From owner-freebsd-multimedia@FreeBSD.ORG Thu May 18 17:47:35 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3229A16A466 for ; Thu, 18 May 2006 17:47:35 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from uspoerlein@gmail.com) Received: from nf-out-0910.google.com (nf-out-0910.google.com [64.233.182.188]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 55CA443D4C for ; Thu, 18 May 2006 17:47:34 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from uspoerlein@gmail.com) Received: by nf-out-0910.google.com with SMTP id x29so81724nfb for ; Thu, 18 May 2006 10:47:33 -0700 (PDT) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:date:from:to:cc:subject:message-id:mail-followup-to:references:mime-version:content-type:content-disposition:in-reply-to; b=V94aw4VuS1JsI75zc9h5/iHsvDxblWwvEcg52rrpWuYsVCCQANj53awLBsjjsLE5aRHA5G0XFF79n/WOYD3zFQ4xmmf+ixc9QZI2X7X2iEjNh6ka+DI1Lve9+2BHb/gBG19wGTEcdG55fTnreP2kO1YpWCd8WhCKzpAK3GP8y0Q= Received: by 10.48.206.12 with SMTP id d12mr766273nfg; Thu, 18 May 2006 10:47:32 -0700 (PDT) Received: from roadrunner.q.local ( [217.185.114.55]) by mx.gmail.com with ESMTP id b1sm1215300nfe.2006.05.18.10.47.29; Thu, 18 May 2006 10:47:32 -0700 (PDT) Received: from roadrunner.q.local (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by roadrunner.q.local (8.13.6/8.13.6) with ESMTP id k4IHlOFx001334; Thu, 18 May 2006 19:47:24 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from uspoerlein@gmail.com) Received: (from q@localhost) by roadrunner.q.local (8.13.6/8.13.6/Submit) id k4IHi6Rb001246; Thu, 18 May 2006 19:44:06 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from uspoerlein@gmail.com) Date: Thu, 18 May 2006 19:44:06 +0200 From: Ulrich Spoerlein To: Alexander Leidinger Message-ID: <20060518174406.GA1130@roadrunner.informatik.uni-wuerzburg.de> Mail-Followup-To: Alexander Leidinger , "Marc G. Fournier" , freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org References: <20060517225126.Y1145@ganymede.hub.org> <20060518084430.psrgjfk90kcgs480@netchild.homeip.net> <20060518045405.O1145@ganymede.hub.org> <20060518105652.i60qdplfc0kc4488@netchild.homeip.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="a8Wt8u1KmwUX3Y2C" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20060518105652.i60qdplfc0kc4488@netchild.homeip.net> Cc: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org Subject: Re: USB headset ... ? X-BeenThere: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Multimedia discussions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 18 May 2006 17:47:35 -0000 --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--