diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index c6d76bd..3f91a25 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -10,3 +10,4 @@
 /qmc2-0.187.tar.bz2
 /qmc2-0.192.tar.bz2
 /qmc2-0.195.tar.bz2
+/qmc2-mame-fe-2cc9d99fbff31c03a78c7b9698ced54eae61495c.tar.gz
diff --git a/qmc2-fedora-linux.patch b/qmc2-fedora-linux.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 1008bad..0000000
--- a/qmc2-fedora-linux.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-diff -up qmc2/scripts/os-detect.sh.fedoralinux qmc2/scripts/os-detect.sh
---- qmc2/scripts/os-detect.sh.fedoralinux	2021-08-01 09:54:27.554403904 +0200
-+++ qmc2/scripts/os-detect.sh	2021-08-01 09:46:05.915901032 +0200
-@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ if [ "${OS}" = "Linux" ]; then
- 		VERSION=$(cat /etc/os-release | egrep "\bVERSION\b" | sed 's/VERSION=//g' | sed 's/\"//g')
- 		NAME=$(cat /etc/os-release | egrep "\bNAME\b" | sed 's/NAME=//g' | sed 's/\"//g' | tr ' ' '_' | tr '/' '_')
- 		case ${NAME} in
--			Fedora)
-+			Fedora | Fedora_Linux)
- 				NAME="Fedora_release"
- 				DIST="$(echo ${NAME})_$(echo ${VERSION_ID})"
- 				;;
diff --git a/qmc2-ini.patch b/qmc2-ini.patch
index fdab70a..f4144a6 100644
--- a/qmc2-ini.patch
+++ b/qmc2-ini.patch
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 diff -up qmc2/inst/qmc2.ini.template.fedora qmc2/inst/qmc2.ini.template
 --- qmc2/inst/qmc2.ini.template.fedora	2017-05-10 09:51:54.733465994 +0200
 +++ qmc2/inst/qmc2.ini.template	2017-06-18 22:28:15.282512851 +0200
-@@ -2,6 +2,26 @@
+@@ -2,6 +2,25 @@
  FilesAndDirectories\DataDirectory=DATADIR/qmc2/
  
  [MAME]
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@ diff -up qmc2/inst/qmc2.ini.template.fedora qmc2/inst/qmc2.ini.template
 +Configuration\Global\snapshot_directory=$HOME/.mame/snap
 +Configuration\Global\diff_directory=$HOME/.mame/diff
 +Configuration\Global\comment_directory=$HOME/.mame/comments
-+Configuration\Global\video=opengl
  FilesAndDirectories\OptionsTemplateFile=DATADIR/qmc2/opt/SDLMAME/template-SDL2.xml
  FilesAndDirectories\PreviewDirectory=DATADIR/qmc2/prv/
  FilesAndDirectories\PreviewFile=DATADIR/qmc2/prv/previews.zip
diff --git a/qmc2-listxml-softlist-fix.patch b/qmc2-listxml-softlist-fix.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 47b2aeb..0000000
--- a/qmc2-listxml-softlist-fix.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,15 +0,0 @@
-Index: qmc2/softwarelist.cpp
-===================================================================
---- qmc2/softwarelist.cpp	(wersja 8299)
-+++ qmc2/softwarelist.cpp	(wersja 8300)
-@@ -1115,8 +1115,8 @@
- 		QStringList xmlLines = qmc2MachineList->xmlDb()->xml(systemName).split("\n", QString::SkipEmptyParts);
- 		while ( !interruptLoad && i < xmlLines.count() && !xmlLines[i].contains("</machine>") ) {
- 			QString line = xmlLines[i++];
--			if ( line.startsWith("<softwarelist name=\"") ) {
--				int startIndex = line.indexOf("\"") + 1;
-+			if ( line.startsWith("<softwarelist ") ) {
-+				int startIndex = line.indexOf(" name=\"") + 7;
