MAMEWorld Forums - EmuChat - Re: waitvsync: on = sound hiccups, off = video ripples

> I'm running Mame 0.174 on Ubuntu 16.04 on a new Skylake i3 with Intel 530 graphics,
> on an LCD display.
>
> In mame.ini, when I have waitvsync set to 1, there is a very slight hiccup to the
> audio every few seconds. If I set waitvsync to 0, the sound is fine but (of course)
> the video ripples slightly but noticeably when things are redrawn, as can be expected
> when the redraws aren't waiting for vsync.
>
> How can I get the best of both worlds: smooth audio with solid video?
>
> I see there used to be a name.ini setting for "triplebuffer", but it looks like
> that's gone now; and I see there's a new setting for "syncrefresh" but it doesn't
> seem to do anything.

I forgot how to fix the sounds issue. But I never could get the graphics quit doing that ripple rolling water line thing. It in the past and I stop messing with the Linux MAME version. I been using MAME for Windows instead.

Had you try out ALSA or pulse for the sounds? I don't know what you are using.

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