Zinc, Raine, MAME or what?

[jeffremiller]

I've been having a lot of problems with MAME sound...

I have adjusted things to get one game to work correctly and that breaks another.

Are any of the other emulators worth trying?

How many people are using MAME? How many MAME 32? Raine? Zinc?

What versions provide a wide range of playability?

[Brian Hoffman]

I've been having a lot of problems with MAME sound...

I have adjusted things to get one game to work correctly and that breaks another.

Are any of the other emulators worth trying?

How many people are using MAME? How many MAME 32? Raine? Zinc?

What versions provide a wide range of playability?

Id be courious to see what your system specs are....Mame is pretty good on most systems...

have you removed the -tripplebuffer switch?

[jeffremiller]

Id be courious to see what your system specs are....Mame is pretty good on most systems...

have you removed the -tripplebuffer switch?

Specs are P4 - 2.8 GHz

1 GB RAM

250 GB HDD

20.1" Westinghouse LCD

ASUS ATI 9600Pro Card w/256MB

I keep getting the stuttering sound issue, sometimes slow speed in games. I did remove the triplebuffer... tried ddraw, d3d and gdi.

I've tried ATI drivers, ASUS Drivers and the Omega Drivers. Each works for certain things.

I've tried 117 and 118u3... I even downgraded to 112.

Recently I also started getting a blank screen when the GAMEEX Screensaver should be running.

I also had all the daphne things working at one point but now no luck... Games run but no video.

Too many problems to isolate a single cause.

[Brian Hoffman]

Specs are P4 - 2.8 GHz

1 GB RAM

250 GB HDD

20.1" Westinghouse LCD

ASUS ATI 9600Pro Card w/256MB

I keep getting the stuttering sound issue, sometimes slow speed in games. I did remove the triplebuffer... tried ddraw, d3d and gdi.

I've tried ATI drivers, ASUS Drivers and the Omega Drivers. Each works for certain things.

I've tried 117 and 118u3... I even downgraded to 112.

Recently I also started getting a blank screen when the GAMEEX Screensaver should be running.

I also had all the daphne things working at one point but now no luck... Games run but no video.

Too many problems to isolate a single cause.

Id check the video codecs for daphne.. Id dl the klite codec pack...its free

As far as mame screensaver.. If you are usng mame 117 or greater they change the input system and it might be hung at the screens that require user input.. Id use mame 118 with patch.. There is a thread here on it..

is it any specific game? I mean if your trying to run carnevil or gauntlet legends you WILL have theses issues.. If your running galaga then it might be something else..

Do you have anything running in the backround..

All these thing factor in on performance..

[jeffremiller]

Id check the video codecs for daphne.. Id dl the klite codec pack...its free

As far as mame screensaver.. If you are usng mame 117 or greater they change the input system and it might be hung at the screens that require user input.. Id use mame 118 with patch.. There is a thread here on it..

is it any specific game? I mean if your trying to run carnevil or gauntlet legends you WILL have theses issues.. If your running galaga then it might be something else..

Do you have anything running in the backround..

All these thing factor in on performance..

Just pacman, galaga, moon cresta (eagle) and Golden Tee 2K. Last one I worked on was Guitar Freak (with a PS2 guitar hero controller)

As a result of this combination, I have to enable -mouse and -ctrl xarcade and -joystick

I reinstalled the 118 mame and applied your patch. Would the i686 version make any difference? I didn't see a patch for mamepp.exe

Nothing in the background.... No AV, nothing. I do have the RDP running so I can remote the machine.

[Brian Hoffman]

Doesnt seem too bad to me..

Maybe a format and reinstall windows is in order..

Do you have another machine to throw these couple roms on just to check performance?

[jeffremiller]

Well, it's a fairly fresh install. I have a mac and all these roms work fine in MAME OSX... but that's a different story.

After this update, I'll see if the screensaver issue is fixed at least. Might also post my gameex.ini and see if you, or someone can point out a problem in that.

