MagicEngine

[captaincapacitor]

I get this message every time i try to run PCE from dos prompt or from windows.

using windows 7, 64 bit.

Error: Failed to initialize the PSG emulation.

I downloaded the latest version 1.1.3 (demo) from the website.

tried with compatibility mode on or off, same error

is there any way to get this to run?

[captaincapacitor]

[path]screenshots="screenshots"
[path]saved_games="states"
[path]cheats="cheats"
[video]screen_width=
[video]screen_height=
[video]screen_depth=
[video]windowed=
[setup]show=
[video]driver=
[gamepad]config=
[keyboard]config=
[misc]language=

[VIDEO INIT]
driver... DirectX
found 1 video adapter(s)
- adapter 1 has 2 device(s) and 24 video mode(s)
select adapter... 1
select device... 1
build video mode list... 24 modes
device: v0.0.0 (HAL)

[INPUT INIT]
opening direct input DLL... OK
init direct input... OK
scanning gamepad device(s)...
- no gamepad

[SOUND INIT]
scanning sound card... found 1 sound card(s)
checking sound card mixer ("Realtek High Definition Audio" v6.1)... OK
+SPEAKERS: vol = 0 [00000000/0000FFFF]
-MICROPHONE [ 0] vol = 0 [00000000/0000FFFF]
-WAVEOUT [ 1]
+WAVEIN: vol = 0 [00000000/0000FFFF]
opening direct sound DLL... OK
init direct sound... OK
set cooperative level... OK
create primary buffer... OK
setup primary buffer: freq=44100 channels=2 bits=16... OK
create thread... OK

[CD-ROM INIT]
scanning drives...
+ drive D: MATSHITA DVD-RAM UJ8C7 (port=0, unit=1) [CDROM]
opening ASPI DLL... could not open the DLL!
found 1 CD-ROM drive(s)

[CDDA INIT]
creating thread... OK

[CD SCAN INIT]
creating thread... OK
scanning...
- drive D: not ready, no change

[GAMEPAD INIT]
auto calibration: -500 500

[LOAD CONFIG]

[BACKUP RAM INIT]
loading backup RAM database index file : "C:pce2backup.idx"... file not found!


[PSG INIT]
allocating sound buffers(6)... OK

[ERROR]
Failed to initialize the PSG emulation.

[captaincapacitor]

Ok I figured it out.

Turned out it was the sound driver (realtek)

This is a sony vaio laptop
and there's actually an audio drive registry patch you need to install.
(who knew?)

anyhow it works, even with the standard demo download from the website.

so anyone else that gets this weird error check it out

[TheFlynn]

Apologies for necro'ing, but having the same issue and not on a Sony Vaio, so I I don't think the registry patch (which is Vaio-specific) will help.

I am in Windows 10, however, though I recall the emulator worked perfectly well in the past under this OS.

[path]screenshots="screenshots"
[path]saved_games="states"
[path]cheats="cheats"
[video]screen_width=1600
[video]screen_height=900
[video]screen_depth=32
[video]windowed=y
[setup]show=
[video]driver=0
[gamepad]config=
[keyboard]config=
[misc]language=

[VIDEO INIT]
driver... DirectX
found 2 video adapter(s)
- adapter 1 has 2 device(s) and 40 video mode(s)
- adapter 2 has 2 device(s) and 38 video mode(s)
select adapter... 1
select device... 1
build video mode list... 40 modes
device: v0.0.0 (HAL)

[INPUT INIT]
opening direct input DLL... OK
init direct input... OK
scanning gamepad device(s)...
- gamepad 0 : Controller (Gamepad F310) (buttons=10, axes=5, povs=1, guid=03C80CC0-4280-11E9-8001444553540000)
found 1 gamepad(s)

[SOUND INIT]
scanning sound card... found 6 sound card(s)
checking sound card mixer ("High Definition Audio Device" v0.0)... OK
+SPEAKERS: vol = 50 [00000000/0000FFFF]
+SPEAKERS:
+SPEAKERS:
opening direct sound DLL... OK
init direct sound... OK
set cooperative level... OK
create primary buffer... OK
setup primary buffer: freq=44100 channels=2 bits=16... OK
create thread... OK