- 				int endIndex = line.indexOf("\"", startIndex);
- 				softwareList << line.mid(startIndex, endIndex - startIndex); 
- 				startIndex = line.indexOf(" filter=\"");
diff --git a/qmc2-minizip.patch b/qmc2-minizip.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 8444b9c..0000000
--- a/qmc2-minizip.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,175 +0,0 @@
-diff -up qmc2/arcade/imageprovider.h.minizip qmc2/arcade/imageprovider.h
---- qmc2/arcade/imageprovider.h.minizip	2017-06-26 13:57:37.887309253 +0200
-+++ qmc2/arcade/imageprovider.h	2018-10-20 12:57:12.388427005 +0200
-@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
- #define QMC2_ARCADE_IMAGE_FORMAT_INDEX_TGA     11
- #define QMC2_ARCADE_IMAGE_FORMAT_INDEX_ICO     12
- 
--#include "../minizip/unzip.h"
-+#include "mz_compat.h"
- #include "../sevenzipfile.h"
- #if defined(QMC2_ARCADE_LIBARCHIVE_ENABLED)
- #include "../archivefile.h"
-diff -up qmc2/collectionrebuilder.cpp.minizip qmc2/collectionrebuilder.cpp
---- qmc2/collectionrebuilder.cpp.minizip	2017-09-04 11:21:36.270573331 +0200
-+++ qmc2/collectionrebuilder.cpp	2018-10-20 12:57:12.401427129 +0200
-@@ -17,8 +17,8 @@
- #include "collectionrebuilder.h"
- #include "settings.h"
- #include "options.h"
--#include "unzip.h"
--#include "zip.h"
-+#include "mz_compat.h"
-+#include "mz.h"
- #include "sevenzipfile.h"
- #if defined(QMC2_LIBARCHIVE_ENABLED)
- #include "archivefile.h"
-@@ -1431,7 +1431,7 @@ bool CollectionRebuilderThread::writeAll
- 						errorReason = tr("unknown file type '%1'").arg(type);
- 						break;
- 				}
--				if ( success && zipOpenNewFileInZip(zip, file.toUtf8().constData(), &zipInfo, file.toUtf8().constData(), file.length(), 0, 0, 0, Z_DEFLATED, zipLevel) == ZIP_OK ) {
-+				if ( success && zipOpenNewFileInZip3(zip, file.toUtf8().constData(), &zipInfo, file.toUtf8().constData(), file.length(), 0, 0, 0, MZ_COMPRESS_METHOD_DEFLATE, zipLevel, 0, MAX_WBITS, DEF_MEM_LEVEL, 0, NULL, 0) == ZIP_OK ) {
- 					emit log(tr("writing '%1' to ZIP archive '%2' (uncompressed size: %3)").arg(file).arg(fileName).arg(ROMAlyzer::humanReadable(data.length())));
- 					quint64 bytesWritten = 0;
- 					while ( bytesWritten < (quint64)data.length() && !exitThread && success ) {
-@@ -1625,8 +1625,8 @@ bool CollectionRebuilderThread::readZipF
- 	if ( zipFile ) {
-   		char ioBuffer[QMC2_ZIP_BUFFER_SIZE];
- 		unz_file_info zipInfo;
--		QMultiMap<uLong, QString> crcIdentMap;
--		uLong ulCRC = crc.toULong(0, 16);
-+		QMultiMap<uint32_t, QString> crcIdentMap;
-+		uint32_t ulCRC = crc.toULong(0, 16);
- 		do {
- 			if ( unzGetCurrentFileInfo(zipFile, &zipInfo, ioBuffer, QMC2_ROMALYZER_ZIP_BUFFER_SIZE, 0, 0, 0, 0) == UNZ_OK )
- 				crcIdentMap.insert(zipInfo.crc, QString((const char *)ioBuffer));
-diff -up qmc2/filesystemmodel.h.minizip qmc2/filesystemmodel.h
---- qmc2/filesystemmodel.h.minizip	2017-09-04 11:21:36.322573194 +0200
-+++ qmc2/filesystemmodel.h	2018-10-20 12:57:12.390427024 +0200
-@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
- #endif
- 
- #include "macros.h"
--#include "unzip.h"
-+#include "mz_compat.h"
