From owner-freebsd-multimedia Fri Mar 30 12:18:30 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org Received: from smtp6.mindspring.com (smtp6.mindspring.com [207.69.200.110]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CA44937B724 for ; Fri, 30 Mar 2001 12:18:25 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from igiveup@ix.netcom.com) Received: from ix.netcom.com (user-2ini89d.dialup.mindspring.com [165.121.33.45]) by smtp6.mindspring.com (8.9.3/8.8.5) with ESMTP id PAA29672 for ; Fri, 30 Mar 2001 15:18:19 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: <3AC4E9F4.63D2F99E@ix.netcom.com> Date: Fri, 30 Mar 2001 12:17:57 -0800 From: Ben Speirs X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.76 [en] (X11; U; FreeBSD 4.2-STABLE i386) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: multimedia Subject: Sounds Awsome! Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-multimedia@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Hey, I just stumbled on the snd_* modules after a new hardware purchase / OS upgrade. I picked up a Gigabyte GA7DX motherboard with a built in sound chip. I figured it was something I would have to disable in the BIOS and end up buying a separate card that was supported by our drivers. While poking around the fresh install I visited the /modules directory and noticed a group of snd_*.o files. Being adventurous I typed "kldload snd". Within minutes I had mpg123 and cdplayer pumping sound out of my speakers. No need to recompile the kernel. Very cool. I don't need to buy another sound card! Nice work guys. -- -Ben Speirs (still wrestling with the new ATI Radeon card. I think this part of the purchase was a mistake.) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-multimedia" in the body of the message