Error parsing XML

[Echtze1t]

This error happens at every start of Bletchmame 2.17. I'm on Windows 10, if that has any relevance.

[Echtze1t]

Oh, I forgot to close the program. Apparently there is still stuff going on.

[npwoods]

Which version of MAME are you running, and what is your locale?

There were older versions of MAME that would incorrectly emit -listxml output where decimals (like refresh frequencies) were emitted in a locale sensitive fashion. This was incorrect; -listxml output should always use "period decimals" (e.g. - 60.0)

[Echtze1t]

Which version of MAME are you running, and what is your locale?

The latest version, 0.257. If you mean my country by locale? It's Germany.

There were older versions of MAME that would incorrectly emit -listxml output where decimals (like refresh frequencies) were emitted in a locale sensitive fashion. This was incorrect; -listxml output should always use "period decimals" (e.g. - 60.0)

I don't know what any of this means. :D

[npwoods]

BletchMAME relies on a feature on MAME that you can execute on the command line, specifically -listxml. You can do this at the command line yourself (e.g. - mame -listxml). This emits large amounts of data in XML about MAME's myriad systems.

The specific screenshots above show an XML attribute called refresh, and BletchMAME expects this number to be formatted "US style" (e.g. - 60.0). If mame -listxml is emitting attributes like refresh="60,0000", that is a bug in MAME. Can you try running mame -listxml to see if you see values like that?

You can probably sidestep this bug by changing your locale to "US English", which will cause decimals to be periods, not commas.