daphne problems frame file etc

[grayxx]

hi guys i cant seem to set up daphne, im using daphne loader but its comming up with cant find frame file, ive pointed the loader in the direction of the frame file that is in the file with the mpeg video, is this right?? or am i doing this all wrong, just cant get it to start 

[Jabba]

CHeck the Daphne log file. It will tell you the area it is looking for the frame file. I moved my LAIR directory from D: to C: and it sopped working. Turned out my config was pointing to D:...

Barring that, post your log file (sort by date descending to get the lof file...

[grayxx]

CHeck the Daphne log file. It will tell you the area it is looking for the frame file. I moved my LAIR directory from D: to C: and it sopped working. Turned out my config was pointing to D:...

Barring that, post your log file (sort by date descending to get the lof file...

mm im struggling here not sure how i move the LAIR directory?? and ill bet its simple, anyway ive posted the log file below.

--DAPHNE version 0.99.7cvs
--Command line is: C:\Documents and Settings\graeme\Desktop\daphne\EMULATORS\DAPHNE\Daphne MPEG Loader 1.2\Daphne MPEG Loader v1.2 - for Dragon's Lair II - Final UPDATE\daphne.exe lair vldp -framefile C:\Documents and Settings\graeme\Desktop\daphne\LASERDISKS\DRAGON'S LAIR\Framefile.txt -useoverlaysb 2 -bank 0 10011001 -bank 1 01100011 -x 1152 -y 864 -sound_buffer 8192 -noserversend
--CPU : GenuineIntel 2400 MHz || Mem : 768 megs
--OS : Windows XP/.NET || Video : NVIDIA GeForce FX 5500
LDV1000 : Instantaneous seeking enabled!
Setting screen width to 1152
Setting screen height to 864
Setting sound buffer size to 8192
WARNING : You have specified an abnormal screen resolution! Normal screen resolutions are:
640 x 480
800 x 600
1024 x 768
1280 x 960
1280 x 1024
1600 x 1200

Set 1152x864 at 32 bpp with flags: 0
Initializing sound system ...
No joysticks detected
Reading key remapping file ... (if the file is corrupt, daphne will crash, just so you know hehe)
Loading roms/lair/dl_f2_u1.bin ... 8192 bytes read into memory
Loading roms/lair/dl_f2_u2.bin ... 8192 bytes read into memory
Loading roms/lair/dl_f2_u3.bin ... 8192 bytes read into memory
Loading roms/lair/dl_f2_u4.bin ... 8192 bytes read into memory
Could not open mpeg frame conversion file : C:\Documents and Settings\graeme\Desktop\daphne\LASERDISKS\DRAGON'S LAIR\Framefi
Could not open frame file!
You must specify a -framefile argument when using VLDP.
If you didn't, then this is the problem.
Could not initialize laserdisc player!
Shutting down sound system...
Shutting down video display...

[Jabba]

Could not open mpeg frame conversion file : C:\Documents and Settings\graeme\Desktop\daphne\LASERDISKS\DRAGON'S LAIR\Framefi
Could not open frame file!

There's your problem. You should probably copy your directory daphne and all its subdirectories to the root of C:\ to make things easirer to work on. Right now, its looking for something in your Documents and Settings folder. I would move everything to the root of C:

C:\daphne\....

Next, edit your DapthneLoaderPrefs.ini file to point to the the DVD framefile, on mine, there is a line:

MPEGInfoFile=c:\lair\framefile\lair_dvdrom.txt

Yours should say someting like:

MPEGInfoFile=c:\daphne\LASERDISKS\DRAGON'S LAIR\framefile\lair_dvdrom.txt

Restart Daphne to see if this works. If not, post your log file...

[grayxx]

thanks jabba for the help, ok ive done all you said and now instead of an error screen it goes to start, but all i get is a black screen on startup, error log below.

