Date: Mon, 3 Sep 2001 15:38:39 +0200 From: "Jose M. Alcaide" <jose@we.lc.ehu.es> To: Cameron Grant <gandalf@vilnya.demon.co.uk> Cc: multimedia@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: audio problems (Maestro-2E) after updating to 4.4-RC Message-ID: <20010903153839.A377@v-ger.we.lc.ehu.es> In-Reply-To: <20010829121559.B322@v-ger.we.lc.ehu.es>; from jose@we.lc.ehu.es on Wed, Aug 29, 2001 at 12:15:59PM %2B0200 References: <20010829121559.B322@v-ger.we.lc.ehu.es>
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On Wed, Aug 29, 2001 at 12:15:59PM +0200, Jose M. Alcaide wrote: > I have just updated my laptop (Dell Inspiron 3700, which uses the ESS > Maestro-2E chip) to 4.4-RC, and now audio playing is seriously broken: > there is a gap just after starting to play a sound and, in addition, > playing stops too early. These effects are more noticeable with short > sounds sampled at 8 KHz (I send attached a file "splat.au" in µ-law > format, 8 bit, 8 KHz; simply type "cat splat.au > /dev/audio"). > > Since I am using kernel loadable modules for the sound driver, I borrowed > the snd_maestro.ko and sound_pcm.ko modules from a 4.3-RELEASE system and > then audio playing worked fine again. > I have just rebuilt snd_pcm.ko, and the last MFC of pcm/channel.h improved the situation: the gaps/pauses while playing are gone. However, there are still short sounds that do not play (using esd). It seems that there is a delay just after opening the audio device; if the sound is too short (shorter than that delay), nothing is played. The problem with 8-bit/8KHz µ-law sounds played using the command "cat soundfile > /dev/audio" still happens. In fact, now it is worse. Just FYI. JMA -- ****** Jose M. Alcaide // jose@we.lc.ehu.es // jmas@FreeBSD.org ****** ** "Beware of Programmers who carry screwdrivers" -- Leonard Brandwein ** To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-multimedia" in the body of the message
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