[emphatic]

Try MAME 0.118u5 and use the new "-refreshspeed" function in your command line/mame.ini. You should loose the stuttering, but you might experience a slightly changed pitch for the sound of some games.

Emph

[Brian Hoffman]

Well, it's a fairly fresh install. I have a mac and all these roms work fine in MAME OSX... but that's a different story.

After this update, I'll see if the screensaver issue is fixed at least. Might also post my gameex.ini and see if you, or someone can point out a problem in that.

the the mame cfg dir you can try moving the default.cfg this will force mame to make a new one.. There might have been so many changes that its just messed up.. If it doesnt help you can just move it back.

What are your ALL your cmd line switches?

[jeffremiller]

the the mame cfg dir you can try moving the default.cfg this will force mame to make a new one.. There might have been so many changes that its just messed up.. If it doesnt help you can just move it back.

What are your ALL your cmd line switches?

-video d3d -mouse -ctrlr xarcade

[jeffremiller]

Try MAME 0.118u5 and use the new "-refreshspeed" function in your command line/mame.ini. You should loose the stuttering, but you might experience a slightly changed pitch for the sound of some games.

Emph

I am running the latest release binaries from mamedev.org... do the binaries reflect the update releases?

[Brian Hoffman]

I am running the latest release binaries from mamedev.org... do the binaries reflect the update releases?

No.

Official mame only release a binary on version changes..Not U releases.

They do realease a Diff file so you can compile your own from the source though.

Most un-official builds do release a binary for every u release... check out 1 emulation for all the links to those build

[LB11]

Im sure you checked, but while running the games, did you look to see if something else is stealing your CPU cycles?

[mrserv0n]

Thread starter, I have this same issue and have had it forever, mine only does it for one game though and its KI2, i have a 2gb ram athlon 4000+ basically barebones fresh install of xp pro.

in KI2 my game runs smooth as butter but the sound glitches, I have tried everything, even bought a sound card, doesnt matter, game just hates my pc. Works fine on my other 2 computers just not my cabinet one of course.

Would be interested in hearing how you fix it if you do though.

[Brian Hoffman]

Thread starter, I have this same issue and have had it forever, mine only does it for one game though and its KI2, i have a 2gb ram athlon 4000+ basically barebones fresh install of xp pro.

in KI2 my game runs smooth as butter but the sound glitches, I have tried everything, even bought a sound card, doesnt matter, game just hates my pc. Works fine on my other 2 computers just not my cabinet one of course.

Would be interested in hearing how you fix it if you do though.

Its your refresh rate...

Download either mame 106 and run seprate.. Or download mame 118 u5 and use the -refreshspeed toggle...

Of course Im probably wrong on the command verbage..but its there.

[mrserv0n]

Its your refresh rate...

Download either mame 106 and run seprate.. Or download mame 118 u5 and use the -refreshspeed toggle...

Of course Im probably wrong on the command verbage..but its there.

cool Ill wait for .119 and upgrade.

[jeffremiller]

Im sure you checked, but while running the games, did you look to see if something else is stealing your CPU cycles?

Can't see anything obvious...

[jeffremiller]

I switched back to MAME32 118U5... seems to have fixed my issue.

But I don't have a disclaimer patch for MAME32... was it posted?

Also, what commandline options should I run? I added -refreshspeed.

[jeffremiller]

I switched back to MAME32 118U5... seems to have fixed my issue.

But I don't have a disclaimer patch for MAME32... was it posted?

Also, what commandline options should I run? I added -refreshspeed.

guess I spoke to quickly. My xarcade tankstick doesn't seem to work... does the same ctrlr file work with MAME32?

[Brian Hoffman]

guess I spoke to quickly. My xarcade tankstick doesn't seem to work... does the same ctrlr file work with MAME32?

Mame32 patch isn't posted. I'd contact the author of the patch for the 118 build. I heard that guy is a real asshole... lol

As far as the command line option go it just depends what you need.. If you use a game controller or want to use -joy if you want to use a spinner or your trackball use -mouse.. I also like the -cheat.. It is like having a game genie attached to my mame...

what ever floats your boat