From owner-freebsd-multimedia Wed Jul 12 0:25:23 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.dircon.net (mx1.dircon.net [194.112.50.11]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8E3D837B736; Wed, 12 Jul 2000 00:25:10 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from tmb@dircon.net) Received: from diablo.dircon.net (desk108.ch.dircon.net [195.157.3.108]) by mx1.dircon.net (8.9.1.Dirconised/8.9.1) with ESMTP id IAA02748; Wed, 12 Jul 2000 08:25:02 +0100 (BST) Received: by diablo.dircon.net (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 027001B20C; Wed, 12 Jul 2000 08:25:01 +0100 (BST) Date: Wed, 12 Jul 2000 08:25:01 +0100 From: Mark Blackman To: Lee Cremeans Cc: stable@freebsd.org, multimedia@freebsd.org Subject: Re: newpcm and RealPlayer woes Message-ID: <20000712082501.A3600@diablo.dircon.net> References: <20000711044014.A8062@lcremeans.erols.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2i In-Reply-To: <20000711044014.A8062@lcremeans.erols.com>; from lcremeans@erols.com on Tue, Jul 11, 2000 at 04:40:14AM -0400 Sender: owner-freebsd-multimedia@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org For RealPlayer 7, I've found that the key to sync problems is to go to the 'view-->preferences-->performance' area and set 'enable support old ESS drivers (linux-only)'. Sync problem solved for me anyway. Cheers, Mark Blackman Senior Sys. Admin Direct Connection On Tue, Jul 11, 2000 at 04:40:14AM -0400, Lee Cremeans wrote: > I've been using the newpcm drivers for some time, and they seem to work with > most things, but I've noticed some problems, specifically with the > RealPlayer 7 Beta for linux. The sound seems to jump at the beginning of a > stream, leaving it at least 3-4 seconds behind the counter and any video > content. This makes video streams hard to watch, and also cuts off local > streams early. Also, on remote streams, the sound clicks and squeals loudly > about 1-2 seconds into the stream, and the stream stays out of sync with the > RealPlayer counter the whole time. I have a PR open on this, misc/18728. > > All of this seems to have started happening around the time of the May 12 > MFC, it looks like. I don't know enough about how newpcm works to be able to > offer any advice on fixing the code, but I'd be willing to take a look at it > in my spare time, and I can try any patches someone can come up with. I have > my dmesg pasted below; this is from -STABLE CVSupped Sunday night. > > -lee > > ---cut here-- > > Copyright (c) 1992-2000 The FreeBSD Project. > Copyright (c) 1979, 1980, 1983, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994 > The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. > FreeBSD 4.0-STABLE #0: Tue Jul 11 04:10:20 EDT 2000 > root@lcremeans.erols.com:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/LEE > Timecounter "i8254" frequency 1193182 Hz > Timecounter "TSC" frequency 400910252 Hz > CPU: AMD-K6(tm) 3D+ Processor (400.91-MHz 586-class CPU) > Origin = "AuthenticAMD" Id = 0x591 Stepping = 1 > Features=0x8021bf > AMD Features=0x80000800 > real memory = 134217728 (131072K bytes) > avail memory = 127434752 (124448K bytes) > Preloaded elf kernel "LEE" at 0xc02e7000. > VESA: v2.0, 8192k memory, flags:0x1, mode table:0xc0293e82 (1000022) > VESA: Matrox Graphics Inc. > K6-family