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Updated FAQ (markdown)

Themaister 2011-09-01 11:27:41 -07:00
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Here's a collection of Frequently Answered Questions.
## General
### What is SSNES?
SSNES is a frontend for libsnes, an API which exposes the functionality of a SNES emulator. libsnes started with the SNES emulator bSNES, but there is also a libsnes implementation for SNES9x, which means SSNES is emulator agnostic. SSNES builds around the emulator core to provide a full emulator.
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OSX binaries might be available on the forums, but you are expected to build it yourself.
Ubuntu users should be able to use builds from [Hunterk's PPA](https://launchpad.net/~hunter-kaller/+archive/ppa).
### How do I build from source?
Linux/BSD: [[Compilation guide (Linux)]]
Windows: [[Compilation guide (Windows)]]
OS X: [[Compilation guide (OS X)]]
### Which rom types are supported?
SSNES supports uncompressed roms. Be it headered or not. If you have a rom with extension ".sfc" or ".smc", it should work. SSNES does not support compressed roms directly, but there are various scripts out there which will do this automatically for you :)
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You can either report issues in the [issues](https://github.com/Themaister/SSNES/issues) section, or create a thread on the [forum](http://board.byuu.org/viewforum.php?f=17).
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## Windows specific
### I downloaded SSNES Windows binaries, and there are two programs here, what's the deal?
SSNES and [SSNES-Phoenix](https://github.com/Themaister/SSNES-Phoenix) are two separate projects, both found here on GitHub. While SSNES is a command-line application, SSNES-Phoenix is a GUI which allows you to configure SSNES and launch games from a comfortable GUI environment. It is fully possible to use your own launching methods which is very suitable for i.e. HTPC setups.
### I tried launching SSNES in Windows with <insert program here> but there's an annoying command line window there. Any way to remove it?
### I tried launching SSNES in Windows with a different program but there's an annoying command line window there. Any way to remove it?
You can pass the -D flag to SSNES which will terminate the console window if you launch it outside cmd.exe (from a shortcut or something like that).