From owner-freebsd-stable Thu Nov 22 8:27:10 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from smtp-1.enteract.com (smtp-1.enteract.com [207.229.143.33]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 116BD37B405 for ; Thu, 22 Nov 2001 08:27:05 -0800 (PST) Received: from jamestown.21stcentury.net (24-148-18-116.na.21stcentury.net [24.148.18.116]) by smtp-1.enteract.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7C5CF7FEE; Thu, 22 Nov 2001 10:27:04 -0600 (CST) Received: (from jtm@localhost) by jamestown.21stcentury.net (8.11.6/8.11.3) id fAMGRRh28411; Thu, 22 Nov 2001 10:27:27 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from jtm) To: Doug Lee Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: PCM or PCM and SBC for AWE64 sound card? References: <20011113131338.A90890@kirk.sector14.net> From: James McNaughton Date: 22 Nov 2001 10:27:26 -0600 In-Reply-To: Doug Lee's message of "Tue, 13 Nov 2001 13:13:38 -0500" Message-ID: <861yiqg49d.fsf@jamestown.21stcentury.net> Lines: 20 X-Mailer: Gnus v5.7/Emacs 20.7 Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Doug Lee writes: > > Do I need to enable PCM and SBC or just PCM in my FreeBSD 4.3-STABLE > (soon to be 4.4) kernel to support an AWE64 sound card? I've been > using a kernel with both PCM and SBC enabled for a while, but I'm > having problems recording (I'm told I can only record 8-bit samples by > the apps I try with, but they then go ahead and record 16-bit samples > and then tell me they're 8-bit samples, and unusable files result; > sfmike from Speak Freely sends out garbage). Both devices are > recognized at boot time: > According to the FreeBSD Handbook you need both. I've never tried recording on my SB-32AWE so I've never noticed the problem you have. Maybe I'll install an audio app and test it out this weekend. Have you checked the applications documentation to see if it has a problem with the AWE cards? To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message