Date: Wed, 4 Aug 1999 12:53:34 +0000 From: Rob <drifter@stratos.net> To: John Reynolds~ <jreynold@sedona.ch.intel.com> Cc: Kevin Bailey <kevin_bailey@earthlink.net>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Sound is delayed Message-ID: <19990804125334.A346@stratos.net> In-Reply-To: <14247.24365.809441.188565@hip186.ch.intel.com>; from John Reynolds~ on Tue, Aug 03, 1999 at 02:29:17PM -0700 References: <14247.24365.809441.188565@hip186.ch.intel.com>
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On Tue, Aug 03, 1999 at 02:29:17PM -0700, John Reynolds~ wrote:
>
> > I have noticed that sound is delayed (a couple of seconds) for some
> > applications. I suspect its delayed for all applications but only using
> > certain applications can I tell that sound is delayed. For example, in
> > Maelstrom and Civilization:CTP, when I shoot or click a button, the
> > sound bite comes out a couple seconds later.
> >
> > Obviously, I can't tell if streaming audio applications like amp are
> > delayed because I can't tell exactly when the sound is supposed to
> > start.
> >
> > I'm using Luigi's PnP code on 3.2 with a OPTi931.
> >
> > Has anyone else seen this problem ? Is there a solution for it ?
>
> Yes, I've seen the same problem when playing xgalaga. I wrote it off as
> the application's fault (I don't play too many games). Maybe not. Who
> knows.
>
> I am using the pcm driver with 3.2-STABLE cvsup'ed last friday (it has
> done this with xgalaga since it got FreeBSD up on the new machine back
> on 3.1-RELEASE) with a Create Labs PCI128.
>
> Unfortunately, I have no solution to the problem. :(
>
> -Jr
>
Yes, I've noticed the problem and I'm using the commercial OSS
driver. I've also noticed the problem with the pcm and old voxware
driver.
For the record, when I played xkoules, their was no delay. Yet,
when I would focus another window away from xkoules, xkoules would
immediately pause.
-Rob
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