PSX Audio Problem

Runner76

Hi,

the following is what i did so far:
I got the Bios Files and they are in the Correct Folder.
I ripped Images of my original PS1 Games as .bin and .cue files.
I testet all games in my PC with ePSXe and they run fine and 100% correct.
Then i copied them over to my Pi400.

Problem:
I can play all Games just fine, but they dont have CD Audio. As Mentioned the same images
run WITH CD Audio in my Emulator on PC.
So wheres the Problem here? Bios Files are are there! Games Run, but no CD Audio.

Tryed my best for two days now, but as i am a Pi noob i could not resolve that Problem.
Please Help.

enderwiggin

Are you launching the .cue file? Is it a single .bin+.cue or multiple .bins?

Audio is stored as separate tracks. A correct .cue sheet is needed to tell the emulator where those tracks are. You can take a look at redump.org if you think your .cue sheet is incorrect.

It should look like this. Note the AUDIO tracks.

FILE "Lunar - Silver Star Story Complete (USA) (Disc 1) (Track 1).bin" BINARY
  TRACK 01 MODE2/2352
    INDEX 01 00:00:00
FILE "Lunar - Silver Star Story Complete (USA) (Disc 1) (Track 2).bin" BINARY
  TRACK 02 AUDIO
    INDEX 00 00:00:00
    INDEX 01 00:02:00
FILE "Lunar - Silver Star Story Complete (USA) (Disc 1) (Track 3).bin" BINARY
  TRACK 03 AUDIO
    INDEX 00 00:00:00
    INDEX 01 00:02:00

You may need to merge your bins into a single bin and update the cue sheet. You can use CDMage to do that.

You can also try my tool, PSXPackager.

https://github.com/RupertAvery/PSXPackager/releases/tag/v1.3

It will merge multi-track BIN+CUE and generate a PBP with audio tracks, which is supported in most emulators.

PBPs are also compressed so take up less space, and support multi-disc games in one file.

mitu

Please add some info about your system, as detailed in https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/3/read-this-first.

Open the .cue file and make sure the referenced .bin files are correctly named. Linux filesystems, unlike Windows, are case-sensitive, so the .bin names in the .cue must match exactly the name of the .bin file in your psx folder.

Runner76

@enderwiggin

I try all that but it didetn work well. Alien Trilogy US for example is a Single Disc game and the Cue File seems to be Correct acording to Redump.org.
Here is what the Cue looks like:
FILE "ALIEN_TRILOGY.BIN" BINARY
TRACK 01 MODE2/2352
INDEX 01 00:00:00
TRACK 02 AUDIO
PREGAP 00:02:00
INDEX 00 15:11:27
INDEX 01 15:13:27
TRACK 03 AUDIO
INDEX 00 17:23:57
INDEX 01 17:27:57
TRACK 04 AUDIO
INDEX 00 17:31:19
INDEX 01 17:33:19
TRACK 05 AUDIO
INDEX 00 19:41:22
INDEX 01 19:43:22
TRACK 06 AUDIO
INDEX 00 19:46:59
INDEX 01 19:48:59
TRACK 07 AUDIO
INDEX 00 21:45:11
INDEX 01 21:47:11
TRACK 08 AUDIO
INDEX 00 21:50:48
INDEX 01 21:52:48
TRACK 09 AUDIO
INDEX 00 24:13:19
INDEX 01 24:15:19
TRACK 10 AUDIO
INDEX 00 24:18:56
INDEX 01 24:20:56
TRACK 11 AUDIO
INDEX 00 26:32:64
INDEX 01 26:34:64
TRACK 12 AUDIO
INDEX 00 26:38:26
INDEX 01 26:40:26
TRACK 13 AUDIO
INDEX 00 28:54:18
INDEX 01 28:56:18
TRACK 14 AUDIO
INDEX 00 28:59:55
INDEX 01 29:01:55
TRACK 15 AUDIO
INDEX 00 31:57:29
INDEX 01 31:59:29
TRACK 16 AUDIO
INDEX 00 32:02:66
INDEX 01 32:04:66
TRACK 17 AUDIO
INDEX 00 36:22:73
INDEX 01 36:24:73
TRACK 18 AUDIO
INDEX 00 36:28:35
INDEX 01 36:30:35
TRACK 19 AUDIO
INDEX 00 39:19:05
INDEX 01 39:21:05
TRACK 20 AUDIO
INDEX 00 39:24:42
INDEX 01 39:26:42
TRACK 21 AUDIO
INDEX 00 41:53:41
INDEX 01 41:55:41
TRACK 22 AUDIO
INDEX 00 41:59:03
INDEX 01 42:01:03
TRACK 23 AUDIO
INDEX 00 44:42:34
INDEX 01 44:44:34
TRACK 24 AUDIO
INDEX 00 44:47:71
INDEX 01 44:49:71
TRACK 25 AUDIO
INDEX 00 47:04:34
INDEX 01 47:06:34
TRACK 26 AUDIO
INDEX 00 47:09:71
INDEX 01 47:11:71
REM LEAD-OUT 50:14:21

mitu

@runner76 The .cue file you posted is not similar to the one on Redump. Your .cue is missing the audio track files (Track 02 - Track 26 .bin files).

Runner76

@mitu Ah ok missed that. And i found another "error". The Audio Setting for OMX Player Audio Device was set to "Both". When in switched it to "Alsa" some games now play CD Audio, so the rest of none working Games must have wrong cue´s. But why is Imageburn generating wrong cue Files in the first place? Is there a better tool to rip Original PSX Games? ( My Games are mostly PAL Games ).

mitu

@runner76 said in PSX Audio Problem:

When in switched it to "Alsa" some games now play CD Audio, so the rest of none working Games must have wrong cue´s.

That options affects only EmulationStation's video/audio when using omxplayer, it has no effect on emulators.

But why is Imageburn generating wrong cue Files in the first place? Is there a better tool to rip Original PSX Games? ( My Games are mostly PAL Games ).

I haven't used ImageBurn, so I don't know any details about the formats it supports and why it generates this particlar .cue format.

Runner76

@mitu But whe you say it dosent effect Emulators, why is it working when its set to Alsa and not working when set to Both ??? Looks like an effekt to Emulation to me.

EDIT. I tryed the EU Version now insted of US of Alien Trilogy, and it works !? Strange

mitu

@runner76 said in PSX Audio Problem:

But whe you say it dosent effect Emulators, why is it working when its set to Alsa and not working when set to Both ???

Placebo ?

Runner76

@mitu i realy have no clue. Most Games no run but Doom and Wipeout 1 play the CD audio scrambled. I heard that some EU and especialy German PS1 Games use some kind io Copyprotection method for the audio Files!? Dont know if thats realy true. Maybe i have to find a Version from another Country, as German Releases seem to be the ones with the most problems.

mitu

@runner76 You can look at the game's page on Redump's site. If it needs decryption info, you can download the SBI file for the game and place it next to the ROM.