From owner-freebsd-multimedia@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Dec 7 18:03:28 2007 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 C7B6C16A419 for ; Fri, 7 Dec 2007 18:03:28 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from punosevac@math.arizona.edu) Received: from smtp102.math.arizona.edu (smtp102.math.arizona.edu [128.196.102.202]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A61A913C45A for ; Fri, 7 Dec 2007 18:03:28 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from punosevac@math.arizona.edu) Received: from Debian-exim by smtp102.math.arizona.edu with local-bsmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1J0hXj-0002Pc-F1 for freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org; Fri, 07 Dec 2007 11:03:25 -0700 Received: from 71-220-152-133.tcsn.qwest.net ([71.220.152.133] helo=.domain.actdsltmp) by smtp102.math.arizona.edu with esmtpsa (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA:32) (Exim 4.50) id 1J0hXc-0002PG-6b; Fri, 07 Dec 2007 11:03:12 -0700 Message-ID: <47598ADB.90908@math.arizona.edu> Date: Fri, 07 Dec 2007 11:03:07 -0700 From: Predrag Punosevac User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.6 (X11/20070916) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Kent Stewart References: <200712061322.40986.kstewart@owt.com> <475875DD.8000506@math.arizona.edu> <200712070826.20544.kstewart@owt.com> In-Reply-To: <200712070826.20544.kstewart@owt.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-ACL-Warn: The HELO/EHLO greeting .domain.actdsltmp is invalid X-Outgoing-Spam-Score: -5.9 (-----) Cc: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Creative Sound Blaster Audigy SE 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, 07 Dec 2007 18:03:28 -0000 Kent Stewart wrote: > On Thursday 06 December 2007, Predrag Punosevac wrote: > >> Kent Stewart wrote: >> >>> I had the sound card in my primary FreeBSD user system go bad on >>> me. When I went shopping for a replacement sound card for an old >>> system, the only thing I could see that didn't take too much of my >>> cpu horsepower was the Audigy SE. It seems to be the generic sound >>> card that you can purchase in a Best Buy or such electronic store. >>> It isn't in FreeBSD-6-stable. I think it is the equivalent of the >>> old emu10k1 or 2. It needs to be addressed. >>> >>> A pciconf shows the following >>> >>> none1@pci0:17:0: class=0x040100 card=0x100a1102 >>> chip=0x00071102 rev=0x00 hdr=0x00 >>> vendor = 'Creative Technology LTD.' >>> device = 'C6SB0410515017656A Audigy SE' >>> class = multimedia >>> subclass = audio >>> >>> None of these generic cards seem to have been added for 2 or 3 >>> years. This specific card was pr-ed a long time ago. We are really >>> running behind the curve. >>> >>> Kent >>> >> It is supported by /usr/ports/audio/oss in full duplex mode. I am >> using it. It would be really nice to add support for a low end cards >> like that into the kernel but I am not a developer. I think I saw >> somewhere that there was something strange about that particular >> card. OSS for a long time could not support it in full-duplex mode >> necessary for VoIP. >> > > Magic happens :) > > Detected SiS 7012 > Detected Sound Blaster Audigy LS / Live7.1 > Detected OSS Transparent Virtual Mixing Architecture > > Now I feel like I am following the path Gary was going down a short time > ago. This Audigy has no provision for analog audio. So, some CD players > won't work. I rarely use FreeBSD to play CDs. I have iTunes on one of > my other computers running with a kvm. Playing CDs is a > 1 away. I use sound on FreeBSD to play videos from > news links. There are screen blinks and flashes but no sound. I have my > challenge for the day :). > > Are you sure about that? My Audigy SE 5.1 has a connection for audio cable. You just attach the your DVD-RW to your audio card via the cable and CD should work like a charm. It should be on a side of your audio card. Are you trying to use FreeBSD to watch Flash movies? FreeBSD is definitely not a good platform for that. You can snap video from Google video and You tube with clieve and youtube-dl and watch it with MPlayer and VLC but that is about it. Also some programs like esound on Gnome tend to clog the Audio card as I believe OSS is working on one channel only (oss built into a kernel is definitely much, much better). You will have to reboot the computer to unclog. I hope you are not trying to do all of that on the serious server. Best, Predrag > Right now, Amarok looks like it is playing a CD but has no sound output. > Steps forward seem to be incrementaly small at times :). The KDE noise > at startup is an improvement. I feel like I did a while back when > patches for the emu10k2 first hit the street. When you have patches, > you know the way forward may not be a straight line. > > Thanks, > > Kent > >