From owner-freebsd-multimedia@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Sep 24 22:20:33 2007 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 2490016A419 for ; Mon, 24 Sep 2007 22:20:33 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd-multimedia@m.gmane.org) Received: from ciao.gmane.org (main.gmane.org [80.91.229.2]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A8DF813C45A for ; Mon, 24 Sep 2007 22:20:32 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd-multimedia@m.gmane.org) Received: from list by ciao.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.43) id 1IZwHq-00074L-73 for freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org; Mon, 24 Sep 2007 22:20:18 +0000 Received: from r5j156.net.upc.cz ([86.49.9.156]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Mon, 24 Sep 2007 22:20:18 +0000 Received: from gamato by r5j156.net.upc.cz with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Mon, 24 Sep 2007 22:20:18 +0000 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org From: martinko Date: Tue, 25 Sep 2007 00:19:50 +0200 Lines: 128 Message-ID: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-2; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: r5j156.net.upc.cz User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; FreeBSD i386; en-US; rv:1.8.1.6) Gecko/20070821 SeaMonkey/1.1.4 Sender: news Subject: audible clicks with ICH4 AC'97 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 Sep 2007 22:20:33 -0000 Hallo Ariff and others, After 2 years or something I've finally reinstalled broken Windows on my laptop and I can confirm now that we have an issue with sound (driver). /I feared there's something with my HW./ The thing is that playing music on FreeBSD reminds me of old tapes while listening to the same files on Windows produces no acoustic clicks etc at all. (Well, I cannot hear these clicks during music but throughout low volume passages they are quite audible.) I hope something can be done about it.. With best regards, Martin -- $ uname -a FreeBSD mb-aw1n-bsd 6.2-STABLE FreeBSD 6.2-STABLE #0: Tue May 29 22:23:01 CEST 2007 root@mb-aw1n-bsd:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/MB-AW1N i386 $ pciconf -lv | grep -B 4 audio pcm0@pci0:31:5: class=0x040100 card=0x18431043 chip=0x24c58086 rev=0x03 hdr=0x00 vendor = 'Intel Corporation' device = '82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) AC'97 Audio Controller' class = multimedia subclass = audio # cat /dev/sndstat FreeBSD Audio Driver (newpcm) Installed devices: pcm0: at io 0xffaff800, 0xffaff400 irq 5 bufsz 16384 kld snd_ich (1p/1r/2v channels duplex default) [pcm0:play:0:dsp0.0]: spd 48000, fmt 0x10000010, flags 0x00103000, 0x00000040 interrupts 52787, underruns 0, ready 0 [b:2048/1024/2|bs:2048/1024/2] {userland} -> feeder_vchan_s16(0x10000010) -> feeder_volume_s16(0x10000010) -> {hardware} [pcm0:record:0:dsp0.1]: spd 0, fmt 0x00000000/0x00000008, flags 0x00000000, 0x00000000 interrupts 0, overruns 0, hfree 16384, sfree 0 [b:16384/8192/2|bs:0/0/0] {hardware} -> feeder_root(0x00000000) -> {userland} pcm0:play:0:dsp0.0[pcm0:virtual:0:dsp0.2]: spd 8000/48000, fmt 0x00000008/0x10000010, flags 0x10000000, 0x00000010 interrupts 0, underruns 0, ready 0 [b:0/1024/0|bs:131072/128/1024] {userland} -> feeder_root(0x00000008) -> feeder_u8toulaw(0x00000008 -> 0x00000001) -> feeder_ulawtos16le(0x00000001 -> 0x00000010) -> feeder_monotostereo16(0x00000010 -> 0x10000010) -> feeder_rate(8000 -> 48000) -> {hardware} pcm0:play:0:dsp0.0[pcm0:virtual:1:dsp0.3]: spd 22050/48000, fmt 0x10000010, flags 0x10000000, 0x00000010 interrupts 0, underruns 0, ready 0 [b:0/1024/0|bs:131072/2048/64] {userland} -> feeder_root(0x10000010) -> feeder_rate(22050 -> 48000) -> {hardware} File Versions: $FreeBSD: src/sys/dev/sound/pci/ich.c,v 1.53.2.11 2007/05/28 21:07:41 ariff Exp $ $FreeBSD: src/sys/dev/sound/isa/sndbuf_dma.c,v 1.3 2005/01/06 01:43:17 imp Exp $ $FreeBSD: src/sys/dev/sound/pcm/vchan.c,v 1.17.2.5 2007/02/04 06:17:14 ariff Exp $ $FreeBSD: src/sys/dev/sound/pcm/sound.c,v 1.93.2.4 2007/05/28 21:18:06 ariff Exp $ $FreeBSD: src/sys/dev/sound/pcm/sndstat.c,v 1.20.2.2 2005/12/30 19:55:54 netchild Exp $ $FreeBSD: src/sys/dev/sound/pcm/mixer.c,v 1.43.2.5 2007/05/13 20:53:39 ariff Exp $ $FreeBSD: src/sys/dev/sound/pcm/feeder_volume.c,v 1.2.2.1 2005/12/30 19:55:54 netchild Exp $ $FreeBSD: src/sys/dev/sound/pcm/feeder_rate.c,v 1.11.2.2 2006/01/29 02:27:28 ariff Exp $ $FreeBSD: src/sys/dev/sound/pcm/feeder_fmt.c,v 1.14.2.2 2006/01/29 02:27:28 ariff Exp $ $FreeBSD: src/sys/dev/sound/pcm/feeder.c,v 1.33.2.3 2006/03/07 15:51:19 jhb Exp $ $FreeBSD: src/sys/dev/sound/pcm/fake.c,v 1.14.2.1 2005/12/30 19:55:54 netchild Exp $ $FreeBSD: src/sys/dev/sound/pcm/dsp.c,v 1.80.2.6 2006/04/04 17:43:48 ariff Exp $ $FreeBSD: src/sys/dev/sound/pcm/channel.c,v 1.99.2.5 2007/05/13 20:53:39 ariff Exp $ $FreeBSD: src/sys/dev/sound/pcm/buffer.c,v 1.25.2.3 2007/04/26 08:21:43 ariff Exp $ $FreeBSD: src/sys/dev/sound/pcm/ac97_patch.c,v 1.3.2.2 2007/04/26 08:30:52 ariff Exp $ $FreeBSD: src/sys/dev/sound/pcm/ac97.c,v 1.53.2.5 2007/05/13 20:53:39 ariff Exp $ # sysctl hw.snd dev.pcm hw.snd.report_soft_formats: 1 hw.snd.targetirqrate: 32 hw.snd.verbose: 3 hw.snd.maxautovchans: 4 hw.snd.unit: 0 hw.snd.pcm0.buffersize: 16384 hw.snd.pcm0.vchans: 2 hw.snd.pcm0.ac97rate: 48000 dev.pcm.0.%desc: Intel ICH4 (82801DB) dev.pcm.0.%driver: pcm dev.pcm.0.%location: slot=31 function=5 handle=\_SB_.PCI0.AUDI dev.pcm.0.%pnpinfo: vendor=0x8086 device=0x24c5 subvendor=0x1043 subdevice=0x1843 class=0x040100 dev.pcm.0.%parent: pci0 dev.pcm.0.wake: 0 $ /usr/sbin/mixer Mixer vol is currently set to 75:75 Mixer pcm is currently set to 10:10 Mixer speaker is currently set to 25:25 Mixer line is currently set to 75:75 Mixer mic is currently set to 0:0 Mixer cd is currently set to 75:75 Mixer rec is currently set to 0:0 Mixer igain is currently set to 0:0 Mixer ogain is currently set to 50:50 Mixer line1 is currently set to 75:75 Mixer phin is currently set to 0:0 Mixer phout is currently set to 0:0 Mixer video is currently set to 75:75 Recording source: mic