FAQ# 5:
My SoundBlaster is listed in Device Manager, with the same settings as set up
in CartReady, but CartReady cannot initialize the audio card.?
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Check in Device Manager, in the General tab for the Properties of the
SoundBlaster. Make sure that the box next to Disable in This Hardware Profile
is NOT checked. If it is checked, uncheck it, and restart Windows.
You might not have the choice to disable in this hardware profile. Instead,
on the General tab will be a choice of Original Configuration. If there is not
a check next this, put one there, and restart Windows.
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FAQ# 7:
How do I configure and map a 2nd SB64 audio card in Windows95.?
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First get the settings Windows95 has assigned for the second card. Click on
Start, Settings, Control Panel, System, Device Manager and then look at the
properties of the audio card. Look under the resource tab.
Then, go back into CartReady, Press F10 from the Production Deck, choose
Configuration Changes and then Audio Board Configuration. Enter in the
settings under Board #2.
Once configured, press F4 TWICE to save, and then restart the program. Then
from the production deck, press F10, choose Configuration Changes and then
Audio Board Mapping and map the card.
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FAQ# 8:
Why can't I add a cart to the library??
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This problem occurs if there is not enough space to add the cart. You have
probably run up against one of two limits: hard drive size or library size.
If there is not enough space on the hard drive, CartReady cannot create the
file. If running version 7 or higher, change the default record drive to a
hard drive that has space. (You might need to add a new hard drive for this.)
Or, in any CartReady version, try deleting unneeded carts from the library.
The cart library can hold 1024 carts be default. But the limit can be
increased. In version 6, you will need the file Create5k.exe. Call WireReady
for the file and instructions. In version 7, you can expand the library, in
Library Maintenance/Cart Library Utilities.
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FAQ# 10:
I get the error "cannot open $cart.cat" every time I start CartReady.?
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You just need to configure the save categories: From the World menu, press F9,
and choose CartReady Setup. Then choose Configure Save Category. This will
bring up the screen where you enter the categories you will use when saving
carts to the cart library.
Even if you do not plan on using categories, you can just go into this screen,
and press F4 to save. This will eliminate the error.
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FAQ# 11:
I get the error "cannot open $cart.sts" every time I start CartReady.?
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You just need to configure the save statuses: From the World menu, press F9,
then choose CartReady Setup. Then choose Configure Save Status. This will
bring up the screen where you enter the statuses that will be used when saving
carts to the cart library.
Even if you will not be using statuses, you can just go into this screen, and
press F4 to save. This will eliminate the error.
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FAQ# 19:
I am using a CardD in my Windows95 machine. Also running CartReady. When I
attempt to use the card in CartReady, I get a message saying the audio device
(CardD) is in use. However, I have no other programs running.?
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1) Double click on My Computer, Control Panel and then Multimedia. Then click
on the Advanced tab. Click on the + sign next to Audio Devices. This will
list your audio device. Click on the CardD, which will highlight it. Then
click on Properties at the bottom of the window.
Under the General tab you have two clickable options: Use Audio Features on
this Device, and Do Not Use Audio Features on this device. Make sure the Do
Not Use Audio Features is selected (click on it). Then click on Apply and Ok.
It may ask you to restart Windows95. Go ahead and restart.
If you need to use a third-party Window95 audio program then you must follow
the same steps and select Use Audio Features on this Device. The only way
around this is to install a second audio card.
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FAQ# 27:
I am trying to record in CartReady, but I am not seeing any VU meter. I know
audio is making it to the card, and the timers are counting correctly.?
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1) First check the obvious. Make sure your audio cable is connected to the
Line IN jack on the sound card.
2) If you have multiple audio cards installed and mapped, make sure you have
connected the audio to the correct audio card.
3) If the above is correct, recheck your audio cable, and make sure it is
working correctly.
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FAQ# 33:
What does it mean when I get the message "unable to change IRQ" as I start
CartReady??
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This means that CartReady is configured to use one IRQ for your audio card,
but your audio card is using a different IRQ. Check what IRQ your audio card
is using, and configure CartReady to use the same IRQ.
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FAQ# 34:
What does it mean when I get the message "unable to change dma" as CartReady
starts up??
