Date: Thu, 18 May 2006 19:44:06 +0200 From: Ulrich Spoerlein <uspoerlein@gmail.com> To: Alexander Leidinger <Alexander@Leidinger.net> Cc: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org Subject: Re: USB headset ... ? Message-ID: <20060518174406.GA1130@roadrunner.informatik.uni-wuerzburg.de> In-Reply-To: <20060518105652.i60qdplfc0kc4488@netchild.homeip.net> References: <20060517225126.Y1145@ganymede.hub.org> <20060518084430.psrgjfk90kcgs480@netchild.homeip.net> <20060518045405.O1145@ganymede.hub.org> <20060518105652.i60qdplfc0kc4488@netchild.homeip.net>
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--a8Wt8u1KmwUX3Y2C Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Alexander Leidinger wrote: > Do a "sysctl -a | grep pcm". If the output is "hw.sound.pcm0.XXX" run "sy= sctl hw.sound" so=20 > see a complete list of sysctl's available. Pick one of the "vchan" ones a= nd change it from=20 > zero to an arbitrary numer... e.g. 4 to be able to let 4 applications pla= y at the same time. hw.snd.maxautovchans hw.snd.pcm0.vchans > I think we should activate vchans by default... anyone with an idea of th= e number of channels=20 > we should provide by default (warning: bikeshed ahead)? Well, the Soundblaster Live! (snd_emu10k1) provides four vchannels in hardware, ie., you don't need to set the sysctl manually. Thus, I'm using 4 vchans on this laptop with snd_ich(4) hardware since day one. No ill effect observed, and I think 4-8 would be an ideal range. Ulrich Spoerlein --=20 PGP Key ID: 20FEE9DD Encrypted mail welcome! Fingerprint: AEC9 AF5E 01AC 4EE1 8F70 6CBD E76E 2227 20FE E9DD Which is worse: ignorance or apathy? Don't know. Don't care. --a8Wt8u1KmwUX3Y2C Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.3 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFEbLJm524iJyD+6d0RAl32AKCxs3Ukbg2/0W7U7tVdmyQV/9gvMQCffl92 mFH/Ba3ubCgj6rsM6EIjrW4= =JeXh -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --a8Wt8u1KmwUX3Y2C--
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