Problems with MDEC's in Epsxe

EliteTurk · May 15th, 2001

I had to reinstall windows today and I went and reinstalled Epsxe and all of it's plugins and so on. Anyway, Now I can get all the in game graphics to work just fine but the MDECs are incredibly slow.. I'd say they are going at least half speed and the sound IS synced to it but of course going very slowly. Rhis is true for all games but I am particularly worried about Final Fantasy IX I'm using Pete's D3D 1.47 and Null2's Sound Driver and ASPI 1.2 CD plugin MDEC's are of course on and the timing IS enabled... If you need to know the options for The plugins internally let me know but I don't wanna type them if I don't need to (BTW.. MDEC's worked fine before I had to reinstall)

Thanks.

-Turk

Musashi · May 15th, 2001

Frame Skip is on???
Frame Skip ON in MDEC's can cause problems...

EliteTurk · May 15th, 2001

I tried with it off and on just now nope doesn't work.. Do I need to post my Vid settings?

Musashi · May 15th, 2001

U tried internal CDR plugin or Pete CDR plugin???
Or a ISO (recommended)???

Ali · May 15th, 2001

Sometimes there is some problem with the CD.Due to which the Mdecs skip a lot.I play smackdown2! through the clonecd image.But when I use the CD the mdecs suck.So try using ISO's for good Mdec quality.

Ali
M.L.A

EliteTurk · May 15th, 2001

Note that I said that I had it working BEFORE I reinstalled Windows

euphoria · May 15th, 2001

Did you have a newer ASPI layer (by ForceASPI) installed before the reinstall? But you could check if it is the CD that is slowing down or is it something else by doing an iso of the cd. btw newest Pete's plugin set is v1.49

**SimonMallion** · May 15th, 2001

Since you have re-installed Windows, you have obviously installed your graphics card drivers as well, is it possible that your graphics card (which you haven't stated) supports anti-aliasing, and it has been switched on by default when you loaded your graphics card drivers?

bobotns · May 15th, 2001

Try to use Barrett-Kazzuya CDR Driver, it's the fastest CD Plugin.
And then, try to use Pete's OpenGL 1.49 with 640x480 or 800x600 by 16bit and 5-5-5-1 textures.

Newbie · May 15th, 2001

might be the sound card, using the sq2500 i got full fps but switching to intergrated sound i got half the fps, 30 to 40, and this is with 800 duron

Mercury · May 16th, 2001

perhaps after you reainstalled windows you missed some of your custom settings in the OS configuration, which were changed back to default.
check if your cd drive supports dma and enable it. it can speed things a lot.

Zataki · May 17th, 2001

run from an iso, usualy faster.

EliteTurk · May 18th, 2001

I don't have a way to make an ISO and I am not going to pay for it, I'd rather just play it on my PSX than going through that much trouble.. I dunno what to do, I pretty much say screw it as of now.. I don't know what to change.. nothing is different and I have DMA enabled on all drives that support it.. It's all the same..

**Ryos** · May 19th, 2001

IsoBuster at http://www.isobuster.com does ISOs very well and costs exactly $0 to use. Sure, it has the goofy visage of Batman on it, but other than that, works fine.

lordneeko · January 6th, 2002

The answers in this thread will solve your problem.

http://www.ngemu.com/forums/showthre...highlight=mdec

May 15th, 2001	#1 (permalink)
EliteTurk Registered User Join Date: May 2001 Posts: 26	Problems with MDEC's in Epsxe I had to reinstall windows today and I went and reinstalled Epsxe and all of it's plugins and so on. Anyway, Now I can get all the in game graphics to work just fine but the MDECs are incredibly slow.. I'd say they are going at least half speed and the sound IS synced to it but of course going very slowly. Rhis is true for all games but I am particularly worried about Final Fantasy IX I'm using Pete's D3D 1.47 and Null2's Sound Driver and ASPI 1.2 CD plugin MDEC's are of course on and the timing IS enabled... If you need to know the options for The plugins internally let me know but I don't wanna type them if I don't need to (BTW.. MDEC's worked fine before I had to reinstall) Thanks. -Turk

May 15th, 2001	#2 (permalink)
Musashi From ngemu past, I am! Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Brazil Posts: 192	Frame Skip is on??? Frame Skip ON in MDEC's can cause problems... __________________ Master: Miyamoto "Takezo" Musashi

