From owner-freebsd-multimedia Thu Nov 20 23:53:15 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id XAA21369 for multimedia-outgoing; Thu, 20 Nov 1997 23:53:15 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-multimedia) Received: from labinfo.iet.unipi.it (labinfo.iet.unipi.it [131.114.9.5]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with SMTP id XAA21355 for ; Thu, 20 Nov 1997 23:52:39 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from luigi@labinfo.iet.unipi.it) Received: from localhost (luigi@localhost) by labinfo.iet.unipi.it (8.6.5/8.6.5) id HAA27085; Fri, 21 Nov 1997 07:45:43 +0100 From: Luigi Rizzo Message-Id: <199711210645.HAA27085@labinfo.iet.unipi.it> Subject: Re: What is the best sound card for FBSD ? To: cfortin@ec.camitel.com (Christian Fortin) Date: Fri, 21 Nov 1997 07:45:43 +0100 (MET) Cc: FREEBSD-MULTIMEDIA@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: from "Christian Fortin" at Nov 20, 97 08:47:03 pm X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL23] Content-Type: text Sender: owner-freebsd-multimedia@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > I have buyed a sound card "A-OPEN" including chip CS4237 PnP: AW35 Pro > When my rplayd start, I received this message: > > rplay_audi_get_volume: pcm mixer device not installed. > > What is my problem, I can read in the note "Probably your card use FM > Synthesizer for change the volume !" But what can I do with this probability ? > > In my card's doc I can read: FM Music Synthesizer: SB base + 0~3 and SB base 8~9 > Also my io address for WSS is 534H. And support DMA 0,1,3 > > Other Question: What is the best SB or MSS ? my card support both! my driver (which you are using) does not (yet) support the synthesis device; at the moment, your only option to play midi is to use timidity. this said, mss is certainly better than SB; plus, the cs4237 only emulates the sbpro. the driver uses the mss side of the board. cheers luigi