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From: "Colin Alston" <lists@karnaugh.za.net>
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Subject: Re: AC97 Light sound distortion in xmms
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No it defenitly isnt a sound volume problem :-\ I've tried adjusting that
already...

----- Original Message -----
From: "Warren Block" <wblock@wonkity.com>
To: "Colin Alston" <karnaugh@karnaugh.za.net>
Cc: <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Sent: Saturday, May 03, 2003 10:33 PM
Subject: Re: AC97 Light sound distortion in xmms


> On Sat, 3 May 2003, Colin Alston wrote:
>
> > I'm getting sound distortion (sound is tinny and mildly distorted) in
xmms
> > using the oss output.
> >
> > Its not my hardware (gigabyte onboard 2 channel AC97) because Linux and
> > Windows XP sound fine (Linux is also fine with XMMS).
> >
> > I recompiled my kernel with 'device pcm' (I also weeded out tons of
things
> > like SCSI support if that could be the problem)
>
> You might try adjusting values in mixer (man mixer).  The default values
> are flat, and the volume is 75 out of 100 on my MSI motherboard.
>