From: "Gene" Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp Subject: Re: sound cards(Allegro) Date: Sat, 19 Jun 1999 01:38:40 -0400 Organization: FASTNET(r) Internet for everyone! Lines: 35 Message-ID: <7kfakp$qos$1@news1.fast.net> References: <8D53104ECD0CD211AF4000A0C9D60AE30143A406 AT probe-2 DOT acclaim-euro DOT net> NNTP-Posting-Host: maxtnt06-abe-214.fast.net X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2314.1300 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2314.1300 To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com DJ-Gateway: from newsgroup comp.os.msdos.djgpp Reply-To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com Well, the soundchip on the motherboard is a CS4232/36/37/38 from Crystal Semiconductor. It came with my computer which is a Hewlett Packard Pavilion 3260. I believe that it is based on an Ensoniq Soundscape because I found a file called sndscape.ini on my computer. The card is wierd because the High Dma channel is 3 and not 5 or above. Everything on my computer works correctly with Allegro 3.11 except the soundchip. I will try to make the soundchip work in a few days. Shawn Hargreaves wrote in message news:8D53104ECD0CD211AF4000A0C9D60AE30143A406 AT probe-2 DOT acclaim-euro DOT net... > Gene writes: > > I have a 16-bit soundcard, well it is actually a 16-bit sound chip on > > the motherboard. Under Windows 95, my soundcard(soundchip) can play 8 > > and 16 bit samples. Under Dos or Windows 95 Dos Box, the soundcard is > > detected as a Sound Blaster Pro. Allegro detects my soundcard also as > > a Sound Blaster Pro and will only play 8-bit and not 16-bit when using > > the play.exe file that comes Allegro. Is there anyway that I could make > > Allegro play 16-bit wave files when using the play.exe instead out 8-bits. > > What is the model of your soundcard? What version of Allegro? Have you > tried selecting different driver options with the setup program? > > Since your card doesn't emulate an SB16, you will need to find what > chipset it does actually use for playing these 16 bit samples. If > that based on the ESS Audiodrive or Ensoniq Soundscape, you are in > luck, because Allegro has drivers for those (assuming that you have > a fairly recent version of Allegro). If it is some other chipset, you > are out of luck, and will either have to write a new driver for your > card, or just put up with the 8 bit SB-Pro emulation. > > > Shawn Hargreaves.