Date: Tue, 19 May 1998 15:19:23 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu> To: spork <spork@super-g.com> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: audio help Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980519151846.11841W-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980519011102.12969A-100000@super-g.inch.com>
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On Tue, 19 May 1998, spork wrote: > I'm lost now... I looked at the handbook under kernel config / sound, and > I see the sb0 (which probes OK) listed as "Sound Blaster digital audio", > and the opl0 (also probes OK) listed as the midi device. > > sbxvi0 is "soundblaster 16... digital 16 bit audio" and this device is not > found, and apparently is not my card. > > So does this mean that I can't play 16-bit audio? The various RealPlayers > just screech unless I tell them to use 8-bit only, and catting a 16 bit > .au file to /dev/audio produces a very similar screech, but 8 bit is fine. The SBPro and compatibles (like the cheap PB/Aztech stuff) are 8 bit soundcards. Your hardware just can't take it. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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