I saw this post about converting the bin/cue to NRG and using Nero Image Drive.

Mounting CD audio inside DOSBox/95

I use this one in XP, but I just noticed the page lists a Win98 version also:
http://www.magiciso.com/tutorials/miso-magicdisc-history.htm

Stretch wrote:

I use this one in XP, but I just noticed the page lists a Win98 version also:
http://www.magiciso.com/tutorials/miso-magicdisc-history.htm

This is the one you want. When I had Windows 98SE this was the only virtual CD program that worked with mixed mode images. They need to be in BIN/CUE format but otherwise should work properly even with regular audio CDs.

Great, thanks. I'm going to try it!

I am having almost the exact same problem as the OP. I'm using Win 98SE with unofficial SP3, a Diamond Monster MX300 and a non-5.1 Sound Blaster Live! With Daemon Tools 3.47, I can hear CD Audio music in DOS games like Tomb Raider running in Windows. However, I cannot hear the CD audio in Windows games like Outlaws and Tomb Raider II. I have tried setting the analog audio emulation to use one sound card and the game to use the other sound card, but that does not work. I also tried MagicIso as linked by Stretch, but it wouldn't even let me play the CD audio from the Windows CD Player application. I have not tried the version of Nero discussed in the post Stretch linked to yet.

Norton Commander wrote:

When I had Windows 98SE this was the only virtual CD program that worked with mixed mode images.

I remember having luck with DaemonTools having mixed mode audio in Win9x back then.

I tried Nero 5.5.10.20, and after installing it, finding a serial and going through its rather cumbersome disc image making process so its Drive Image program could load a nrg image. it did not improve on Daemon Tools.

I think there may be an issue with games using DirectSound and Redbook Audio.

Sorry for digging up an old post but did you get this straightened out? I am about to have to get this working too.

What I have thought about so far for my setup is the following and I know I had something like this working years ago.

Install Daemon Tools 3.47 in Windows 98 SE
Make real CD-ROM drive E:
Make virtual CD-ROM drive D: (the drive letter that games typically look for)
Enable 'Digital CD Audio' in multimedia control panel for the virtual CD-ROM (I briefly looked yesterday and it was greyed out)
If cannot enable 'Digital CD Audio' (greyed out) then try the following.

edit registry key to enable Digital CD Audio in Windows on this device

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\Class\CDROM\whatever-number-of-drive "DigitalAudioPlay" 7 (binary 0111)

Haven't had time to look at this yet but I was searching and saw this post.

Shouldn't this be in Marvin?

Had a chance to play with it today and forgot that Daemon Tools 3.47 can emulate analog audio so there was no need in messing with registry for digital audio. I set the virtual drive as D: and used the latest version of ImgBurn (http://www.imgburn.com/ I highly recommend this program no matter what version of Windows you are running) to rip a retail Quake CD into Bin/Queue format. Installed Quake for DOS and everything, including CD audio, worked great. In control panel I also made sure default CD-ROM for audio was set as D:.

Thanks, will try it soon.
I guess you need to set D: for your real CD-ROM drive to make it work with all games again?

Moved to Marvin.

Sorry for digging up an old post, but I'm having a somewhat similar issue.

Same general setup as the OP [Daemon tools 3.47, Win 98SE]. I'm able to get the redbook audio working in most games (solution was assigning the virtual drive to the highest possible letter, incase anyone is wonder), but some games now act very strangely when trying to read the audio tracks.

Say for example I start said game without the CD mounted. It loads normally and plays without issue, but obviously there is no music. I then mount the .CUE file, and open the game again. It will lock up constantly for a few seconds, and basically renders the PC useless unless I terminate the program. All while this is happening, no music is playing.

I've verified that the .CUE files mount correctly, and CAN play the audio tracks when using any CD Player software. Could this an issue related to "digital audio", as when checking the drive properties in Control Panel, the option is greyed out.

Not sure if this would make a major difference either, but I'm using a AWE64 GOLD ISA soundcard, and again this issue only affects certain titles. Most other .CUE files work like a charm.

Assigning virtual drive to highest letter seems unusual. Normally lowest possible (D:) is what most people do.

Tell us what specific games you aren't getting CD audio for.

98SE will only support global digital audio extraction with WDM audio drivers installed. Some programs like WMP9 support it independently. VxD drivers are often preferable or the only option, and then you're stuck with the CD emulation program's implementation of fake analog audio extraction. I bet it can put a toll on a low spec system.

Nintendawg wrote:

Assigning virtual drive to highest letter seems unusual. Normally lowest possible (D:) is what most people do.

My mistake, I meant in ascending order [Virtual drive is set to E:\]
Two games I've experienced this with are Z.A.R, and Earthworm Jim 95 so far. Other games that use Redbook such as Rayman, run just fine.

firage wrote:

98SE will only support global digital audio extraction with WDM audio drivers installed. Some programs like WMP9 support it independently. VxD drivers are often preferable or the only option, and then you're stuck with the CD emulation program's implementation of fake analog audio extraction. I bet it can put a toll on a low spec system.

Could be a far fetched idea, but do you think it could be an issue with the .CUE file? The drive emulation software does work with Redbook during games without hassle, usually. The problems I'm experiencing have surfaced in maybe 10% of the titles I've tried on the system. Since it's only isolated to a few titles, I've wondered if anyone else has faced similar flukes.

Do any of the CD audio games you play also support digital sound effects? Since you are using VxD drivers and the AWE64 only supports one wave output device, I bet only one or the other can be used, and if the game initializes its SFX driver first, it gains exclusive access to the sound hardware and then Daemon Tools' emulation can't open a wave stream.

I can not replicate it, but it worked before, now I can't get it working.

Win98se -> Outcast PC Game (Audio-CD)
I used Deamon-Tools to mount the Audio CD-Image.
If I start the game I can only hear the SFX but not the Audio-CD-Tracks mounted with Deamon-Tools.
If I let the game run and go back to Windows-Tas Manager (Shift+Tab) I CAN HEAR THE AUDIO-CD-MUSIC playing from the mounted image,
going back to the game, the music is gone. So what is the problem here?

It worked correct with a previous Win98se installation, but I don't know what caused this.

Doc

Update on my issue;

After a few hours of tinkering, I finally got the Redbook audio to work. Installed some WDM drivers for the AWE64, set Windows to treat the drive as if it were playing music using digital audio, then set Daemon tools to have the drive use analog audio. Works like a dream now 😁
Never thought to mess around with WDM, so thanks for the pointers guys.