commit a4f919079255f4f7edb0d3199fbe93bbf79987c6
Author: Simon Howard <fraggle+github@gmail.com>
AuthorDate: Tue Oct 4 19:24:39 2016 -0400
Commit: GitHub <noreply@github.com>
CommitDate: Tue Oct 4 19:24:39 2016 -0400
README.Music: add hint for CMI8738 on Windows
There's apparently a way to enable OPL output for this card, as
documented on vogons.org.
---
README.Music.md | 11 +++++++++--
1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/README.Music.md b/README.Music.md
index 2cc4482b..7a002ccf 100644
--- a/README.Music.md
+++ b/README.Music.md
@@ -89,8 +89,10 @@ Other cards that apparently have OPL support but have not been tested:
If you desperately want hardware OPL music, you may be able to find
one of these cards for sale cheap on eBay.
-For the cards listed above with (*) next to them, OPL support is
-disabled by default and must be explictly enabled in software.
+For the cards listed above with (\*) next to them, OPL support is
+disabled by default and must be explictly enabled in software. See
+sections below for operating system-specific instructions on how you
+may be able to do this.
If your machine is not a PC, you don’t have an OPL chip, and you will
have to use the software OPL.
@@ -129,6 +131,11 @@ message in stdout.txt:
OPL_Init: Using driver 'Win32'.
+If you have a C-Media CMI8738, you may need to enable the `FM_EN`
+flag in Windows Device Manager to access hardware OPL output. See
+[this](http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?f=46&t=36445) thread on
+vogons.org for some more information.
+
## Linux
If you are using a system based on the Linux kernel, you can access