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Date:      Sat, 29 Dec 2012 10:03:24 GMT
From:      Tomasz CEDRO <cederom@tlen.pl>
To:        freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   kern/174796: driver/audio: Audigy ZS driver produce strange noises
Message-ID:  <201212291003.qBTA3OXx031758@red.freebsd.org>
Resent-Message-ID: <201212291010.qBTAA13A094039@freefall.freebsd.org>

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>Number:         174796
>Category:       kern
>Synopsis:       driver/audio: Audigy ZS driver produce strange noises
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       low
>Responsible:    freebsd-bugs
>State:          open
>Quarter:        
>Keywords:       
>Date-Required:
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Sat Dec 29 10:10:01 UTC 2012
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Tomasz CEDRO
>Release:        9.1-RC3
>Organization:
CeDeROM
>Environment:
FreeBSD hexagon 9.1-RC3 FreeBSD 9.1-RC3 #0 r242324: Tue Oct 30 00:58:57 UTC 2012     root@farrell.cse.buffalo.edu:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC  amd64

>Description:
Hello :-) I have installed BSD on a machine with Creative SoundBlaster Audigy ZS audio card, here I get the very strange sound produced by the card:
1. sound seems to be quantized on random play (even on the same tune).
2. videos seems to hang when sound is freezed or becomes a noise.
3. instead sound I get strange annoying loud noises like chainsaw.

It seems that some parameters are not (re)set correctly on play. Please advise :-)

% dmesg | grep -i audigy
emu10kx0: <Creative Audigy 2 ZS [SB0350]> port 0xdc00-0xdc3f irq 22 at device 7.0 on pci4

 sysctl -a|grep snd
device	snd_cmi
device	snd_csa
device	snd_emu10kx
device	snd_es137x
device	snd_hda
device	snd_ich
device	snd_uaudio
device	snd_via8233
hw.snd.vpc_reset: 0
hw.snd.vpc_0db: 45
hw.snd.vpc_autoreset: 1
hw.snd.latency_profile: 1
hw.snd.latency: 5
hw.snd.report_soft_matrix: 1
hw.snd.report_soft_formats: 1
hw.snd.compat_linux_mmap: 0
hw.snd.feeder_eq_exact_rate: 0
hw.snd.feeder_eq_presets: PEQ:16000,0.2500,62,0.2500:-9,9,1.0:44100,48000,88200,96000,176400,192000
hw.snd.feeder_rate_quality: 1
hw.snd.feeder_rate_round: 25
hw.snd.feeder_rate_max: 2016000
hw.snd.feeder_rate_min: 1
hw.snd.feeder_rate_polyphase_max: 183040
hw.snd.feeder_rate_presets: 100:8:0.85 100:36:0.92 100:164:0.97
hw.snd.vpc_mixer_bypass: 1
hw.snd.verbose: 0
hw.snd.maxautovchans: 16
hw.snd.default_unit: 0
hw.snd.version: 2009061500/amd64
hw.snd.default_auto: 1

% sysctl -a | grep pcm
dev.pcm.0.%desc: EMU10Kx DSP front PCM interface
dev.pcm.0.%driver: pcm
dev.pcm.0.%parent: emu10kx0
dev.pcm.0.eapd: 1
dev.pcm.0.play.vchans: 4
dev.pcm.0.play.vchanmode: fixed
dev.pcm.0.play.vchanrate: 48000
dev.pcm.0.play.vchanformat: s16le:2.0
dev.pcm.0.rec.vchans: 1
dev.pcm.0.rec.vchanmode: fixed
dev.pcm.0.rec.vchanrate: 48000
dev.pcm.0.rec.vchanformat: s16le:2.0
dev.pcm.0.buffersize: 65536
dev.pcm.0.bitperfect: 0
dev.pcm.1.%desc: EMU10Kx DSP rear PCM interface
dev.pcm.1.%driver: pcm
dev.pcm.1.%parent: emu10kx0
dev.pcm.1.play.vchans: 1
dev.pcm.1.play.vchanmode: fixed
dev.pcm.1.play.vchanrate: 48000
dev.pcm.1.play.vchanformat: s16le:2.0
dev.pcm.1.buffersize: 65536
dev.pcm.1.bitperfect: 0
dev.pcm.2.%desc: EMU10Kx DSP center PCM interface
dev.pcm.2.%driver: pcm
dev.pcm.2.%parent: emu10kx0
dev.pcm.2.play.vchans: 1
dev.pcm.2.play.vchanmode: fixed
dev.pcm.2.play.vchanrate: 48000
dev.pcm.2.play.vchanformat: s16le:2.0
dev.pcm.2.buffersize: 65536
dev.pcm.2.bitperfect: 0
dev.pcm.3.%desc: EMU10Kx DSP subwoofer PCM interface
dev.pcm.3.%driver: pcm
dev.pcm.3.%parent: emu10kx0
dev.pcm.3.play.vchans: 1
dev.pcm.3.play.vchanmode: fixed
dev.pcm.3.play.vchanrate: 48000
dev.pcm.3.play.vchanformat: s16le:2.0
dev.pcm.3.buffersize: 65536
dev.pcm.3.bitperfect: 0
dev.pcm.4.%desc: EMU10Kx DSP side PCM interface
dev.pcm.4.%driver: pcm
dev.pcm.4.%parent: emu10kx0
dev.pcm.4.play.vchans: 1
dev.pcm.4.play.vchanmode: fixed
dev.pcm.4.play.vchanrate: 48000
dev.pcm.4.play.vchanformat: s16le:2.0
dev.pcm.4.buffersize: 65536
dev.pcm.4.bitperfect: 0

% cat /dev/sndstat
FreeBSD Audio Driver (newpcm: 64bit 2009061500/amd64)
Installed devices:
pcm0: <EMU10Kx DSP front PCM interface> (play/rec) default
pcm1: <EMU10Kx DSP rear PCM interface> (play)
pcm2: <EMU10Kx DSP center PCM interface> (play)
pcm3: <EMU10Kx DSP subwoofer PCM interface> (play)
pcm4: <EMU10Kx DSP side PCM interface> (play)

>How-To-Repeat:
Simply play audio and/or audio-video stream on the Audigy ZS card.
>Fix:
driver? configuration? reset? 64-bit?

>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted:



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