From owner-freebsd-questions Tue May 19 15:19:44 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id PAA01365 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Tue, 19 May 1998 15:19:44 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from gdi.uoregon.edu (gdi.uoregon.edu [128.223.170.30]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id PAA01302 for ; Tue, 19 May 1998 15:19:27 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by gdi.uoregon.edu (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id PAA11949; Tue, 19 May 1998 15:19:23 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu) Date: Tue, 19 May 1998 15:19:23 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White Reply-To: Doug White To: spork cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: audio help In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG 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