Very lag in movie playback (please help !!!)

SPK · February 22nd, 2002, 20:39

Thanks for reading this post ...
Well my prob is : while playing the games with XA-sound or movies, it's very very choopy. Every CDR plug-in tried but no help.

config : win98se
P3 1G , 256mb sdram
Geforce 2mx
IDE - 48x-cdrom ( !! )

Think the IDE cdrom SUCKS !!!
I said that because when I tried with my 32x SCSI cdrom... it works smooth and FINE !!
Is that anything to do ?
Would updating anything (ASPI or something) help ???
PLS help ...

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**Ryos** · February 22nd, 2002, 21:36

What config are you using (especially the SPU)? Do you have Enable SPU IRQ hack checked in Config Sound? UNCHECK it. It's probably a simple fix, but we need settings before we can tell you what's wrong.

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February 23rd, 2002, 07:02

Well, I think that you need to find the right SPU/GPU plugins combination to get accurate speed in MDEC Movie playback with no sound skips. Try to find the fastest plugins for your computer specs and then start tweaking from them. If you find that there are no sound skips, try incresing quality until u find the point that sound skips come back.
Also, if the games you're playing are 2D, try using a 2D GPU plugin, like PeOps or Kazzuya, because they're faster with MDEC decoding and can help a lot avoiding sound skips.
About sound, it's good starting with 22khz sound without interpolation and other filtering techniques. If it works, try with higher quality. A good sound buffer can also help.
You can also try lowering emu memory access frequency, with the -p [nn] cmd-line option. Just pust something like "-p 24" in it. It is useful to get less sound skips with some games but it can also affect overall emu performance (specially controllers response), so try with low number (e.g. less than 32).
I don't think that the CD-ROM plugins can help much with that, but you may take a look at them too.

SPK · February 23rd, 2002, 16:01

Hmmm ....
I've done so many plug-in and config test ... none of them give full speed movie playback (with IDE cdrom).
So i asked is that something wrong with my IDE-cdrom ??
Believe me, I've tried so many options and plug-in but truely ... no help.
Anyway thx for you info., happy emulation~~

__________________
Yes I know...
I AM the ONE !!!

February 22nd, 2002, 20:39	#1
SPK Registered User Join Date: Feb 2002 Posts: 6	Very lag in movie playback (please help !!!) Thanks for reading this post ... Well my prob is : while playing the games with XA-sound or movies, it's very very choopy. Every CDR plug-in tried but no help. config : win98se P3 1G , 256mb sdram Geforce 2mx IDE - 48x-cdrom ( !! ) Think the IDE cdrom SUCKS !!! I said that because when I tried with my 32x SCSI cdrom... it works smooth and FINE !! Is that anything to do ? Would updating anything (ASPI or something) help ??? PLS help ... __________________ Yes I know... I AM the ONE !!!

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February 22nd, 2002, 21:36	#2
Ryos Bearsona Join Date: May 2001 Location: Nowhere Posts: 11,307	What config are you using (especially the SPU)? Do you have Enable SPU IRQ hack checked in Config Sound? UNCHECK it. It's probably a simple fix, but we need settings before we can tell you what's wrong. __________________ Sanity is overrated.

February 23rd, 2002, 07:02	#3
PabloJM Guest Posts: n/a	Well, I think that you need to find the right SPU/GPU plugins combination to get accurate speed in MDEC Movie playback with no sound skips. Try to find the fastest plugins for your computer specs and then start tweaking from them. If you find that there are no sound skips, try incresing quality until u find the point that sound skips come back. Also, if the games you're playing are 2D, try using a 2D GPU plugin, like PeOps or Kazzuya, because they're faster with MDEC decoding and can help a lot avoiding sound skips. About sound, it's good starting with 22khz sound without interpolation and other filtering techniques. If it works, try with higher quality. A good sound buffer can also help. You can also try lowering emu memory access frequency, with the -p [nn] cmd-line option. Just pust something like "-p 24" in it. It is useful to get less sound skips with some games but it can also affect overall emu performance (specially controllers response), so try with low number (e.g. less than 32). I don't think that the CD-ROM plugins can help much with that, but you may take a look at them too.

February 23rd, 2002, 16:01	#4
SPK Registered User Join Date: Feb 2002 Posts: 6	Hmmm .... I've done so many plug-in and config test ... none of them give full speed movie playback (with IDE cdrom). So i asked is that something wrong with my IDE-cdrom ?? Believe me, I've tried so many options and plug-in but truely ... no help. Anyway thx for you info., happy emulation~~ __________________ Yes I know... I AM the ONE !!!