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This means that CartReady is configured to use one dma for your audio card,
but your audio card is using a different dma. Check what dma your audio card
is using, and configure CartReady to use the same dma.
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FAQ# 35:
I am using a CardD for CartReady, and running in Windows95. The card plays
audio in a "loop" repeating the same thing over and over.?
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CartReady requires that the CardD drivers be NOT installed in Windows95. To
remove the drivers, click Start, then Settings, then Control Panel, then
Multimedia. Click the Advanced tab, then click the + next to Audio Devices.
Highlight the listing for the CardD, then click Properties button. Click the
Remove button. You will have to restart Windows95 for the drivers to be
removed. Make sure that all programs, especially CartReady, are closed before
restarting Windows95.
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FAQ# 44:
What does it mean when I get the message "unable to allocate dma memory".?
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This usually means that EMM386 is running. EMM386 interferes with WireReady
NSI software, so it should not be running.
To remove EMM386, edit your config.sys file, and type REM in from of any line
that contains EMM386. Save the file, and exit to DOS. Then reboot the
computer.
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FAQ# 47:
What does the information under Audio Board Statistics mean??
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This displays four boxes, but information will only show for the number of
audio cards that are used by CartReady. All values apply only to the cart that
is presently playing or recording.
Summary: Buffers full is good when high during playing, and low during
recording. DMA Location is just a pointer; the numbers are neither good nor
bad. DMA Errors are always bad, usually indicating a hardware problem or
conflict. App Errors are always bad, usually indicating that the computer is
too slow, or the buffer size and count are too low.
Buffers full is the number of audio buffers for that audio card that are
filled with audio information. When playing audio, the higher the number, then
better. You will want the buffers to contain as much audio as possible, so
that if there is a slow-down in reading audio, you will not hear skipping.
When recording, a lower number of full buffers is better, because a low number
means that the information is being written to the file quickly. This number
returns to zero when the carts stops playing or recording.
DMA location is simply which buffer is currently being sent to the audio card.
This number will rotate through, from 0 to one less than the number of buffers
that audio card is configured to use (under Audio Board Configuration). The
numbers here do not indicate any errors or problems. This number returns to
zero when the cart stops playing or recording.
DMA Errors is the number of DMA error reported by the audio card for the
current cart that is playing or recording. An error is reported for each time
that the DMA controller did not correctly communicate with the audio card.
This will only give information for the CardD audio card. The SoundBlaster
does not report DMA errors. If this number is non-zero for a CardD, it usually
indicates a conflict with other hardware in the computer. Each DMA error will
result in corrupted audio. When a cart stops playing or recording, this number
is reset to zero. So the information is only given during the playing or
recording of a cart. If you are receiving DMA errors, check for hardware
conflicts.
App Errors is the number of times the interrupt handler tried to read or write
an audio buffer, but could not. If this number is non-zero, it indicates that
CartReady was unable to read or write the audio file as quickly as it needed
to. The audio probably skipped during playback, or had a period of silence in
the recorded cart. When a cart stops playing or recording, this number is
reset to zero. So the information is only given during the playing or
recording of a cart. To eliminate App Errors, increase the buffer size and/or
count in the audio board configuration. Note that increasing these numbers
will cause delays between carts if your computer is too slow.
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FAQ# 56:
CartReady shows that I have 2048 MB available hard drive space, but I know
that there is more space available on the drive.?
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CartReady is a DOS-based program. DOS-based programs cannot see that there is
more that 2048 MB free on a hard drive. However, CartReady can use files on
the entire hard drive. As long as there is more than 2048 MB available,
CartReady will display 2048 as the available space.
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FAQ# 75:
When different parts of CartReady and ControlReady try to use the same audio
card, which takes control??
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Here are the rules:
1) Library cannot interrupt anything.
2) NotePad can interrupt Library
3) Cart decks can interrupt Notepad and Library
4) Editor can interrupt Rotation, NotePad, Library, and Editor (itself)
5) Rotation can interrupt Library and Editor
6) Quick Player can interrupt Cart deck, NotePad, and Editor
7) Live Assist can interrupt Cart deck, NotePad, Editor, and Quick Player
8) PlayList can interrupt everything (Live assist, Cart deck, NotePad,
Rotation, Library, Editor, and Quick Player
As the rules indicate, it is possible for certain pairs to interrupt each
other (Editor and Rotation), or not at all ( Rotation and Quick Player).
