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CUE BIN files audio work fine on emulator, garbled on real hardware.

greenwenvy - Dec 27, 2025

		greenwenvy	Dec 27, 2025
		Hi everyone ! I'm new to the saturn, just having imported mine from Japan a couple weeks ago, and I have been having a great time. However, I have ran into an issue with games using redbook audio. When I use CUE/BIN dumps of discs, (Redump) they work great in emulation (Ymir) and to an extent on real hardware, with the caveat that all redbook audio becomes a white noise like sound. I have verified this across multiple titles, and am struggling to find a proper fix and/or explanation. If anyone can help, please let me know! Thank you all very much! - envy

greenwenvy

Dec 27, 2025

	greenwenvy said:

	mirakus said:

sigh, this one is on me for not triple checking these forums. Looks like I wont need help after all!

greenwenvy

Dec 28, 2025

	greenwenvy said:

Soooo, nevermind! It doesnt work, the same issue persists

does anyone have an idea on what to do?

		dibz	Dec 28, 2025
		You never said how you were playing on real hardware. Are you burning discs, using a proper ODE, or a Saroo? Something else?

greenwenvy

Dec 28, 2025

	dibz said:

Sorry, yes, im burning discs (Sony CD-Rs) at the minimum speed supported by my drive (4x), and using cdrdao.

		Knight0fDragon	Dec 28, 2025
		Didn't linux have some issue with redbook audio? I want to say it doesn't burn the audio track correctly because it swaps the endianness. Rip the CD you burned, and compare the files.

greenwenvy

Dec 28, 2025

	Knight0fDragon said:

thank you so much, i needed to add a swap option to my command and now it works! thanks everyone!!