To fix the stuttering that occurs during cutscenes ("How nostalgic"), go to ePSXe 1.7.0 > Config > Sound > P.E.Op.S. DSound Audio Driver 1.9 > Config, check SPU IRQ - wait for CPU action (Valkyrie Profile & MGS + SPUasync), and you're done. Just in case it matters, I have the following Sound settings: Mode: 2 Volume: 1 Reverb: 2 Interpolation: 3 Enable XA playing Change XA speed, if it is played too fast (more cpu power needed). SPU IRQ - wait for CPU action (Valkyrie Profile & MGS + SPUasync) [quote author=-Dragoon- on December 11th, 2008, 12:05] *fix* Valkyrie Profile freeze in dialogue with Aelia The thread about this got closed but it happened to me as well so I thought I would share the fix and save some people from lots of frustration. After the chapter begins and you do the concentration go above the city and save your game on the memory card, NOT with F1. Then quit epsxe, restart it and load your game from the main menu like you normally would on your PSX. Enter the city and sit through the dialogue until Aelia is recruited, that's it. For some reason it works this way, after this you can get back to using the save states method. [/quote]