FF8(and maybe other games)and Eternal SPU

**Raziel** · November 4th, 2001

OK,I recently upgraded to WinXP(nice

),everything is fine except for one thing,the sound in FF8's MDECs is horrible but only with Eternal SPU,the internal one still works OK.
So am I the only 2k/XP user suffering of this or did anyone figured out how to take care of this?

Neojag · November 4th, 2001

uh, im sorry, not to drive ur thread off topic, but did u format and installed XP or jes upgraded from WinME?

**Raziel** · November 4th, 2001

WOOPS!!!!!
Forgot my SPU settings

**Raziel** · November 4th, 2001

Quote:

Originally posted by Neojag
uh, im sorry, not to drive ur thread off topic, but did u format and installed XP or jes upgraded from WinME?

I formated and then installed.

**Snake785** · November 4th, 2001

How is the sound? it is crackling? If so, try highering the sound buffer. I don't have FF8 so I don't exactly know what the problem is.

**Raziel** · November 4th, 2001

Quote:

Originally posted by Snake785
How is the sound? it is crackling? If so, try highering the sound buffer. I don't have FF8 so I don't exactly know what the problem is.

Thanks Snake785,why didn't I think about it sooner?:confused: .
What's strange is that with the settings shown above it worked fine ine WinME but it needs to be changed under WinXP:confused: .

**Snake785** · November 4th, 2001

np. Do you have the lastest sound drivers from Creative? I guess they aren't as good as the Win 9x ones.

**Shadow Lady** · November 4th, 2001

nop, I still having same sound and sometimes better in Xp than Me, don´t know why is your problem

**Snake785** · November 4th, 2001

Try using another sound plugin. You computer may be too slow to use the Eternal SPU well.

Badaro · November 5th, 2001

Quote:

Originally posted by Snake785
Try using another sound plugin. You computer may be too slow to use the Eternal SPU well.

Too slow? Read his specs in the signature!

[]s Badaro

**Betamax** · November 5th, 2001

Yep I get crackling here too (win 2k though not xp... but on games in general) but in my case it is too slow

Hence I don't use this spu.

Jadriel · November 5th, 2001

I had this problem, and I switched over to Pete's new DSound plugin, switched off SPU IRQ in Executor, messed about with the SPU Queue thingy in the DSound plugin config and it ran perfectly; and is now stutter free on every MDEC I've tried so far on it.

HTH.

**fivefeet8** · November 6th, 2001

Hey Raz.. Make sure you didn't enable spu irq in both the epsxe sound options and the pluggin option.. Enable it in only one place.. The eternal spu works perfect on my comp.. MDecs and all.. I am using win98se though..

**Shadow Lady** · November 7th, 2001

Quote:

Originally posted by fivefeet8
Hey Raz.. Make sure you didn't enable spu irq in both the epsxe sound options and the pluggin option.. Enable it in only one place.. The eternal spu works perfect on my comp.. MDecs and all.. I am using win98se though..

did you really think that raziel do that mistake? I mean is Raziel...

**Raziel** · November 7th, 2001

OK thx everyone,it works fine now,thanks to Snake785 who suggested to change the sound buffer(but the previous value was fine under WinME).

November 4th, 2001	#1 (permalink)
Raziel Beta Administrator Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Nantes, France Posts: 6,150	FF8(and maybe other games)and Eternal SPU OK,I recently upgraded to WinXP(nice ),everything is fine except for one thing,the sound in FF8's MDECs is horrible but only with Eternal SPU,the internal one still works OK. So am I the only 2k/XP user suffering of this or did anyone figured out how to take care of this? __________________ System Specs: OS: Windows Vista Ultimate x64 Edition CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo E8500 @4GHz Video Card: MSI GeForce 8800 GTX Motherboard: ASUS Maximus Formula SE RAM: 4GB OCZ XMS2 PC6400 Sound Card: Creative Sound Blaster Audigy 2 ZS

November 4th, 2001	#2 (permalink)
Neojag :: [ Sauron's Eye ] :: Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: In the Land of Mordor, where the Shadows lie... Posts: 3,259	uh, im sorry, not to drive ur thread off topic, but did u format and installed XP or jes upgraded from WinME? __________________

