Emulator Issues #5825
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Resident Evil 2 and 3 audio glitches
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Description
- Game Name and ID (as it appears in right click > properties: "GZ2P01",
"RSBE01", etc):
Resident Evil 2 and 3 (NTSC-U versions)
2) What is the expected output? What do you see instead?
Severe audio glitching in both games. Sound pops in an out, with missing sound effects. I would love to see the audio glitches fixed because the Gamecube versions of these classics are arguably the best versions.
3) Did the game ever work correctly (i.e. not have this problem) on an
earlier version of dolphin? Please specify the exact revision when the
problem began.
Not that I know of. This is a common problem.
4) What steps will reproduce the problem?
Simply play 5 minutes of either game and you should understand.
5) What version of dolphin are you using (32bit/64bit along with the
version as it appears in the title bar, etc)? Do not say 'latest version'
this changes multiple times a day.
64bit, Dolphin version 3.5.
Updated by bgtsetso over 11 years ago
This issue was present even before the merge of the new ax hle, it was even worse before the merge as the music sometimes stopped permanently, while now it comes and goes at regular intervals. It's interesting that those games run at full speed so the issue is not performance related.
Updated by alexkazify over 11 years ago
I think it definitely has something to do with the audio plugin (not a coder here).
Lots of others have also had this problem... both games are basically unplayable because of it.
http://forums.dolphin-emu.org/Thread-resident-evil-2-and-3-sound-problems--25488
I'd even go as far as paying someone through PayPal to fix it.
I just really wanna enjoy these classic RE games. :/
Updated by skidau over 11 years ago
The audio plays fine with DSP LLE since r421a75493cd2. The issue has to do with the dma transfer timing.
Updated by alexkazify over 11 years ago
With your recommendation, I tried DSP LLE, and it's definitely a massive improvement.
Sadly, the audio still seems to be quite glitchy and is fading in out of each speaker, with a lot of stuttering during gameplay. Not sure if this is a performance issue, but I don't think it is.
Updated by skidau over 11 years ago
OpenAL should help with the stuttering in DSP LLE mode. There are builds for testing here: r1c462a1ecaa5.
Updated by bgtsetso over 11 years ago
indeed the combination LLE + OpenAL makes the sound almost perfect. Thanks!
Updated by bgtsetso about 11 years ago
@skidau - are there plans to fix this in the new HLE too?
Updated by skidau about 11 years ago
- Status changed from New to Fixed
This issue was closed by revision 4c6bbec600cc.
Updated by skidau about 11 years ago
- Status changed from Fixed to Accepted
Audio is broken again in (3.5-1055 ra6249b53889ac27cd815927684501be5f7b0c53a).
Updated by skidau about 11 years ago
Changing the MAX_SLICE_LENGTH to 1000 from 20000 will fix this issue but makes the emulator run slowly.
Updated by allanliu87 about 11 years ago
Builds between fifo-bp merge and 1054 have perfect audio support in RE2 and 3. rev r4c6bbec600cc doesn't seem to fix the problem fully, it makes audio a little choppy, as if the audio plugin quickly switch between buffering and playing states.
Updated by skidau about 11 years ago
- Status changed from Accepted to Fixed
This issue was closed by revision 1d550f4496e4.
Updated by itachijuniorpc about 11 years ago
Unfortunate this doesn't fix the "Sound pops in an out" in Resident Evil 4. Issue 6151
Updated by skidau about 11 years ago
Issue 6153 has been merged into this issue.