number":708,"title":"Support for using paths as gamename","user":{"login":"Sworddragon","id":293784,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/293784?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/Sworddragon","html_url":"https://github.com/Sworddragon","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/Sworddragon/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/Sworddragon/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/Sworddragon/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/Sworddragon/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/Sworddragon/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/Sworddragon/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/Sworddragon/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/Sworddragon/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/Sworddragon/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"labels":[],"state":"open","locked":false,"assignee":null,"milestone":null,"comments":4,"created_at":"2016-03-11T21:10:40Z","updated_at":"2016-03-12T14:40:56Z","closed_at":null,"body":"If I'm trying to choose a path for the gamename argument for example by executing \"mame ./circus.zip\" the game doesn't start as MAME claims that files are missing. Maybe MAME could also support using a path for the gamename argument."},"comment":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/mamedev/mame/issues/comments/195752269","html_url":"https://github.com/mamedev/mame/issues/708#issuecomment-195752269","issue_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/mamedev/mame/issues/708","id":195752269,"user":{"login":"etabeta78","id":9251516,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/9251516?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/etabeta78","html_url":"https://github.com/etabeta78","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/etabeta78/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/etabeta78/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/etabeta78/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/etabeta78/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/etabeta78/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/etabeta78/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/etabeta78/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/etabeta78/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/etabeta78/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"created_at":"2016-03-12T14:40:56Z","updated_at":"2016-03-12T14:40:56Z","body":"You're not seeing it as completely correct ;)\nAll machines (both arcade games and home computers and anything else we\nsupport) are launched only referring to their name and the actual files are\nsearched in the correct path.\nVerified dumps for detachable medias (coming from software lists) are only\nfully supported as loaded via their names and not via their paths (see e.g.\nmulti-part dumps for NES carts, SNES carts, NeoGeo carts, C64 carts, etc.\nwhich cannot be launched through their path unless the different parts of\nthe dump are glued together in one of the not-accurate-to-real-hardware\nformats), so that you are expected to use the syntax\n\n      mame *machine* -media *software*\n\nor the shortcut\n\n      mame *machine* *software*\n\nalways with \"machine\" and \"software\" being the internal name and not the\npath.\n\n\nDetachable medias are *also* supported as launched via their path because\nyou might want to be able to e.g. run your own software on any home\ncomputer you have written software for (spanning from ZX to C64 to CoCo to\nIBM PCs), without adding them to the software list. The fact that some of\nthe items from software lists (notably tapes and floppies) can also be\nlaunched from their path is a nice bonus but it is not the intended way to\nlaunch them.\n\n\nGreetings\n    Fabio \"etabeta\"\n\n\nOn Sat, Mar 12, 2016 at 3:25 PM, Sworddragon <notifications@github.com>\nwrote:\n\n> So arcade games are called with their name and detachable medias with\n> their path if I'm seeing this correct. And this could be maybe made more\n> consistent for example if both variants would support both methods.\n>\n> —\n> Reply to this email directly or view it on GitHub\n> <https://github.com/mamedev/mame/issues/708#issuecomment-195749855>.\n>\n"}}