--DAPHNE version 0.99.7cvs
--Command line is: C:\daphne\EMULATORS\DAPHNE\Daphne MPEG Loader 1.2\Daphne MPEG Loader v1.2 - for Dragon's Lair II - Final UPDATE\daphne.exe lair vldp -framefile C:\daphne\LASERDISKS\DRAGON'S LAIR\Framefile.txt -useoverlaysb 2 -bank 0 10011001 -bank 1 01100011 -x 1152 -y 864 -sound_buffer 8192 -noserversend
--CPU : GenuineIntel 2400 MHz || Mem : 768 megs
--OS : Windows XP/.NET || Video : NVIDIA GeForce FX 5500
LDV1000 : Instantaneous seeking enabled!
Setting screen width to 1152
Setting screen height to 864
Setting sound buffer size to 8192
WARNING : You have specified an abnormal screen resolution! Normal screen resolutions are:
640 x 480
800 x 600
1024 x 768
1280 x 960
1280 x 1024
1600 x 1200

Set 1152x864 at 32 bpp with flags: 0
Initializing sound system ...
No joysticks detected
Reading key remapping file ... (if the file is corrupt, daphne will crash, just so you know hehe)
Loading roms/lair/dl_f2_u1.bin ... 8192 bytes read into memory
Loading roms/lair/dl_f2_u2.bin ... 8192 bytes read into memory
Loading roms/lair/dl_f2_u3.bin ... 8192 bytes read into memory
Loading roms/lair/dl_f2_u4.bin ... 8192 bytes read into memory
Booting ROM ...
REMOVE ME : coin queue was reshuffled
lair : Re-allocated overlay surface (360 x 240)...
Shutting down sound system...
Shutting down video display...

[RayB]

"WARNING : You have specified an abnormal screen resolution! Normal screen resolutions are:"

How about trying a proper resolution?

[grayxx]

ok now its running takes a little while to start ,seems to be after ive selected the right screen resolution, but it seems to be flying through the video very fast?? new log:

--DAPHNE version 0.99.7cvs
--Command line is: C:\daphne\EMULATORS\DAPHNE\Daphne MPEG Loader 1.2\Daphne MPEG Loader v1.2 - for Dragon's Lair II - Final UPDATE\daphne.exe lair vldp -framefile C:\daphne\LASERDISKS\DRAGON'S LAIR\Framefile.txt -useoverlaysb 2 -bank 0 10011001 -bank 1 01100011 -x 1024 -y 768 -sound_buffer 8192 -noserversend
--CPU : GenuineIntel 2400 MHz || Mem : 768 megs
--OS : Windows XP/.NET || Video : NVIDIA GeForce FX 5500
LDV1000 : Instantaneous seeking enabled!
Setting screen width to 1024
Setting screen height to 768
Setting sound buffer size to 8192
Set 1024x768 at 32 bpp with flags: 0
Initializing sound system ...
No joysticks detected
Reading key remapping file ... (if the file is corrupt, daphne will crash, just so you know hehe)
Loading roms/lair/dl_f2_u1.bin ... 8192 bytes read into memory
Loading roms/lair/dl_f2_u2.bin ... 8192 bytes read into memory
Loading roms/lair/dl_f2_u3.bin ... 8192 bytes read into memory
Loading roms/lair/dl_f2_u4.bin ... 8192 bytes read into memory
Booting ROM ...
REMOVE ME : coin queue was reshuffled
lair : Re-allocated overlay surface (360 x 240)...
LDP : Since disc was stopped, we are flushing the timers (remove me later)
REMOVE ME : coin queue was reshuffled
Play
LDP : disc is already playing, play command ignored
Play
Shutting down sound system...
Shutting down video display...

[Jabba]

I know that when it starts up, it flashes a whole bunch of pictures and finally goes into attract mode. Does your's even get to attract mode?

Here are my prefs. Are any of your parameters different? If so, play around with changing one at a time to see...


