From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Aug 19 11:04:58 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E235A16A41F for ; Fri, 19 Aug 2005 11:04:58 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from infofarmer@gmail.com) Received: from zproxy.gmail.com (zproxy.gmail.com [64.233.162.207]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4612843D46 for ; Fri, 19 Aug 2005 11:04:58 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from infofarmer@gmail.com) Received: by zproxy.gmail.com with SMTP id 8so380386nzo for ; Fri, 19 Aug 2005 04:04:57 -0700 (PDT) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition; b=DF4Mk3UIUDo6TcJxaNwTD3109TgkYPD2TDdoC4IrmI8n0UKODkLcjUJZ6uV8mSVohEkpIW5Lf4ueoJ3hd7mxiuN8USFULVeOw5Osv7qZSTfFqfisreC9faNGEWmqz0k9JFcNBIEe3Cj8DKAraNuYB2ElDSS2H9vWfKLrYo40RUc= Received: by 10.36.75.4 with SMTP id x4mr2371500nza; Fri, 19 Aug 2005 04:04:57 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.37.20.34 with HTTP; Fri, 19 Aug 2005 04:04:57 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: Date: Fri, 19 Aug 2005 15:04:57 +0400 From: "Andrew P." To: questions@freebsd.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline Cc: Subject: Re: Sound card drivers X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 19 Aug 2005 11:04:59 -0000 Andrew P. wrote this in December 2004: > I grepped sysctl list and found hw.snd.pcm0.spdif_enabled > switch, but when I change it 0->1, the sound disappears > (both analog and digital outputs are silent). I tried > to play with other hw.snd switches, changed mixer levels > and recsrc, searched the net for a few hours - but nothing > came up. People hack into sound drivers in cases like mine, > but I'm too lame for that yet. >=20 > Anyways, after loading snd_driver dmesg says > pcm0: ... > pcm0: [GIANT-LOCKED] > pcm0: >=20 > Motherboard manual says it's a "Realtek ALC658 CODEC (UAJ)" > and the chip itself says "Realtek". Has anybody tried to > make spdif out work on this mother? Hi! I just wanted to let you guys know that OSS drivers worked great for me. Now I can use my hardware spdif/ac3/dts decoder and watch my favorite movies with breath-taking sound - under my favorite OS. I guess I'm staying with FreeBSD for good. Note that OSS is free for home use now. I'd say we should draw some attention of the FreeBSD community to this fine solution - as it adds support for tens of pieces of sound hardware. Andrew P. P.S.: I've always known that mplayer was a great tool, but it turns out you can't ever overestimate it. I tried 30-50 video players for windows - and had some problems with each and everyone of them (lack of caching, decoding problems, DirectX issues, you name it...) I change to FreeBSD, try the first player on my mind (mplayer) - and instead of much anticipated issues ("c'mon, DivX and DTS playback on Unix? Give it up!") - I get instant and flawless playback. I'm touched :-)