On 4840 I added dynamic tuning (which may have slight negative effect on stability) to adapt to different iterations/sec of different systems, but I didn't like this system too much. On 4840 I also made a small change which, I now understand, factors out the differences between systems in this regard, essentially making dynamic tuning not required anymore. So now dynamic tuning is disabled.
If you enable the SPU2X messages (and the overrun messages), you would see log messages similar to this:
buffers: 44 ms ( 89%), tempo: 1.000000, comp: 1.000, iters: 764, (N-IPS:750 -> avg:50, minokc:50, div:100)
If the iters value (764 at this example) on your system when running at 100% speed (50/60fps) is higher than 1000 or lower than 500, then please comment here and post few of the log lines.
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I'm not fully happy with it, as it's a bit complicated for my taste, so feedback about how it performs will be appreciated.
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1. Much better behavior at extreme low/high FPS (less skips/lower latency).
2. As a result, I was able to reduce internal latency by 50% (50ms config now equals 100ms before).
Recommended latency config for stretcher: 100ms.
For rhythm games, if your FPS is very stable, I recommend 50ms.
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Pcsx2 now has a gifUnit class which acts like the ps2's gif and executes a single gif transfer at a time (and performs path arbitration according to priority and path3 slicing).
This new code is generally a speedup for most games. Particularly VU heavy games like GoW.
This revision breaks old saved state compatibility so don't update if you wish to keep playing with your old saved states.
Leave comments if this revision fixes or breaks anything...
Message to GS Plugin authors:
This new code now uses only 1 gif callback to transfer data to the gs plugin (GSgifTransfer).
pcsx2 also is garaunteed to send full GS primitives to the plugin. So you don't have to account for partial-transfers anymore.
Thanks goes out to shadowlady who tested around 500 games for me :D
Note 1: The old gif code is still in this revision, and can be enabled by the USE_OLD_GIF macro. The old code will be deleted soon.
Note 2: This revision also enables assertion dialogs in devel builds, and changed a lot of assume cases into assertions.
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Should prevent erratic tempo variations near 100% speeds (compared to the previous implementation), and generally allow much lower latencies while keeping the audio stable (on all audio systems).
E.g. my tests show that at 70ms latency it can properly handle sharp speed variance of 50%-100%. If your game generally doesn't get slower than 70% speed, 50ms latency would probably be fine.
Note that on extreme scenarios (e.g. extreme sharp drops in speed) it doesn't try to keep the audio continues at all costs. If your game exhibits such behavior (audible clicks, etc), increasing the latency a bit at the config would help.
Comments on actual performance/quality on different systems would be greatly appreciated.
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Adding an option for the de-alias filter implemented in r4118,
currently overemphasizes the highs so it's disabled by default
but I like it for some games :P
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* use the standard 3 step flow: cmake, make, make install
* Remove L10N_PORTABLE option, superseeded by PACKAGE_MODE
* Extend PACKAGE_MODE to select the install directory (FHS or local bin)
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GSdx: remove some linux dialog options which were already controlled by PCSX2
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With this, reverb maybe sounds somewhat like the PS2 for the first time ever!?
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Test FFX tone when it's your turn to act, FFX underwater music?, xenosaga movie skipping sound effect, god knows what else.
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We need testing to determine how these actually behave and want to do some game testing to find other partially implemented registers before that.
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SPU2-X: Found a crash on writing to the low word of the effects end address during testing.
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Rama asked me to note that it still doesn't sound right yet. I will try to figure out the reason later.
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Before trying this revision, make sure your speakers/headphones are not too loud.
I have been looking at it for a long while, and I decided it couldn't be just "somewhat similar" to a Schroeder Reverberator.
The SPU2 designers would have actually used a working design for a reverberator, so chances are they implemented Schroeder's.
I haven't had the chance to test this code in spu2-x, but the results in the "Impulse Response Analyzer" tool I coded specifically for this, are positive.
Some tweaks might be needed, because I'm not sure if Neill got the IIR part right or not.
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Some work on the fake reverb. Renamed it to "Custom Reverb" and the original to "SPU2 Reverb".
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- Replaced the reverb boost control with a selector for normal reverb or a new mode we call "fake reverb".
- This new mode (coded by gigaherz) is intended as an alternative for the only partially working "normal reverb".
- The new mode will have to be tuned yet to sound good.
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Configurable output volume, ini only for now.
Can be set with "FinalVolume", from 0 to 100.
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[0]: it needs gold linker, tuning parameter large-function-growth to 5000 and gcc-4.6.
