Date: Sun, 12 Jul 1998 18:27:26 -0400 (EDT) From: drifter@stratos.net To: jkb@best.com, questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: mp3 & SB16 PnP problems Message-ID: <199807122227.SAA05475@somniac.org>
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In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980711214904.27762A-100000@shell6.ba.best.com>; from Jan B. Koum on Sat, Jul 11, 1998 at 09:51:46PM -0700 On Sat, Jul 11, 1998 at 09:51:46PM -0700, Jan B. Koum wrote: > > Hello, > > I just compiled 2.2.6-RELEASE with Luigi's pnp code. However, when > I try to play mp3, I get: > > 0wn# ./mpg123 /usr/home/jkb/mp3/*.mp3 > High Performance MPEG 1.0/2.0 Audio Player for Layer 1, 2 and 3. > Version 0.59k (1997/07/13). Written and copyrights by Michael Hipp. > Uses code from various people. See 'README' for more! > THIS SOFTWARE COMES WITH ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY! USE AT YOUR OWN RISK! > Can't open /dev/dsp! > 0wn# ls -l dsp > lrwxrwxrwx 1 root wheel 4 Jul 11 22:52 dsp -> dsp0 > 0wn# cat sndstat > FreeBSD Audio Driver (980215) Jul 11 1998 22:26:05 > Installed devices: > pcm1: <SoundBlaster 16 4.13> at 0x220 irq 5 dma 1:5 > sequencer1: <???> at 0x388 (not functional) > 0wn# > > Any ideas? Please cc: me -- I am not on the list currently. > Thanks, > > -- Yan May I take this space to recommend a commercial resolution to your problem? http://www.opensound.com 4Front-Technologies has a commercial sound driver for a mere $20 -- well worth it if you want to avoid the pain and agony. You can download an evaluation copy and test it for a week, before registering for a license. They support a large number of sound cards, including the SB16. I just grabbed it off their site a couple days ago and have been very happy with it. I spent literally /months/ trying to get sound to work properly on my FreeBSD system. I tried both VoxWare and Luigi's PnP sound code, but was only able to get 8 bit sound working most of the time (and 16 bit working 5% of the time, randomly). Though others managed to get SB16 working on their systems, getting my SB16 to work was quite possibly the most frustrating experience. (Even worse than ppp :). Numerous questions to mailing lists, USENET groups, sound.doc's, hacking soundcard.h's, etc., etc., ad nauseum. It took me far and wide looking for an answer, but in the end I found 4Front. Wish I discovered them a long time ago :) -Rob -- drifter@stratos.nospam.net (remove nospam to send) "Am I the only one that cringes every time I hear somebody refer to a disk drive as a 'solution'? It's bad enough I have to listen to that marketing hype from vendors, but now it seems to be infiltrating every-day conversation. I'll decide if that 9GB hard drive is a 'solution' to my problem or not, thank you very much..." To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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