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Emulator Issues #12234

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moving mouse causes sound skips and framedrops

Added by ballerburg9005 over 3 years ago. Updated almost 3 years ago.

Status:
Invalid
Priority:
Normal
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% Done:

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Issue type:
Bug
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Regression:
No
Relates to usability:
No
Relates to performance:
No
Easy:
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Description

moving mouse causes sound skips and framedrops

I suppose this happens with any game, but I only have tested it with Xenoblade Chronicles SX4P01

  • dolphin-emu 1:5.0.r12443.b5241d1c2c-1 Archlinux
  • dophin from git (Sun Aug 30 04:16:38 2020)

Core i5-2500k, GTX660 (high-end 2012 PC)

I can ramp up the resolution and use all the slow stuff, it changes absolutely nothing. I can even run GTA4 on my third monitor and mine Bitcoin in the background, the behavior remains totally unchanged.

Also its entirely unrelated to the sound driver. I can give it 200ms latency, for ALSA through dmix filter (no Pulseaudio), or latency through Pulseaudio, its all the same.

The FPS always go around 24.88-25 FPS (I guess its capped) but when I wiggle the mouse and hear the skips sometimes it shows like 12 or 18.

It doesn't matter if the window is focused or not. The annoying thing is when I play, I move the mouse around a lot to browse the internet or use other programs like IRC or filebrowser.

When I don't move the mouse (not even the tiniest bit) or I disable the emulated Wii Remote, the issue 100% disappears. Xenoblades doesn't work with Gamecube controller, so I need to enable Wii Remote with Wii Classic Controller extension. I tried unchecking and removing every "mouse" but it doesn't change the bug.

SAMPLE SOUND: https://vocaroo.com/79OsbkM2tjj

Actions #1

Updated by JMC4789 over 3 years ago

This is an issue I've seen with some Linux installs in the past but have never really reproduced it myself.

Can you compile Dolphin yourself and run perf or something to find out where all this CPU time is being spent when you move the mouse? That would go a huge way toward figuring out what is going on.

Actions #2

Updated by JMC4789 almost 3 years ago

  • Status changed from New to Invalid

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