Need a bit of noob help

[puppydee]

Need a lil help with the new disc thing. I've installed clrmame. I've followed these instructions,
just start clrmame, go to the 'dir2dat' tab and uncheck everything except 'Add MD5' and 'Add SHA1'(Done that),
then point it to the folder containing the dump, (I've clicked on the Source Folder under input and output and pointed it to my folder with the iso in)
and when the .dat is created, ( I assume I needed to click the create button? I did and it did nothing? I must be missing something)
copy the line with the .iso info and paste it in the new disc field (Haven't got this far yet )

Just remember I don't know what I'm doing so don't expect me to have clicked on anything else if it wasn't mentioned in the above stuff. I have no clue how to use this program

[RiMMER]

Uhm, you haven't actually stated what your problem is, but if I get it right, you can't submit the disc, because the data seems to be wrong.
I can only agree on that, I hate that clrmame thing too and I have no clue how is that thing supposed to work either.
I had a lot of problems getting a hang of it, but then I finally found out what needs to be done.

From the dat file created by the program, copy only those lines which start with rom.
I think the structure is rom(data here) per each track. copy only those and it should work properly.

[puppydee]

The problem is the jackal said "when the .dat is created" but he never told me how to create the dat? I point clrmame to the folder with the iso in, then what do I do? click create? I did that but nothing happens so what do I need to do to create this dat, what do I press? and will it save a dat somewhere? will i have to tell it where to put it?

[DJoneK]

Before creating a .dat, make sure the field under "Dat-File" is properly filled.  It won't prompt you after hitting the button like usual proggies do.  Once it's filled, you should be able to "Create" a .dat.

Then open that .dat file with notepad and copy/paste the hashes if needed.  If you are dealing with a single .iso file, then this is pretty much not necessary since using a simple tool like "HashCalc" can do it faster with a single drag & drop of the file.  Clrmame's dir2dat function is cool when dealing with multi-track discs.

[puppydee]

Before creating a .dat, make sure the field under "Dat-File" is properly filled.  It won't prompt you after hitting the button like usual proggies do.  Once it's filled, you should be able to "Create" a .dat.

Then open that .dat file with notepad and copy/paste the hashes if needed.  If you are dealing with a single .iso file, then this is pretty much not necessary since using a simple tool like "HashCalc" can do it faster with a single drag & drop of the file.  Clrmame's dir2dat function is cool when dealing with multi-track discs.

What do i put type in the dat file box? the name of the game or something? I've never done this before

[velocity37]

1. Check "Add MD5"
2. Check "Add SHA1"
3. Click "...", and select the folder containing your BIN files.
4. Click "...", and select the location and name to save your dat file as.
5. Set the DAT format to Deprecated. (This isn't needed anymore, but I prefer the old format to XML.)
6. Create your dat.

You'll get a DAT file like this:

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clrmamepro (
    name "-insert name-"
    description "-insert description-"
    category "Standard DatFile"
    version "-insert version-"
    date "-insert date-"
    author "-insert author-"
    email "-insert email-"
    homepage "-insert homepage-"
    url "-insert url-"
    comment "-insert comment-"
)

game (
    name "playstation magazine 33"
    description "playstation magazine 33"
    rom ( name track01.bin size 330630048 crc 1d6bdd87 md5 cc86a82c37c269d209a8fe678a21902e sha1 524adff5b635c295478ef2844098f4745a93f29e )
    rom ( name track02.bin size 18592560 crc 65ba643b md5 4133f6ac99a044bf43ca7ddcdf3aa3e0 sha1 44c31aaacec46587dd7ab5e46aa365fdfc79bb92 )
    rom ( name track03.bin size 18841872 crc 9ebedee7 md5 bf8f384c34c7e264921a609ba3e8132c sha1 9a5674526def6d2097bc541bc51d5ad875ac2bdc )
    rom ( name track04.bin size 35103600 crc acbd2e8a md5 1166e5026f0a5f8cdb3bbf89fb5e780b sha1 5ded4fd4e5df366a4a68a6692d326eda6e48fad9 )
    rom ( name track05.bin size 1401792 crc 780b1fc7 md5 54734d3fe6f75e0d6cf73fa0d3b63c83 sha1 d11089e8cd3f7d9fc4dfd1156e1a02f2f992897a )
)

Cut out the following portion to paste into the disc submission form:

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    rom ( name track01.bin size 330630048 crc 1d6bdd87 md5 cc86a82c37c269d209a8fe678a21902e sha1 524adff5b635c295478ef2844098f4745a93f29e )
    rom ( name track02.bin size 18592560 crc 65ba643b md5 4133f6ac99a044bf43ca7ddcdf3aa3e0 sha1 44c31aaacec46587dd7ab5e46aa365fdfc79bb92 )
    rom ( name track03.bin size 18841872 crc 9ebedee7 md5 bf8f384c34c7e264921a609ba3e8132c sha1 9a5674526def6d2097bc541bc51d5ad875ac2bdc )
    rom ( name track04.bin size 35103600 crc acbd2e8a md5 1166e5026f0a5f8cdb3bbf89fb5e780b sha1 5ded4fd4e5df366a4a68a6692d326eda6e48fad9 )
    rom ( name track05.bin size 1401792 crc 780b1fc7 md5 54734d3fe6f75e0d6cf73fa0d3b63c83 sha1 d11089e8cd3f7d9fc4dfd1156e1a02f2f992897a )

[puppydee]

That's what I was looking for, a nice easy step by sted guide, thankyou VERY much