- #include "sevenzipfile.h"
- #include "fileiconprovider.h"
- 
-diff -up qmc2/imagechecker.cpp.minizip qmc2/imagechecker.cpp
---- qmc2/imagechecker.cpp.minizip	2016-09-04 16:08:00.260925261 +0200
-+++ qmc2/imagechecker.cpp	2018-10-20 12:57:12.390427024 +0200
-@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
- #include "qmc2main.h"
- #include "options.h"
- #include "toolexec.h"
--#include "unzip.h"
-+#include "mz_compat.h"
- #include "sevenzipfile.h"
- #include "softwarelist.h"
- #include "macros.h"
-diff -up qmc2/imagechecker.h.minizip qmc2/imagechecker.h
---- qmc2/imagechecker.h.minizip	2017-06-26 13:00:14.887536292 +0200
-+++ qmc2/imagechecker.h	2018-10-20 12:57:12.391427034 +0200
-@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
- #include "ui_imagechecker.h"
- #include "imagewidget.h"
- #include "softwareimagewidget.h"
--#include "unzip.h"
-+#include "mz_compat.h"
- #include "sevenzipfile.h"
- #if defined(QMC2_LIBARCHIVE_ENABLED)
- #include "archivefile.h"
-diff -up qmc2/imagewidget.h.minizip qmc2/imagewidget.h
---- qmc2/imagewidget.h.minizip	2017-06-26 13:00:26.559431292 +0200
-+++ qmc2/imagewidget.h	2018-10-20 12:57:12.391427034 +0200
-@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
- #include <QAction>
- #include <QStringList>
- 
--#include "unzip.h"
-+#include "mz_compat.h"
- #include "sevenzipfile.h"
- #if defined(QMC2_LIBARCHIVE_ENABLED)
- #include "archivefile.h"
-diff -up qmc2/machinelist.cpp.minizip qmc2/machinelist.cpp
---- qmc2/machinelist.cpp.minizip	2018-02-28 15:39:33.030400954 +0100
-+++ qmc2/machinelist.cpp	2018-10-20 12:57:12.392427043 +0200
-@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
- #include "miniwebbrowser.h"
- #include "romalyzer.h"
- #include "macros.h"
--#include "unzip.h"
-+#include "mz_compat.h"
- #include "sevenzipfile.h"
- #include "demomode.h"
- #include "deviceconfigurator.h"
-diff -up qmc2/options.cpp.minizip qmc2/options.cpp
---- qmc2/options.cpp.minizip	2017-12-08 10:17:12.737602327 +0100
-+++ qmc2/options.cpp	2018-10-20 12:57:12.393427053 +0200
-@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
- #include "machinelist.h"
- #include "imagechecker.h"
- #include "macros.h"
--#include "unzip.h"
-+#include "mz_compat.h"
- #include "keyseqscan.h"
- #include "romalyzer.h"
- #include "romstatusexport.h"
-diff -up qmc2/qmc2main.cpp.minizip qmc2/qmc2main.cpp
---- qmc2/qmc2main.cpp.minizip	2018-02-28 14:15:18.223222688 +0100
-+++ qmc2/qmc2main.cpp	2018-10-20 12:57:12.396427081 +0200
-@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@
- #include "romstatusexport.h"
- #include "componentsetup.h"
- #include "miniwebbrowser.h"
--#include "unzip.h"
-+#include "mz_compat.h"
- #include "sevenzipfile.h"
- #include "downloaditem.h"
- #include "embedder.h"
-diff -up qmc2/romalyzer.cpp.minizip qmc2/romalyzer.cpp
---- qmc2/romalyzer.cpp.minizip	2017-11-21 11:52:45.358924500 +0100
-+++ qmc2/romalyzer.cpp	2018-10-20 12:57:12.400427119 +0200
-@@ -27,8 +27,9 @@
- #include "machinelist.h"
- #include "softwarelist.h"
- #include "macros.h"
--#include "unzip.h"
--#include "zip.h"