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FAQ# 77:
Is there a way to eliminate delays between two pieces of audio??
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Before CartReady can begin playing audio, it has to read a certain amount of
information from the hard drive or server. There are ways to speed this up.
If you are running in DOS, run Smartdrive.
Make sure that your hard drive is defragmented often.
CartReady has settings for the amount of audio stored in memory. Try reducing
this amount: from he Cart deck production screen, press F10, choose
Configuration Changes, then Audio Board Configuration. Reduce the amounts
under Size and/or Count. We suggest using multiples of 2 (4, 8, 18 or 32).
WARNING: lowering these numbers too much will cause your audio to skip.
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FAQ# 80:
How can I back up all of my audio to Zip disks, so that it can be restored on
another computer that will be using CartReady??
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Since you probably have more that 100 MB of audio in your cart library, this
will take several Zip disks.
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In DOS: If you want to keep the directory structure, you would use the xcopy
command. Since you will be doing this to several disks, you need to have a way
of copying some to the Zip disk, putting an another Zip disk, and copying
DIFFERENT files. You make sure the files are different by using the archive
attribute.
First, set all files to the archive attribute. Get to the DOS prompt for the
directory where all of the audio is stored. Type ATTRIB +A /S and press the
Enter key.
To copy the files, type XCOPY *.* Z:\AUDIO /S/M then press the Enter key.
This will copy the files to the Zip disk. (If the Zip disk is a drive letter
other than Z:, replace Z: with the proper drive letter in the above.) When one
Zip disk is filled up, you will get an error. You can replace the Zip disk,
and run the xcopy again. The /M tells xcopy to only use files with the archive
attribute set, and to remove the archive attribute when copying a file. So
each xcopy command will not try to copy files that were copied before.
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In Windows95/98: You could use the above method, by opening a DOS box. Another
way would be to open Windows Explorer, highlight some audio directories,
starting at the top. Right-click and choose Properties. It will tell you how
many bytes the highlighted files take up. You want it to be slightly less that
100 MB. Either unhighlight some, or highlight others, so that it is slightly
less than 100 MB. Then drag file directories to the Zip disk. Note the last
directory that is copied. Once that Zip disk is done, replace it. Highlight
more directories, starting with the first one after the last directory copied
to the previous Zip disk. Again, highlight slightly less than 100 MB worth.
Keep copying this way until all audio files are copied.
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FAQ# 82:
My computer will sometimes lock up when recording in CartReady.?
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When running CartReady in Windows95, we have seen occasions where the computer
will lock up if the Windows95 swap file is located on a drive that is running
in MS-DOS compatibility mode. Running a drive in MS-DOS compatibility mode
causes the drive to run much slower.
To see if the swap file is on a drive running in MS-DOS compatibility mode:
Click the Start Button, highlight Settings, then click on Control Panel.
Double-click on System. Click the Performance tab. Next to Virtual Memory, it
will say either "32-bit" or "MS-DOS Compatibility". If it says "MS-DOS
Compatibility Mode" then the hard drive the swap file is on is running in
MS-DOS compatibility mode. If it says 32-bit, then it is not running in
compatibility mode.
To find out which drive contains your swap file: Click the Start Button,
highlight Settings, then click on Control Panel. Double-click on System. Click
the Performance tab, then click the Virtual Memory button. There will be a
field labeled Hard Disk. That will show what drive the swap file is located
on. (This field will be grayed out if the radio button "Let Windows manage my
virtual memory settings" is chosen. Even if the field is grayed out, this will
indicate the drive the swap file is on.)
NOTE: Also make sure that the box next to Disable Virtual Memory is NOT
checked.
If you know that some of your drives are running in Compatibility mode, and
some are not, tell Windows to put the swap file on a drive that is not running
in compatibility mode: mark the radio button next to "Let me specify my own
virtual memory settings". Then click the triangle next to hard Disk. Highlight
the drive that is not running in compatibility mode, and click. Then click OK.
