Well, honestly I am all for dropping XMAME in favour of SDLMAME.
Now I have said officially what I used to say privately.
The only problems I see are:
- does SDL support all the backends XMAME supports (for instance
what is the status of DGA in SDL 1.3? what about sound)?
- will Arbee and OG agree on using a source control system shared
between SDLMAME and XMAME dev teams (which would kind of
become the same team)?
The answers to these two questions will drive the decision.
I invite every user of XMAME to give his/her thinking!
Well, as long as I end up with *some* kind of MAME, I'm really pretty happy
no matter what you, the developers, decide to do. I am concerned about the
backends, because I use Xv most of the time. I *do* use xinerama, so I am
excited to hear that you guys want to do something with it. I'm hoping that
implementing it and doing display aspects won't be as bumpy. =]
Speaking of display and sound targets, I've been meaning to ask, is there a
way to enable the WAVEOUT dsp and also regular OSS sound? Or can one be
implemented? I'd like to be able to hear what I'm recording while I record
it. =]
Anyway, I'm currently pretty happy with xmame, but if the benefits are the
same, and the dev team still rocks, using sdlmame will be just as fun and I
will happily participate in reading the list and helping out every so often.
And inviting everyone to my videogame festival. =]
Cheers,
Brendan
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