PS2 Snes-station with a good sound. -

[jolek]

Not too long ago diesel13 found a modified old version of snes station (public beta 1) which seems to be extended to use an external (included) sound driver/module.

I have access to an iso of a modified old version of snes station (public beta 1) which seems to be extended to use an external (included) sound driver/module. I'm not sure what exactly, I'm not a developer so I don't know what was done, but what I have noticed is that the audio issues are fixed, for the most part. Though since it is such an old version, some games actually run way slower, specially when there are too many on screen sprites. But, on my tests, even those still have improved sound, and most importantly, the constant audio stuttering in a lot of games is mostly gone.

Now if someone could do this to a newer version of snes-station, we would have an actually good snes emulator on the PS2. I don't think anyone will write a new emulator anytime soon, so this is probably the closest we can get.

I don't know who did that, how or when. But the results are impressive. I was just playing some Metal Warriors, 60fps with pretty much flawless sound.

Original link:
https://www.mediafire.com/file/e7h0bv30yfz3ba0/SNES-STATION.iso.

Source:
http://psx-scene.com/forums/f19/found-old-version-snes-station-good-sound-can-dev-look-157939/.

 

[HWNJ]

Interesting stuff... I will take a look at it

 

[Berion]

@HWNJ Only differences between one of three early beta builds are files: SNES_EMU.002 and SNES_EMU.003. "No.2" is app (module?) and "no.3" have "SJDF" magic number (Sj's sound driver? another module?). All (?) SNES-Station versions You can find in AIO Project v1.5 or newer. Just FYI. ;p

 

[HWNJ]

Thanks!

 

[Popolocroix]

I wanted to try this one but did not manage to make it work. The fact that the emulator is into an iso does not help. I've lost a lot of time trying to figure out how to inject roms into the folder of the iso without gliches, or make anoher iso from folders that the PS2 would read successfully…

Anyway, the emulator launched well, but nothing happens next to the intro, does not respond to any command, does not open the roms folder… nothing.

Any help would be appreciated

 

[Berion]

Don't bother with this build. It is early SNES-Station build. Just use latest available with replaced USB modules (v0.2.3x).

And do not use discs. ;]

 

[Popolocroix]

Hi. I already tried latest versions (that are working) but there is sound issues . I wanted to try this one because some say the sound emulation work better

 

[Berion]

Try latest version but with files mentioned by me (do not change the filenames). Maybe, just maybe they will be read. We don't have source code for this emu, so all modifications are done via reverse engineering. If version 0.2.3 seeking those files, then 0.2.3x should also.

 

[Popolocroix]

Good idea I will try that.
Thanks

 

[jolek]

Added into the Resources.