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Sound Problem

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First post, by Salomão

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Hello
I know that are posts about this, but none of then could help me with my problem.
In almost every game, my sound keeps stuttering and theres nothing I can do to stops it.
I am using the DOSBox 0.63 for Windows XP and I tried to play Flash Back, Eye of The Beholder, Day of the tentacle,... but all these the sound keep stuttering.
The only game that sounds works is "Another World"

Can anyone help me plz?
Thx...

ps. Sorry for my bad english.

Reply 1 of 13, by mirekluza

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You do not have a gameport joystick connected, do you?

Mirek

Reply 3 of 13, by the_one

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- try dynamic core:
edit dosbox.conf and change core=normal to core=dynamic
- increase frameskip to 1 (CTRL F8)
if that's not enough
- decrease cpu cycles (CTRL F11) until sound gets better
this one will eventually slowdown the game

Reply 4 of 13, by Salomão

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The sound is a lot better now with these changes, but its not 100%.
Its keeping stuttering but not too much now.
Thx for the help, but if anyone have another solution, please post.

Salomão

Reply 5 of 13, by Qbix

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uhm if you run 24 bit colors change it to 16
increase the prebuffer (dosbox.conf file)

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Reply 6 of 13, by isotope244

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i had the same problems with any game i run,and i found out that the stutter
was periodically-10 seconds sound then 1 second stutter,repeat.after i tried the changes suggested in this thread i simply used 44100 hz sampling rate instead of 22050- and the stutter was gone.

Reply 7 of 13, by eL_PuSHeR

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Weird. Because 44100Hz sampling rate would consume more cpu power. But, if it works, don't fix it. 😎

Reply 8 of 13, by the_one

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since lot of people prefers read a forum instead
of a simple README file, why don't pin a thread titled:
"Sound problems/stuttering/etc.."
and put the cycles/frameskip/dynamic core tricks
so nobody else bothers with the same old questions???

Reply 9 of 13, by MiniMax

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A sticky instead of the README?? 🤣 🤣 🤣 🤣

Noobs do not read - PERIOD.

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Reply 10 of 13, by mirekluza

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the_one wrote:
since lot of people prefers read a forum instead of a simple README file, why don't pin a thread titled: "Sound problems/stutter […]
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since lot of people prefers read a forum instead
of a simple README file, why don't pin a thread titled:
"Sound problems/stuttering/etc.."
and put the cycles/frameskip/dynamic core tricks
so nobody else bothers with the same old questions???

There are people who do not bother to read even sticky threads...

Mirek

Reply 11 of 13, by isotope244

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to el_pusher: i switched back to 22050 and checked cpu load-there is no difference to 44100hz.well i´m running it on a fast machine but it would be interesting if this sampling rate can fix this problem for others too.

Reply 12 of 13, by eL_PuSHeR

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Well, I don't know. If 44100Hz work just the same for you, then leave it at that sampling rate. Everything will sound much nicer. 😎