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Audio Backend Issues - t19283 - 01-06-2014
I can't seem to change any of the settings for audio backend under configuration. It's currently stuck on CoreAudio, and I can't change it whatsoever- it's grayed out and unclickable. I'm using the "quick and dirty" settings listed on the link below except for DSound, which as mentioned before I can't get to. I've already looked through the forum a few times and found nothing on it, so I apologize if this has already come up and I missed the thread. Is my operating system not able to handle it, or did I screw something up?
Note: I'm using an OS X 10.8.4 with a 2.5 GHz Intel Core, and I'm running Dolphin 4.0. Not sure if that helps- it's my first time on this forum, so please excuse me if I'm being redundant or missing something.
Oh, and the link is:
https://dolphin-emu.org/docs/guides/settings/
RE: Audio Backend Issues - Shonumi - 01-06-2014
OS X only has Core Audio and OpenAL available as audio backends. There may be some trick to getting OpenAL on OS X? I don't know, since I haven't used a Mac in over a decade :p
Anyway, DSound and XAudio2 are Windows only. Why are you looking to change this setting anyway? Aside from the timestretching OpenAL does, CoreAudio should be sufficient for most OS X users, so it's not terribly important to change the audio backend.
RE: Audio Backend Issues - t19283 - 01-06-2014
(01-06-2014, 07:08 AM)Shonumi Wrote: OS X only has Core Audio and OpenAL available as audio backends. There may be some trick to getting OpenAL on OS X? I don't know, since I haven't used a Mac in over a decade :pThe only reason I was looking to change it was because the sound has been skipping on the game I'm playing any time a cutscene comes up, so I figured audio settings were my best bet at a starting place to fix it.
Anyway, DSound and XAudio2 are Windows only. Why are you looking to change this setting anyway? Aside from the timestretching OpenAL does, CoreAudio should be sufficient for most OS X users, so it's not terribly important to change the audio backend.
RE: Audio Backend Issues - Shonumi - 01-06-2014
Sound will skip, stutter, or sound "choppy" if you can't run a game at fullspeed. Your CPU is fairly weak for Dolphin, so unless you're running non-demanding to average games, you'll encounter audio issues like that frequently.
RE: Audio Backend Issues - t19283 - 01-06-2014
Okay, thanks for letting me know. On the bright side, I haven't had any visual problems yet so I can always turn off the volume or something.
Thanks!
RE: Audio Backend Issues - pauldacheez - 01-08-2014
OpenAL works perfectly fine for me. You can't change the audio backend while a game's running, that's probably what you're running into.