-+#include "mz_compat.h"
-+#include "mz.h"
-+#include "zlib.h"
- #include "sevenzipfile.h"
- #if defined(QMC2_LIBARCHIVE_ENABLED)
- #include "archivefile.h"
-@@ -528,7 +529,7 @@ void ROMAlyzer::showEvent(QShowEvent *e)
- 	if ( index > QMC2_ROMALYZER_RT_FOLDERS )
- 		index = QMC2_ROMALYZER_RT_FOLDERS;
- 	comboBoxSetRewriterReproductionType->setCurrentIndex(index);
--	spinBoxSetRewriterZipLevel->setValue(qmc2Config->value(QMC2_FRONTEND_PREFIX + m_settingsKey + "/SetRewriterZipLevel", Z_DEFAULT_COMPRESSION).toInt());
-+	spinBoxSetRewriterZipLevel->setValue(qmc2Config->value(QMC2_FRONTEND_PREFIX + m_settingsKey + "/SetRewriterZipLevel", MZ_COMPRESS_LEVEL_DEFAULT).toInt());
- 	checkBoxSetRewriterUniqueCRCs->setChecked(qmc2Config->value(QMC2_FRONTEND_PREFIX + m_settingsKey + "/SetRewriterUniqueCRCs", false).toBool());
- 	comboBoxSetRewriterLibArchiveDeflate->setCurrentIndex(qmc2Config->value(QMC2_FRONTEND_PREFIX + m_settingsKey + "/SetRewriterLibArchiveDeflate", true).toBool() ? 0 : 1);
- 	checkBoxSetRewriterAddZipComment->setChecked(qmc2Config->value(QMC2_FRONTEND_PREFIX + m_settingsKey + "/SetRewriterAddZipComment", true).toBool());
-@@ -3635,7 +3636,7 @@ bool ROMAlyzer::writeAllZipData(QString
- 			QByteArray data = it.value();
- 			if ( writeLog )
- 				log(tr("set rewriter: deflating '%1' (uncompressed size: %2)").arg(file).arg(humanReadable(data.length())));
--			if ( zipOpenNewFileInZip(zip, file.toUtf8().constData(), &zipInfo, file.toUtf8().constData(), file.length(), 0, 0, 0, Z_DEFLATED, spinBoxSetRewriterZipLevel->value()) == ZIP_OK ) {
-+			if ( zipOpenNewFileInZip3(zip, file.toUtf8().constData(), &zipInfo, file.toUtf8().constData(), file.length(), 0, 0, 0, MZ_COMPRESS_METHOD_DEFLATE, spinBoxSetRewriterZipLevel->value(), 0, MAX_WBITS, DEF_MEM_LEVEL, 0, NULL, 0) == ZIP_OK ) {
- 				quint64 bytesWritten = 0;
- 				progressBarFileIO->setInvertedAppearance(true);
- 				progressBarFileIO->setRange(0, data.length());
-diff -up qmc2/softwarelist.h.minizip qmc2/softwarelist.h
---- qmc2/softwarelist.h.minizip	2017-06-26 13:03:39.029701674 +0200
-+++ qmc2/softwarelist.h	2018-10-20 12:57:12.398427100 +0200
-@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
- #include <QWidgetAction>
- 
- #include "ui_softwarelist.h"
--#include "unzip.h"
-+#include "mz_compat.h"
- #include "sevenzipfile.h"
- #include "swlistexport.h"
- #include "imagewidget.h"
diff --git a/qmc2.spec b/qmc2.spec
index d3ecc11..2e12948 100644
--- a/qmc2.spec
+++ b/qmc2.spec
@@ -1,5 +1,11 @@
+%global forgeurl https://github.com/qmc2/qmc2-mame-fe/
+%global commit 2cc9d99fbff31c03a78c7b9698ced54eae61495c
+
+Version:        0.242
+
+%forgemeta
+
 Name:           qmc2
-Version:        0.195
 Release:        %autorelease
 Summary:        M.A.M.E. Catalog / Launcher II
 
@@ -8,22 +14,20 @@ Summary:        M.A.M.E. Catalog / Launcher II
 #everything else is GPLv2
 License:        GPLv2 and ASL 2.0 and MIT
 URL:            http://qmc2.batcom-it.net
-Source0:        http://downloads.sourceforge.net/qmc2/%{name}-%{version}.tar.bz2
-%if 0%{?fedora} >= 30
