From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Nov 21 03:01:50 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id DAA00892 for questions-outgoing; Fri, 21 Nov 1997 03:01:50 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions) Received: from Grynet.passagen.se (grynet.passagen.se [194.17.55.99]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id DAA00880 for ; Fri, 21 Nov 1997 03:01:45 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from osk@hem.passagen.se) Received: from oskar (dialup154-4-3.swipnet.se [130.244.154.195]) by Grynet.passagen.se (8.8.6/8.8.6) with SMTP id MAA12550; Fri, 21 Nov 1997 12:00:29 +0100 (MET) From: "Oskar Liljeblad" To: "Mariusz Potocki" Cc: Subject: Re: sbmidi0 not found Date: Fri, 21 Nov 1997 11:59:45 +0100 Message-ID: <01bcf66c$93d45bc0$0100a8c0@oskar> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 4.71.1712.3 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.71.1712.3 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk >You have SB Pro sound card. M$ Windows doesn't care about it, but FBSD do. Doesn't Soundblaster Pro cards produce 8-bit sound only? My card is called Vibra 16, The dealer said it was a SB16 with radio built-in (for some reason, I don't believe him.) It has been fully compatible with a SB16 Value (I recently switched cards). After the change, no settings needed to be changed in any applications (DOS/Windows), games, whatsoever. >Try: cat /dev/sndstat | more The 16-bit dsp device (SoundBlaster16) works fine. Here's my /dev/sndstat if it matters: --- VoxWare Sound Driver:3.0-beta-950506 (Sun Feb 5 14:38:12 EST 1995 freebsd-hackers@freefall.cdrom.com) Config options: ffffffff Installed drivers: Type 1: OPL-2/OPL-3 FM Type 2: SoundBlaster Type 6: SoundBlaster16 Type 7: SB16 MIDI Card config: SoundBlaster at 0x220 irq 5 drq 1 SoundBlaster16 at 0x0 irq 65535 drq 7 (SB16 MIDI at 0x330 irq 65535 drq 4294967295) OPL-2/OPL-3 FM at 0x388 irq 65535 drq 4294967295 Audio devices: 0: SoundBlaster 16 4.13 Synth devices: 0: Yamaha OPL-3 Midi devices: Timers: 0: System Timer Mixers: 0: SoundBlaster --- What's the difference between the synth and midi device anyway? (Since SB16 cards have no external midi contact.) >So, if you for example want to use playmidi, you have to use playmidi -f instead >Mariusz Oskar Liljeblad (osk@hem.passagen.se)