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QMC2-MAIN-GUI(6)	       QMC2 User's Guide	      QMC2-MAIN-GUI(6)

NAME
       qmc2-sdlmame - QMC2 - M.A.M.E. Catalog/Launcher II

SYNOPSIS
       qmc2-sdlmame [-config_path path]	[-cc] [-tc] [-r] [-h|-?|-help] [qt_arguments]

DESCRIPTION
       QMC2  is	 a graphical front-end based on	Qt which drives	the great MAME
       emulator. Besides being a powerful catalog and launcher for systems em-
       ulated by MAME it also contains sophisticated ROM  management  features
       through its built-in ROMAlyzer.

OPTIONS
       -config_path path
	      Specify  this  argument to use the directory path	instead	of the
	      default folder (~/.qmc2) to store	QMC2's configuration, logs and
	      cache-files / cache-folders.

       -cc    This command line	option will instruct QMC2 to clear all	emula-
	      tor related caches while starting	up in order to forcibly	reload
	      this data	from the emulator.

       -tc    Specifying  this	option on the command line will	perform	a tem-
	      plate check against  the	current	 default  emulator  (if	 set),
	      printing its output to stdout and	exiting	before actual start-up
	      occurs.

       -r     The  reconfigure option will relaunch the	setup wizard / welcome
	      dialog before starting. This allows you to update	or correct the
	      most important emulator settings in an easy way.

       -h|-?|-help
	      Shows a brief command line usage help.

       qt_arguments
	      See  https://doc.qt.io/qt-5/qapplication.html#QApplication   for
	      more information.	However, note that QMC2	will overwrite most of
	      the   available	Qt   arguments	with  its  saved  settings  in
	      ~/.qmc2/qmc2.ini.

FILES
       /usr/local/etc/qmc2/qmc2/qmc2.ini
	      System-wide default configuration	(optional)

       ~/.qmc2/qmc2.ini
	      Individual user's	configuration (system-wide  settings  will  be
	      copied initially,	if any)

       ~/.qmc2/qmc2-sdlmame.log
	      Front-end	log from the last run of QMC2

       ~/.qmc2/mame.log
	      Emulator-log  containing	the  output  from  emulator  instances
	      launched by QMC2 (cleared	whenever the 'first' emulator instance
	      is launched)

       ~/.qmc2/mame.rsc
	      ROM state	cache

       ~/.qmc2/mame.mlc
	      Machine list cache

       ~/.qmc2/mame.mlc.filtered
	      Filtered version of the machine  list  cache  used  by  qmc2-ar-
	      cade(6) (optional)

       ~/.qmc2/mame-xml-cache.db
	      XML cache	database (SQLite 3)

       ~/.qmc2/mame-user-data.db
	      User  data  database  (SQLite 3) containing rank information and
	      personal comments	per machine as well as paths  to  system-  and
	      software-manuals per machine/software

       ~/.qmc2/mame-machine-list.db
	      SQLite3 database version of the machine list cache (used by cus-
	      tom views)

       ~/.qmc2/mame-swl-cache.db
	      Software-list XML	cache database (SQLite 3)

       ~/.qmc2/mame-icon-cache.db
	      Icon cache database (SQLite 3)

       ~/.qmc2/mame-dat-info.db
	      DAT-info database	(SQLite	3), a combined data store for all sup-
	      ported  DAT-info	sources	 (emu-info, machine-info and software-
	      info)

       ~/.qmc2/mame.fav
	      List of favorite machines

       ~/.qmc2/mame.hst
	      List of machines last played (play history)

       ~/.qmc2/mame.sic
	      Slot-info	cache

       ~/.qmc2/sw-state-cache/*.ssc
	      Software-state cache

       ~/.qmc2/youtube/qmc2-sdlmame.yti, ~/.qmc2/youtube/*.png
	      YouTube video info/image cache

       ~/.qmc2/LocalStorage/*.localstorage
	      Folder used by the built-in web-browser to create	small database
	      files for	'HTML5 localStorage' support

       ~/.qmc2/qmc2-sdlmame-cookies.db
	      Permanent	web-page cookie	database (SQLite 3)

       ~/.qmc2/qmc2-sdlmame-checksum.db
	      ROMAlyzer's system-mode check-sum	database for  storing/retriev-
	      ing paths	to dumps available in your file-system by SHA-1	and/or
	      CRC-32 (SQLite 3)

       ~/.qmc2/qmc2-sdlmame-software-checksum.db
	      ROMAlyzer's  software-mode  check-sum  database  for storing/re-
	      trieving paths to	dumps available	in your	file-system  by	 SHA-1
	      and/or CRC-32 (SQLite 3)

       ~/.qmc2/WebpageIcons.db
	      Web-page icon database (SQLite 3)

SEE ALSO
       qmc2-arcade(6), qchdman(6)

BUGS
       See the TODO file in the	included QMC2 documentation for	known bugs and
       restrictions.

       New    bugs    can    be	   reported    here:   https://tracker.batcom-
       it.net/view_all_bug_page.php?project_id=1

AUTHOR
       The QMC2	development-team (https://qmc2.batcom-it.net/)

0.244				March 04, 2026		      QMC2-MAIN-GUI(6)

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