Date: Wed, 12 Jul 2000 08:25:01 +0100 From: Mark Blackman <mark.blackman@dircon.net> To: Lee Cremeans <lcremeans@erols.com> Cc: stable@freebsd.org, multimedia@freebsd.org Subject: Re: newpcm and RealPlayer woes Message-ID: <20000712082501.A3600@diablo.dircon.net> In-Reply-To: <20000711044014.A8062@lcremeans.erols.com>; from lcremeans@erols.com on Tue, Jul 11, 2000 at 04:40:14AM -0400 References: <20000711044014.A8062@lcremeans.erols.com>
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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<FPU,VME,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,MCE,CX8,PGE,MMX> > AMD Features=0x80000800<SYSCALL,3DNow!> > 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: <math processor> on motherboard > npx0: INT 16 interface > pcib0: <Host to PCI bridge> on motherboard > pci0: <PCI bus> on pcib0 > pcib2: <VIA 82C598MVP (Apollo MVP3) PCI-PCI (AGP) bridge> at device 1.0 on pci0 > pci1: <PCI bus> on pcib2 > pci1: <Matrox MGA G200 AGP graphics accelerator> at 0.0 > isab0: <VIA 82C586 PCI-ISA bridge> at device 7.0 on pci0 > isa0: <ISA bus> on isab0 > atapci0: <VIA 82C586 ATA33 controller> port 0xd000-0xd00f at device 7.1 on pci0 > ata0: at 0x1f0 irq 14 on atapci0 > ata1: at 0x170 irq 15 on atapci0 > pci0: <VIA 83C572 USB controller> at 7.2 irq 11 > fxp0: <Intel Pro 10/100B/100+ Ethernet> 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: <Host to PCI bridge> on motherboard > pci2: <PCI bus> on pcib1 > atkbdc0: <Keyboard controller (i8042)> at port 0x60,0x64 on isa0 > atkbd0: <AT Keyboard> irq 1 on atkbdc0 > psm0: <PS/2 Mouse> irq 12 on atkbdc0 > psm0: model MouseMan+, device ID 0 > vga0: <Generic ISA VGA> at port 0x3c0-0x3df iomem 0xa0000-0xbffff on isa0 > sc0: <System console> 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: <Parallel port> 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: <Printer> on ppbus0 > lpt0: Interrupt-driven port > sb0 at port 0x220 irq 5 drq 1 on isa0 > snd0: <SoundBlaster 16 4.13> > 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: <SoundBlaster 16 4.13> > WARNING: "snd" is usurping "snd"'s cdevsw[] > sbxvi0: driver is using old-style compatability shims > sbmidi0 at port 0x330 on isa0 > snd0: <SoundBlaster MPU-401> > WARNING: "snd" is usurping "snd"'s cdevsw[] > sbmidi0: driver is using old-style compatability shims > awe0 at port 0x620 on isa0 > awe0: <SoundBlaster EMU8000 MIDI (RAM8192k)> > WARNING: "snd" is usurping "snd"'s cdevsw[] > awe0: driver is using old-style compatability shims > ad0: 8693MB <ST39140A> [17662/16/63] at ata0-master using UDMA33 > acd0: CDROM <TOSHIBA CD-ROM XM-6202B> at ata1-master using WDMA2 > afd0: 120MB <LS-120 CSMO 05 UHD Floppy> [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: <ARCHIVE Python 25588-005 2.19> Removable Sequential Access SCSI-2 device > sa0: 3.300MB/s transfers > pass1 at sym1 bus 0 target 5 lun 0 > pass1: <UMAX Astra 1200S V2.9> 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: <TEAC CD-R55S 1.0N> 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-stable" in the body of the message
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