01538: -verifysamples: Inconsistent handling of missing sample sets

ID	Category [?]	Severity [?]	Reproducibility	Date Submitted	Last Update
01538	Interface	Feature	Always	Mar 17, 2008, 00:12	Mar 17, 2008, 09:21

Tester	mbarnes	View Status	Public	Platform	SDLMAME
Assigned To		Resolution	Fixed	OS	Linux
Status [?]	Resolved			Driver
Version	0.123u2	Fixed in Version	0.123u6	Build	Normal
		Fixed in Git Commit		Github Pull Request #

Summary	01538: -verifysamples: Inconsistent handling of missing sample sets
Description	Running "mame -verifysamples" does not print "sampleset xxx not found!" for missing sample sets. It only prints "NOT FOUND" messages for each sound file in that sample set. "mame -verifysamples xxx", however, /does/ print "sampleset xxx not found!". This confuses front-ends that try to parse this output.
Steps To Reproduce	Pick a missing sample set, or move one out of the way. I'll use "zaxxon" in the following examples. mame -verifysamples zaxxon zaxxon : 03.wav - NOT FOUND zaxxon : 02.wav - NOT FOUND zaxxon : 01.wav - NOT FOUND zaxxon : 00.wav - NOT FOUND zaxxon : 11.wav - NOT FOUND zaxxon : 10.wav - NOT FOUND zaxxon : 08.wav - NOT FOUND zaxxon : 23.wav - NOT FOUND zaxxon : 21.wav - NOT FOUND zaxxon : 20.wav - NOT FOUND zaxxon : 05.wav - NOT FOUND zaxxon : 04.wav - NOT FOUND sampleset "zaxxon" not found! <-- "not found!" line is printed mame -verifysamples ... zaxxon : 03.wav - NOT FOUND zaxxon : 02.wav - NOT FOUND zaxxon : 01.wav - NOT FOUND zaxxon : 00.wav - NOT FOUND zaxxon : 11.wav - NOT FOUND zaxxon : 10.wav - NOT FOUND zaxxon : 08.wav - NOT FOUND zaxxon : 23.wav - NOT FOUND zaxxon : 21.wav - NOT FOUND zaxxon : 20.wav - NOT FOUND zaxxon : 05.wav - NOT FOUND zaxxon : 04.wav - NOT FOUND ... <- "not found!" line is never printed
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No.00192 zsoltvasvari Developer Mar 17, 2008, 00:46	Just curious -- are you relying on the "sampleset not found" message for some external tool?
No.00197 mbarnes Tester Mar 17, 2008, 02:20	Yes, a front-end I maintain [1] relies on it to display a simple sample status to the user. In particular, the parsing routine looks for lines of the form: [sampleset\|romset] GAME [good\|bad\|best available\|not supported\|not found] The problem this creates for the front-end is -- from this data alone -- it can't tell whether a particular game doesn't /use/ samples or if the sample set is just not available, since neither case prints a message of the above form. [1] http://www.gnomefiles.org/app.php/GNOME_Video_Arcade

No.00192

zsoltvasvari

Developer

Mar 17, 2008, 00:46

Just curious -- are you relying on the "sampleset not found" message for some external tool?

No.00197

mbarnes

Tester

Mar 17, 2008, 02:20

Yes, a front-end I maintain [1] relies on it to display a simple sample status to the user. In particular, the parsing routine looks for lines of the form:

[sampleset|romset] GAME [good|bad|best available|not supported|not found]

The problem this creates for the front-end is -- from this data alone -- it can't tell whether a particular game doesn't /use/ samples or if the sample set is just not available, since neither case prints a message of the above form.

[1] http://www.gnomefiles.org/app.php/GNOME_Video_Arcade