May 15th, 2001	#4 (permalink)
Musashi From ngemu past, I am! Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Brazil Posts: 192	U tried internal CDR plugin or Pete CDR plugin??? Or a ISO (recommended)??? __________________ Master: Miyamoto "Takezo" Musashi

May 15th, 2001	#5 (permalink)
Ali CoLD InSiDE Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Somewhere Posts: 2,613	Sometimes there is some problem with the CD.Due to which the Mdecs skip a lot.I play smackdown2! through the clonecd image.But when I use the CD the mdecs suck.So try using ISO's for good Mdec quality. Ali M.L.A __________________ AMD Athlon XP 2100 @ 1.75 Ghz Gigabyte GA-7VA.XP VIA K400 1.25GB PC3200 System Ram ChainTech GeForCe4 TI 4200 128MB Creative SB Live! 5.1 2x WD Caviar 120GBs and -Rom1 Maxtor 40GB LiteON 16x DVD-Rw WindowsXP Professional-SP2 & Mandrake Linux

May 15th, 2001	#7 (permalink)
euphoria ( ) Join Date: Apr 2001 Posts: 56	Did you have a newer ASPI layer (by ForceASPI) installed before the reinstall? But you could check if it is the CD that is slowing down or is it something else by doing an iso of the cd. btw newest Pete's plugin set is v1.49 __________________ Gentoo Linux \| Win2000 SP4 - Athlon XP 2600+ - 1 Gb Memory - Sapphire X700 256Mb - Terratec DMX 1024 - Plextor PX-712A - Logitech RumblePad

May 15th, 2001	#3 (permalink)
EliteTurk Registered User Join Date: May 2001 Posts: 26	I tried with it off and on just now nope doesn't work.. Do I need to post my Vid settings?

May 15th, 2001	#6 (permalink)
EliteTurk Registered User Join Date: May 2001 Posts: 26	Note that I said that I had it working BEFORE I reinstalled Windows

May 15th, 2001	#8 (permalink)
SimonMallion Emu author Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: England Posts: 1,062	Since you have re-installed Windows, you have obviously installed your graphics card drivers as well, is it possible that your graphics card (which you haven't stated) supports anti-aliasing, and it has been switched on by default when you loaded your graphics card drivers? __________________ http://simonmallion.homedns.org/PSXMemTool

May 15th, 2001	#9 (permalink)
bobotns Registered User Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Europe Posts: 183	Try to use Barrett-Kazzuya CDR Driver, it's the fastest CD Plugin. And then, try to use Pete's OpenGL 1.49 with 640x480 or 800x600 by 16bit and 5-5-5-1 textures.

May 15th, 2001	#10 (permalink)
Newbie Registered User Join Date: Apr 2001 Posts: 16	might be the sound card, using the sq2500 i got full fps but switching to intergrated sound i got half the fps, 30 to 40, and this is with 800 duron

May 16th, 2001	#11 (permalink)
Mercury Registered User Join Date: Apr 2001 Posts: 18	perhaps after you reainstalled windows you missed some of your custom settings in the OS configuration, which were changed back to default. check if your cd drive supports dma and enable it. it can speed things a lot. __________________ PIII 850, 128 Mb PC100 SDRAM, TNT video, Vortex2 sound, WinME, Dx8

May 17th, 2001	#12 (permalink)
Zataki Registered User Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: California Posts: 79	run from an iso, usualy faster.

May 18th, 2001	#13 (permalink)
EliteTurk Registered User Join Date: May 2001 Posts: 26	I don't have a way to make an ISO and I am not going to pay for it, I'd rather just play it on my PSX than going through that much trouble.. I dunno what to do, I pretty much say screw it as of now.. I don't know what to change.. nothing is different and I have DMA enabled on all drives that support it.. It's all the same..

May 19th, 2001	#14 (permalink)
Ryos Revenger of Vengeance Join Date: May 2001 Location: Nowhere Posts: 11,250	IsoBuster at http://www.isobuster.com does ISOs very well and costs exactly $0 to use. Sure, it has the goofy visage of Batman on it, but other than that, works fine.

January 6th, 2002	#15 (permalink)
lordneeko Registered User Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Myrtle Beach, SC Posts: 46	The answers in this thread will solve your problem. http://www.ngemu.com/forums/showthre...highlight=mdec

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