supercharger and an iPod?

[X5-655]

I can't seem to get my supercharger to work with my ipod.. it always results in a annoying tone, and striped screen..

 

why won't it work? if I play the WAV files on my laptop they work fine..

 

EDIT: Nevermind, it seems AAC compression messes up the data, and I am forced to use the original WAV files.. Is there a way to use compression?

Edited October 20, 2006 by X5-655

[+SpiceWare]

works fine for me. You may be playing it too softly or too loudly.

[X5-655]

yea, I got it to work.. the EDIT went very slowly above..

 

is there any compression that doesn't damage the files?

[SteveW]

I've always compressed audio files at a really high bitrate, including Supercharger games, and I haven't had any problems at all.

[X5-655]

I've always compressed audio files at a really high bitrate, including Supercharger games, and I haven't had any problems at all.

I tried AAC 320Kbps, and it resulted in unplayable games, even the small 3d tic-tac-toe..

[+SpiceWare]

Weird. I'm using 128 kbps on my AAC files.

[SteveW]

I use 160kbps. What you might have to do is have iTunes save them uncompressed. It'll use a lot of memory, but luckily Supercharger files aren't all that large.

[Godzilla]

make sure you turn off VBR (variable bit rate,) in you audio file, that can really be a problem and if using mp3s make sure its at least 192kbps or higher, no vbr, quality 0 (best,) cdex does a great job of making these files, and its free. works great with the 2600. then u can have the fun of making all the 2-4k roms for your system!

[godzillajoe]

Is there a way to directly convert a .bin to a .wav or .mp3?

 

In the past I played it through PlayBin on my laptop and lined in to my other PC to capture the .wav in Cool Edit through the line in jack on the sound card

[Godzilla]

http://members.cox.net/rcolbert1/makewav.htm

 

 

there ya go.

[shadow460]

Word of advice: Either adjust the ipod's balance control all the way left, or (better) buy a stereo to mono adapter for the Supercharger. The Supercharger has a mono jack and I assume most ipods have stereo (I have never paid attention).

 

I've had problems running without that adapter before, so I attatched one to my Supercharger and wrapped it with electrical tape.

[godzillajoe]

Thanks Godzilla!

[X5-655]

Word of advice: Either adjust the ipod's balance control all the way left, or (better) buy a stereo to mono adapter for the Supercharger. The Supercharger has a mono jack and I assume most ipods have stereo (I have never paid attention).

 

I've had problems running without that adapter before, so I attatched one to my Supercharger and wrapped it with electrical tape.

technically, there shouldn't be a problem.. this is what I know from my experience with audio equipment for years...

 

a stereo audio plug

 

----|--|-->

--A--A-G

 

mono

-------|-->

----A---G

 

(A=Audio, G=Ground)

 

so, a stereo channels would both be touching the audio on the super charger, thus automatically getting both channels downmixed, mechanically...

 

(and on the iPod, you can't adjust balance, atleast on a 4th gen)

Edited October 21, 2006 by X5-655

[shadow460]

A stereo audio jack has it's right channel contact about halfway down. this contact will touch the ground ring on the supercharger's mono plug. It shorts the right channel amp in the ipod to ground, which will eventually cause the channel to fail. I've seen this happen, in fact. I've got a small amp with one of its channels fried.

don't ask me why it's interfered with my audio signal to the supercharger, but it has.

 

Here's how it would look:

 

Supercharger's plug

Ground ring...............Left Channel

==============|=====>

 

^----------------^--------^

Ground.............Right.....Left

ipod's stereo jack

 

You can see where the contact hits the ground ring and shorts the amp's output.

 

The stereo to mono adapter I mentioned will perform the mechanical mix you're thinking of.

[X5-655]

ill just make one then.. all these years and i thought the tip was ground... geez, why didn't they do that, it would have been the better choice...

[HP Atari King of Michigan]

SUPERCHARGER ON AN IPOD?!?! THAT ACTUALLY WORKS?!?!?!?!

[X5-655]

yea.. http://macteens.com/gallery/albums/userpic...chargeripod.jpg

 

(btw, shadow, i found a simple mechanical downmixing fix for the ipod.. if the jack is slightly out, the connection won't short out, as the right speaker pin rests on the ring itself, which is a non-conductor)

[shadow460]

There ya go. That'll save you a couple of bucks for the adaptor jack.

[lapetino]

http://members.cox.net/rcolbert1/makewav.htm

 

 

there ya go.

 

 

Can someone please explain to me how to use this program in WinXP? I can't get the dialog box to come up to run the .exe. Any help? Thanks!

[BigO]

http://members.cox.net/rcolbert1/makewav.htm

 

 

there ya go.

 

 

Can someone please explain to me how to use this program in WinXP? I can't get the dialog box to come up to run the .exe. Any help? Thanks!

 

It's been awhile since I messed with it, but does the site say something about a dialog box? I've only ever run it from the command line.

[lapetino]

http://members.cox.net/rcolbert1/makewav.htm

 

 

there ya go.

 

 

Can someone please explain to me how to use this program in WinXP? I can't get the dialog box to come up to run the .exe. Any help? Thanks!

 

It's been awhile since I messed with it, but does the site say something about a dialog box? I've only ever run it from the command line.

 

OK, I guess that shows how little I know...how would I run it from the command line? Sorry for the dumb question...

[BigO]

OK, I guess that shows how little I know...how would I run it from the command line? Sorry for the dumb question...

 

It only seems like a dumb question because other people already know the answer.

 

You start by reading and digesting this: http://members.cox.net/rcolbert1/txt/makewav.txt

Ask here again if you have questions about the syntax or can formulate a question to ask how to do the specific thing that you're trying to do.