Date: Fri, 21 May 1999 19:52:09 -0700 (PDT) From: The Utz Family <utz@serv.net> To: Chuck Robey <chuckr@picnic.mat.net> Cc: Guest <guest@pegasus.com>, freebsd-multimedia@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Sound still broken.. Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.02.9905211947530.28856-100000@itchy.serv.net> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.10.9905212203320.69006-100000@picnic.mat.net>
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plus; the fundamental concept of putting audio interrupts in front of scsi interrupts is straight out goony anyway! how could your computer actually work given that scheme? just my possibly-somewhat-overbearing us$0.02 johnu On Fri, 21 May 1999, Chuck Robey wrote: > On Thu, 20 May 1999, Guest wrote: > > > } > Since the newbus integration, sound has not working been for me. I tried > > } > again today with a current build, and it still does not work. I am using > > } > an Intel PR440FX which has an onboard Crystal 4236 sound system. > > } > > > } > Basically, any audio playback sounds terrible. With x11amp (or other mp3 > > } > players,) it sounds as though it is skipping. When capturing audio with > > } > fxtv and then playing it back, it sounds as though some audio is looped > > } > back over every second or so. RealPlayer constantly says it is rebuffering > > } > due to net congestion and gives up with some error. > > } > > > } > Is anyone else seeing similar problems? I am really not sure about how to > > } > go about looking for the cause. I assume it is interrupt related, but I > > } > really have no idea. > > } > > } I'm working through the pcm driver updating it to new-bus style prior to > > } rewriting the isapnp code. Interestingly, I have two sound cards, one pnp > > } and one regular and I can only reproduce the sound problem on the pnp > > } card. > > } > > > > Any chance of giving the sound drivers interrupt priority over SCSI, etc.? > > > > That would fix a number of problems. > > It doesn't work that way. FreeBSD is volunteers, not a paid > organization. Anyone works on whatever floats their boat, at their own > priority. If they do a good job and observe the style and coding rules, > and don't break things, their code stands a good chance of getting > committed. There isn't anybody standing over you, whipping the lash and > setting priorities. > > There are some drawbacks to this, but it's a darn sight closer to > perfection than the alternatives, so you have to keep that in mind > before you complain. > > As far as that goes, sound works great for me, but I've spent the time > learning the pnp stuff and the new boot configuration setup. It's > changed radically, so things just aren't the same as they used to be, > and you have to do some reading to get your sound working. > > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-multimedia" in the body of the message > > > > ----------------------------+----------------------------------------------- > Chuck Robey | Interests include any kind of voice or data > chuckr@picnic.mat.net | communications topic, C programming, and Unix. > 213 Lakeside Drive Apt T-1 | > Greenbelt, MD 20770 | I run picnic (FreeBSD-current) > (301) 220-2114 | and jaunt (Solaris7). > ----------------------------+----------------------------------------------- > > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-multimedia" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-multimedia" in the body of the message
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