hi all, i'll go ahead and answer my own question. this is a documented problem found right smack on: http://x.mame.net/xmame-doc-2.html#ss2.4
here are a few old links as well: http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/msg04543.html http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/msg04508.html i was using kernel 2.4.22 and ens1370 for my sound card. i took out ens1370 and switched to alsa 0.98. least to say, my xmame audio is working beautifully (along with mplayer/xmms and all my other apps). the documentation on alsa's website is very straight forward. ok, now i'm going back to play some of my old favorites. :-) kind regards, vahid --- Vahid Pazirandeh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > hi all, > > when i run xmame with -nosound my rom loads up fine, but if i try to use > sound > then the rom never loads (the window for it pops up as a black screen). > > here's some output from the console: > --- snip snip --- > info: setting fragsize to 2048, numfrags to 12 > info: fragsize = 2048, numfrags = 12 > info: audiodevice /dev/dsp set to 16bit linear stereo 44100Hz > info: dsp: using timer-based audio > --- snip snip --- > > > those are the last four lines shown on the console. > > > and here are my audio dev details: > es1370: version v0.38 time 01:16:45 Oct 30 2003 > es1370: found adapter at io 0xd400 irq 5 > es1370: features: joystick off, line in, mic impedance 0 > > > > if it helps at all, here is a snippit from _mplayer_'s output when initing > the > audio dev: > --- snip snip --- > Checking audio filter chain for 44100Hz/2ch/16bit -> 44100Hz/2ch/16bit... > AF_pre: af format: 2 bps, 2 ch, 44100 hz, little endian signed int > AF_pre: 44100Hz 2ch Signed 16-bit (Little-Endian) > AO: [oss] 44100Hz 2ch Signed 16-bit (Little-Endian) (2 bps) > Building audio filter chain for 44100Hz/2ch/16bit -> 44100Hz/2ch/16bit... > Starting playback... > --- snip snip --- > > > > and of course i can play movies with mplayer and songs with xmms just fine. > any ideas? thanks. :) > > > -v > > > ===== > < NPACI Education Center on Computational Science and Engineering > > < http://www.edcenter.sdsu.edu/> > > "A friend is someone who knows the song in your heart and can sing it back to > you when you have forgotten the words." -Unknown Author > ===== > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Protect your identity with Yahoo! Mail AddressGuard > http://antispam.yahoo.com/whatsnewfree > ===== < NPACI Education Center on Computational Science and Engineering > < http://www.edcenter.sdsu.edu/> "A friend is someone who knows the song in your heart and can sing it back to you when you have forgotten the words." -Unknown Author ===== __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Protect your identity with Yahoo! Mail AddressGuard http://antispam.yahoo.com/whatsnewfree _______________________________________________ Xmame mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://toybox.twisted.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/xmame
