From owner-freebsd-multimedia@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Nov 24 15:36:46 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B153D1065693 for ; Mon, 24 Nov 2008 15:36:45 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from unixmania@gmail.com) Received: from gv-out-0910.google.com (gv-out-0910.google.com [216.239.58.189]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 346F98FC22 for ; Mon, 24 Nov 2008 15:36:44 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from unixmania@gmail.com) Received: by gv-out-0910.google.com with SMTP id n8so323728gve.39 for ; Mon, 24 Nov 2008 07:36:43 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to :subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type :content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; bh=M0z+tWRH/6ZDL4EM46RjctJiKECEOu3woMZkRFQ8yS4=; b=vInBmoJvROJFFOul3/Yxw2mEVFxoGW/h1V7GjPjWknbvkfwGKCWmrNS5peLcHsxLAI Z5qi4zacSisg6dFaNWMSbfnOZ+8kXWzhyfJaAjRckJ+uPUXj24docxw876+nFNuKWziU ev6p4VVhuVw6sAgkmZ2vRJX+X8nC1A6iqY3O4= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version :content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition :references; b=sg3zlh3IBWo6MeotsfQMdRVLHyvjFxKHgknS3Q+CF9OG/cXQ6QB+Z/E+ySS1Skqu6r VTc6m1y+UapvnM4DSYifeplZX6U7ogfyXLMQojtYCTS7EE3nTRUrEHH1uvjdaRRxgZC0 TwpsP3msHmJDEUaCutFMMor83xahbOKiDcM4U= Received: by 10.103.249.19 with SMTP id b19mr1112953mus.86.1227541003136; Mon, 24 Nov 2008 07:36:43 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.103.137.8 with HTTP; Mon, 24 Nov 2008 07:36:43 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: Date: Mon, 24 Nov 2008 13:36:43 -0200 From: "Carlos A. M. dos Santos" To: "Ilya Nickolsky" In-Reply-To: <4c3522c70811231403o4692ec2am9b25fd3f346d4941@mail.gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <4c3522c70811210725m2e3f1e6en419140e95c77318@mail.gmail.com> <4c3522c70811231403o4692ec2am9b25fd3f346d4941@mail.gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD and Audio CD X-BeenThere: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Multimedia discussions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 24 Nov 2008 15:36:55 -0000 On Sun, Nov 23, 2008 at 8:03 PM, Ilya Nickolsky wrote: > Hi Carlos, > > Thanks for your answer. > When cdcontrol playing top shows 2 - 7% CPU load > When I use CD player from Gnome it is 8 - 10% > When I start freevo (inside gnome session) it start xine and it is also 8 .. > 12 % > > I see that difference is not really big. Mind you where could be a problem? Ilya, Please do not top-post, and keep the list copied in your replies. What about memory usage? How much swap is your system using? I guess it is spending a deal of time on disk I/O. > With Best Regards, > Ilya Nickolsky > > > 2008/11/23 Carlos A. M. dos Santos >> >> On Fri, Nov 21, 2008 at 1:25 PM, Ilya Nickolsky >> wrote: >> > Hello All, >> > >> > I have FreeBSD 63 running on Thinkpad 600X (P3, 256 Mb RAM, sound >> > CS4624). I >> > could listen AudioCD only with cdcontrol play command entered in console >> > or >> > in xterm under X. When CD is playing the CD-ROM drive lit a led not >> > constantly and sound is correct. but when I use any player for X like >> > default in GNOME, or Mplayer/XINE/XMMS under freevo I hear sound >> > interruptions and CD-ROM LED lit constantly. I hear sound interruption >> > and >> > sound is not "clear". Could you help me to correct this? >> >> Ilya, >> >> When you play a CD via cdcontrol the audio decoding is made by the CD >> drive, which is connected to a corresponding input of the audio mixer >> on the computer main board. When you use mplayer/xine/xmms, however, >> the program must extract the digital data and make the conversion, >> before sending it to the audio device. Your problem is probably that >> your computer has not enough processing power to perform the >> conversion. What does "top" show when you try to play the CD? >> >> One possible alternative, if you want a GUI player, is using a program >> like XMCD or xcdplayer. >> >> -- >> cd /usr/ports/sysutils/life >> make clean > > -- cd /usr/ports/sysutils/life make clean