Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1999 12:10:57 -0800 (PST) From: Jeff Brown <jabrown@value.net> To: Richard Foulk <richard@pegasus.com> Cc: freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Sound stutters Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.990121115448.25200A-100000@pinky.local.lan> In-Reply-To: <199901211836.IAA23746@pegasus.com>
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On Thu, 21 Jan 1999, Richard Foulk wrote: > Does anyone have a system that plays WAV and MP3 music files flawlessly? Yes. Both of the machines I use as workstations have no problems playing MP3's. > Where you can play full stereo music (MP3 or WAV) for an hour while > actively using netscape on the same machine with no skips or stutters > in the audio. Win95 can do it, but FreeBSD often cannot. :-( The play continuously, all day long. I'm currently using "tk3play" to play the MP3's, which in turn uses a modified "mpg123" executable. The sound output format is 44KHz, 16-bit stereo. I notice no skipping. > If you're fairly sure your machine passes this test could you please let > me know what your configuration is: CPU, sound card, disk controller, > drive, amount of memory, FreeBSD version and sound driver, etc. Box 1 ----------------------- PII-333, 64MB RAM No-name ISA sound card, using the "luigi" driver of 2.2.6 vintage: CSN 1 Vendor ID: YMH0030 [0x3000a865] Serial 0x80860001 mss_attach <Yamaha SA3>1 at 0x530 irq 5 dma 0:1 flags 0x11 pcm1 (CS423x/Yamaha <Yamaha SA3> sn 0x80860001) at 0x530 irq 5 drq 0 flags 0x11 id 29 Disk controller: ahc0 <Adaptec 2940 Ultra SCSI host adapter> rev 0 int a irq 15 on pci0:15:0 ahc0: aic7880 Wide Channel, SCSI Id=7, 16 SCBs Drive: (ahc0:0:0): "WDIGTL WDE4360-1807A3 1.80" type 0 fixed SCSI 2 sd0(ahc0:0:0): Direct-Access 4095MB (8388314 512 byte sectors) ahc0:A:5: refuses WIDE negotiation. Using 8bit transfers FreeBSD Version: FreeBSD stimpy.XXXXX.XXX 2.2.6-RELEASE FreeBSD 2.2.6-RELEASE #0: Wed Jun 24 02:08:22 PDT 1998 jabrown@XXXXXX.XXXXX.XXX:/usr/src/sys/compile/STIMPY i386 Box 2 ----------------------- P5-200, 64MB RAM SB16 ISA sound card, using the "luigi" driver of 2.2.6 vintage: Probing for PnP devices: CSN 1 Vendor ID: CTL0070 [0x70008c0e] Serial 0xffffffff pcm1 (SB16pnp <SB16 PnP> sn 0xffffffff) at 0x220 irq 5 drq 1 flags 0x15 id 14 Disk controller: on-board IDE wdc0 at 0x1f0-0x1f7 irq 14 flags 0x80ff80ff on isa Drive: wdc0: unit 0 (wd0): <QUANTUM FIREBALL ST6.4A>, 32-bit, multi-block-16 wd0: 6149MB (12594960 sectors), 13328 cyls, 15 heads, 63 S/T, 512 B/S HOWEVER, the mp3 files are coming over nfsv2 (UDP) across a 10B2 ethernet from a 386/40. Gotta love progress. :-) FreeBSD Version: FreeBSD brain.XXXXX.XXX 2.2.6-RELEASE FreeBSD 2.2.6-RELEASE #28: Sat Oct 3 15:43:20 PDT 1998 jabrown@XXXXX.XXXXX.XXX:/usr/src/sys/compile/BRAIN i386 > Any and all responses will be most appreciated. I regularly run Netscape Navigator 4.05 (the Linux version) and xemacs 20.4 long-term on both machines, as well as several (10 or so?) xterms. I didn't know skipping was that big of a problem; I've never had trouble with it. I hope this info helps. -Jeff Brown To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message
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