From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat May 31 23:32:53 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 868511065673 for ; Sat, 31 May 2008 23:32:53 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rsmith@xs4all.nl) Received: from smtp-vbr15.xs4all.nl (smtp-vbr15.xs4all.nl [194.109.24.35]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3887E8FC20 for ; Sat, 31 May 2008 23:32:53 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rsmith@xs4all.nl) Received: from slackbox.xs4all.nl (slackbox.xs4all.nl [213.84.242.160]) by smtp-vbr15.xs4all.nl (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id m4VNWnKi006557; Sun, 1 Jun 2008 01:32:50 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from rsmith@xs4all.nl) Received: by slackbox.xs4all.nl (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 7DA4BBAA2; Sun, 1 Jun 2008 01:32:49 +0200 (CEST) Date: Sun, 1 Jun 2008 01:32:49 +0200 From: Roland Smith To: wa4geg@netscape.net Message-ID: <20080531233249.GA13151@slackbox.xs4all.nl> References: <8CA917D5B68CAB3-1E28-2D91@webmail-stg-d07.sysops.aol.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="qDbXVdCdHGoSgWSk" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <8CA917D5B68CAB3-1E28-2D91@webmail-stg-d07.sysops.aol.com> X-GPG-Fingerprint: 1A2B 477F 9970 BA3C 2914 B7CE 1277 EFB0 C321 A725 X-GPG-Key: http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/pubkey.txt X-GPG-Notice: If this message is not signed, don't assume I sent it! User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.18 (2008-05-17) X-Virus-Scanned: by XS4ALL Virus Scanner Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Sound skipping problem; Asus A8V-X w/ VIA VT8251/8237A on-board HDA (sound) 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: Sat, 31 May 2008 23:32:53 -0000 --qDbXVdCdHGoSgWSk Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable 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: > 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 --=20 R.F.Smith http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/ [plain text _non-HTML_ PGP/GnuPG encrypted/signed email much appreciated] pgp: 1A2B 477F 9970 BA3C 2914 B7CE 1277 EFB0 C321 A725 (KeyID: C321A725) --qDbXVdCdHGoSgWSk Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.9 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAkhB4CEACgkQEnfvsMMhpyW4/ACeOAsrBkK6VNxDyyyJLcbSIdH3 y0gAni83aU6cCg7L4FA4a6IFaerF5GLJ =4AN1 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --qDbXVdCdHGoSgWSk--