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Sega CD bin/cue and iso.ogg sound "hangs" after 15 seconds then every 5 seconds #414

Closed GoogleCodeExporter closed 9 years ago

GoogleCodeExporter commented 9 years ago 
What steps will reproduce the problem?
1. Boot any sega cd game using external hdd
2. launch the game, play for 15 seconds
3. Experiment the issue... SolFeace for example, the sound hangs and the game 
freezes for one second

What is the expected output? What do you see instead?
Game should play as a regular sega cd game.
Sound and gameplay hangs for one second after some seconds of playing.

What version of the emulator are you using (official, SVN revision,...)?
SVN r956

Please provide any additional information below (Emulator settings, Console
setting,...)
Default settings, using progressive mode, wii set to 16:4 screen.

First I tought it would be the bin/cue file being too big, then converted it to 
iso.ogg, issue persist.
External hdd is a 2.5" seagate, usb 3.0.

Thanks eke-eke

Original issue reported on code.google.com by spklea...@gmail.com on 28 May 2015 at 5:50

GoogleCodeExporter commented 9 years ago 
This is a problem with your HDD, not emulator fault.

No matter how big are the CD image files, there are still too big to be loaded 
in memory entirely and have to be read constantly from file system on your 
storage device. If your device is too slow or, for whatever reasons, cannot 
provide constant speed for fast access to these files, this will slowdown the 
emulator, there is nothing I can do against it.

What YOU can do:

1) if your HDD has some kind of hardware options like sleep or power saving 
mode, disable them all

2) defragment or reformat your HDD 

3) make sure the emulator is loaded with IOS58 running on Wii (you can check 
the loaded IOS in the Exit menu window), otherwise your HDD will be limited to 
USB1 speed instead of USB2 speed (Wii hardware does not support USB3 so using a 
USB3 capble HDD makes no difference).

4) use another HDD (i use a WD Passport 250 GB and do not have this issue)

5) use SD Card instead to store your CD files

Original comment by ekeeke31@gmail.com on 28 May 2015 at 7:10