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FAQ# 93:
Windows95 does not show a conflict with the IRQ I am using for the CardD, but
CartReady locks up when I try to record?
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Go into BIOS, and make sure that the IRQ that you are trying to use is set for
Legacy/ISA in the plug and play configuration screen. Even if Windows95 is not
showing this IRQ in use, it still might be interfering.
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FAQ# 98:
When I record in stereo, there is an echo.?
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Some Sound Blaster audio cards have 3D enhancements, which you will need to
disable.
The following works in Windows95/98. Your exact menu choices might vary.
Right-click on My Computer, choose Properties, then Device Manager. Find the
sound blaster audio card, and double-click it. There will be a Settings
tab; click it. There will be a box labeled something like Enable Creative 3D
Stereo Enhancements. Make sure this box is UNCHECKED.
Do this for all of your Sound Blaster audio cards that will be used by
CartReady.
You might have to restart Windows for the change to take effect.
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FAQ# 101:
SoundBlaster will not work when set to IRQ 9?
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ISA cards will not function on many Pentium II motherboards when set to IRQ 9.
The only work around is to set the SoundBlaster to another interrupt. Note:
Card-Ds do not require an interrupt and can be used when you don't have any
IRQs free.
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FAQ# 132:
While recording on one audio card, the audio playing from another audio card
sounds "garbled".?
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This "garbled" audio has been described as "someone singing underwater" or as
a "rhythmic clicking".
This problem can be caused by DMA errors, where the audio card and the dma
controller in the computer cannot communicate properly. If you are using CardD
audio cards for the playing audio, you can see if DMA errors are being
received: Play and record on different audio cards. From the World Menu, press
F8, and choose Audio Board Statistics. The CardD will show a line DMA Errors.
If this number is 0 or a very low number, yet you hear the "garbling", then
dma errors are not the problem. However, if this number is rapidly increasing,
the dma errors are the problem.
There are several things you can do to solve this problem. We have found that
giving the recording audio card a higher dma than the playing audio card will
sometimes fix this problem. So give the recording audio card a dma of 7, and
the playing audio card a dma of 5 or 6.
You can also try lowering the ISA Bus speed. This is done in BIOS, and will
vary from one BIOS to another. Some BIOS's will not even have this setting.
Refer to the manual for your specific BIOS.
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FAQ# 133:
"Security key error" when the security key is on the parallel port, and the
parallel port is known to work.?
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Sometimes, if there is a non-working printer attached (the printer is off, out
of paper, or in some other error state) there will be a security key error.
Try either removing the printer cable from the security key, or getting the
printer working again.
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FAQ# 137:
What should be set up in Windows95/98 for CartReady to run properly??
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Performance tips:
1. Disable system agent/task scheduler.
2. Disable sounds. (If you want sounds, you will have to have an extra audio
card that is NOT used in CartReady.)
3. Do NOT show windows contents while dragging (this might only be available
if Plus is installed.)
4. Display properties: 256 colors
5. Resolution: 1024x768 (17" monitor); 800x600 (15" monitor)
6. Screen saver: None
7. Pattern: None
8. Wallpaper: None
9. Run Scandisk, Standard, at least once a week. Run Scandisk, Thorough, at
least once a month. Do this one all hard drives.
10. Make sure that the windows swap file is on a drive that is NOT in MS-DOS
compatibility mode.
11. If any drives are in MS-DOS compatibility mode, try to get them into
32-bit mode.
12. Make the minimum swap file size be at least 1.5 times the amount of memory
in the computer.
To make sure that the computer completely restarts if rebooted or power is
lost:
1. Install TweakUI. (Make sure it is proper version, for Windows95 or
Windows98.)
2. In TweakUI, set it to never auto-run Scandisk on boot.
3. In TweakUI, if on a network, set it to auto-login.
4. Make sure that the computer comes back on when power returns after a
power loss/Watchdog reboot. With some computers, this requires a jumper
setting.
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FAQ# 142:
How do I delete a rotation from the list of rotations??
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In Rotation Management, load the rotation. then press F7 to delete the
rotation. When asked if you are sure, press Y to delete the rotation.
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FAQ# 150:
Certain carts cannot be exported, but others export fine.?
