From owner-freebsd-multimedia@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jan 18 00:09:33 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 95A7516A468 for ; Fri, 18 Jan 2008 00:09:33 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jhs@berklix.org) Received: from tower.berklix.org (tower.berklix.org [83.236.223.114]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 14E6B13C44B for ; Fri, 18 Jan 2008 00:09:32 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jhs@berklix.org) Received: from js.berklix.net (p549A6DA4.dip.t-dialin.net [84.154.109.164]) (authenticated bits=0) by tower.berklix.org (8.13.6/8.13.6) with ESMTP id m0I09Umx093666; Fri, 18 Jan 2008 00:09:31 GMT (envelope-from jhs@berklix.org) Received: from fire.js.berklix.net (fire.js.berklix.net [192.168.91.41]) by js.berklix.net (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id m0I0BRji029525; Fri, 18 Jan 2008 01:11:27 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from jhs@berklix.org) Received: from fire.js.berklix.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by fire.js.berklix.net (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id m0I0BH4x000788; Fri, 18 Jan 2008 01:11:22 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from jhs@fire.js.berklix.net) Message-Id: <200801180011.m0I0BH4x000788@fire.js.berklix.net> To: Alexander Leidinger In-reply-to: <20080117085927.bik3eztii3ogk8wo@webmail.leidinger.net> References: <200801170152.m0H1qMpA065499@fire.js.berklix.net> <20080117085927.bik3eztii3ogk8wo@webmail.leidinger.net> Comments: In-reply-to Alexander Leidinger message dated "Thu, 17 Jan 2008 08:59:27 +0100." Date: Fri, 18 Jan 2008 01:11:17 +0100 From: "Julian H. Stacey" Cc: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org Subject: Re: forcing more sound buffering X-BeenThere: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Multimedia discussions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 18 Jan 2008 00:09:33 -0000 Alexander Leidinger wrote: > Quoting Julian Stacey (from Thu, 17 Jan 2008 > 02:52:22 +0100): > > Try with mpg123 (it may or may not solve your problem). Well is supports eg mpg123 -b 4096 # caches size specifiable, which seems to help, Thanks Some other thinsg support cache too eg: mplayer -cache 4096 -audiofile-cache 4096 -cache-min 80 Making cache bigger doesnt simply always improve thingsm curiously. However I'll hope to sort this no dma problem too. > > > What is the lowest speed CPU for playing `normal mp3 music (ie `file' above) > > Am I being over ambitious or reasonable ? > > According to www.mpg123.org: > ---snip--- Ah great thanks ! Alexander. -- Julian Stacey. Munich Computer Consultant, BSD Unix C Linux. http://berklix.com