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09198 Sound Minor Always 13 days ago 12 days ago
Tester tenpar View Status Public Platform MAME (Official Binary)
Assigned To Resolution Invalid report OS Windows 10/11 (64-bit)
Status [?] Closed Driver
Version 0.278 Fixed in Version Build
Fixed in Git Commit Github Pull Request #
Summary 09198: Portaudio: No sound is heard from the device specified as PortAudio
Description When using PortAudio, sound is not played on the device specified by pa_device in mame.ini, but on the OS default device.
Is pa_device or PortAudio itself disabled?
Steps To Reproduce 1. Change the following settings in mame.ini.
sound portaudio
pa_api "Windows WASAPI"
pa_device *Specify an output device other than the OS default
2. Run a sound game with MAME and check the sound output device.
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No.23431
hap
Developer
12 days ago
edited on: 12 days ago
These options were deliberately removed:
-pa_api
-pa_device
-pa_latency

and FWIW these too:
-compressor
-speaker_report
-sound dsound

MAME currently has no way to specify what is the [default] sound device, for any sound option.
If you want a different one, you have to configure it for each game, which kind of sucks and I hope MAME will add a setting for that.
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No.23432
tenpar
Tester
12 days ago
edited on: 12 days ago
What use is PortAudio without pa_api?
Planning to remove PortAudio?
That's a shame.

It would be nice to be able to specify devices other than PortAudio, since it has not been possible so far.
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No.23433
cuavas
Administrator
12 days ago
You can select the device in the mixer menu.
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No.23435
tenpar
Tester
12 days ago
I found the menu.
It looks quite difficult but I will try various things.