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gsdx: add a missing include (fix gcc-4.6). Force an init of sdl to allow in-emulation configuration
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Tweaks to async mixing, making the buffer stay closer to 50% filled and also making it more effective on sharp FPS drops.
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Fixed assumption that all paths received from pcsx2 end in the path separator.
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Fix the timestretch "Reset Defaults" Button to actually work (Winodws. Linux already works, I think.)
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- Set default interpolation mode to "Catmull-Rom". It most closely mimics the original sound.
- Bit of documentation and a fix for Async mixing core resets.
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Fixed an ENDX register bug and switched the dealias filter with the frequency response filter.
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* fix linux compilation debug build
* Add a linux option to select the API output of portaudio (ALSA, JACK and OSS)
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* resolve a namespace conflict between std::count (due to a 'using namespatce std;' directive) [debug builds only]
* switch all MSW-specific code to be unicode compliant so that unicode-only Utilities lib can be used under Windows. [should work, but needs proper testing]
* fix some properties sheets so that windows-specific DLL dependencies (common controls and UUID stuff provided by Windows) are linked automatically into wx/utils based plugins.
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Adapted the de-alias and frequency response filters from nenolod's "UPSE", a high quality PSF player.
(http://nenolod.net/projects/upse/)
These 2 filters are present on the real SPU(2) as well and are meant to increase the audio quality
by fixing aliasing and then equalizing the final result.
It currently mostly seems to accentuate the presence and highs.
Thanks a ton for hinting at this and for letting us adapt your code for SPU2-X, nenolod! :)
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Fix ADMA not getting read when in spdif bitstream mode (which some games offer for FMVs).
This option would cause them to hang indefinitely.
There's something wrong with the read audio but at least it doesn't die ;)
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* Copy wavfile back to spu2x directory. Note I shrink the file to only usefull feature to keep it small.
Rationale: Wavfile is not delivered by the soundtouch library (it is an example).
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Spu2x: Use a standard destructor (POD safe stuff). Fix various segmentation faults (Issue 846)
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* move machine optimization in the global setup. In same time use i686 instead of i486
* Also build the debug with fvisibility=hidden No reason to use it only on devel. (actually same as codeblock)
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Add 2 attributes to the interfaces functions
- externally_visible: avoid gcc to remove the function when lto is enabled
- visibility("default"): default == public... Allow to hide all others symbols: see http://gcc.gnu.org/wiki/Visibility for details
onepad:
* Remove __cplusplus define, everythings is in C
* define 2 interfaces functions with EXPORT_C_ instead of CALLBACK.
cmake:
* add recent added .h files
* add fvisibility optimization. Plugins size was reduced of ~10% much more than expected :)
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DevNotes: DevCon logs are now available in *Release* builds as well as Devel builds, and can be enabled from the Console window's "Sources" menu. They are disabled by default in Release builds, and are always enabled regardless of the ini setting in devel builds. Debug logs are still strictly available in debug builds only.
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- Remove the DSound output module hardware buffer option which caused more harm than good.
Also fixed that IOPx2 hack leftover.
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* Major rework of the linker flags. Use some globals flags for -s and -m32
Add a USER_CMAKE_LD_FLAGS variable. Easier to play with advanced link flags for future gcc version (>=4.5)
* Remove useless stub file
[debian]
* minor dependency fix
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* Add missing copyright according issue 792
* Miss few files from the previous commit ^^
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[plugins] remove __forceinline on variadic function that has been broken by the removal of -fPIC.
[debian] update readme about fpic status. And add some lintian overrides.
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* EEA / ESA writes are ignored when Effects are enabled.
* When effects are disabled, reverb does not process IRQs or produce sound.
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- Some preliminary work on better resets. Also some commented out yet changes.
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Revert all reverb area tryouts, caused bleeps in many games (breaking Ys and that shonen jump game, but oh well).
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* Print a fatal_error when users do not source the good CMakeLists file.
* Do not search system libraries if the user force the internal libraries
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- Double the audio output volume before sending it to the output modules. Was way too quiet.
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* Fullscreen mode should be remembered/applied properly now.
* implemented --fullscreen and --windowed options
* Made the --help popup a lot prettier
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- Clamp requested pitch values to 0x3fff. Fixes games that set a too big pitch, run that voice and expect it to hit an IRQA (Romancing Saga).
- Gigaherz and Pseudonym worked out better modulation support. Should make some sounds better (FFX battle sound, etc).
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We're free to put the ESA wherever we want. So let's use an area that makes the game Ys not die. :p
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-ADMA can now be logged undependable from DMA.
-Visual core activity display works again.
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