From: Shawn Hargreaves Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp Subject: Re: Soundcard problem with Allegro Date: Tue, 5 May 1998 20:08:29 +0100 Organization: None Message-ID: References: <354F49B2 DOT 44C5 AT bergen DOT mail DOT telia DOT com> NNTP-Posting-Host: talula.demon.co.uk MIME-Version: 1.0 Lines: 26 To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com DJ-Gateway: from newsgroup comp.os.msdos.djgpp Precedence: bulk John Kismul writes: >I've got a problem with my soundcard when using Allegro. >Sometimes the digital sound plays OK, sometimes it's distorted. >And every time I use digital sound, it stops playing after about one or >two minutes, while the MIDI music continues to play. Does this happen with the Allegro test programs, or just your code? >I'm using a soundblaster Pro compatible soundcard (Mad16). Which Allegro sound driver are you using? I'm assuming that it is detecting your card as an SB-Pro, but try manually selecting the SB 2.0 or SB 1.0 drivers instead... >Another thing, when using config files with Allegro, will Allegro use >the settings such as, digi_card, sb_port etc etc automatically when I >install the sound driver, Yes, assuming that it can find the config file (ie. that it is in the same directory as your program, or the location pointed to by the ALLEGRO environment variable). -- Shawn Hargreaves - shawn AT talula DOT demon DOT co DOT uk - http://www.talula.demon.co.uk/ "Pigs use it for a tambourine" - Frank Zappa