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A cart with a character that is not permitted in a DOS file name cannot be
exported. Invalid characters are
space
+
?
*
=
\
/
|
[
]
<
>
. (period)
, (comma)
In order to be able to export one of these carts, you must rename the cart
(library maintenance/modify cart information) and use only valid characters.
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FAQ# 158:
Audio becomes distorted when switching screens, or when windows are moved or
resized?
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This is not a problem with the sound card. The problem is with the video card
driver. It is a driver decision to do something illegal on the PCI bus. You
may try to change the driver in use from the manufacturer specific driver to
the standard 800x600 adapter driver that Microsoft lets you choose in display
settings/advanced.
If that solves the problem, that would cinch it, then you can try and follow
up with the specific video card from the manufacturer to find out if you can
make them check the VGA chipset queue before blindly sending data to it over
the PCI bus.
The following information is from Syntrillium Software- Technical FAQ
How can I stop the noise that I get in my recording and playback when
my video card is working? It can be the auto-scroll in Cool Edit or graphics
in other programs.
This post originally taken from
http://www.zefiro.com/vgakills.txt. For
further questions about its content, contact its author Greg Hanssen or email
support@syntrillium.com
In the past this information has been suppressed, now it can be told...
A good number of VGA card manufacturers are squeezing out a few extra
points on their winbench scores by locking up the PCI bus. This is fine for
graphics and most systems on the PC (hard disks and such) don't even notice
the problem.... Unfortunately this can hurt the audio system in a big way.
Most audio cards use ISA/DMA to trickle samples over the bus one word
at a time. Even PCI cards such as the AMIII can be hurt by this problem
because they trickle the data over the bus in tiny PCI transfers. When
another device illegally locks up the bus for more than 1/88200th of a
second, there's a good chance you will lose audio samples resulting an a
glitch in the recording or playback.
How do you know if you're having this problem? Try opening up your
favorite wave editing program, loading a wave file and hitting the play
button. While the audio is playing, grab the top of the window (assuming it
is not maximized) and repeatedly pick it up and drag it to another location
on the desktop. On a soundblaster compatible card, the audio will glitch and
pop while you drag the window. On a ZA2 card, there is a 50/50 chance the
audio will swap L/R channels after such a glitch. On an adb card, not only
can the right and left channels swap, but there is also a good chance the
audio will be left in a glitchy mode that makes the audio repeatedly jump
channels resulting in a high pitch scratchy noise.
At this point in the discussion, I would like to stress that this is
NOT (I repeat NOT) the fault of the soundcard! This is not even the fault of
the VGA card... it is in fact the fault of the VGA driver. If you do not
experience any glitching or distortion then you can probably ignore the rest
of this post! I've heard that the VGA drivers supplied by Microsoft (verses
the drivers supplied by the VGA manufacturer) do not suffer from this problem.
I think Matrox was the first to play with this, but it doesn't really
matter because most high performance VGA accelerator cards for the PCI bus
are doing the same thing now. When a number of graphics acceleration
operations need to be performed, these commands are sent from the VGA driver
to the VGA card over the PCI bus. The VGA chipset has a built in queue that
is capable of holding several accelerator commands. Normally the driver
checks a status
bit on the VGA card to tell if this queue is full or not. If the queue is
full, the driver waits for the queue to have a free space before sending the
next command. Matrox discovered (and everyone soon followed) that you could
increase VGA performance by NOT CHECKING THIS STATUS BIT!!!!! What happens
when you write blindly to a full queue of commands on the VGA card?
The bus hangs... The bus master has started a PCI transaction, but the
target (the VGA card) can't accept the data yet because it has no place to
put it. As soon as the VGA card has room for the data, then the transaction
can complete... but until that time the PCI bus is completely locked up. No
PCI or ISA transactions can happen. This can take a long time (40 or more
audio
cycles) if the current VGA operation is a huge BITBLT on a 24bit screen... A
256 or 512 bit FIFO just ain't gonna cut it.
The only acceptable solution to this problem is to put the queue check
BACK into the VGA driver. I have been discussing this problem with some of
the engineers at Matrox and Tseng labs and have some solutions for you!
