FF9 Sound Slowdown

cloud81 · December 28th, 2001, 05:32

Hi

I'm using epsxe to play ff9 and the music tends to speed up and slow down at different parts. Any suggestions about how to fix this?

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Zídanee · December 28th, 2001, 05:50

Without you telling us your details I cant say much, but I had a simliar problem.

turn on the following

Use FPS Limit - ON
Use Frame Skipping - ON

This should work.

smartguy15_2000 · December 28th, 2001, 06:06

if that didn't fix it then try getting the eternal SPU plugin... mess with the configurations and it should fix ur problem, if not post again and i'll post my settings

cloud81 · December 28th, 2001, 06:08

Ok, I did what you sugessted, but what should teh FPS limit be?

I tried just leaving it at 200 (the FPS Limit) and here's what happened: During the game startup, The music is really fast, and then when I load a game, the music is really slow. (the game lags a little too). Then when I play the game, everything seems okay except when I go into battle...it the game and the music goes fast.

If there's anything else you need to know, lemme know.

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cloud81 · December 28th, 2001, 06:14

smartguy15_2000

could you post your settings? Thanks. I tried messing around with it and nothing seems to happen.

BTW, the game runs a little slow on those settings Zídanee. (Correction to the last reply)

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Zídanee · December 28th, 2001, 06:28

Okay set the following. That should stop it going Mega Fast without slowing down in the process. So basicly what i said b4 but take frame skipping off.

- FPS limit: On
- Frame skipping: off
- FPS limit: Auto

smartguy15_2000 · December 28th, 2001, 06:35

my GPU settings (*OPENGL*):

Plugin: Pete's OpenGL Driver 1.1.55
Author: Pete Bernert
Card vendor: NVIDIA Corporation
GFX card: GeForce2 GTS/AGP/SSE2

Resolution/Color:
- 800x600 Window mode
- Keep psx aspect ratio: off

Textures:
- R8G8A8A8
- Filtering: 6
- Caching: 2

Framerate:
- FPS limitation: on
- Frame skipping: on
- FPS limit: 60

Compatibility:
- Offscreen drawing: 2
- Framebuffer texture: 2
- Alpha multipass: on
- Mask bit: on
- Advanced blending: on

Misc:
- Scanlines: off
- Line mode: off
- Unfiltered FB: off
- Dithering: off
- Full vram: off
- Game fixes: on [00000200]

my SPU settings:
sound buffer size: 15
enable reverb (check)
enable SPU IRQ (Check)
enable noise and pitch (Check)

high res mode
enable xa buffer
wait for xa buffer

my computer:
1.7 ghz p4
512 meg sd ram
geforce 2 ti 64 meg ddr ram
16xdvd rom

cloud81 · December 28th, 2001, 07:22

Basically, I tried what Zídanee said. This give me normal battle speed and music, normal FMV speed and music. However, the gameplay music is slow (and the gameplay is a little slow) and the menu screen music and the menus screen is really slow.

what smartguy15_2000 suggested pretty much gave me the same thing

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cloud81 · December 28th, 2001, 07:24

btw, my video card is an ATI Rage Mobility 128 w/ 8mb
My cpu is a PIII 700mhz (Intel). OS: MinME I don't know if this helps.

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**fivefeet8** · December 28th, 2001, 07:40

Try playing at a resolution of 640x480.. Ingame menus in all the FF games are the slowest parts.. Your sound problems can be attributed to several factors..

a. Your graphics card is not very good.. 8mb of video ram is rather low for todays standards.. when the graphics slow down, so does the sound..
b. Your cd rom drive doesn't load from the psx cd fast enough, thereby when there is something to load from the cd, it slows down..
c. You've set framebuffer texture to "hardware" which is very slow unless you have a good graphics card and a very good cpu..

One way to lessen these slow effects is to play from an iso.. Do a search of the boards for "image".. Make an iso, and play it using the "run iso" option in epsxe or use executor and use this command line:

-loadbin "full name and path of iso"

without the quotes.. Another thing to do is set framebuffer textures to "black" AKA "0" in petes d3d pluggin..

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December 28th, 2001, 05:32	#1
cloud81 Registered User Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: canada Posts: 5	FF9 Sound Slowdown Hi I'm using epsxe to play ff9 and the music tends to speed up and slow down at different parts. Any suggestions about how to fix this? __________________ Cloud81

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December 28th, 2001, 05:50	#2
Zídanee Registered User Join Date: Dec 2001 Posts: 78	Without you telling us your details I cant say much, but I had a simliar problem. turn on the following Use FPS Limit - ON Use Frame Skipping - ON This should work.

