cdrom: rename mode constants to defineds

[anzz1]

minor cleanup

[anzz1]

was also wondering whether MODE_SPEED should be exposed as an option, correct me if I'm wrong but that is essentially the "2x speed" mode found on the PS2, right?

[notaz]

PS1 has a 2x cdrom so games can enable double read speed.

[anzz1]

PS1 has a 2x cdrom so games can enable double read speed.

Isn't that controlled by the BIOS rather than the games themselves? I'm not sure about this but I'm certain that PS2 does have a "PS1 disc read speed" option in the main menu (BIOS), which can be set to either Fast/Normal and Fast greatly reduces loading times on games which it works (which is most of them, but not all). That would imply that the speed isn't controlled by the games?

Also was thinking whether a tri-state config option would be good, like this: CD Read Speed: 1x/2x/Instant Where 'Instant' would eliminate the delay completely if there are some games/homebrew which don't rely on the cd access timings at all?

edit: according to this comment the PS2 fast mode reads the discs at 12X speed and PS1 is 2x , just like you said. So maybe a 'Fast' / 'PS2' mode then?

[anzz1]

I tried this quick-n-dirty speed hack to set read speed to 24x and it reduced loading times to basically nothing ! There was some bugs like FMVs playing too fast with this but there's definitely something here !

--- a/libpcsxcore/cdrom.c
+++ b/libpcsxcore/cdrom.c
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ unsigned char Test23[] = { 0x43, 0x58, 0x44, 0x32, 0x39 ,0x34, 0x30, 0x51 };
 // 1x = 75 sectors per second
 // PSXCLK = 1 sec in the ps
 // so (PSXCLK / 75) = cdr read time (linuzappz)
-#define cdReadTime (PSXCLK / 75)
+#define cdReadTime (PSXCLK / (75*12)) // 24x speed hack

 enum drive_state {
    DRIVESTATE_STANDBY = 0,
@@ -780,8 +780,10 @@ void cdrInterrupt() {
            }
            else
            {
-               delay = (((cdr.Mode & MODE_SPEED) ? 2 : 1) * (1000000));
-               CDRMISC_INT((cdr.Mode & MODE_SPEED) ? cdReadTime / 2 : cdReadTime);
+               //delay = (((cdr.Mode & MODE_SPEED) ? 2 : 1) * (1000000));
+               //CDRMISC_INT((cdr.Mode & MODE_SPEED) ? cdReadTime / 2 : cdReadTime);
+               delay = (2 * (1000000));
+               CDRMISC_INT(cdReadTime / 2);
            }
            AddIrqQueue(CdlPause + 0x100, delay);
            cdr.Ctrl |= 0x80;
@@ -1045,7 +1047,8 @@ void cdrInterrupt() {
            */
            cdr.StatP |= STATUS_READ;
            cdr.StatP &= ~STATUS_SEEK;
-           CDREAD_INT(((cdr.Mode & 0x80) ? (cdReadTime) : cdReadTime * 2) + seekTime);
+           //CDREAD_INT(((cdr.Mode & 0x80) ? (cdReadTime) : cdReadTime * 2) + seekTime);
+           CDREAD_INT(cdReadTime + seekTime);

            cdr.Result[0] = cdr.StatP;
            start_rotating = 1;
@@ -1177,7 +1180,8 @@ void cdrReadInterrupt() {
        memset(cdr.Transfer, 0, DATA_SIZE);
        cdr.Stat = DiskError;
        cdr.Result[0] |= STATUS_ERROR;
-       CDREAD_INT((cdr.Mode & 0x80) ? (cdReadTime / 2) : cdReadTime);
+       //CDREAD_INT((cdr.Mode & 0x80) ? (cdReadTime / 2) : cdReadTime);
+       CDREAD_INT(cdReadTime / 2);
        return;
    }

@@ -1237,7 +1241,8 @@ void cdrReadInterrupt() {

    cdr.Readed = 0;

-   uint32_t delay = (cdr.Mode & MODE_SPEED) ? (cdReadTime / 2) : cdReadTime;
+   //uint32_t delay = (cdr.Mode & MODE_SPEED) ? (cdReadTime / 2) : cdReadTime;
+   uint32_t delay = (cdReadTime / 2);
    if (cdr.m_locationChanged) {
        CDREAD_INT(delay * 30);
        cdr.m_locationChanged = FALSE;

[notaz]

The games have to control it, for example when playing cdda the game has to enable 1x mode or else music will also play at double speed.

"instant" is not possible as it's not how it works. The game reads data in 2K sectors that it often has to process further. If you flood those sectors too fast you leave no time for processing and likely crash the game.

I don't see the benefit of 12x mode. People enable such options and forget and then report bugs, then tons of time is wasted by everyone involved figuring out why the game doesn't work for that specific user. The emulator and frontends already have "fast forward" key for skipping load times.