Still no sound in GameEx

[starbuck]

Last week after an automatic update, I lost all sound in GamEx. I get sound when I play games but not movies or mp3. Nor do I get sound in the menus. If I go to config. I get sound there. I get sound with my movies etc. if I go thru media player or media center or another frontend. I have done all the updates and even did a manual install. I am at a loss as to what the problem could be. Any suggestions would be very much appreciated. I even updated my codecs.

[Tom Speirs]

Not sure off hand. Please post your log.

[starbuck]

Not sure off hand. Please post your log.

Thanks Tom

19:40:09.8 5/17/2010: GameEx: Version 10.80: Starting Log

19:40:09.8 5/17/2010: Operating System Platform: Win32NT

19:40:09.8 5/17/2010: Operating System Name: Windows Vista

19:40:09.8 5/17/2010: Operating System Version: 6.0.6002

19:40:09.8 5/17/2010: Aero running

19:40:09.8 5/17/2010: Initializing Vista/Windows 7 volume control

19:40:09.8 5/17/2010: Checking for versions of .net Framework installed

19:40:09.8 5/17/2010: .net Framework 2.0 Installed

19:40:09.8 5/17/2010: .net Framework 3.0 Installed

19:40:09.8 5/17/2010: .net Framework 3.5 Installed

19:40:09.8 5/17/2010: AMD Athlon Dual-Core QL-62, 2814MB

19:40:09.8 5/17/2010: 2Ghz - 2 Cores or CPU's

19:40:09.8 5/17/2010: Running Randomize()

19:40:09.8 5/17/2010: Loading PlugIns

19:40:09.9 5/17/2010: Checking for applications to Launch On Startup

19:40:09.9 5/17/2010: Running Misc startup tasks

19:40:09.9 5/17/2010: Setting Menu types

19:40:09.9 5/17/2010: Opening Configuration File

19:40:09.9 5/17/2010: Getting Configuration Values

19:40:09.9 5/17/2010: Using Theme: Default - Media Center

19:40:09.9 5/17/2010: Checking for alternate Image Directory for Theme: Default - Media Center

19:40:09.9 5/17/2010: Using Images from theme: Default - Media Center V1\MEDIA\

19:40:09.9 5/17/2010: Launching HideOS.exe

19:40:09.9 5/17/2010: Initialising Video/MNG DLL's

19:40:10.0 5/17/2010: GameEx will check for media insertion (may affect performance)

19:40:10.0 5/17/2010: Hiding Taskbar

19:40:10.0 5/17/2010: Is Media Center running?

19:40:10.0 5/17/2010: Checking/Creating LCD Registry values

19:40:10.0 5/17/2010: Check Media Center Exit/Start Mode

19:40:10.0 5/17/2010: Media Center Mode 2

19:40:10.1 5/17/2010: Video previews on. Warning: Only recommended on modern systems

19:40:10.1 5/17/2010: Snap Delay set to: 3

19:40:10.1 5/17/2010: Get other settings

19:40:10.1 5/17/2010: Desktop set to Hide ICONS and set Background to Black

19:40:10.1 5/17/2010: Set: Find emulator artwork on best match basis

19:40:10.1 5/17/2010: Start work for Form

19:40:10.1 5/17/2010: Getting Original Screen Size

19:40:10.1 5/17/2010: Opening Database Connection

19:40:10.3 5/17/2010: Initializing Component

19:40:10.9 5/17/2010: Retrieving resolution setting

19:40:10.9 5/17/2010: Initialising Windows Media Player Component

19:40:10.9 5/17/2010: MAME Path is: C:\Emulators\Mame32

19:40:10.9 5/17/2010: Model 2 Path Path is: C:\Emulators\Model2

19:40:10.9 5/17/2010: Multi Core/Hyper Threading detected. Looking for emulator_multicpu.exe

19:40:10.9 5/17/2010: Model 2 EXE file is: emulator_multicpu.exe

19:40:10.9 5/17/2010: Model 2 emulator with command line support detected

19:40:10.9 5/17/2010: Use Model 2 on. emulator_multicpu.exe will launch Sega Model 2 games

19:40:10.9 5/17/2010: ZiNc Path is: C:\Emulators\ZiNc

19:40:10.9 5/17/2010: ZiNc EXE file is: zinc.exe

19:40:10.9 5/17/2010: Use ZiNc on. zinc.exe will launch PSX games

19:40:10.9 5/17/2010: MAME EXE file is: Mame32.exe

19:40:11.0 5/17/2010: ROM Path is: C:\Emulators\Mame32\roms

19:40:11.0 5/17/2010: Catver.ini is located at: C:\Program Files\GameEx\DATA\catver.ini