December 28th, 2001, 06:06	#3
smartguy15_2000 Registered User Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Chocobo Forest Posts: 143	if that didn't fix it then try getting the eternal SPU plugin... mess with the configurations and it should fix ur problem, if not post again and i'll post my settings

December 28th, 2001, 06:08	#4
cloud81 Registered User Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: canada Posts: 5	Ok, I did what you sugessted, but what should teh FPS limit be? I tried just leaving it at 200 (the FPS Limit) and here's what happened: During the game startup, The music is really fast, and then when I load a game, the music is really slow. (the game lags a little too). Then when I play the game, everything seems okay except when I go into battle...it the game and the music goes fast. If there's anything else you need to know, lemme know. __________________ Cloud81

December 28th, 2001, 06:14	#5
cloud81 Registered User Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: canada Posts: 5	smartguy15_2000 could you post your settings? Thanks. I tried messing around with it and nothing seems to happen. BTW, the game runs a little slow on those settings Zídanee. (Correction to the last reply) __________________ Cloud81

December 28th, 2001, 06:28	#6
Zídanee Registered User Join Date: Dec 2001 Posts: 78	Okay set the following. That should stop it going Mega Fast without slowing down in the process. So basicly what i said b4 but take frame skipping off. - FPS limit: On - Frame skipping: off - FPS limit: Auto

December 28th, 2001, 06:35	#7
smartguy15_2000 Registered User Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Chocobo Forest Posts: 143	my GPU settings (OPENGL): Plugin: Pete's OpenGL Driver 1.1.55 Author: Pete Bernert Card vendor: NVIDIA Corporation GFX card: GeForce2 GTS/AGP/SSE2 Resolution/Color: - 800x600 Window mode - Keep psx aspect ratio: off Textures: - R8G8A8A8 - Filtering: 6 - Caching: 2 Framerate: - FPS limitation: on - Frame skipping: on - FPS limit: 60 Compatibility: - Offscreen drawing: 2 - Framebuffer texture: 2 - Alpha multipass: on - Mask bit: on - Advanced blending: on Misc: - Scanlines: off - Line mode: off - Unfiltered FB: off - Dithering: off - Full vram: off - Game fixes: on [00000200] my SPU settings: sound buffer size: 15 enable reverb (check) enable SPU IRQ (Check) enable noise and pitch (Check) high res mode enable xa buffer wait for xa buffer my computer: 1.7 ghz p4 512 meg sd ram geforce 2 ti 64 meg ddr ram 16xdvd rom

December 28th, 2001, 07:22	#8
cloud81 Registered User Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: canada Posts: 5	Basically, I tried what Zídanee said. This give me normal battle speed and music, normal FMV speed and music. However, the gameplay music is slow (and the gameplay is a little slow) and the menu screen music and the menus screen is really slow. what smartguy15_2000 suggested pretty much gave me the same thing __________________ Cloud81

December 28th, 2001, 07:24	#9
cloud81 Registered User Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: canada Posts: 5	btw, my video card is an ATI Rage Mobility 128 w/ 8mb My cpu is a PIII 700mhz (Intel). OS: MinME I don't know if this helps. __________________ Cloud81

December 28th, 2001, 07:40	#10
fivefeet8 &-)---\|--< Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Smallville Posts: 8,058	Try playing at a resolution of 640x480.. Ingame menus in all the FF games are the slowest parts.. Your sound problems can be attributed to several factors.. a. Your graphics card is not very good.. 8mb of video ram is rather low for todays standards.. when the graphics slow down, so does the sound.. b. Your cd rom drive doesn't load from the psx cd fast enough, thereby when there is something to load from the cd, it slows down.. c. You've set framebuffer texture to "hardware" which is very slow unless you have a good graphics card and a very good cpu.. One way to lessen these slow effects is to play from an iso.. Do a search of the boards for "image".. Make an iso, and play it using the "run iso" option in epsxe or use executor and use this command line: -loadbin "full name and path of iso" without the quotes.. Another thing to do is set framebuffer textures to "black" AKA "0" in petes d3d pluggin.. __________________ Play emulated games online Main Rig\|\|Intel i7 2600k @4.4 ghz\|2x4 gb DDR3 1600\|Asrock Extreme7 Gen3\|EVGA GTX670 2GB\|EVGA GTX460 PhysX\|2x Seagate 160gb SATA150 Raid0\|250 gb Samsung SATA2 HD\| OCZ 240GB SSD SATA3 \|NEC 3520 4x/8x DVD+R/RW DL burner\|Rosewill 1000 Watt\|40" Sony Bravia 1080p\|Logitec 5.1 Speaker System w/10" Sub\|Windows 7 64bit Ultimate\|\| SimplyBuyIt - Health&Nutrition Last edited by fivefeet8; December 28th, 2001 at 08:38..