November 4th, 2001	#8 (permalink)
Shadow Lady Advanced Newbie Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Bogotá... not that it matters... Posts: 4,978	nop, I still having same sound and sometimes better in Xp than Me, don´t know why is your problem __________________ Main Rig: Pentium Dual-Core E2160 @ 2.5GHz -- 7600GT @ 650/800MHz -- 2GB DDR2-667 4-4-4-12 -- Windows XP Pro SP3 Collecting dust: AMD Athlon XP 2600+ -- ATI Radeon 9500 Pro -- SB Live 5.1 Digital -- 2.5GB DDR 2-2-2-5 Ram -- Windows 2003 server r2 SP1

November 5th, 2001	#11 (permalink)
Betamax Resident Movie Critic Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Belfast, Northern Ireland Posts: 9,480	Yep I get crackling here too (win 2k though not xp... but on games in general) but in my case it is too slow Hence I don't use this spu. __________________ Superior marketing of an inferior product will always win over inferior marketing of a superior product.

November 6th, 2001	#13 (permalink)
fivefeet8 &-)---\|--< Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Smallville Posts: 7,587	Hey Raz.. Make sure you didn't enable spu irq in both the epsxe sound options and the pluggin option.. Enable it in only one place.. The eternal spu works perfect on my comp.. MDecs and all.. I am using win98se though.. __________________ Play emulated games online Main Rig\|\|Intel Q6600@3.2 ghertz\|4x1gb DDR2 1066\|Asrock 1600sli 110db LGA 775\|EVGA 8800gtx@620/1450/975\|2x Seagate 160gb SATA150 Raid0\|250 gb Samsung SATA2 HD\|Seagate 7000.10 500gb HD\|NEC 3520 4x/8x DVD+R/RW DL burner\|Antec TP 650 watt\|40" Sony Bravia 1080p\|20.1" 5ms LCD 1680x1050 Native\|Logitec 5.1 Speaker System w/15" Sub\|Dual Boot Winows XP Pro/Vista 64bit\|\| 2nd Rig\|\|Athlon64 x2 3800+\|2x1 gig PC3200\|BFG Geforce 6800 Ultra OC @450/1250 agp\|60 gig Maxtor IDE HD 7200 RPM\|40 gig Maxtor IDE HD\|Asrock Dual SATA2\|Silver Aluminum ATX\|17" LCD\|\| 3rd Rig\|\|Athlon Xp 2800+\|1.5 gig PC2700\|BFG GeforceFx 5900 Ultra OC agp\|100 gig Maxtor SATA HD\|NF7-s rev2.0\|Nvidia Soundstorm MCP\|19" CRT\|\|

November 4th, 2001	#5 (permalink)
Snake785 Prepare for Descent... Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Canada Posts: 2,615	How is the sound? it is crackling? If so, try highering the sound buffer. I don't have FF8 so I don't exactly know what the problem is.

November 4th, 2001	#7 (permalink)
Snake785 Prepare for Descent... Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Canada Posts: 2,615	np. Do you have the lastest sound drivers from Creative? I guess they aren't as good as the Win 9x ones.

November 4th, 2001	#9 (permalink)
Snake785 Prepare for Descent... Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Canada Posts: 2,615	Try using another sound plugin. You computer may be too slow to use the Eternal SPU well.

November 5th, 2001	#12 (permalink)
Jadriel Registered User Join Date: Aug 2001 Posts: 16	I had this problem, and I switched over to Pete's new DSound plugin, switched off SPU IRQ in Executor, messed about with the SPU Queue thingy in the DSound plugin config and it ran perfectly; and is now stutter free on every MDEC I've tried so far on it. HTH.

November 7th, 2001	#15 (permalink)
Raziel Beta Administrator Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Nantes, France Posts: 6,150	OK thx everyone,it works fine now,thanks to Snake785 who suggested to change the sound buffer(but the previous value was fine under WinME). __________________ System Specs: OS: Windows Vista Ultimate x64 Edition CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo E8500 @4GHz Video Card: MSI GeForce 8800 GTX Motherboard: ASUS Maximus Formula SE RAM: 4GB OCZ XMS2 PC6400 Sound Card: Creative Sound Blaster Audigy 2 ZS

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