Date: Mon, 16 May 2005 22:50:39 +0800 From: Ariff Abdullah <skywizard@MyBSD.org.my> To: Ion-Mihai Tetcu <itetcu@people.tecnik93.com> Cc: pav@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: skype on current/5.x and maestro-2E sound Message-ID: <20050516225039.01def6b0.skywizard@MyBSD.org.my> In-Reply-To: <20050515221522.2361523c@it.buh.cameradicommercio.ro> References: <4286AB34.6050101@elischer.org> <42871944.4030506@elischer.org> <20050515163535.GB59332@stud.fit.vutbr.cz> <20050515121406.mawapm16gwkcs4gc@mail.encontacto.net> <1116182140.19799.9.camel@hood.oook.cz> <20050515215140.539d804f@it.buh.cameradicommercio.ro> <1116183590.19799.12.camel@hood.oook.cz> <20050515221522.2361523c@it.buh.cameradicommercio.ro>
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On Sun, 15 May 2005 22:15:22 +0300 Ion-Mihai Tetcu <itetcu@people.tecnik93.com> wrote: > On Sun, 15 May 2005 20:59:50 +0200 > Pav Lucistnik <pav@FreeBSD.org> wrote: >=20 > > Ion-Mihai Tetcu p=ED=A8e v ne 15. 05. 2005 v 21:51 +0300: > > > On Sun, 15 May 2005 20:35:40 +0200 > > > Pav Lucistnik <pav@FreeBSD.org> wrote: > > >=20 > > > > Edwin L. Culp p=ED=B9e v ne 15. 05. 2005 v 12:14 -0500: > > > > > Quoting Divacky Roman <xdivac02@stud.fit.vutbr.cz>: > > > > >=20 > > > > > > On Sun, May 15, 2005 at 02:41:24AM -0700, Julian Elischer > > > > > > wrote: > > > > > >> cpghost@cordula.ws wrote: > > > > > >> >On Sat, May 14, 2005 at 06:51:48PM -0700, Julian > > > > > >Elischer wrote: > > > > > > > >> >>Has anyone run skype successfully on these versions (5 > > > > > >or 6) of freeBSD? > >>I can run it successfully on 4.x but > > > > > >on my 5.x machine the audio is > >>completely > > > > > >> >>broken up. like someone is chopping the audio stream. > > > > > >> > > > > > > >> > > > > > > >> >I'm running Skype on 5.4 (via82c686). On an AMD Duron > > > > > >1200 MHz, the > >sound quality is all right; on an EPIA > > > > > >5000 Eden 500 MHz (also via82c686), > >the sound is totally > > > > > >chopped and it is impossible to follow. > > > > > > >> hmm so maybe its the fact that my machine is too slow.. > > > > > >it's also 500MHz > my 1GHz 4.11 machine seems to run it > > > > > >fine. > > > > > > > > > > > > I have exactly the same problem (broken sound) > > > > > > pcm0: <VIA VT8237> at io 0xe800 irq 12 kld snd_via8233 > > > > > > (5p/1r/0v channels duplex default) > > > > >=20 > > > > > I had this on all my AMD/Athlon boards with the via sound > > > > > chipset. I found a reference to the problem, no solution, > > > > > on one of the Skype BB's. I finally just disabled the > > > > > onboard sound and added cheap available sound cards and > > > > > they all have worked great. I've tried to get the via > > > > > sound to work a couple of times after that, without success. > > > >=20 > > > > Same story, different solution. With Open Sound drivers from > > > > www.opensound.com Skype works correctly. > > >=20 > > > Is this with via8235/8237 on -STABLE ? > >=20 > > pcm0: <VIA VT8237> port 0xb400-0xb4ff irq 22 at device 17.5 on > > pci0 pcm0: <Avance Logic ALC850 AC97 Codec> > >=20 > > Both RELENG_5/i386 and RELENG_5/amd64 (different boards, same > > chip) >=20 >=20 > Yup, I got one of this. >=20 > =20 Can you guys with snd_via8233 driver try these patches? http://staff.mybsd.org.my/skywizard/FreeBSD/sound/via8233.c.diff http://staff.mybsd.org.my/skywizard/FreeBSD/sound/vchan.c.diff set your hw.snd.maxautovchans or hw.snd.pcm0.vchans appropriately, add hint.pcm.0.via_dxs_disabled=3D"1" into your /boot/device.hints and possibly with option PREEMPTION in kernel. -- Ariff Abdullah MyBSD http://www.MyBSD.org.my (IPv6/IPv4) http://staff.MyBSD.org.my (IPv6/IPv4) http://tomoyo.MyBSD.org.my (IPv6/IPv4)
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