I understand this isn't a MAME forum, however its somewhat hard to find information about using original arcade monitors in emulation. I felt the need to share my most recent findings...
Over the weekend I was doing some video testing with my monitor (a 2930 manual tri-sync Nanao). I've always been annoyed by the slight tearing effect, caused in emulation when changing the internal timing to match the video output of modern PCs. This is most noticeable on games with quick screen flashes, a great example being the opening sequence to Capcom's Darkstalkers. Tripplebuffering can only remove so much, I had just resigned myself to this being as good as it gets without original boards.
I came upon a build that was said to smooth over some of this video lag called cabMAME. After much ini configuration I believe I have achieved near perfection! The two options exclusive to this version making the biggest differences...
SoundSync
Redraw
I can post my full "mame.ini" file if people are interested in seeing it. I've been trying to get video of the tearing effect pre-switch, but it seems to be happing so quickly my cellphone can not capture it. If you've struggled with any video lag using MAME I highly recommend you take cabMAME for a test drive. I don't believe this will help LCD users, as panel refresh/timing is another issue causing video lag that software just can not fix.
Over the weekend I was doing some video testing with my monitor (a 2930 manual tri-sync Nanao). I've always been annoyed by the slight tearing effect, caused in emulation when changing the internal timing to match the video output of modern PCs. This is most noticeable on games with quick screen flashes, a great example being the opening sequence to Capcom's Darkstalkers. Tripplebuffering can only remove so much, I had just resigned myself to this being as good as it gets without original boards.
I came upon a build that was said to smooth over some of this video lag called cabMAME. After much ini configuration I believe I have achieved near perfection! The two options exclusive to this version making the biggest differences...
SoundSync
Redraw
I can post my full "mame.ini" file if people are interested in seeing it. I've been trying to get video of the tearing effect pre-switch, but it seems to be happing so quickly my cellphone can not capture it. If you've struggled with any video lag using MAME I highly recommend you take cabMAME for a test drive. I don't believe this will help LCD users, as panel refresh/timing is another issue causing video lag that software just can not fix.