I will post some exact specs (soundcard, mobo, etc) later today, but here is an update with some info and current status
PC: Dell dimension lc 400mhz celeron w/ 4 pci slots - onboard video, usb, and audio has been disabled in bios (rev a05)
Legacy IRQ 5 has been unreserved in BIOS
Soundcard is a creative labs soundblaster pci 128 - CT48xx (I will get the "xx" when I get home)
I have finally gotten the soundcard drivers to load and ave succesfully tested the sound in DOS using a utility called "sbplay.exe"
Syntax = c:\sbplay.exe somewavfile.wav
Woo hoo sound works so I have eliminated the soundcard and OS setup as issues. Now, I cannot get any sound from dmame or arcadeos. So, starting with the first problem,
Why doesn't sound work in dmame (version 069b) when I run from the command line?I have tried the following commands with the results listed
dmame mpatrol -soundcard 0 ----(0=silence)-----> no sound (ok)
dmame mpatrol -soundcard 1 ----(1=Soundblaster)-----> no sound (NOT OK)
dmame mpatrol -soundcard 5 ----(5=Windows)-----> Tried by accident, when the game runs there is unrecognizeable "chatter" from the speakers, nothing meaningful, (Not OK)
dmame mpatrol -soundcard 6 ----(6=Ensoniq [said to be used for soundblaster pci cards] )-----> Will not run the game, comes back with error "Cannot Initialize the Soundcard"
In regards to the soundcard numerical assignments, I am working from the list at:
http://www.mameworld.net/easyemu/mamedossetup.htm--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
So to summarize, I know the soundcard works on this pc in dos via the sbplay utility.
I cannot, however get sound when I play a game.
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Are there other settings I should be looking at in mame.cfg?
volume? (What is the range? 0-100?) [current = 0]
sample rate? [current = 44100]
stereo no stereo? [current = stereo]
sound? [current = yes]