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This thread is a surprise, thanks izod, phearless and duffman, i didnt think xbmc could get any greater!!
Ive been trying to get emulators up and running on my zotac ion itx /w xbmc-live 9.11 and have followed all the info that i found in this thread, but im experiecning some strange behaviour so I though Id post here.. When i run a rom (with zsnes)using the launcher plugin and launcher.sh I am still able to see xbmc behind the emulation window (which sits in the top left corner of the screen), is this normal? Also the sound is all crackly and broken when I start the rom, but after a while it corrects itself and is fine thereafter. And I am also unable to input any commands via the usb keyboard I have connected... BUT, if i run the command 'sudo /home/xbmc/.xbmc/plugins/programs/Launcher/launcher.sh /usr/bin/zsnes /home/xbmc/emu/snes/roms/Zool.zip' while xbmc is running via ssh only the emulation windows is visible, in the middle of the screen (xbmc is no longer visible in the background), and the keyboard is useable (I was able to access the menu and setup and use a wired xbox360 controller in zsnes), although now I get no sound at all....
Just wondering if anyone has experienced anything similar or if anyone knows of any workarounds?
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2010-06-07, 09:19
(This post was last modified: 2010-06-07, 09:29 by teeedubb.)
With further digging around I realised that the -m arg was being used in the launcher config. removed this and all seems fine now. using the -ad sdl arg helps the audio, but its not perfect...
EDIT: After erasing the .zsnes folder and starting again everything is perfect. Im just using the -ad sdl arg whilst everything else was setup with the gui.
Off to try some other emulator now!!
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grassmunk: are you using any particular settings to get mupen64plus running smoothly? For me the audio keeps on skipping and game play is slow on mario 64. Im running it on a zotac dual core atom (@2ghz) with ion gpu. I know atoms arent the fastest cpu's, but I remeber n64 emulation running better on my xbox1. Ive tried mucking about with some settings and I tried the latest version from google code, but couldnt get that to run. Im going to try someother emu's, but I think mupen64plus is the only activley developed one, and the only one wheich runs on linux natively. Ive heard that you can run pj64 under wine but i dont like the idea of that...
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Don't worry if it doesn't work when running through the terminal. Mine doesn't either. Just follow the steps and get it running through launcher, and it should be fine.
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guys i tried pj64 on windows on a similarly specced pc to my htpc (Via Nano 1.3+ghz) and it runs mario 64 at 60fps with no audio hiccups, from my limited testing it seemed to have a higher compatibility and actually seems to run alot smoother than muppen64plus on a athlon x4 2.9ghz...
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Sorry, what I mean was it wasn't working through Launcher, so I started it through Terminal to try to get an idea of what was going on (if you catch my drift).
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NEUR0M4NCER: does it work when you run it as sudo?
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No, that was my first thought too. Also checked file permissions.