Problem with 3.1.3

[garyh]

Hi Chris,

My MAME cab runs 3.0B4 as it does everything I want, however I'm about to build a new jukebox for parties and wanted to use a later version so I downloaded 3.1.3 .  I have a spare Win98SE laptop that I wanted to use for this project but I have a problem in that once a song has been selected it moves from the queue to the "now playing" display but only for an instance and then it disappears (and doesn't play)!  I tried 3.0B4 on the laptop and that is fine.

Any ideas?

Best regards

Gary

p.s. should I give up hope on a working Win98 touchscreen version?

[garyh]

I'll move progressively through the releases today and see where it stops working. I really want the volume control so hopefully B5 will be okay, but I also like the idea of the "scratchy record" intro (being a bit retro).

[Chris]

I'll move progressively through the releases today and see where it stops working. I really want the volume control so hopefully B5 will be okay, but I also like the idea of the "scratchy record" intro (being a bit retro).

Do you know what sound chip is in the laptop?

[garyh]

Chris

I tried upgrading my MAME cab with 3.1.3 and got the same problem as with the laptop. What I have found is that if I select a track that is an OGG file it plays the scratchy record intro then the track disappears from the now playing display and there is no music. If I choose one of my few MP3 files it works perfectly.

I have also tried removing all pre/post delays and #ing the prerec.wav but it still does the same.

Do OGGs work for you?

Regards

Gary

[garyh]

Chris,

Just tried 3.0B11 and that works fine.

Gary

[garyh]

Chris, forgot to say that my MAME cab runs DOSCab.

[Chris]

It's probably related to the change in Allegro versions; that happened between 3.0b11 and 3.1. I'm not sure if I've tested OGG's since then.  Hmm.  Good troubleshooting; I'll take a look at it.

--Chris

[Chris]

I've found the problem; it'll be fixed in the next version.