Music/MIDI problems in ePSXe

DCcopy81 · August 3rd, 2001

When running SilentBomber or other games that use MIDI music instead of CD-Audio/XA the music skips a lot and is very choppy. I've tried many different settings and many different plugins and they all seem to have the same problem. However, in VGS the game runs fine, music and all. Has anyone else had this problem?

**Shadow Lady** · August 3rd, 2001

Yeah I have this problem too, but I think you can improve less skipping if you check the Use FPS PC Calculations in the special fixes of the Pete´s plugins

DCcopy81 · August 4th, 2001

when i turn that on it screws up the frame limiting. can anyone else help?

**Raziel** · August 4th, 2001

You also need to check autodetect for frame limiting when using PC frame calculation.

DCcopy81 · August 4th, 2001

Thanks that helps a little especially with other games, but the music in SilentBomber is still hopelessly out of sync. I think one of the problems may be that the game doesn't just play a straight MIDI file (like Final Fantasy 7). It uses short MIDI loops and then mixes them together like a DJ. The game has some pretty nice tracks, but unfortunately the only emulator that can play them correctly is VGS

. And as we all know, VGS does nothing to improve the graphics. So if anyone else has any suggestions, please let me know.

Adair · August 4th, 2001

Have you tried running it from an ISO? I can speed things up which may or may not help the music. It usually does help though.

DCcopy81 · August 4th, 2001

Yes I'm running it from an ISO

August 3rd, 2001	#1 (permalink)
DCcopy81 Banned Join Date: Apr 2001 Posts: 37	Music/MIDI problems in ePSXe When running SilentBomber or other games that use MIDI music instead of CD-Audio/XA the music skips a lot and is very choppy. I've tried many different settings and many different plugins and they all seem to have the same problem. However, in VGS the game runs fine, music and all. Has anyone else had this problem?

August 3rd, 2001	#2 (permalink)
Shadow Lady Advanced Newbie Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Bogotá... not that it matters... Posts: 4,727	Yeah I have this problem too, but I think you can improve less skipping if you check the Use FPS PC Calculations in the special fixes of the Pete´s plugins __________________ Main Rig: Pentium Dual-Core E2160 @ 2.3GHz -- 7600GT @ 650/800MHz -- 1GB DDR2-667 4-4-4-12 -- Windows XP Pro SP2 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

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Raziel Beta Administrator Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Nantes, France Posts: 6,145	You also need to check autodetect for frame limiting when using PC frame calculation. __________________ System Specs: OS: Windows Vista Ultimate x64 Edition CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo E6700 @3.5GHz 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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Adair Ghost Hacker Join Date: Apr 2001 Posts: 1,830	Have you tried running it from an ISO? I can speed things up which may or may not help the music. It usually does help though. __________________ WindowsXP pro \| ASUS A7N8X Nforce2 motherboard \| Athlon XP 1700+(1.46 Ghz) IBM 40GB 7200rpm \| 512Mb DDR PC3000 \| Leadtek geforce4 Ti4400 \| SB live X-gamer 16x DVDrom & 4x4x24x CDrewriter \| Enermax EG465 (430watt power supply)

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August 4th, 2001	#3 (permalink)
DCcopy81 Banned Join Date: Apr 2001 Posts: 37	when i turn that on it screws up the frame limiting. can anyone else help?

August 4th, 2001	#5 (permalink)
DCcopy81 Banned Join Date: Apr 2001 Posts: 37	Thanks that helps a little especially with other games, but the music in SilentBomber is still hopelessly out of sync. I think one of the problems may be that the game doesn't just play a straight MIDI file (like Final Fantasy 7). It uses short MIDI loops and then mixes them together like a DJ. The game has some pretty nice tracks, but unfortunately the only emulator that can play them correctly is VGS . And as we all know, VGS does nothing to improve the graphics. So if anyone else has any suggestions, please let me know.

August 4th, 2001	#7 (permalink)
DCcopy81 Banned Join Date: Apr 2001 Posts: 37	Yes I'm running it from an ISO