From owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Sep 18 13:48:12 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1CFAB106566C for ; Tue, 18 Sep 2012 13:48:12 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from olli@lurza.secnetix.de) Received: from lurza.secnetix.de (lurza.secnetix.de [IPv6:2a01:170:102f::2]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 906D78FC0C for ; Tue, 18 Sep 2012 13:48:11 +0000 (UTC) Received: from lurza.secnetix.de (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by lurza.secnetix.de (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id q8IDm9ua099596; Tue, 18 Sep 2012 15:48:09 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from oliver.fromme@secnetix.de) Received: (from olli@localhost) by lurza.secnetix.de (8.14.3/8.14.3/Submit) id q8IDm8P1099595; Tue, 18 Sep 2012 15:48:08 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from olli) Date: Tue, 18 Sep 2012 15:48:08 +0200 (CEST) Message-Id: <201209181348.q8IDm8P1099595@lurza.secnetix.de> From: Oliver Fromme To: freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG, "C. G." In-Reply-To: X-Newsgroups: list.freebsd-hardware User-Agent: tin/1.9.6-20101126 ("Burnside") (UNIX) (FreeBSD/6.4-PRERELEASE-20080904 (i386)) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-4.3.9 (lurza.secnetix.de [127.0.0.1]); Tue, 18 Sep 2012 15:48:09 +0200 (CEST) Cc: Subject: Re: ASUS P5KPL-AM motherboard on-board sound laggs X-BeenThere: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG, "C. G." List-Id: General discussion of FreeBSD hardware List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 18 Sep 2012 13:48:12 -0000 C. G. wrote: > My motherboard's integrated sound chipset works, but when I watch a > film, it only works fluently when the film is in a small window. As > soon I enlarge the video player's window or maximize the film, the > sound laggs a lot, and the video, too. But I think the problem comes > from the sound driver and not from my graphics card nor it's driver > because it's an nVidia GeForce 9800GT which works perfectly and it's > driver, too. I don't have this problem with the same computer on > Linux or Windows, just FreeBSD. I don't think your sound driver or audio hardware is to blame. The fact that the problem depends on the size of the window indicates that it is probably related to the 2D video acceleration, i.e. hardware scaler. I suspect that you're using software scaling. Please install the "xvinfo" tool from ports or packages. It displays the status of the XVideo extension. The output should look like this for hardware acceleration: X-Video Extension version 2.2 screen #0 Adaptor #0: "Radeon Textured Video" Of course the string ("Radeon") may vary, depending on your graphics hardware. If you get an error message or a string indicating software rendering, then that's causing your video playback problem. In that case you should check your Xorg configuration and maybe update your Xorg video drivers. Best regards Oliver -- Oliver Fromme, secnetix GmbH & Co. KG, Marktplatz 29, 85567 Grafing b. M. Handelsregister: Registergericht Muenchen, HRA 74606, Geschäftsfuehrung: secnetix Verwaltungsgesellsch. mbH, Handelsregister: Registergericht Mün- chen, HRB 125758, Geschäftsführer: Maik Bachmann, Olaf Erb, Ralf Gebhart FreeBSD-Dienstleistungen, -Produkte und mehr: http://www.secnetix.de/bsd "A misleading benchmark test can accomplish in minutes what years of good engineering can never do." -- Dilbert (2009-03-02)