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You know when some complete idiot comes onto a forum asking for help, and it turns out he has forgotten something completely obvious?

Seems it's my turn to be the mentalist.

I did indeed have th ...

Made a discovery - when I use the PCE CD player with a regular audio CD, the CD light goes on, but no audio. Nothing to hear and the L - R equaliser lights on the PC player don't register anything.
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Okay. done that. Results below!

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[VIDEO INIT]
check video modes...
- 320x200 (75Hz)
- 320x240 (75Hz)
- 400x300 (75Hz)
- 512x384 (75Hz)
- 640x400 (75Hz)
* 640x480 (1 ...

Try to play any CD Audio instead of a game in Magic Engine; then post your log file and your settings.

How would I do that?

Can you see your disc spinning when an audio track is supposed to be played during the game?

Check in your Sound and Multimedia properties that your CD Audio input is not muted.

No, it just can' ...

Are your games original?

Yep, all of them.

Thanks guys. But there is I take it nothing I can do to let Magic Engine find the CD Audio....?

Nope. But you can usually read them with any good ripper: CDex (with some limitations), Nero Express...

Your post is not very clear, though. Do you have problems playing the audio tracks in ME as w ...

It has to do with the TOC (Table Of Contents) of the disc when it was pressed. This can cause some of the audio tracks to be hidden. Also, PC-Engine games use a strange Mixed Mode format that has both ...

Had a quick search but couldn't find an answer to this, but appologies if it's a known issue.

In short, Win XP can't locate any of the audio on PC CD games. It can find the data, as magic engine wi ...