7ank0v1c Posted June 29, 2019 Share Posted June 29, 2019 (edited) Hey guys, So I have been using ePSXe 2.0.5, on windows for a little while now, but annoyingly with certain games it just keeps breifly freezing and the sound will loop for a few seconds, but then will return to normal again after. This keeps happeneing and is begining to be quite frustrating in certain games. Does anyone else have this problem or have a solution by any chance? Edited June 29, 2019 by 7ank0v1c ePSXe version added Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Retro808 Posted June 29, 2019 Share Posted June 29, 2019 What video plugin are you using? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7ank0v1c Posted June 29, 2019 Author Share Posted June 29, 2019 (edited) 18 minutes ago, Retro808 said: What video plugin are you using? Currently the ePSXe core plugin, but also Petes openGL2 GPU core 2.0.0 Edited June 29, 2019 by 7ank0v1c Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Retro808 Posted June 29, 2019 Share Posted June 29, 2019 Same ones I am using. I have not played a game on ePSXe in a while. So I will test to see if I experience the same. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7ank0v1c Posted June 29, 2019 Author Share Posted June 29, 2019 48 minutes ago, Retro808 said: Same ones I am using. I have not played a game on ePSXe in a while. So I will test to see if I experience the same. Okay, thanks ?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7ank0v1c Posted July 1, 2019 Author Share Posted July 1, 2019 On 6/29/2019 at 7:47 PM, Retro808 said: Same ones I am using. I have not played a game on ePSXe in a while. So I will test to see if I experience the same. Did you manage to have time to test this in the end my friend? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Retro808 Posted July 1, 2019 Share Posted July 1, 2019 52 minutes ago, 7ank0v1c said: Did you manage to have time to test this in the end my friend? Sorry I did not. Work grabbed me last minute to fly to fix a problem at one of our vendors. I will be home late tonight and can test. Any game in particular? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7ank0v1c Posted July 1, 2019 Author Share Posted July 1, 2019 2 hours ago, Retro808 said: Sorry I did not. Work grabbed me last minute to fly to fix a problem at one of our vendors. I will be home late tonight and can test. Any game in particular? The original Crash Bandicoot PAL, seems to be the one with most issues, but also Spiderman 1 PAL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neil9000 Posted July 1, 2019 Share Posted July 1, 2019 8 minutes ago, 7ank0v1c said: The original Crash Bandicoot PAL, seems to be the one with most issues, but also Spiderman 1 PAL Is epsxe maybe forcing a PAL 50hz game out at NTSC 60hz, which is causing the sound issues? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7ank0v1c Posted July 1, 2019 Author Share Posted July 1, 2019 Just now, neil9000 said: Is epsxe maybe forcing a PAL 50hz game out at NTSC 60hz, which is causing the sound issues? Im not sure, how would I check? Also would this cause the game to keep freezing now and then before resuming, along with the sound? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neil9000 Posted July 1, 2019 Share Posted July 1, 2019 2 minutes ago, 7ank0v1c said: Im not sure, how would I check? Also would this cause the game to keep freezing now and then before resuming, along with the sound? Does it have a framerate counter option in the menu? If so turn it on and check what speed it is running at. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7ank0v1c Posted July 1, 2019 Author Share Posted July 1, 2019 (edited) 18 minutes ago, neil9000 said: Does it have a framerate counter option in the menu? If so turn it on and check what speed it is running at. So just tested it, and its definatley playing as 50hz. Its interesting though, when it does freeze once it comes back to normal the framcounter does pick it up but, whilst its frozen the frame counter is too... not sure if that maybe points to an issue? Edited July 1, 2019 by 7ank0v1c Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neil9000 Posted July 1, 2019 Share Posted July 1, 2019 14 minutes ago, 7ank0v1c said: So just tested it, and its definatley playing as 50hz. Its interesting though, when it does freeze once it comes back to normal the framcounter does pick it up but, whilst its frozen the frame counter is too... not sure if that maybe points to an issue? If the framerate counter is pausing at the same time, then yes the actual emulator is pausing, so i dont think its game related, it sounds more of a emulator issue. As to what that issue may be though i have no idea, its been years since i have even touched epsxe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7ank0v1c Posted July 1, 2019 Author Share Posted July 1, 2019 4 minutes ago, neil9000 said: If the framerate counter is pausing at the same time, then yes the actual emulator is pausing, so i dont think its game related, it sounds more of a emulator issue. As to what that issue may be though i have no idea, its been years since i have even touched epsxe. Yeah thats what I assumed. I thought initially if it was an disk read issue, but I can run ps2 and GC games fine without issues, I dont know why this happens with this so often? A little annoying? I have however ordered a SSD for different purposes, I will test it on that once it arrives. Hopefully that may imporve things a little... