From owner-freebsd-multimedia Tue Jun 9 16:42:05 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id QAA03075 for freebsd-multimedia-outgoing; Tue, 9 Jun 1998 16:42:05 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-multimedia@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from vee.net (challenger.vee.net [192.83.231.99]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id QAA02985 for ; Tue, 9 Jun 1998 16:42:00 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from mike@vee.net) Received: from challenger.vee.net (challenger.vee.net [192.83.231.99]) by vee.net (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id JAA24982; Wed, 10 Jun 1998 09:19:42 +0930 (CST) (envelope-from mike@vee.net) Message-ID: X-Mailer: XFMail 1.2 [p0] on FreeBSD X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <199806090805.KAA17559@labinfo.iet.unipi.it> X-VNetVersion: VNet 1.2 Date: Wed, 10 Jun 1998 09:19:41 +0930 (CST) Organization: VNet From: Michael Gratton To: Luigi Rizzo Subject: Re: High weirdness with the pcm driver Cc: multimedia@FreeBSD.ORG Sender: owner-freebsd-multimedia@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On 09-Jun-98 Luigi Rizzo wrote: >> - The volume balance between the left and right channels may change. >> - Normal playback may cease, replaced with static. > > i have heard reports about this. > >> 99 times out of 100 getting X to do something else "non-trivial" (switching >> between virtual desktops is the easiest way) will kill the static and normal >> playback will return or the balance will again change. > > this is new to me :) Yeah, it's real weird. >> Anyone know why? Will the latest pcm snapshot (snd980607) fix it? >> >> Here's my system's specs: >> FreeBSD 2.6.6 (current) >> the PCM driver included w/ 2.6.6 > > the pcm code in 2.2.6, -stable and -current is the same and based on > the feb. snapshot. There have been enhancements to the Vibra16 support > in april, so snd980607 might help. How much, I don't know, but if you > test it at least i can have some good feedback. Okay, I'll give snd980607 a try and let you know what happens, but it may take a while before my machine has to restart - FreeBSD is just far too stable. 8) What were the Vibra16 imporvements, just out of matter of interest? /Mike. * Mike Gratton - mike@vee.net ! "I'd rather be anywhere doing anything" $ http://www.vee.net/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-multimedia" in the body of the message