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Aug 2, 2024, 9:15:20 PM8/2/24

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Frankly, I'm not sure. The test file itself (i mean if the record played on modern computer) is more like some noise. And the test program plays it multiple times. Maybe that's the way it should be... maybe not. Anyways I'm satisfied for now that sound in Doom works.

Yes. I don't have many games on this machine. Here is what worked with both digital and FM sound:
- Doom 1/2
- Prince of Persia
- Heroes 1 (no music, but maybe it's my version)
- Wolf3D
- Heretic
- ROTT
The latter two did work with digital sound, although in the help file it's written that it was not supported.
Some games did not start: TIM, Raptor, Tyrian, Vikings. Not sure why. Maybe it's not connected with sound. I did not experiment furhter.
EWJ2 - worked, but there was no sound.

Just came to my mind - there are WSS compatible PCMCIA sound cards and there is wssxlat.exe, which is a WSS-SB emulation driver for DOS. Is there a chance that it works with a PCMCIA card?
I understand wssxlat.exe works with realmode games only.

Yes, I have it. I meant to make the cards with WSS support work in DOS for digital sound.
wssxlat.exe adds SB support in dos for WSS-only ISA cards. So is there a chance that it will work with pcmcia card?

It can play WAV and MIDI files. Midi synthesis is done by software (V-synth). I attach a couple of samples. There are some errors in the playback, but overall it sounds not too bad, actually. Volume is a bit low in the beginning of first track, sorry for that.

Unable to find the DOS/Win3.1 drivers for this specific device.... but the drivers for the Altec Lansing AMC2000 look like they may just work as the DSP Solutions driver file names seems to be the same model number... MWAHAHAHAHA.

MAZter, cyclone3d, what a great find!
Hope the drivers fit. Please keep us posted.
Could you upload the Altec Lansing AMC2000 DOS drivers here?
I've seen W95 drives for SB-DM155, guess you have found them already.
Anyways I attach them here as well

This one took long to answer. It is the interface card for Zenith Z-player - external double speed CD-ROM unit with two built in stereo speakers and ESS based 16-bit sound card (W311 and W95)

zenith z player.jpg

I asked myself wheter there were MIDI/Game port adapters that would work in Win 2000 or even XP.
Google suggested that there was some Yakumo PCMCIA GAME/MIDI Card and it had W2K drivers. Yakumo was a german OEM company. It's not around anymore. I could not find anything about this card, except for the file names of the drivers. That in turn brought me to another card - Argosy PCMCIA GM-101. Luckily I found the drivers for it. The card looked very familiar and reminded me of EXP GAME/MIDI card.

If you think the recording quality will be better than the built in sound card I may just go for that. As I said I presumed that the USB mic would be the best option but will it be three times as good?

If you say external/separate pacakge, can you please be specific. Is it simply a case of buying the devices and plugging my mic in? I presume I could start with my Sony F-V420 and replace that at a later date for increased quality.

I chose the USB option because I still had so many questions about the other route. Questions that take a while to get answered in forums and then lead to other questions etc. If I could have walked into a regular retail store I might have gone with a different set up.

I am very happy with the quality I receive and just need to make a few changes to my recording environment and I will be done. Although I may get a spider mount if I see one at a good price that I know will fit my mic.

Because your sound is working OK, have you tried sony_pfm.sys ? It may or may not work depending on the exact MV card model number (not name). It is used like any other cdrom driver in config.sys similar to an IDE cdrom driver but must be loaded after the mv sound.sys driver. Mscdex must be loaded in auto bat using same /d:mvcd001 or same as what is in the config.sys. See attached zip for the driver and text file.

Unfortunately, while one of the header files does have some commentary on the relocatable address of the card, it does not provide offsets for the various interfaces on it. It seems that the Sony interface was used on a "CDPC" variant of the PAS16. Not sure if that's at all helpful.

Oh, and TSLCD.SYS is the Trantor SCSI CD driver. It won't help you here, AFAIK. In case this catches any Google hits, I had to use the Trantor SCSI Works package to get additional SCSI support to work for other SCSI devices, like a ZIP drive. The MVSOUND.SYS driver does not provide an ASPI interface, so the Adaptec ASPIDISK.SYS (etc.) will not load.

