Magic Engine problem

Dreamcast4life · Post by **Dreamcast4life** » Wed Jul 27, 2005 11:14 pm

first I would like to say if this is in the wrong spot, move it please. alright I finally registered my copy of ME and its fantastic but I have a minor problem, when I play games with CD audio (I have Ys III and its a REAL copy) the game works but the CD audio comes out of the CD drive head phone jack, is there a way to correct this problem, my Playstation games and CD games run CD sound fine but this doesn't, any help would be good, thanks.

mikozero · Post by **mikozero** » Thu Jul 28, 2005 4:06 am

you need an analogue sound lead from your cd to your sound card,
and to make sure its input is selected in the windows volume controls.

btw imo YAME is a better emulator for pce cd games and is free,
good luck finding it though.

Post by **Quzar** » Thu Jul 28, 2005 4:57 am

HuGo does PCE CD games as well...

Hawq · Post by **Hawq** » Thu Jul 28, 2005 12:50 pm

Off to non dc emulation we sail, cant add anything constructive though as I aint got any pce cd games so havent tried that bit of any emu yet

Dreamcast4life · Post by **Dreamcast4life** » Thu Jul 28, 2005 10:41 pm

I own Ys book 1 and 2, Ys III,Dracula X (real Copy) and Exile 2: wicked phenomenon. I have cord running from my CD to sound card but the sound is still coming from thee player not the speakers.

mikozero · Post by **mikozero** » Thu Jul 28, 2005 11:33 pm

have you tried selecting the different inputs in the widows volume control
i have 2 cd roms (on writer, one dvd) for analogue sound one is 'aux' the other 'TAD-in'
also your lead could be a DA connector and not an analogue sound connector
it should have three wires (i think it's one red, one white, one black)

failing all that try the Magic Engine forum

Dreamcast4life · Post by **Dreamcast4life** » Fri Jul 29, 2005 12:38 am

but why would CD music play on the speakers when jamming to it but on that emu it does. that really doesn't make sense but I will try anyways.

mikozero · Post by **mikozero** » Fri Jul 29, 2005 7:49 am

because windows reads CDs digitally via the ribbon cable.
Magic Engine doesn't

Tr? · Post by **Tr?** » Fri Jul 29, 2005 5:44 pm

Check the pce.ini file, there is more than likely a option there that will change it, or perhaps you do need to have the cable form the cd drive to your sound card. I know I have the cable from the cd to the sound card, and it works perfectly.

And I have over 250 CD games for the system. If you are ever looking for any good games in a specific genre, pm me and I can let you know what good games are and the ones that are rather pointless or not worth playing.