Pcsx2: Audio is Garbled in the BIOS

[Masamune3210]

PCSX2 version:
(For example, stable build v1.4.0 (or) development builds v1.5.xxx)
pcsx2-v1.5.0-dev-2143-g1d983a681-windows-x86

• Note: It's preferred to only report bugs which are present on the latest development builds.

• Note2: The new backwards compatibility (psx) mode is in active development. Issue reports are too early at this point.

PCSX2 options:
(For example, Clamping/Rounding, Speedhacks, GameFixes)
Default

• Note: Generally it's recommended to have settings as default as possible and use the Safest preset along with MTVU speed hack disabled. If there's no issue with these settings but there is an issue with some other non-default option, then please state it explicitly.

Plugins used:
(Relevant/Non-default settings of GS/PAD/SPU2/CDVD/USB plugins)
Default, GSDX SSE4

• Note: In case the issue is a graphical problem with the GSDX plugin, please provide basic information like Renderer/Internal resolution/CRC Hack level/Other relevant options which were used to reproduce the issue. Additionally, providing a GS dump of the issue would also be helpful.

Description of the issue:
(What's the problem? - Screenshots showing the issue if applicable)
Audio is garbled in the BIOS, almost like it is skipping

How to reproduce the issue:
(Detailed step by step guide on how to replicate the issue)
Try to play any game or load the BIOS

Last known version to work:
(If the issue isn't present in an older PCSX2 version, it would be helpful to mention the full title of that version. Narrowing it down to the build/commit that first introduced the issue is even better!)
Not sure, would test but Orphis website is redir to an index.php for anything other than latest

PC specifications:
(For example: CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo E4600 GPU: Gigabyte GTX 750Ti OS: Windows 10 64 Bit)
Intel i5-2500k @ 4.0GHz, 14GB DDR3, Raedon 7800 Series, Windows 10 64bit Insider Build 16241.1001

[mirh]

Mhh.. not for me?
Are you running at full normal speed?

Do you have Xaudio2 spu2-x backend?

[Masamune3210]

Yeah, I think I am, its says the emulation is running at 60fps

Here is my SPU2 ini
https://gist.github.com/deadair3210/09b6dbfb76a329fdbe766c237c58de0c

[mirh]

Mhh.. that sounds ok.

Could you try playing with latency slider?

[Masamune3210]

Will when I get home later today, at work right now

[Masamune3210]

Latency seems to affect it, but only very slightly at extreme values. At extreme low, there is almost no difference, at extreme high it seems to slow the garbling but doesn't fix it

[mirh]

How is your DPC latency?
Also.. If you could try W10 ""stable"", it wouldn't hurt.

[Masamune3210]

min 500, max 1200
I will have to make a win10 virtual machine, as i cannot revert this machine to stable currently

[Masamune3210]

[atomic83GitHub]

Windows 10 builds... , there are very unstable and can cause some side effect , but try it on a stable Windows 10 (mentioned by #mirh) or, can you use portaudio to see if the issue is present on this audio driver?

[Masamune3210]

Portaudio changed nothing, will make a VM tonight and test if i can

[mirh]

min 500, max 1200

That's most likely your problem.
Try to close as much stuff as possible, update bios/drivers, unconnect devices.

[Masamune3210]

I will try, and will let you know

[atomic83GitHub]

Just a question , what is your audio device ? (Suondblaster , realtek for exemple)

[Masamune3210]

AMD HD Audio, through my GPU as my motherboard sound died a while ago.

[Masamune3210]

Also the VM didn't change anything, but I'm not sure if that's due to the bug or not running at totally full speed

[mirh]

as my motherboard sound died a while ago.

Unless you decapped the chip from the pcb, the OS is still running its driver as if nothing happened.
This may help spotting the offender.

[Masamune3210]

Its a hardware issue, sound doesn't work through motherboard in other OS's either. Common problem with Z77 motherboards. Will look at program later when I get home

[Masamune3210]

Latancy was high enough that the program said that my computer might have issues, but I closed everything else running and it said it would be fine. Audio issues were still present before and after closing all other programs

[mirh]

Yes.. but latency was fixed (in the 100ms range) in the other program or not?
Also, hope you have updated bios.

[Masamune3210]

Latency was below 100 after I closed everything, and the issue was still present. Board has latest version of UEFI available

[mirh]

Ok....
Then, what (ps2) BIOS version do you have?
Does it happen with both fast and full boot?