I have an HP 8740w with Nvidia Quadro FX 3800M video card. I connect SIIG displayport to HDMI adapter to the displayport. I connect a standard HDMI cable to the adapter with other end going to the T.V.

From what I've read, the video card needs to support audio via onboard sound on the VIDEO CARD or pass through from the SOUNDCARD (since it is coming out of the display port). When I look at the specs of my NVIDIA, it does not say anything about audio support whereas the 3800 (Desktop version of the vid card) does.

Here's where I'm at: running latest NVIDIA driver, running latest IDT drivers (for my sound) WIndows 7 64 bit, using SIIG Displayport to HDMI with AUdio ACtive Adapter (Says it supports:- Displayport 1.1 and HDMI spec- 2 channel stereo audio

I've tried:Put laptop to sleepConnected to T.V.UnsleepCheck playback devices (no NVIDIA options is listed - though I can get the volume level for the "Digital Output Device (HDMI)" to flash with volume level.

CHeck NVIDIA control panel, notice that I have an audio settings page. From the I see: "Verify displays that will appear as audio devices in sound settings". My options are:- Display Port 1: empty dropdown box (when I click the down arrow, there are no options to choose)- Display Port 2: NO AUDIO CAPABLE DISPLAY AVAILABLE.

If this is the adapter you are talking about, then there IS an adapter capable of passing audio from the SIIG displayport to the HDMI cable. Not saying that is the one necessarily... just saying the specifications do mention audio and video... so it may very well BE the adapter you should purchase.

The specifications page for that model at HP doesn't mention audio as an option through the display port at all. This post, however, seems to indicate that it is possible... there are only a few short posts in the thread, and no links to back up what is claimed there, but they blame the adapter... which should not be the case as there are adapters out there which will pass audio. Now, from Notebookreview.com, there was a thread called the HP8740w owners lounge. In that thread, there is a posted solution... and it again has to do with the exact Displayport to HDMI adapter you use. I quote...

You need to get a DisplayPort to HDMI adapter that is a active adapter (usually the cheap ones are passive) and supports DisplayPort version 1.1a. Note that displayport v 1.1 doesn't support audio.I wasted 2 different adapters ($10 each) and then figured out all were passive.A active adapter is one that converts the Displayport signal into a HDMI signal (both audio and video uncompressed). A passive adapter is one that just passes the DisplayPort signal to HDMI without conversion (in this case only video goes out).

The author then goes on to provide a link to the adapter he said he purchased... but the link produces a PASSIVE adapter, which is odd after he had said you need to purchase an active adapter. At any rate, here is a link to the post within the thread.

From all the reading about choosing the right adapter, passive versus active, DP++ support audio pass though support, DP 1.1a support I would just say pick one that someones else says works! Don't look at a spec and say it the same as what worked for Joe. When I look at the specs of the ones I bought, there is little that tells one works and another won't.

I think what had me giving up (originally) was bad timing of the quirkiness (you can have everything right but you need to reboot), being not sure which adapter would work and not setting my playback device to Digital Output device. (i.e. Good adapter, good device but quirkiness made me think it was the adapter, then change to bad adapter and of course it wouldn't work, tried the reboots with bad adapter and it wouldn't work (ironically the bad adapter was labelled DP2HDMI2 which led me to believe it supported the latest protocols) so I leaned towards using that adapater in my testing. The key is to get an adapter that someone else says works with their HP model (note getting their video card and sound card models is key if you want apples to apples), then you know from there it's about configuration and driver versions as I attest this does work.

I am currently using this old 8540p laptop and also was facing this problem. After several hours of research the solution I've found was pretty simple - just need to downgrade the nvidia drivers. Here is the direct link to ftp server that helped me to get rid of this sound lack via DP+HDMI: -55500/sp55192.exe

This answer is to a question provided via a separate user's bounty of this question. As the question will disappear along with the bounty, I will include it, word for word, below, in hopes that it can be somewhat useful to users in the future.