Then mark this topic as resolved and post a follow-up either here or in a separate topic if you encounter an issue with FBNeo.

@stsweeney41 said in Where to put the mame2003 samples files:

This did not work for me. If it is just my install, then I am fine, but may want to mention the other location in the docs, since it is what is mentioned in the info file I mentioned above, and it does work in my case.

The 'other' location from the .info file refers to the BIOS files, not the samples. Same info from our docs is found also in the official core documentation. Note that RetroPie configures the 'system folder' to /home/pi/RetroPie/BIOS/.

If you have reset your RetroArch configuration - using the Reset menu in RetroArch - then the 'system folder' is empty and defaults to the ROM folder, which might be your case.

@arcadez2003 no problem. @wolfgangrumpf mind you to disable center joystick axis for digital controls in the core options so it does not auto center the controls.

@mortalwombat cheats in fbneo: https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/27826/mame-2003-question-regarding-lucky-and-wild/13?_=1612257367323

samples in fbneo: i’ve provided you with the link on how to use them and it specifically refers to donpachi: https://retropie.org.uk/docs/lr-fbneo/#samples. if you’re now talking about mame2003 - we weren’t talking about that romset before! please be specific.

mame2003 sample instructions are available on the mame2003 docs page: https://retropie.org.uk/docs/lr-mame2003/#samples

@phoenixflood that looks much better.

@Zodiark12 said in FBNeo Set missing samples?:

this seems to be for 1.0.0.0 while I'm using the set 0.2.97.44.

they didn't change for months, maybe years, so that won't be a problem

I’m late to this show. But my recent build of mame2003plus is still having issues with this audio sample.

It works in the test menu, but in game it crashes. It also crashes when you I set the music to play in demo mode.

@francis2019 said in Advance Mame sample sound not working:

when i go to the network folder in windows bios is not in caps

That's the file share name, not the folder name as seen by the Pi.

system_directory should be "~/RetroPie/BIOS". I think it defaults to the current content dir (ROM folder) if not set.

@stoney66 Many thanks. I was getting desperate with dkong and proper sound settings.

Out of curiosity, I tested a dkong.zip from an unofficial "MAME 2016 Reference Set" which didn't come with any samples for dkong in an extra file. Seems like the 2016 version (aka MAME 0.174) of the dkong rom has its samples included, since – as far as I can tell – it sounds exactly as the MAME 2003-Plus version with an external samples file in my Retropie.

So, if you don't have sampled sound, are you sure you have the right dkong rom file for MAME 2016 / 0.174?

@anakin1138 I haven't delved into the github for the core, but I believe lr-fbalpha2012 doesn't have Sample support currently, or at least from the time I messed with it. I even tried including the Samples in the ROM archive and it still didn't work.

@wiggy808 said in [SOLVED] - Final Burn Alpha (lr-fbalpha) not playing rom sound samples file:

Is there a clrmame or other program that can check the samples files to let me know they are incorrect / incompatible?

The list of needed wav files is included in the dats i provide at https://github.com/libretro/fbalpha/tree/master/dats . Clrmamepro should be able to tell you if you have all needed wav files if you setup "Sample-Paths" in Settings, then check "Samples" in the scanner, it'll only check filenames though, not crc.

@markwkidd @mitu I have just made it a habit to update my Retropie system and packages from time to time. Of course, an update may break something, but I think the benefits outweigh the risks by far in general.

@grant2258 This worked. Thank you.

@grant2258 Yes, I just wanted to report that after some testing yesterday. You were faster than me. ;) I can confirm that most of my samples work in mame2003 binary and mame2003-plus, but not in mame2003 from source; with few exceptions like Blockade that works in all of them.

Since there already is a pull request for this, I consider this topic as solved. Thanks for the help! (edit: as well as @markwkidd for the fix and @Headrush69 for testing.)

@edwardthehuman you can change where the BIOS (retroarch system directory) folder is, but by default it's in /home/pi/RetroPie/BIOS so you shouldn't need to. you can't change the samples directory beyond that - it will always be in retroarch system directory/fba/samples.

by default fba will look in /home/pie/RetroPie/BIOS/fba/samples/ - please give me your full file path and name of the sample zip.

how do you know they're not loading? with donpachi, i believe the samples are just ripped music from the CD of the saturn (?) version, which should sound pretty similar to the emulated music. it does take much longer to load, though.

@dankcushions Hey nice, updated MAME2003 from binary and it worked. Thanks!