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Retro808 Posted July 1, 2019 Share Posted July 1, 2019 @7ank0v1c I was able to test PAL Crash and no issues on one machine, but did get stuttering on another. Only difference I noticed was the one with issues for some reason the overclock setting was on x2. Changed it to x1 like the other one and no issues. So maybe check that setting. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7ank0v1c Posted July 2, 2019 Author Share Posted July 2, 2019 (edited) 13 hours ago, neil9000 said: Is epsxe maybe forcing a PAL 50hz game out at NTSC 60hz, which is causing the sound issues? 9 hours ago, Retro808 said: @7ank0v1c I was able to test PAL Crash and no issues on one machine, but did get stuttering on another. Only difference I noticed was the one with issues for some reason the overclock setting was on x2. Changed it to x1 like the other one and no issues. So maybe check that setting. So it seems @neil9000 you was right, I think it was putting out 60hz, even though it said 50/50 on the framecounter. @Retro808 I knew it was on 1x, but thought id try higher to see if it stutters the same, and low and behold it didn't. More interestingly, when I put it back to 1x, it was slower than normal but I didn't get even one stutter and I played a few levels (normally it would have stuttered at least 10x by this time), and these are levels I would always play to test this issue as it always seemed to be over certain jumps. So this seems to have fixed the issue for me, however there must be some kind of bug in the emulator for this to have happened I would think? It a little pain, as I am trying to make a completely portable set up on a SSD USB Thumbdrive, but this emulator has definatley given me the most issues of all. Oh well, hopefull the developer will soon release some bug fixes for this and maybe even make this emulator portable for the community. @neil9000 & @Retro808 thanks for all your help so far. If I have a problem again ill update this post. Thanks ?? Edited July 2, 2019 by 7ank0v1c typos Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7ank0v1c Posted July 2, 2019 Author Share Posted July 2, 2019 19 hours ago, neil9000 said: Is epsxe maybe forcing a PAL 50hz game out at NTSC 60hz, which is causing the sound issues? Hey, so I have just tried this on a 3rd computer and the problem has returned. It is noticeably faster (but not by much). I tried doing the exact same thing as earlier but it doesn’t seem to help this time. How do you make sure it comes out at 50hz? This issue is is so annoying, why can’t it just work ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7ank0v1c Posted July 4, 2019 Author Share Posted July 4, 2019 On 7/2/2019 at 12:51 AM, Retro808 said: @7ank0v1c I was able to test PAL Crash and no issues on one machine, but did get stuttering on another. Only difference I noticed was the one with issues for some reason the overclock setting was on x2. Changed it to x1 like the other one and no issues. So maybe check that setting. On 7/1/2019 at 9:59 PM, neil9000 said: If the framerate counter is pausing at the same time, then yes the actual emulator is pausing, so i dont think its game related, it sounds more of a emulator issue. As to what that issue may be though i have no idea, its been years since i have even touched epsxe. So it turns out my HDD was failing. It works perfectly fine on another HDD. TBH i have been suspecting it for a little while as I been getting corrupted files now and then and other things. Oh well, at least now I have a set up that works haha ? Thanks for your help again guys ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neil9000 Posted July 4, 2019 Share Posted July 4, 2019 2 minutes ago, 7ank0v1c said: So it turns out my HDD was failing. It works perfectly fine on another HDD. TBH i have been suspecting it for a little while as I been getting corrupted files now and then and other things. Oh well, at least now I have a set up that works haha ? Thanks for your help again guys ? Well that sucks, but at least you worked out what the issue was. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Retro808 Posted July 4, 2019 Share Posted July 4, 2019 Yeah, sucks about the drive failing. But happy to see you got it sorted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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