Mame sound problems And ini file gone

[neokidgeo]

Hi guys,

Managed to get mame running games o.k but have a slight problem with sound, When music is playing in a game it's o.k but every 5 or 10 seconds it goes like a cd skipping has anyone had this problem before?

Thanks guys 
Neo

[Spiderstyle]

Hi Neo,

Could you give us some more information? Like what hardware (ArcadeVGA, JPAC, etc) and software (MAME, DMAME, MAME32, Front End, etc) you're using?

I had a similar problem at first with my ArcadeVGA2 PCIe and JPAC. Turning off triplebuffer in the mame.ini file helped me out there, but that would cause some horizontal games to have a bit of vertical tearing. For those specific games I turned it back on by editing the ini file of those particular games.

With kind regards,
Spiderstyle

[neokidgeo]

Hi spider,

I'm using mame 123b with mamewah, I'm just running it on pc with no arcade hardware, I think it might be the ini file i copied and pasted from a website as i cant get my pc to make it's own, I try opening a command promt and typing MAME -cc but it tells me there no such thing.
I tried mame 101 and it worked but i still can't get an ini file to edit.

Thanks for your help 
Neo

[neokidgeo]

Is it possible to copy and paste someones mame123 ini file or does it work on you computers spec?

Thanks guys

[u_rebelscum]

Try enabling -refreshspeed, and/or disabling all -waitvsync, -syncrefresh and -triplebuffer if you enabled them.  (I'm assuming you are using an LCD monitor and didn't change most of the default settings.)

[neokidgeo]

I deleted the ini file by mistake when i was reinstalling mame 
I've tried 4 diffrent computers and not one can i get to to make an ini file 

[Dazz]

Are you trying to create the mame.ini? 

If so then just have Mame create it using the mame -cc command.  Using a command prompt navigate to your Mame folder.

C:\>cd mame
C:\mame>mame -cc

You should now have a mame.ini file in your mame folder.

[neokidgeo]

I keep trying but all i get is this message,
C:\ is not recognized as an internal or external command operable program or batch file

Cheers
Neo

[massive88]

First get to a command prompt.  Assuming mame is in the directory C:\mame type the following, or even cut and paste, one line at a time.

Code: [Select]

cd\mame
mame -cc

You shouldnt be typing c:\ ever, so you wont get that error.

[neokidgeo]

I'm such a tool  thanks boys my knowledge of computers is switch on, click internet explorer, type www.google.com and then type in porn 

Tanks again guys 

[Spiderstyle]

Grin.. ;-)

Did you manage to get Mame to create an ini for you?

And even more important, is your sound problem solved?

With kind regards,
Spiderstyle

[neokidgeo]

Thanks to you guys i now have good sound and an ini file 
Only problem i now have is when i'm trying to load a few games i get this
in mamewah

03/03/2008 23:48:38 MAMEWAH v1.62 launched
03/03/2008 23:48:38 Cursor scheme: Windows default, Arrow: (None), Wait: (None), AppStarting: (None)
03/03/2008 23:48:38 Desktop colour: 9981440
03/03/2008 23:48:38 Wallpaper filename: C:\WINDOWS\web\wallpaper\Bliss.bmp
03/03/2008 23:48:38 Desktop display mode: 800x600 @ 60Hz, 16bit colour
03/03/2008 23:48:38 Decimal symbol: '.'
03/03/2008 23:48:38 Games list read: mame-0.lst
03/03/2008 23:48:40 Mode 640 x 480 @ 60Hz, 16bit colour selected after 2 attempt(s) at 1/2 second intervals.
03/03/2008 23:48:40 Layout selected: C:\MameWah\config\layout.lay
03/03/2008 23:48:40 No. joystick devices attached: 0
03/03/2008 23:48:40 Ctrlr file selected: C:\MameWah\config\mamewah.cfg
03/03/2008 23:48:40 Keyboard enabled
03/03/2008 23:48:56 Current drive/directory selected: c:\mame
03/03/2008 23:48:56 Commandline run: c:\mame\mame.exe asteroib {flags=209}
03/03/2008 23:48:58 Application quit: c:\mame\mame.exe asteroib
03/03/2008 23:48:58 Mode 640 x 480 @ 60Hz, 16bit colour selected after 2 attempt(s) at 1/2 second intervals.
03/03/2008 23:48:59 Mode 640 x 480 @ 60Hz, 16bit colour selected after 2 attempt(s) at 1/2 second intervals.
03/03/2008 23:49:04 Mode 800 x 600 @ 60Hz, 16bit colour selected after 1 attempt(s) at 1/2 second intervals.
03/03/2008 23:49:04 MAMEWAH quit

Does that mean that the game is not yet playerble?

Thanks again guys 

[neokidgeo]

I've had a look in dispaly and my computer don't go to 640 x 480 could this be the reason it's not playing some games like asteroids?
Would the mamewah res tool fix this or is that only if you have the arcade vga card?

Thanks guys

[gonzo90017]

I've had a look in dispaly and my computer don't go to 640 x 480 could this be the reason it's not playing some games like asteroids?

No.

Right click on your desktop, go to properties>settings>advanced>adapter>list all modes.

The reason your game might no be loading is because you might not have the game or your rom file doesn't coincide with your mame version and your missing rom files. You should try downoading MameUi 123 instead. There you can load the game and it should give you an error message.

[neokidgeo]

Hi,
Modes my pc has are 800 x 600 and higher and so is my laptop, I'm using mame123 on both laptop and pc.
I tried mame ui and it did give a message so will go and check what it is and will get back.

I think he message was something key missing and then a load of numbers.

[gonzo90017]

That means you're missing rom files.
Downloading the rom again should fix it.