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    audio issues with SNES in pi3

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    • lovelorn88L
      lovelorn88 @matchaman
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      @matchaman so overclocking my pi3b will fix this issue??? im not sure why im having problems and other people with pi3b arnt unless they actually had a different model

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      • matchamanM
        matchaman
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        I assume that some of us are more sensitive to audio clicks. I remember reporting a similar stutter issue on SNES9X (the actual emulator, not the core) about a decade ago and none could hear it... thankfully one of the developers understood what I was mumbling about and fixed something regarding DirectSound!

        Anyhow, for me it's a "verified" issue that's solved by either overclocking the Pi 3 or getting the 3B+ model. That little boost does the trick.

        For anyone who's reading this, we're talking about nitpicking on sound clicks/stutter. Possibly a frequency most people can't hear? Maybe because I'm using headphones? (lovelorn88 are you using headphones too?)

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        • lovelorn88L
          lovelorn88 @matchaman
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          @matchaman eh... the audio stutter i have is VERY hard to miss.... not nit picking at all Yoshis island for example gets really bad.... youd have to be deaf for it to not bother you...... a AWFUL crackling in the audio for snes

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          • lovelorn88L
            lovelorn88 @matchaman
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            @matchaman and no.... i use my tv tried with the tv speaker,, my sound bar and EVEN headphones.... this isnt a sound problem someone could miss

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            • lovelorn88L
              lovelorn88 @matchaman
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              @matchaman yoshis island for example is hard to stand do to the lag in the audio no way anyone can miss it.... but the gba port sounds fine

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              • lovelorn88L
                lovelorn88 @matchaman
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                @matchaman i just now overclocked it to 1.4 ... SILL have the audio problems with snes.... i knew that wouldnt fix this smh

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                • lovelorn88L
                  lovelorn88 @matchaman
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                  @matchaman so yeah..... overclocking has made NO change in this awful audio lag, crackle, stutter, my next guess is good it be the actual board itself???? even though its ONLY snes doing this to me? its really unplayble.... but yes i overclocked now at 1400 and RIGHT at start up snes has audio problems.. so heating is not the issue

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                  • matchamanM
                    matchaman
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                    That's strange. If it's so persistent, the first thing you should do is to try your card on another Pi. If you can't, you should do a fresh installation.

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                    • DarksaviorD
                      Darksavior @matchaman
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                      @matchaman said in audio issues with SNES in pi3:

                      It's normal. Try lr-snes9x instead of lr-snes9x2010. The latest builds seem to be better optimized. However, they don't eliminate the sound clicks completely.

                      What did it for me was overclocking up to 1350MHz (combined with a fan) and I don't have to deal with it at all with my new Pi 3 B+. The 200Mhz boost completely eliminates all SNES slowdown issues.

                      I was disagreeing with you there, but I redid some tests and I don't notice the slowdowns I get anymore with my pi3b+ at 1500mhz. In my first tests, yoshi's island got horrendous slowdowns but now it's fullspeed. Not sure if that much difference was changed with the base retropie stretch image and a fully updated one.

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                      • DarksaviorD
                        Darksavior @lovelorn88
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                        @lovelorn88 Start over with the official retropie image. It's how I usually troubleshoot my problems, and slowly start changing stuff until my problems start. Don't alter a thing but controller settings and add yoshi's island to test in 2005/2010/snes9x and add a normal snes game like smw and test that too.

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                        • lovelorn88L
                          lovelorn88 @Darksavior
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                          @darksavior alright... yeah im actually gonna go to the store in a bit and pick up another 64gb sd card and flash retropie on there and if it STILL acts up then it has to be the board itself ima throw starfox and yoshis island

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                          • lovelorn88L
                            lovelorn88 @Darksavior
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                            @darksavior maybe something bad happen while downloading? and flashing? hmmm idk

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                            • DarksaviorD
                              Darksavior @lovelorn88
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                              @lovelorn88 Well, for me, I recently started over clean but only transferred my gamelist.xml and scraped images over. Before, I used to transfer everything in my configs folder, and that was causing pegasus, the frontend I'm using, to crash for some weird reason after exiting reicast. That's a learning experience for me.

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                              • thelostsoulT
                                thelostsoul @lovelorn88
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                                @lovelorn88 I remember someone had issues with fx chip games too. i can't remember what it was exactly, but the common between these games is the fx chip. And there was a setting he just turned on or off in snes emulator and then it worked. Here this was the thread: https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/16902/loading-state-on-lr-snes9x2010-on-yoshi-s-island
                                It was about save states. Looks like fx chip games do a lot of problems. My Stunt Race FX menu is glitchy too.

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                                • DarksaviorD
                                  Darksavior @thelostsoul
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                                  @thelostsoul I dug out my pi3 and installed the retropie stretch image to another microsd. Fully updated, nothing touched but res to 1080p and setup wifi/pad, stock speeds trying yoshi's island:

                                  lr-snes9x: It started out fullspeed in level 1-1 but it will have dips to 58fps and a bigger dip to 56fps in other sections where the audio will start to skip. Not sure if an overclock to 1300 might help. This pi no longer has any cooling so I'm not trying it:)

                                  lr-snes9x-2010: Fullspeed in the sections where there was skipping in lr-snes9x.

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                                  • thelostsoulT
                                    thelostsoul @Darksavior
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                                    • thelostsoulT
                                      thelostsoul
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                                      I just tested Starfox and get crackling sound in intro of game and of first stage intro. Its just a little bit. One question, do you use audio from HDMI? I use the audio jack, because my monitor don't have built in speaker. Also, look at this site: https://retropie.org.uk/docs/Sound-Issues/

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                                      • lovelorn88L
                                        lovelorn88 @Darksavior
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                                        @darksavior ok.. heres the thing.. i just got back from the store with my NEW SanDisk 64gb class 10 sd card..... put retro pie on there and just a few snes games and the problem is STILL there....... audio cuts in and out, gets laggy, stutters not just FX games Batman returns for example does this to this is on a PI3 model B ....so i dont know, its not the tv because i even tried with headphones and the issue is still there..... lol wasted $30 hahaha damn...... only thing i could think now is my board is bad??? but then again it would only effect snes..... ill add the audio issues are not constant its random

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                                        • lovelorn88L
                                          lovelorn88 @thelostsoul
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                                          @thelostsoul try Yoshis island and dont just wait 1 min its VERY random Batman Returns is another one that has lots of crackling oh and Demons Crest i dont have any of these problems with the snes mini on my HDTV and i use a soundbar.... but i have tested out the tv speakers and even plugged headphones into the pi itself.... sometimes the audio is worse then others

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                                          • DarksaviorD
                                            Darksavior @thelostsoul
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                                            @thelostsoul Yes, I use hdmi only. I know the jack might cause some distortion, but I don't believe @lovelorn88 has this problem. The distortion would be nonstop.

                                            @lovelorn88 You never said if you're using a 3rd party image or not. I don't believe the pi's broken. I still suggest you start over with the stretch image https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/16307/retropie-4-3-15-stretch-images-for-testing

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