Date: Thu, 7 Mar 1996 03:18:59 -0800 (PST) From: "Brian Litzinger" <brian@easy1.mediacity.com> To: mitzel@Ipsilon.COM (Danny J. Mitzel) Cc: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org, mitzel@Ipsilon.COM Subject: Re: does anyone get ``good'' audio quality with VAT and SoundBlaster? Message-ID: <199603071118.DAA15550@MediaCity.com> In-Reply-To: <199603070536.VAA03658@mailhost.Ipsilon.COM> from "Danny J. Mitzel" at Mar 6, 96 09:37:59 pm
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> > I spent a bit of time setting up a local FreeBSD machine this week to > try and tune into the IETF broadcasts, but have been very disappointed > with the audio quality. I expected a lot of ``popping'' which I've read > others complaining about with VAT and SoundBlaster, but there were many > long periods of time where audio was too garbled to distinguish. the > VAT broadcast must not have been using RTP because it could not display > loss%, but the accompanying video only report ~1-5% loss, so I don't think > that should be a problem. does anyone know if it's possible to get any > use out of the SoundBlaster with VAT and I just need to keep tweaking, > or should I just give up and see if I can swing a GUS board that everyone > else seems to be gravitating towards? Just so you don't feel alone. My 486DX4/100 system with GusMax and vat work pretty well. My laptop with 486DX4/100 and SB1.5 sounds like garbage, though speak-free and nas sound fine. Brian Litzinger brian@Mediacity.com
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