19:40:11.0 5/17/2010: controls.ini is located at: C:\Program Files\GameEx\data\controls.ini

19:40:11.0 5/17/2010: History.dat is located at: C:\Program Files\GameEx\DATA\history.dat

19:40:11.0 5/17/2010: nplayers.ini is located at: C:\Program Files\GameEx\DATA\nplayers.ini

19:40:11.0 5/17/2010: command.dat is located at: C:\Program Files\GameEx\DATA\command.dat

19:40:11.0 5/17/2010: MAMEinfo.dat is located at: C:\Program Files\GameEx\DATA\mameinfo.dat

19:40:11.0 5/17/2010: Loading Controls.ini map file

19:40:11.0 5/17/2010: Snap Path is: C:\Emulators\Mame32\snap

19:40:11.0 5/17/2010: AVI Snap Path is: C:\Emulators\Mame32\avisnap

19:40:11.0 5/17/2010: Flyer Path is: C:\Emulators\Mame32\flyers

19:40:11.0 5/17/2010: Cabinet Path is: C:\Emulators\Mame32\cabinets

19:40:11.0 5/17/2010: Title Path is: C:\Emulators\Mame32\titles

19:40:11.0 5/17/2010: PCB Path: Not Found

19:40:11.0 5/17/2010: Artwork Preview Path: Not Found

19:40:11.0 5/17/2010: Panel Path is: C:\Emulators\Mame32\cpanel

19:40:11.0 5/17/2010: Manual Path: Not Found

19:40:11.0 5/17/2010: Icon Path is: C:\Emulators\Mame32\icons

19:40:11.0 5/17/2010: Marquee Path is: C:\Emulators\Mame32\marquees

19:40:11.1 5/17/2010: Loading Custom Emulators

19:40:11.1 5/17/2010: Loading Emulator 5: Atari 2600 Games

19:40:11.1 5/17/2010: Loading Emulator 6: PC Apps

19:40:11.1 5/17/2010: Using 3D Alpha Blended Animations. This could be slow

19:40:11.1 5/17/2010: Using General Font: Trebuchet MS

19:40:11.1 5/17/2010: Using Title Font: Trebuchet MS

19:40:11.2 5/17/2010: Initialising DirectDraw

19:40:11.3 5/17/2010: Applying GameEx is Loading Image

19:40:11.4 5/17/2010: Creating DirectDraw Device

19:40:11.4 5/17/2010: Using Device: NVIDIA GeForce 8200M G

19:40:12.4 5/17/2010: Setting Resolution to 1366x768 32 bit color

19:40:12.4 5/17/2010: Creating DirectDraw Surfaces

19:40:12.4 5/17/2010: Creating Primary Surface - Full Screen Mode

19:40:12.6 5/17/2010: Creating Back Buffer

19:40:12.7 5/17/2010: Loading graphic Surfaces

19:40:12.7 5/17/2010: Display is running at: 1366x768 32bit color, 60hz

19:40:12.8 5/17/2010: Creating Surfaces Flags

19:40:13.7 5/17/2010: Creating Surfaces Misc and Dialogs

19:40:13.9 5/17/2010: Creating Surfaces Volume

19:40:14.0 5/17/2010: Creating Surfaces Arrows

19:40:14.4 5/17/2010: Creating Surfaces GameEXlogo Text

19:40:14.4 5/17/2010: Creating Surfaces Toolbar

19:40:15.1 5/17/2010: Creating Surfaces Backgrounds

19:40:15.1 5/17/2010: Creating Surfaces Toolbar Controls

19:40:15.3 5/17/2010: Creating Surfaces GameEx Logo

19:40:15.3 5/17/2010: Creating Surface Unselected

19:40:15.4 5/17/2010: Creating Surfaces Snaps

19:40:15.4 5/17/2010: Creating Surfaces Menu and List Bars

19:40:16.2 5/17/2010: Creating Fonts

19:40:16.2 5/17/2010: Creating Game Font

19:40:16.5 5/17/2010: Creating Game Font Faded

19:40:16.6 5/17/2010: Creating Title Font

19:40:16.6 5/17/2010: Restoring Title Font From Cache

19:40:17.8 5/17/2010: Creating Font Black

19:40:18.0 5/17/2010: Creating Font Black Small

19:40:18.2 5/17/2010: Fonts Created Succesfully

19:40:18.2 5/17/2010: 52MB Video Memory Used

19:40:18.2 5/17/2010: Initialising Bass Audio Library

19:40:18.2 5/17/2010: Creating instance of global keyboard hook

19:40:19.3 5/17/2010: Attempting to load game list

19:40:19.5 5/17/2010: Applying Language/Text

19:40:19.5 5/17/2010: Text/Language: English

19:40:19.5 5/17/2010: MAME CMD options: -nowindow -joy -skip_gameinfo

19:40:19.5 5/17/2010: Loading last used Game List

19:40:19.6 5/17/2010: Creating DirectSound Device

19:40:19.6 5/17/2010: Trying: Primary Sound Driver

19:40:19.6 5/17/2010: Loading Sound Files

19:40:20.0 5/17/2010: DirectSound Device Created Successfully

19:40:20.0 5/17/2010: Creating ICONS

19:40:20.0 5/17/2010: Recreating ICONS

19:40:20.4 5/17/2010: Initialising DirectInput for Gamepad support

19:40:20.8 5/17/2010: Unable to create a joystick device

19:40:20.8 5/17/2010: Initializing MCE Remote