MTRR support enabled (2 registers) > npx0: on motherboard > npx0: INT 16 interface > pcib0: on motherboard > pci0: on pcib0 > pcib2: at device 1.0 on pci0 > pci1: on pcib2 > pci1: at 0.0 > isab0: at device 7.0 on pci0 > isa0: on isab0 > atapci0: port 0xd000-0xd00f at device 7.1 on pci0 > ata0: at 0x1f0 irq 14 on atapci0 > ata1: at 0x170 irq 15 on atapci0 > pci0: at 7.2 irq 11 > fxp0: port 0xd800-0xd81f mem 0xe8800000-0xe88fffff,0xe8901000-0xe8901fff irq 9 at device 8.0 on pci0 > fxp0: Ethernet address 00:a0:c9:76:92:a7, 10Mbps > sym0: <875> port 0xdc00-0xdcff mem 0xe8900000-0xe8900fff,0xe8904000-0xe89040ff irq 10 at device 9.0 on pci0 > sym0: Symbios NVRAM, ID 7, Fast-20, SE, parity checking > sym0: open drain IRQ line driver, using on-chip SRAM > sym0: using LOAD/STORE-based firmware. > sym1: <875> port 0xe000-0xe0ff mem 0xe8903000-0xe8903fff,0xe8902000-0xe89020ff irq 9 at device 9.1 on pci0 > sym1: Symbios NVRAM, ID 7, Fast-20, SE, parity checking > sym1: open drain IRQ line driver, using on-chip SRAM > sym1: using LOAD/STORE-based firmware. > pcib1: on motherboard > pci2: on pcib1 > atkbdc0: at port 0x60,0x64 on isa0 > atkbd0: irq 1 on atkbdc0 > psm0: irq 12 on atkbdc0 > psm0: model MouseMan+, device ID 0 > vga0: at port 0x3c0-0x3df iomem 0xa0000-0xbffff on isa0 > sc0: on isa0 > sc0: VGA <16 virtual consoles, flags=0x200> > sio0 at port 0x3f8-0x3ff irq 4 flags 0x10 on isa0 > sio0: type 16550A > sio1 at port 0x2f8-0x2ff irq 3 on isa0 > sio1: type 16550A > ppc0: at port 0x378-0x37f irq 7 on isa0 > ppc0: SMC-like chipset (ECP/EPP/PS2/NIBBLE) in COMPATIBLE mode > ppc0: FIFO with 16/16/15 bytes threshold > lpt0: on ppbus0 > lpt0: Interrupt-driven port > sb0 at port 0x220 irq 5 drq 1 on isa0 > snd0: > sb0: driver is using old-style compatability shims > sbxvi0 at port 0xffffffff drq 5 on isa0 > isa_compat: didn't get ports for sbxvi > snd0: > WARNING: "snd" is usurping "snd"'s cdevsw[] > sbxvi0: driver is using old-style compatability shims > sbmidi0 at port 0x330 on isa0 > snd0: > WARNING: "snd" is usurping "snd"'s cdevsw[] > sbmidi0: driver is using old-style compatability shims > awe0 at port 0x620 on isa0 > awe0: > WARNING: "snd" is usurping "snd"'s cdevsw[] > awe0: driver is using old-style compatability shims > ad0: 8693MB [17662/16/63] at ata0-master using UDMA33 > acd0: CDROM at ata1-master using WDMA2 > afd0: 120MB [963/8/32] at ata1-slave using PIO2 > Waiting 10 seconds for SCSI devices to settle > (noperiph:sym0:0:-1:-1): SCSI BUS reset delivered. > (noperiph:sym1:0:-1:-1): SCSI BUS reset delivered. > sa0 at sym1 bus 0 target 6 lun 0 > sa0: Removable Sequential Access SCSI-2 device > sa0: 3.300MB/s transfers > pass1 at sym1 bus 0 target 5 lun 0 > pass1: Fixed Scanner SCSI-2 device > pass1: 3.300MB/s transfers > Mounting root from ufs:/dev/ad0s1a > cd0 at sym1 bus 0 target 4 lun 0 > cd0: Removable CD-ROM SCSI-2 device > cd0: 10.000MB/s transfers (10.000MHz, offset 15) > cd0: cd present [1 x 2048 byte records] > > -- > +--------------------------------------------------------------------+ > | Lee Cremeans -- Manassas, VA, USA (WakkyMouse on WTnet) | > | lcremeans@erols.com | http://wakky.dyndns.org/~lee | > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-multimedia" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-multimedia" in the body of the message