Latest mame rom scan not working

[firepowr]

It’s been a while and I couldn’t find a topic related to my issue.

I downloaded retroarch 1.8.1, updated the database, core info, and download the Arcade (Mame) core. I scanned my a handful of mame roms (from a .215 set) and it did not detect any roms (no playlist created).

If I download the the Arcade (MAME 2016) core and scan the same directory then it’ll detect my roms and created a playlist (MAME 2016) same goes if I download the FB Neo core. I went to the database directory and deleted all the databases except fro the Arcade (MAME) core and retried the scan. Same result.

Is there a way to scan and have it auto create the playlist from the Arcade (MAME) core?

[ImnoTapLumber]

Unfortunately the way RA scans mame roms doesn’t work most of the time.
You have to use a external tool to do so:

RetroArch Playlist Buddy - Playlist and thumbnail generation app

RetroArch Playlist Buddy is a Windows-based tool that can be used to create playlists for any platform where RetroArch is available. This script might be for you if: You would like to create a playlist and thumbnail set for a set of arcade or cartridge ROMs that is not supported by the RetroArch playlist database You would like to use either your ROMs filenames as their title in the playlist, or extract the titles from an XML-formatted MAME or FB Alpha DAT You would like to separate your MAM…

[firepowr]

Thanks for the reply. Saved me a lot of headache thinking if was something wrong with my roms or system.