Date: Wed, 15 Mar 2006 15:30:13 +0000 From: Baldur Gislason <baldur@foo.is> To: Ariff Abdullah <ariff@FreeBSD.org> Cc: freebsd-multimedia@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Skipping audio Message-ID: <20060315153013.GU20678@gremlin.foo.is> In-Reply-To: <20060315212125.6aec6723.ariff@FreeBSD.org> References: <20060315121115.GT20678@gremlin.foo.is> <20060315212125.6aec6723.ariff@FreeBSD.org>
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I'm using VLC media player to play sound, the output goes through enlightenment sound daemon.
baldur@clippy:~$ uname -a
FreeBSD clippy.magnet.ie 6.0-STABLE FreeBSD 6.0-STABLE #0: Wed Feb 1 15:32:20 GMT 2006 root@clippy.magnet.ie:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/BALDUR i386
baldur@clippy:~$ pciconf -lv | grep -B 4 audio
pcm0@pci0:30:2: class=0x040100 card=0x01751028 chip=0x266e8086 rev=0x03 hdr=0x00
vendor = 'Intel Corporation'
device = '82801FB/FR/FW/FRW AC '97 Audio Controller'
class = multimedia
subclass = audio
baldur@clippy:~$ dmesg | grep ^pcm
pcm0: <Intel ICH6 (82801FB)> port 0xec00-0xecff,0xe8c0-0xe8ff mem 0xdffffa00-0xdffffbff,0xdffff900-0xdffff9ff irq 23 at device 30.2 on pci0
pcm0: <Analog Devices AD1980 AC97 Codec>
pcm1: <USB Audio> on uaudio0
pcm1: detached
root@clippy:~# sysctl hw.snd.verbose=2 ; cat /dev/sndstat
hw.snd.verbose: 1 -> 2
FreeBSD Audio Driver (newpcm)
Installed devices:
pcm0: <Intel ICH6 (82801FB)> at io 0xdffffa00, 0xdffff900 irq 23 bufsz 16384 kld snd_ich (1p/1r/4v channels duplex default)
[pcm0:play:0]: spd 48000, fmt 0x10000010, flags 0x00101020, 0x00000000
interrupts 36413808, underruns 0, ready 0
{userland} -> feeder_vchan_s16(0x10000010) -> {hardware}
pcm0:play:0[pcm0:virtual:0]: spd 44100/48000, fmt 0x10000010, flags 0x10003030, 0x00000010, pid 70906
interrupts 0, underruns 0, ready 0
{userland} -> feeder_root(0x10000010) -> feeder_rate(44100 -> 48000) -> {hardware}
pcm0:play:0[pcm0:virtual:1]: spd 48000, fmt 0x10000010, flags 0x10003030, 0x00000000, pid 15804
interrupts 0, underruns 0, ready 16384
{userland} -> feeder_root(0x10000010) -> {hardware}
pcm0:play:0[pcm0:virtual:2]: spd 44100/48000, fmt 0x10000010, flags 0x10000000, 0x00000010
interrupts 0, underruns 0, ready 0
{userland} -> feeder_root(0x10000010) -> feeder_rate(44100 -> 48000) -> {hardware}
pcm0:play:0[pcm0:virtual:3]: spd 0, fmt 0x00000000/0x00000008, flags 0x10000000, 0x00000000
interrupts 0, underruns 0, ready 0
{userland} -> feeder_root(0x00000000) -> {hardware}
[pcm0:record:0]: spd 8000, fmt 0x00000008/0x10000010, flags 0x00000000, 0x00000000
interrupts 0, overruns 0, hfree 1024, sfree 131072
{hardware} -> feeder_root(0x10000010) -> feeder_16leto8(0x10000010 -> 0x10000040) -> feeder_stereotomono8(0x10000040 -> 0x00000040) -> feeder_sign8(0x00000040 -> 0x00000008) -> {userland}
root@clippy:~# sysctl hw.snd
hw.snd.report_soft_formats: 1
hw.snd.targetirqrate: 32
hw.snd.verbose: 2
hw.snd.maxautovchans: 0
hw.snd.unit: 0
hw.snd.pcm0.buffersize: 16384
hw.snd.pcm0.vchans: 4
hw.snd.pcm0.ac97rate: 48000
baldur@clippy:~$ /usr/sbin/mixer
Mixer vol is currently set to 37:37
Mixer pcm is currently set to 69:69
Mixer line is currently set to 0:0
Mixer mic is currently set to 0:0
Mixer cd is currently set to 75:75
Mixer rec is currently set to 0:0
Mixer igain is currently set to 0:0
Mixer ogain is currently set to 48:48
Mixer line1 is currently set to 75:75
Mixer phin is currently set to 0:0
Mixer phout is currently set to 0:0
Recording source: mic
On Wed, Mar 15, 2006 at 09:21:25PM +0800, Ariff Abdullah wrote:
> On Wed, 15 Mar 2006 12:11:15 +0000
> Baldur Gislason <baldur@foo.is> wrote:
> > I've been using FreeBSD for years and I've had a problem on many of
> > my boxes that the audio tends to skip a lot if I'm browsing the web
> > or doing something else that is processing intensive for short
> > periods. Is there any known workaround for this?
> >
> Pretty much depend on what audio application you use, driver/kernel
> settings, etc. etc.
>
> http://people.freebsd.org/~ariff/BUG_REPORT
>
> . and give me the output of 1-6 .
>
>
> --
> Ariff Abdullah
> FreeBSD
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