Steam Link + BigBox + Retroarch /Mame core Sound issues

[CatDad500]

I was wondering if anyone else had this issue; Streaming to a steamlink and everything is working great except mame and choppy sound causing loss of FPS. The steamlink needs sound to be at 44100 16bit in order to stream correctly. Any suggestions on what I can do with the host and client options or within the mame core?

[SentaiBrad]

Did you change the audio on your Windows machine for it to work? Are your audio drivers updated? Also what MAME core are you using and have you tried regular MAME?

[CatDad500]

I'm using mame_libretro.dll. The windows machine is running 44100 16bit so I think that is the issue. I can't change it in the retroarch MAME setting as there is no option to downsample.

[SentaiBrad]

Right but did you actually change the audio settings in Windows? It does seem like a settings issue with your Steam Link. Is it lagging on the host computer? Also are your Drivers updated?

[CatDad500]

Yes I changed Windows to 44100 Yes there is lag on the host computer Yes all drivers are updated I'm going to try to disable vsync and do some testing. That might be the issue.

[CatDad500]

So disabling the following in the retroarch core helped a bit but still unplayable at the moment. -Vsync off -Refresh rate is 59.950

[CatDad500]

Found a solution! https://www.reddit.com/r/emulation/comments/41okgr/can_someone_help_me_reduce_input_lag_for_retroarch/ Vsyc = off Threaded video = On Audio Latency = 32ms Streaming to steamlink perfectly with the mame_libretro.dll core. "cores\mame_libretro.dll" -c "config\mame_libretro.cfg"