19:40:20.8 5/17/2010: Playing intro sound file

19:40:20.9 5/17/2010: Initialization OK! Starting GameEx!

19:40:20.9 5/17/2010: Testing Main Loop Once: Processing Frame

19:40:21.5 5/17/2010: Testing Main Loop Once: Main Loop ran successfully

19:41:05.2 5/17/2010: Open Video: f:\movies\Action\Cobra (1986).avi

19:41:06.3 5/17/2010: Playing Video: f:\movies\Action\Cobra (1986).avi

19:42:17.2 5/17/2010: Exiting GameEx!

19:42:17.2 5/17/2010: Saving Settings

19:42:21.3 5/17/2010: Disposing Plugins

19:42:21.3 5/17/2010: Closing database connection

19:42:21.3 5/17/2010: Checking for applications to Launch On Exit

19:42:21.3 5/17/2010: Media Center was not open when starting GameEx, so not launching

[Tom Speirs]

Hi Starbuck, sorry for the delay. Im really not sure on this one. Could you be specific about what sound is working and what isnt in GameEx (e.g system sounds, jukebox, video previews, dvds/videos).

Thanks.

[starbuck]

Hi Tom.

Not a problem.

Problem comes and goes. Can turn on today and no sound. Turn on later in day and sound is fine. When I don't have sound, there are no system sounds, jukebox, video previews, dvds/videos. If I go to config even when I'm in GameEx, I have system sounds.

Thanks for looking at the problem.

Dennis (Starbuck)

[Stilkdog]

Hi Tom.

Not a problem.

Problem comes and goes. Can turn on today and no sound. Turn on later in day and sound is fine. When I don't have sound, there are no system sounds, jukebox, video previews, dvds/videos. If I go to config even when I'm in GameEx, I have system sounds.

Thanks for looking at the problem.

Dennis (Starbuck)

Sounds to me like you might actually be having a Sound Driver issue or either a CodeC is missing. Most sound cards today are Realtek's so if update to the latest version if you have it, if not look for your sound card drivers.

http://www.realtek.com/downloads/downloadsCheck.aspx?Langid=1&PNid=14&PFid=24&Level=4&Conn=3&DownTypeID=3&GetDown=false

Next if there is still no luck is try to update to the latest CodeC pack. One of the best packed ones is K-Lite Pack.

http://www.codecguide.com/index.html

Make sure if you are running a 64bit OS to get both 64 and the regular pack.

Please report back if still no luck.

[starbuck]

Sounds to me like you might actually be having a Sound Driver issue or either a CodeC is missing. Most sound cards today are Realtek's so if update to the latest version if you have it, if not look for your sound card drivers.

http://www.realtek.com/downloads/downloadsCheck.aspx?Langid=1&PNid=14&PFid=24&Level=4&Conn=3&DownTypeID=3&GetDown=false

Next if there is still no luck is try to update to the latest CodeC pack. One of the best packed ones is K-Lite Pack.

http://www.codecguide.com/index.html

Make sure if you are running a 64bit OS to get both 64 and the regular pack.

Please report back if still no luck.

Hey Stilkdog,

Sound works on computer with everything but GameEx. Have updated my codeC and have verified I have the latest drivers for my sound card. I have verifed that its the newest update from Nvidia (Standard card on all new HP notebooks) that is the problem. If I roll back to the prevoius driver it works fine. Problem is that if I leave on automatic updates it updates the driver everytime I boot up and then I have to roll it back each time. Big pain.

Thanks

[Draco1962]

Hey Stilkdog,

Sound works on computer with everything but GameEx. Have updated my codeC and have verified I have the latest drivers for my sound card. I have verifed that its the newest update from Nvidia (Standard card on all new HP notebooks) that is the problem. If I roll back to the prevoius driver it works fine. Problem is that if I leave on automatic updates it updates the driver everytime I boot up and then I have to roll it back each time. Big pain.

Thanks

Another option - configure automatic updates to notify you instead of download and install. That way, you can select which updates you wis to install and deselect those you do not.