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schellingb / dosbox-pure

DOSBox Pure is a new fork of DOSBox built for RetroArch/Libretro aiming for simplicity and ease of use.
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MIDI Output won't work no matter what I do (Retroarch) #413

Closed hello10293 closed 11 months ago

hello10293 commented 11 months ago

So I wanted to play some classic Windows 98 games using General MIDI via DOSBox Pure, but it just wouldn't work. I've looked for hours to find a solution, but it led me nowhere. I've tried multiple methods! Yes, DOSBox Pure is updated to the latest version, I've tried using sound fonts (and it's in the system directory in SF2 format), and I even tried to use the frontend midi driver in the settings, which didn't work at all. I also tried going into Windows 98's control panel to switch the output to general midi, but it only showed "Creative Music System". I have a Windows 11 PC, up to date. My midi output drivers still work, and can still output sound. I even used the midi mixer command (I forgot it) on the original version of DOSBox, and it showed the General Midi output. I need help.

mtmrc commented 11 months ago

Try going to Add New Hardware in Win98 Control Panel and detect, you should see MPU401, install it then select it in Multimedia instead of Creative Music System.

hello10293 commented 11 months ago

I think this would've worked before I completely rebooted the virtual machine from scratch. Thank you anyway.