> Right now I don't support merged romsets. There is an annoying amount of overhead to > do this and it was never my intention. If you search online a number of other front > ends don't support it and people have created work arounds.
That's odd to me, because merged sets are just a subset of split sets. If you already scan the selected game plus its parents then merged sets should just work.
> Analyse XML info is for software lists. The name of the software must match an entry > in the software list XML files provided with MAME (for Windows. On Linus you usually > have to download them manually). You must have the HASH folder setup under MAME.
"Loose software" specifically means things that don't match the software list XMLs. Like some random .NES file or a disk image for a computer.