[CD-ROM INIT]
scanning drives...
+ drive E: HL-DT-ST DVDRAM GSA-T40N (port=0, unit=0) [CDROM]
opening ASPI DLL... could not open the DLL!
found 1 CD-ROM drive(s)

[CDDA INIT]
creating thread... OK

[CD SCAN INIT]
creating thread... OK
scanning...
spti[E:] scan
toc[E:] error - bad toc length (len=188/44)
0x00, 0xba, 0x01, 0x16,
0x00, 0x14, 0x01, 0x00, 0x00, 0, 2, 0,
0x00, 0x10, 0x02, 0x00, 0x00, 5, 37, 61,
0x00, 0x10, 0x03, 0x00, 0x00, 9, 35, 65,
0x00, 0x10, 0x04, 0x00, 0x00, 12, 52, 29,
0x00, 0x10, 0x05, 0x00, 0x00, 13, 9, 1,
0x00, 0x10, 0x06, 0x00, 0x00, 13, 55, 62,
0x00, 0x10, 0x07, 0x00, 0x00, 15, 5, 34,
0x00, 0x10, 0x08, 0x00, 0x00, 16, 30, 67,
0x00, 0x10, 0x09, 0x00, 0x00, 20, 43, 38,
0x00, 0x10, 0x0a, 0x00, 0x00, 23, 9, 19,
0x00, 0x10, 0x0b, 0x00, 0x00, 26, 31, 42,
0x00, 0x10, 0x0c, 0x00, 0x00, 30, 6, 55,
0x00, 0x10, 0x0d, 0x00, 0x00, 33, 43, 31,
0x00, 0x10, 0x0e, 0x00, 0x00, 37, 47, 20,
0x00, 0x10, 0x0f, 0x00, 0x00, 41, 59, 23,
0x00, 0x10, 0x10, 0x00, 0x00, 45, 8, 3,
0x00, 0x10, 0x11, 0x00, 0x00, 48, 24, 55,
0x00, 0x10, 0x12, 0x00, 0x00, 51, 51, 21,
0x00, 0x10, 0x13, 0x00, 0x00, 54, 37, 2,
0x00, 0x10, 0x14, 0x00, 0x00, 57, 44, 72,
0x00, 0x10, 0x15, 0x00, 0x00, 60, 18, 39,
0x00, 0x10, 0x16, 0x00, 0x00, 64, 24, 61,
0x00, 0x10, 0xaa, 0x00, 0x00, 67, 37, 74,
0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0, 0, 0,
spti[E:] disc mounted (tracks=22)
- drive E: ready, mounted
scanning drive E: ... data CD (?)

[GAMEPAD INIT]
auto calibration: -500 500

[LOAD CONFIG]

[BACKUP RAM INIT]
loading backup RAM database index file : "I:tg16backup.idx"... OK
checking database... 33 bank(s) found

[PSG INIT]
allocating sound buffers(6)... OK

[ERROR]
Failed to initialize the PSG emulation.

[GAMEPAD STATS]
gamepad 0 stats:
status: 0000
poll errors: 0 0 0 0
poll: failed=0 success=0
axes (5):
- 0: min=268435456 max=-268435456 [0 (0 / 0)]
- 1: min=268435456 max=-268435456 [0 (0 / 0)]
- 2: min=268435456 max=-268435456 [0 (0 / 0)]
- 3: min=268435456 max=-268435456 [0 (0 / 0)]
- 4: min=268435456 max=-268435456 [0 (0 / 0)]
povs (1):
- 0: min=268435456 max=-268435456 [0 (0 / 0 / 0 / 0)]
buttons (10):
- 0: off=0 on=0 bitmask=00
- 1: off=0 on=0 bitmask=00
- 2: off=0 on=0 bitmask=00
- 3: off=0 on=0 bitmask=00
- 4: off=0 on=0 bitmask=00
- 5: off=0 on=0 bitmask=00
- 6: off=0 on=0 bitmask=00
- 7: off=0 on=0 bitmask=00
- 8: off=0 on=0 bitmask=00
- 9: off=0 on=0 bitmask=00