Jabba's DaphneLoaderPrefs ===>


[General]
LastGame=Dragon's Lair (US rev. F2)
WindowTop=5332
WindowLeft=6465
WindowWidth=6270
WindowHeight=4695

[Dragon's Lair (US rev. F2)]
Fullscreen=Yes
Option1=
Option2=-useoverlaysb
Option3=
Option4=
DIPUseDefaults=Yes
DIPListBox1choice=1
DIPListBox2choice=1
DIPListBox3choice=1
DIPListBox4choice=1
DIPListBox6choice=1
DIPCheckBox1checked=No
DIPCheckBox2checked=No
LDPlayerType=vldp
MPEGInfoFile=c:\lair\framefile\lair_dvdrom.txt
Advanced=No
BlankSkips=No
BlankSearches=No
SeekTest=No
SeekDelay=No
SeekDelayLDP=Original Arcade LDP
LDport=0
LDbaudrate=9600
ScreenSize=0
DisableSound=No
DisableHardwareAcceleration=No
SetSoundBuffer=No
SetLatency=No
DisplayCmdLine=No
DisableStats=No
DisableCRC=No
SoundBufferValue=2048
LatencyValue=0

[Dragon's Lair (US rev. A-D older)]
Fullscreen=No
Option1=
Option2=-useoverlaysb
Option3=
DIPUseDefaults=Yes
DIPListBox1choice=1
DIPListBox2choice=1
DIPListBox3choice=1
DIPListBox4choice=1
DIPListBox6choice=1
DIPCheckBox1checked=No
DIPCheckBox2checked=No
DIPCheckBox4checked=No
LDPlayerType=vldp
MPEGInfoFile=D:\lair\framefile\lair_dvdrom.txt
Advanced=No
BlankSkips=No
BlankSearches=No
SeekTest=No
SeekDelay=No
SeekDelayLDP=Original Arcade LDP
LDport=0
LDbaudrate=9600
ScreenSize=0
DisableSound=No
DisableHardwareAcceleration=No
SetSoundBuffer=No
SetLatency=No
DisplayCmdLine=No
DisableStats=No
DisableCRC=No
SoundBufferValue=2048
LatencyValue=0

[Dragon's Lair (US Enhancement 1.1 L)]
Fullscreen=No
Option1=
Option2=-useoverlaysb
Option3=
DIPUseDefaults=Yes
DIPListBox1choice=1
DIPListBox2choice=1
DIPListBox4choice=1
DIPListBox6choice=1
DIPCheckBox1checked=No
DIPCheckBox2checked=No
LDPlayerType=vldp
MPEGInfoFile=D:\lair\framefile\lair_dvdrom.txt
Advanced=No
BlankSkips=No
BlankSearches=No
SeekTest=No
SeekDelay=No
SeekDelayLDP=Original Arcade LDP
LDport=0
LDbaudrate=9600
ScreenSize=0
DisableSound=No
DisableHardwareAcceleration=No
SetSoundBuffer=No
SetLatency=No
DisplayCmdLine=No
DisableStats=No
DisableCRC=No
SoundBufferValue=2048
LatencyValue=0

[Dragon's Lair (US Enhancement 2.0)]
Fullscreen=Yes
Option1=
Option2=-useoverlaysb
Option3=
DIPUseDefaults=Yes
DIPListBox1choice=1
DIPListBox2choice=1
DIPListBox3choice=1
DIPListBox4choice=1
DIPListBox5choice=1
DIPListBox6choice=1
DIPCheckBox1checked=No
DIPCheckBox2checked=No
LDPlayerType=vldp
MPEGInfoFile=+\lair\framefile\lair_dvdrom.txt
Advanced=No
BlankSkips=No
BlankSearches=No
SeekTest=No
SeekDelay=No
SeekDelayLDP=Original Arcade LDP
LDport=0
LDbaudrate=9600
ScreenSize=0
DisableSound=No
DisableHardwareAcceleration=No
SetSoundBuffer=Yes
SetLatency=No
DisplayCmdLine=No
DisableStats=No
DisableCRC=No
SoundBufferValue=4096
LatencyValue=0

[More Cowbell]

Mine did the same thing until I set the first frame in the framefile. It defaulted to something like 150 and I had to change it to 115 or so. There are documents that walk you through determining the correct zero frame on the Daphne website.