Date: Mon, 20 Jul 2026 16:28:34 +0200 From: Rodrigo Osorio <rodrigo@osorio.me> To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Tragic State of FreeBSD Audio/Sound Message-ID: <ebb5a31b-232b-429e-9200-bb32f437dc54@osorio.me> In-Reply-To: <wfetopzgnoqtpcpwrfrl@tcrp> References: <hkttyyfmuguexmliuhmg@ewtn> <sirudbjwrqwlhpzjpfqf@abqv> <517030E8-D079-48DD-AE4B-093E93C8F101@ketas.si.pri.ee> <wfetopzgnoqtpcpwrfrl@tcrp>
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Le 20/07/26 à 13:35, vermaden a écrit : > Hi. > >> I downloaded freebsd-tragic-audio-sound.mp4 >> file but I didn't hear anything, like there is >> no audio track or the sound were very faint. >> >> Cheers, >> -- rodrigo > I think You are using a player that does not have needed codec support - I just downloaded that file and played it on my FreeBSD system. Players like mpv/vlc/mplayer does play the needed sound. What player You used? I tried both mplayer and vlc without success (following the output provided by mplayer) I don't usually have problems with sound, and I'm able to play other video & audio files on my FreeBSD system, but for some reasons, not for this one. FreeBSD mypc 15.1-RELEASE FreeBSD 15.1-RELEASE releng/15.1-n283562-96841ea08dcf GENERIC amd64 mplayer Downloads/freebsd-tragic-audio-sound.mp4 MPlayer SVN-r38685-snapshot-19.1.7 (C) 2000-2026 MPlayer Team Playing Downloads/freebsd-tragic-audio-sound.mp4. libavformat version 62.12.102 (external) libavformat file format detected. [mov,mp4,m4a,3gp,3g2,mj2 @ 0x83c184cfa88]Protocol name not provided, cannot determine if input is local or a network protocol, buffers and access patterns cannot be configured optimally without knowing the protocol [lavf] stream 0: video (h264), -vid 0 [lavf] stream 1: audio (aac), -aid 0, -alang und VIDEO: [H264] 848x478 24bpp 60.000 fps 1451.2 kbps (177.2 kbyte/s) ========================================================================== Opening video decoder: [ffmpeg] FFmpeg's libavcodec codec family libavcodec version 62.28.102 (external) Selected video codec: [ffh264] vfm: ffmpeg (FFmpeg H.264) ========================================================================== Clip info: major_brand: mp42 minor_version: 0 compatible_brands: mp42isom Load subtitles in Downloads/ ========================================================================== Opening audio decoder: [ffmpeg] FFmpeg/libavcodec audio decoders AUDIO: 48000 Hz, 2 ch, floatle, 255.8 kbit/8.33% (ratio: 31976->384000) Selected audio codec: [ffaac] afm: ffmpeg (FFmpeg AAC (MPEG-2/MPEG-4 Audio)) ========================================================================== AO: [oss] 48000Hz 2ch floatle (4 bytes per sample) Starting playback... Movie-Aspect is undefined - no prescaling applied. VO: [xv] 848x478 => 848x478 Planar YV12 A: 39.8 V: 39.8 A-V: -0.010 ct: 0.134 0/ 0 18% 6% 1.1% 0 0 Exiting... (End of file) > > > >> The recording is valuable because it >> demonstrates that the failure exists. >> It gives developers something concrete >> to reproduce. The next step is to gather >> enough information to identify the >> responsible component. > If I can help try to narrow it - if I use PluseAudio for deadbeef player - and start something that also wants to play audio on PluseAudio - then this *booze* is not there. > > If I use OSS for deadbeef player - and start something that also wants to play audio on PluseAudio - then this *booze* IS there. > > Something like OSS <-> PulseAudio conflict ... just guessing. > > > >> The goal is not a system that never fails. >> That is unrealistic. The goal is a system >> where failures leave enough evidence that >> they can be understood and fixed. > Its just these things worked like a charm ... and now they are broken and no one knows why they are broken ... or how to fix them ... or debug them. > > Look what was possible not that long ago with 12.2 or 14.1: > > FreeBSD 12.2 Suspend/Resume > https://youtu.be/Hhi-8jQuN60 > > FreeBSD 14.1 Suspend/Resume > https://youtu.be/FA23HfuNiA4 > > That is the reason that I am so sad - that one of the pillars of FreeBSD got so broken ... > > > >> Yeah,me too. I feel your frustration. >> That's also mine. Because I'm trying to >> fix the audio distortions coming from >> the 4 inches display that I want to use >> in the FreeBSD based phone that I'm >> building. I'm working with Claude and >> I'm spending a lot of tokens asking >> Fable 5 to fix the problems. Report >> after report,it seems very hard to >> obtain a clean and robust sound. >> I imagine how hard it is to do it >> without using advanced AI. > Yes, AI can be helpful sometimes. > > > >> i wonder if it's audio hw being crap in idle mode? > Maybe, but the same 'chip' worked earlier on FreeBSD and worked fine. > > > > Regards, > vermaden > > > > >home | help
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