Sound quality in mame not good

Floob

@Gators As others have said, the instructions on how to do this is in the Wiki (and trust me, that makes it a lot easier than it used to be).
The only part that isnt there is where to find the roms themselves due to copyright rules.

I have made a short video below, showing Donkey Kong working in lr-mame4all. As per the wiki I have the rom from the 0.37b5 romsets.

If you dont want to use clrmamepro (Herb Fargus has made a video to show this) to create/rebuild the correct versions, you need to find the correct romset as a whole. Google or torrent sites will generally help here. But please dont get upset if we cant give you a link.

Gators

I have Donkey Kong working in mame4all, but like crap. I have a set for that, but that does me no good. I can't find the set. Maybe you can't give a direct link, but, I'm not sure how one is expected to find the right thing when there's different things called the same thing......

dankcushions

if you download a big old zip (about 9gb) called mame 0.78 it will be the right set. it's easy to find.

Floob

I'm not using mame4all above, I'm using lr-mame4all. This is on a Pi3, but to be honest I'd expect it to be the same on a Pi2 and even Pi1.
Perhaps you dont have a PSU that is correct?
It should be 5.1v 2.5A - is that how yours is marked? I presume you are using it mains powered as opposed to a usb into your TV or something?

Do you get a small square box appearing in the top right of the screen indicating under power or anything?

Gators

Ok, this stupid program makes no sense. I only want a few games, not a huge pile to sift through. So, trying to build a new set, I made a folder with a handful of games I want, and told it to rebuild that into a new folder. My new folder has a ton of games I don't want. Where is it generating these from? How can I get a small set that I want without a ton of extras? This makes no sense, how is it making games out of thin air?

Gators

Ugh....if you keep using different things with nearly the same names no one will ever understand anything you guys try to do.....

Floob

Thats a mame convention that makes sense. As you are new to MAME, you may find this explanation(s) of why different versions exist helpful:
https://www.reddit.com/r/MAME/comments/3gh78n/probably_a_silly_question_but_why_are_rom_packs/

Gators

Ok, I use this stupid clrwhatever program, and now I have more rom files that still don't work. Thanks.....

Is there a clear way to just get a handful of working roms at all?

Do you go out of your way to make the most difficult to use products?

dankcushions

no-one here made mame. these are ancient mame cores that the raspberry pi can JUST about run. don't like it? don't play arcade games on a pi and stop being rude to volunteers who do this for fun.

Floob

No problem
Yes (Wiki)
No. (Also your issue is with mame, please direct odd complaints to their site)

Can you check the power details I asked above?
https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/1933/sound-quality-in-mame-not-good/25

BuZz

I understand you are frustrated, but relax, take a break, and try and be calm - especially when people are trying to help you.

Gators

Look, I appreciate the help, but this is really unclear. I've read your documents, and I've run your programs, and I keep getting roms that don't work. I have roms. I have a pi. How do I get said roms to work, if you can't point me to working roms?

Gators

I don't understand this scanning program, and your documentation on it isn't clear, at all.

What does it do?

How is it doing that?

Why does it create games out of thin air?

How do I get working games?

BuZz

it reorganises existing romsets to work with different mame versions. Not from thin air. You need at least one mame rom set to use it - the more the better if you want the chance of rebuilding the exact set.

Did you watch the video tutorial ?

Gators

But it doesn't do what I want it to do, it makes more games than I feed it, and when I copy the ones I want they don't work.

Gators

I used the program, I ran the rebuilder, I used the dat file, and I have roms that don't work.

Gators

I've watched your video, I've read your things, I"ve gone over all of this.

My source folder of roms has 6 files.

The rebuilt folder ends up with 105!

Nearly 100 files appear out of nowhere that I do not want!

And the 6 games I do want to play, don't work!

Something is wrong, I do not know what, and I require assistance with this.

From what is being explained, I think non-merged is what I want, so that the individual files I want will stand on their own. But I've tried every setting, and my roms DO NOT WORK!

Also, I've looked high and low and cannot found the mentioned zip file that was referenced earlier, which apparently it is forbidden to give me the one key piece of information that would solve all of these problems so I don't have to jump through hoops and run programs that don't actually do what they're supposed to do even when I follow the written and video instructions carefully.

I appreciate your help, but please understand, I am frustrated and feel like my time has been wasted on what should be much simpler.

How can I get this to work? Please, how can I get this to work?

Gators

Why can no one answer my simple questions?

I've pointed out several times now that I've followed your instructions and I get games out of nowhere, which no one has explained, and that the files it creates do not work.

I've done what you've asked of me, and it doesn't work.

What now?

caver01

@Gators I have had mixed luck using CLRMAMEPRO in the past, so I understand what you are going through. Obviously, some of your ROMS are not correct. Some can still work if the zip files haven't changed from version to version, but if your source roms are too far removed from the set you are trying to build, you may never get a working game from what you have.

I know you don't want to download games you aren't interested in playing, but seriously, the best way to get a specific game working and to know you have the right version is to find and download a complete set. At least you will know what you have (assuming the person who created the set knew what they were doing).

I think you were on the right track with building a non merged set, but let's face it--if you don't have a complete set to begin with, so it's uncertain whether you can build a successful rom in the required version with what you have.

Gators

I'm not opposed to downloading the full set, I just can't find it, and it's forbidden to actually provide me with that one useful key piece of information. I've googled high and low for a full set, and have come up empty handed.

I'm glad to hear I'm not the only one having problems with clrmamepro not providing working roms.