From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Dec 3 23:23:37 2000 From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Dec 3 23:23:35 2000 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from minerva.springer.cx (cgmd77002.chello.nl [212.83.77.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 0D75F37B400 for ; Sun, 3 Dec 2000 23:23:34 -0800 (PST) Received: (qmail 19733 invoked from network); 4 Dec 2000 08:21:35 -0000 Received: from aurum.rinkspringer.org (HELO aurum) (172.16.0.2) by minerva.springer.cx with SMTP; 4 Dec 2000 08:21:35 -0000 Message-ID: <001901c05e27$acdffdb0$020010ac@aurum> From: "Rink Springer" To: References: <200012040715.CAA10452@d.tracker> Subject: Re: increasing task performance question Date: Mon, 4 Dec 2000 20:23:26 +0100 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2919.6700 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2919.6700 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Hi, Have you tried mpg123 or xmms instead? It's very fast, and will probably work on your computer. They're in the ports collection. To answer your question: man renice --Rink ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Banning" To: Sent: Monday, December 04, 2000 8:15 AM Subject: increasing task performance question > Using an mp3 player on my 100mhz pentium (mp3blaster) > causes sputtering - my machine is probably not fast enough. > It only drops out maybe once per song - > > Isn't there a command that puts a greater percentage of the system > resources into a single task? > > That would be useful during times when my only purpose for the > machine is to play music in my house. > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message