Tseng labs has released a new version of their ET6000 VGA driver that
behaves nicer to the PCI bus.. this driver is now trickling down to the STB
and Hercules products that use the ET6000 chip. For the Hercules Dynamite
128 card, there is a new driver on the Hercules BBS (not web page... don't
ask me) called DV95112 (Version 1.12) Using this driver, you need to add a
special switch in your system.ini file. Under the heading [Hercules] there
is a line that reads
"Optimization=0" you will need to set this to "Optimization=1"... ta
da, problem fixed.
It turns out that Matrox has ALWAYS had a hidden back door switch to
enable this check in the VGA driver. If you are using the Matrox Millennium,
you will need to add the following line to your system.ini file:
[mga.drv]
PCIChipset=1
This almost fixes the problem completely.... you will also need to
disable the "Use PowerGDI acceleration" feature in the Advanced Matrox setup
(Control Panel->Display Properties->MGA
Settings->Advanced->Performance) ta da... problem fixed.
[update August 1998] It seems that the generic Trident cards
9685/9682/9680/9440 do NOT
suffer any problems using the standard Microsoft Win98 drivers.
[update July 1997] I've heard from the good folks at S3 that ->ALL<- S3
drivers for all of their VGA cards (downloaded from www.s3.com) can be fixed
by adding a line in system.ini under
the [display] section... After [display] add the line 'bus-throttle=1'
so (for S3 drivers):
[display]
busthrottle=1
It seems that this fix also works with the latest Microsoft Win98
drivers for S3 cards. If your Win98 system.ini file doesn't have a
[display] section, you can add it at the end of the file.
[update 2/11/98] For owners of newer Matrox cards:
Go get the latest Matrox drivers from www.matrox.com.. (V3.80
drivers)
Go to screen properties (right click in main window)
Go to setting tab, Click on PowerDesk button
On V3.80 there is no longer a 'PCI Bus retries' option.
Uncheck 'Use Bus Mastering' (off) .. at least this worked for me
On Pentium Pro machines, Uncheck 'Use Write-Combining'
Click on OK
[updated November 1997] For owners of the #9 Imagine 128 series 2 It
seems a new driver
(version 4.102.36) is now available directly from the folks at #9 upon
request..
Unfortunately there are other VGA maker who have not acknowledged this
problem (not that Matrox or Tseng has formally done so either). And we as
users, software manufacturers or hardware manufacturers need to get the
word out that this is a VGA problem and not a DMA
problem!!!!!! We need to drill it through the heads of the VGA card
makers that they can't get away with this B.S. without at least having an
OPTION to make the driver behave appropriately.
Have you ever been told to turn the VGA acceleration off??? or to
reduce the size of your VGA screen??? or reduce the color depth???
THESE ARE NOT ACCEPTABLE SOLUTIONS!!!
Call your VGA manufacturer and tell them they need to fix the problem!
(You will probably need to get beyond Joe Tech Support, because he
probably doesn't know anything about this... please inform him!)
This message has been brought to you by Greg Hanssen
(hanssen@zefiro.com) copyright 1996 Zefiro Acoustics.
PLEASE feel free to post this to any forum where the knowledge can be
used.
1998 Syntrillium Software Corporation
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FAQ# 167:
How do I copy a rotation from one computer to another??
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Each rotation is its own file. The rotation file is in the wire\audio\rots
directory. Copy it from one computer to another.
NOTE: Copying the rotation file does NOT copy the audio files themselves. Make
sure all of the carts listed in the rotation are on both computers.
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FAQ# 209:
How to use audio from the internet/web sites with
CartReady/ControlReady/MusicReady?
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You have to get it to an uncompressed WAV file. If it is, you're
done. If it's not, there are many Windows based editors. We
recommend you buy Syntrilliums' Cooledit 2000 program, the basic
editor ($69) from syntrillium.com, although any audio editor that
can handle the type of file you download off the internet should
work fine. CoolEdit is an awesome production tool/editor that
can run on your win95/98 computer. It lets you save anything to
a windows "PCM" *.WAV file, which is techno jargon for an
uncompressed wav file, which is what we are compatible with.
The "cool" part is it can read just about ANY file type,
including MP3, MPG, you name it.
Note: The reverse also works in case you ever need to export a
file from CartReady and bring it to the internet.
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