From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Dec 11 11:36:03 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BA13F16A4CE for ; Thu, 11 Dec 2003 11:36:03 -0800 (PST) Received: from hak.cnd.mcgill.ca (hak.cnd.mcgill.ca [132.216.11.133]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6513A43D2C for ; Thu, 11 Dec 2003 11:36:02 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mat@hak.cnd.mcgill.ca) Received: from hak.cnd.mcgill.ca (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by hak.cnd.mcgill.ca (8.12.9/8.12.8) with ESMTP id hBBJX915037411; Thu, 11 Dec 2003 14:33:09 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from mat@hak.cnd.mcgill.ca) Received: (from mat@localhost) by hak.cnd.mcgill.ca (8.12.9/8.12.8/Submit) id hBBJWuIB037408; Thu, 11 Dec 2003 14:32:56 -0500 (EST) Date: Thu, 11 Dec 2003 14:32:56 -0500 From: Mathew Kanner To: juha.nygard1@netikka.fi, "Julian St." , Pierrick Brossin Message-ID: <20031211193256.GB29093@cnd.mcgill.ca> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i Organization: I speak for myself, operating in Montreal, CANADA X-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.0 required=5.0 tests=none autolearn=no version=2.60 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.60 (1.212-2003-09-23-exp) on hak.cnd.mcgill.ca cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: audio lag in 5.2-Beta (card emu10k1) X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 11 Dec 2003 19:36:03 -0000 On Dec 11, juha.nygard1@netikka.fi wrote: > Upgrading from 5.1 to 5.2-BETA has introduced a startup lag when starting > to play something through /dev/dsp. It takes about two seconds from pressing play > button in xmms to hearing the sound. I don't really know if this is a bug > or a feature but still it is quite annoying. People, This is a difficult report to diagnose. I've installed xmms and it's behaviour seems reasonable to me. I note that it has buffer options for the oss output plugin, try reducing the values. Personally, I'm not in the mood to go digging in the xmms source to understand what it's doing. --Mat -- The beaver, which has come to represent Canada as the eagle does the United States and the lion Britain, is a flat-tailed, slow-witted, toothy rodent known to bite off it's own testicles or to stand under its own falling trees. - June Callwood