[Masamune3210]

Both BIOS versions that I have do the same thing, sound wise. Fast Boot changed nothing either.

A new build of Windows 10 came out today, will test when it gets done installing to see if the problem has changed

[mirh]

Ehrm....
I'd try US bios.
First japanese ps2 release one is known to give a great deal of problems.

[Masamune3210]

New Windows update didnt fix it, already tried both BIOS versions with the same result

[MrCK1]

If we're going to try and solve this, could you upload a sample of the garbled audio?

Unfortunately, this really isn't the place for experimenting with multiple BIOSes, and is an overextension of our support policies regardless.

[Masamune3210]

Link to video : https://youtu.be/iSV2e6c1CO4

I never intended to start trying to test different versions of the BIOS, and did not mean to make it seem like I was if I did.

[woj1993]

@deadair3210 Can you show you speedhack tab and SPU configuration tab?

[Masamune3210]

[woj1993]

@deadair3210 Can you turn preset value to 1 and check if you motherboard soundcard is disabled in bios?
Then recheck it.

[Masamune3210]

Motherboard sound is not disabled, motherboard sound hardware is damaged. Might just be the jack, not sure but didnt want to mess with it and possibly damage it further. Preset changes nothing. Is there any type of log or program I can use to log the sound as its going through my computer

[mirh]

Do directsound and.. just every thing portaudio has to offer, change anything?

[prafullpcsx2]

Using Async mix instead of time strech makes any difference?

[Masamune3210]

Async seems to play audio normally!

[Masamune3210]

So is this a bug? Or a problem specific to my system

[mirh]

It would be better if we understood why timestretch.. is stretching time even though framerate is fine
EDIT: 1) better if in the video you hadn't used japanese bios 2) @others.. is it fine to load NTSC US games with jpn bios?

[Masamune3210]

Same thing happens with US BIOS, as I have both version 1.0 and version 3.0 US

[mirh]

Uh, randomly crazy idea.
Which audio vendor has your motherboard?

[mirh]

Well, whatever this is the plugin to test with portaudio.
Spu2-X-asio.zip

[willkuer]

Did not read the whole thread but possibly the target framerate is wrong. One can play with the base framerate in the ini and try to find out which one is the proper one. Like this one might be able to deduce why the bios frame rate is wrong. Possibly a core timing issue.

[Masamune3210]

Sorry for disappearing for a while, had some personal issues come up. Audio vendor for the motherboard is Realtek as far as I know, that's what AsRock usually uses. The GPU that I'm currently getting sound from is AMD though. Will test the new builds of the emulator when I get home from work today and if they dont fix it I will try the plugin and then messing with the framerate, though as far as I know the emulator said it was running at normal speeds

[avih]

Async mix works differently. It seems to me the issue is with the time stretcher which isn't able to match the speed correctly, or there about.

Make sure the console is visible (if not, from the main menu "Misc" -> "Show console"). At the SPU2-X config panel, set latency to 100ms, enable debug options (bottom left), then click the button "configure debug options", and in the debug dialog select "Show in console" and "Buffer Over/Underruns".

Make sure the PCSX2 speed is normal (100% - not turbo or slowmo).

Boot the bios and post the log after about 10s of the "spinning lights".

Do this also with other Audio modules (at the SPU2-x config dialog, i.e. PortAudio, DirectSound, etc - whichever you can get to make sounds). Post these logs too.

Maybe they'll shed some light.

Edit - Also, please test with the onboard sound too, i.e. not via the hdmi cable or the GPU..

[avih]

Also, does it only happen at the BIOS? so games sound normally, but at the BIOS it's "choppy"?

[Masamune3210]

I'm sorry, I know I said that I would test this when I got home, but I just got off and its late. I will test this tomorrow and will get back to you ASAP

[Masamune3210]

Issue no longer happens as of PCSX2 1.5.0-20170831211143, something changed in between the time I tried it and now must have fixed it. I guess this can be closed, will let everybody know if it happens again.
Thanks for everything!

[mirh]

.-.
Maybe it was MTVU disabling by default on early August?
Cannot see any other 'core' changes otherwise.

You can close the issue yourself.

Windows 10 64bit Insider Build 16241.1001

EDIT: ... or maybe?

[Masamune3210]

It might have been something fixed with a new Insider Build, but I think I tried the new version before I updated to the latest build. MTVU might have fixed it, idk. If I need to test anything I can, but since its working fine now I'm going to close it