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Hi,
I'm playing with X-WolfMAME 0.80 without any problem but I can't record my play. Here is what i did :

$ mkdir ~/marp
$ chmod +rwx ~/marp
$ xwolfmame.x11 -rec ~/marp/spang.inp
failed to open /home/courgette/jvrm/spang.inp for recording

What is the problem ? How can I solve it or where should I go to find any answer ?

I think the default for X-MAME is to store inps in the current directory. Check ~/.xmame/xmamerc and see if that is the case, it's doesn't look like it is from what you've posted.

So, try setting the inp directory to '.' (edit xmamerc or use -inp_directory .) and run X-WolfMAME with -record <inpname>. Just passing the inp filename without a folder structure may make things simpler.

all inp recordings are relative directory to the inp directory set in .xmamerc, i.e. you can't use full paths with -playback and -rec options. You might be able to use ../../../../home/marp/spang.inp and that wil work with out checking the .xmamerc.

Thanx a lot and sorry for this newb question