This is a little setup guide I put together while trying to get my Delfina Plus working perfectly. Hours of time and frustration to come up with the perfect, at least for me, setup.
The Lite and Plus are very similar so this guide should work with the Lite just fine.
I'm very happy with the Delfina in terms of performance and quality. The sound is very beautiful and my 3000 multitasks like a champ. I don't feel any speed hit when playing music.
I'm running the Plus at the factory set 73MHz, Lite user will want to clock up to 66MHz or so for good results (I used to have a lite 15 years ago and that is what I ran it at (Wish I would have wrote down my settings back then!!!)).
This setup does fix issues with screen savers, many Delfina users have to disable their screen saver for perfect playback. I'm happy to say with my setup, the screen saver and heavy load usage of the 3000 work perfectly. I have ran a mixture of mp2's and mp3's for days and it has been 100% reliable.
Please do not deviate from the setup items below, using other libs, programs, and song players will eventually lead to lockups.
I hope that this saves others time and that they can enjoy their Delfina right away!
One last note that really impressed me is that the total CPU usage for playing even the highest quality audio files is ONLY 2%. This card is really surprising me. I could imagine it in a stock machine with a great experience.
Now on to the settings:
AmigaAmp (Amplifier tends to crash over time). File load buffer, play buffer 1sec - http://www.amigaamp.de/Binaries/AmigaAMP.lha
MHI - http://aminet.net/mus/play/mhimdev.lha
DelfinaMpeg Version: 1.6 http://aminet.net/package/mus/play/dmdev
Delfina.library Version 4.16 B3 Patch #2. delflib416b43.lha https://www.amibay.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=130077&d=1514823760
Delfinit NOPATCH Quiet - to init the card in user-startup. http://aminet.net/util/misc/DelfInit.lha
Delfina Tweak - for Delfina Lites ONLY, Delfina Plus does not need overclocking. http://aminet.net/driver/audio/DelfTweak.lha
UPDATES:
5-14-2021a Driver update? - I haven't used a Delfina for 10 years! But recently had mine repaired (Thanks Tristan!)and wanted to know if the drivers were ever updated or if the flipper drivers were ever ported over?
5-14-2021 Socket issues:
If your Delfina stops working when you go to init the card, check that your memory sockets are connecting to the memory itself.
5-14-2021 Cleaned up and updated links and errors.
02-26-2014 Audio cables seem to play an important role in playback quality with this card. Recommend that thicker/higher quality audio cables be used. I can attest that for high load on the bus, that this is the only audio card I have tested that will not hick up during multitasking and all forms of IO.
12-3-2013 Fixed all issues:
*** Fixed with changing buffer to File****I did find one issue with playing Insane (The highest quality with Lame) MP3's (With an average file size of about 10 megs) and copying large files with the ariandne across my network will cause occasional hickup's in playback. I'm hoping the new z3 100 card will fix this last little annoyance.
12-07-2013 Note on Delfina.library versions - The ONLY version that will run perfectly is 6.14 B3 Patch #2, earlier versions are buggy and the 6.17 libs ONLY run in the flipper and lock up zorro based delfinas.
6-28-2013 Performance Notes:
I am very impressed, I can run the phonepak (with incoming calls and full vm playback), the Delfina, surfing the web, and/or the screensaver at the same time without any interruption. I have never have seen this happen and I was very surprised that the Zorro Bus could handle it.
The Lite and Plus are very similar so this guide should work with the Lite just fine.
I'm very happy with the Delfina in terms of performance and quality. The sound is very beautiful and my 3000 multitasks like a champ. I don't feel any speed hit when playing music.
I'm running the Plus at the factory set 73MHz, Lite user will want to clock up to 66MHz or so for good results (I used to have a lite 15 years ago and that is what I ran it at (Wish I would have wrote down my settings back then!!!)).
This setup does fix issues with screen savers, many Delfina users have to disable their screen saver for perfect playback. I'm happy to say with my setup, the screen saver and heavy load usage of the 3000 work perfectly. I have ran a mixture of mp2's and mp3's for days and it has been 100% reliable.
Please do not deviate from the setup items below, using other libs, programs, and song players will eventually lead to lockups.
I hope that this saves others time and that they can enjoy their Delfina right away!
One last note that really impressed me is that the total CPU usage for playing even the highest quality audio files is ONLY 2%. This card is really surprising me. I could imagine it in a stock machine with a great experience.
Now on to the settings:
AmigaAmp (Amplifier tends to crash over time). File load buffer, play buffer 1sec - http://www.amigaamp.de/Binaries/AmigaAMP.lha
MHI - http://aminet.net/mus/play/mhimdev.lha
DelfinaMpeg Version: 1.6 http://aminet.net/package/mus/play/dmdev
Delfina.library Version 4.16 B3 Patch #2. delflib416b43.lha https://www.amibay.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=130077&d=1514823760
Delfinit NOPATCH Quiet - to init the card in user-startup. http://aminet.net/util/misc/DelfInit.lha
Delfina Tweak - for Delfina Lites ONLY, Delfina Plus does not need overclocking. http://aminet.net/driver/audio/DelfTweak.lha
UPDATES:
5-14-2021a Driver update? - I haven't used a Delfina for 10 years! But recently had mine repaired (Thanks Tristan!)and wanted to know if the drivers were ever updated or if the flipper drivers were ever ported over?
5-14-2021 Socket issues:
If your Delfina stops working when you go to init the card, check that your memory sockets are connecting to the memory itself.
5-14-2021 Cleaned up and updated links and errors.
02-26-2014 Audio cables seem to play an important role in playback quality with this card. Recommend that thicker/higher quality audio cables be used. I can attest that for high load on the bus, that this is the only audio card I have tested that will not hick up during multitasking and all forms of IO.
12-3-2013 Fixed all issues:
*** Fixed with changing buffer to File****I did find one issue with playing Insane (The highest quality with Lame) MP3's (With an average file size of about 10 megs) and copying large files with the ariandne across my network will cause occasional hickup's in playback. I'm hoping the new z3 100 card will fix this last little annoyance.
12-07-2013 Note on Delfina.library versions - The ONLY version that will run perfectly is 6.14 B3 Patch #2, earlier versions are buggy and the 6.17 libs ONLY run in the flipper and lock up zorro based delfinas.
6-28-2013 Performance Notes:
I am very impressed, I can run the phonepak (with incoming calls and full vm playback), the Delfina, surfing the web, and/or the screensaver at the same time without any interruption. I have never have seen this happen and I was very surprised that the Zorro Bus could handle it.
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