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Date:      Sun, 1 Jun 2008 01:32:49 +0200
From:      Roland Smith <rsmith@xs4all.nl>
To:        wa4geg@netscape.net
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Sound skipping problem; Asus A8V-X w/ VIA VT8251/8237A on-board HDA (sound)
Message-ID:  <20080531233249.GA13151@slackbox.xs4all.nl>
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On Sat, May 31, 2008 at 05:35:18PM -0400, wa4geg@netscape.net wrote:
> Help, I've googled my fingers off up to the elbow and no luck:o)
> Sound works but skips or has gaps at about 1 second intervals.
> I'm running a fresh install of FreeBSD 7.0 Release (AMD64.)
>=20
> /boot/loader.conf contains:
>=20
> snd_hda_load=3D"YES"
>=20
>=20
> Other info:
>=20
> Main board =3D Asus A8V-X AMD64 w/ on-board sound: VIA VT8251/8237A
> High Definition Audio Controller
>=20
> $ cat /dev/sndstat
> FreeBSD Audio Driver (newpcm: 64bit 2007061600/amd64)
> Installed devices:
> pcm0: <VIA VT8251/8237A High Definition Audio Controller>
> at memory 0xff5fc000 irq 17 kld snd_hda [20071129_0050]
> [MPSAFE] (1p:1v/1r:1v channels duplex default)
>=20
> Any help?

You might want to play with some hw.snd sysctls, especially;
- hw.snd.latency_profile (set to zero)
- hw.snd.latency (set to lower value)
- hw.snd.feeder_buffersize (increase)

Roland
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R.F.Smith                                   http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/
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