-Patch0:         %{name}-minizip.patch
-%endif
-Patch2:         %{name}-listxml-softlist-fix.patch
-Patch3:         %{name}-fedora-linux.patch
+Source0:        %{forgesource}
 #Fedora-specific configuration
 Patch1:         %{name}-ini.patch
 
-BuildRequires: make
 BuildRequires:  desktop-file-utils
 BuildRequires:  libarchive-devel
 BuildRequires:  libXmu-devel
+BuildRequires:  make
 BuildRequires:  minizip-devel
-BuildRequires:  phonon-devel
-BuildRequires:  qt4-webkit-devel
+BuildRequires:  qt5-qtmultimedia-devel
+BuildRequires:  qt5-qtscript-devel
+BuildRequires:  qt5-qtsvg-devel
+BuildRequires:  qt5-qtwebkit-devel
+BuildRequires:  qt5-qtxmlpatterns-devel
 BuildRequires:  rsync
 BuildRequires:  SDL2-devel
 Requires:       games-menus
@@ -54,13 +58,7 @@ the games"
 
 
 %prep
-%autosetup -p1 -n %{name}
-pushd arch/Linux/
-ln -s Fedora.cfg Fedora_release_33.cfg
-ln -s Fedora.cfg Fedora_release_34.cfg
-ln -s Fedora.cfg Fedora_release_35.cfg
-ln -s Fedora.cfg Fedora_release_36.cfg
-popd
+%forgeautosetup -p1
 #ensure system minizip and zlib are used
 rm -rf minizip
 rm -rf zlib
@@ -68,25 +66,20 @@ rm -rf zlib
 
 %build
 %make_build DISTCFG=1 CC_FLAGS="$RPM_OPT_FLAGS" CXX_FLAGS="$RPM_OPT_FLAGS" \
-    L_FLAGS="$RPM_LD_FLAGS" SYSTEM_MINIZIP=1 SYSTEM_ZLIB=1 LIBARCHIVE=1
+    L_FLAGS="$RPM_LD_FLAGS" SYSTEM_MINIZIP=1 SYSTEM_ZLIB=1 LIBARCHIVE=1 GIT_REV=0
 %make_build arcade DISTCFG=1 CC_FLAGS="$RPM_OPT_FLAGS" CXX_FLAGS="$RPM_OPT_FLAGS" \
-    L_FLAGS="$RPM_LD_FLAGS" SYSTEM_MINIZIP=1 SYSTEM_ZLIB=1 LIBARCHIVE=1
-%make_build qchdman DISTCFG=1 CXX_FLAGS="$RPM_OPT_FLAGS" L_FLAGS="$RPM_LD_FLAGS"
+    L_FLAGS="$RPM_LD_FLAGS" SYSTEM_MINIZIP=1 SYSTEM_ZLIB=1 LIBARCHIVE=1 GIT_REV=0
+%make_build qchdman DISTCFG=1 CXX_FLAGS="$RPM_OPT_FLAGS" L_FLAGS="$RPM_LD_FLAGS" \
+    GIT_REV=0
 %make_build doc DISTCFG=1
 
 
 %install
 rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
 
-make install DESTDIR=$RPM_BUILD_ROOT DISTCFG=1 PREFIX=%{_prefix} \
-    QT_TRANSLATION=../../qt4/translations
-
-make arcade-install DESTDIR=$RPM_BUILD_ROOT DISTCFG=1 PREFIX=%{_prefix} \
-    QT_TRANSLATION=../../qt4/translations
-
-make qchdman-install DESTDIR=$RPM_BUILD_ROOT DISTCFG=1 PREFIX=%{_prefix} \
-    QT_TRANSLATION=../../qt4/translations
-
+make install DESTDIR=$RPM_BUILD_ROOT DISTCFG=1 PREFIX=%{_prefix}
+make arcade-install DESTDIR=$RPM_BUILD_ROOT DISTCFG=1 PREFIX=%{_prefix}
+make qchdman-install DESTDIR=$RPM_BUILD_ROOT DISTCFG=1 PREFIX=%{_prefix}
 make doc-install DESTDIR=$RPM_BUILD_ROOT DISTCFG=1 MAN_DIR=%{_mandir}
 
 #remove docs since we are installing docs in %%doc
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index d94d9d9..b91eea6 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1 +1 @@
-SHA512 (qmc2-0.195.tar.bz2) = c7a2094468e5a78dd8372244bcdfaa1a19fe446412a48c8e338798c70ecef510cdcfff0dfbe4a639bdb01dfa9a69253ead086549665ffac7e0e84c040b4a5530
+SHA512 (qmc2-mame-fe-2cc9d99fbff31c03a78c7b9698ced54eae61495c.tar.gz) = a3c3d0db58e8cd243d52d34d183e41e31495bfc402026ce09876c3239e974360f981e2cadc274dcbb5ac2332495506d63e8315942ed8aa29494f65516cb9c394