Date: Sun, 11 Sep 2016 19:41:39 +0200 From: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> To: Manish Jain <bourne.identity@hotmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Will installing a separate sound card work? Message-ID: <20160911194139.5f676527.freebsd@edvax.de> In-Reply-To: <VI1PR02MB097484FFEC3A5B38C88E12BCF6FC0@VI1PR02MB0974.eurprd02.prod.outlook.com> References: <VI1PR02MB0974245A63E0A5938C14B131C2FD0@VI1PR02MB0974.eurprd02.prod.outlook.com> <20160910201746.e62bd384.freebsd@edvax.de> <VI1PR02MB09746666CAC50D3EB42D2698F6FD0@VI1PR02MB0974.eurprd02.prod.outlook.com> <20160910211012.108b6022.freebsd@edvax.de> <VI1PR02MB097484FFEC3A5B38C88E12BCF6FC0@VI1PR02MB0974.eurprd02.prod.outlook.com>
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On Sun, 11 Sep 2016 17:31:52 +0000, Manish Jain wrote: > I have shelved the CMI8786 (about USD 35), and have opted for a > Zebronics SC-4CH PCI card that costs just USD 8. If the Zebronics card > (I don't know what is the chipset; but a wild guess is Creative) solves > the hiss problem, my hardware upgrade project will finally wind down. If > the Zebronics card does not work well, I'll try the CMI8786 next. The "Sound Blaster"-like sound cards by Creative are usually supported; I've owned some in the past. :-) > The most intriguing aspect of the hiss problem is that the hiss appears > only with music files (.mp3 usually). When I play videos of any format > (mp4/avi/mkv), the sound is perfect and there is no hiss. With music > files, on the other hand, the hiss comes along clearly no matter what > equalizer settings I enforce. This is strange. Maybe you hear compression artifacts? Does it depend on the _program_ to play files with? -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...
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