Date: Mon, 24 Jul 2006 14:41:19 +0200 From: Alexander Leidinger <Alexander@Leidinger.net> To: Konstantin Dimitrov <kosio.dimitrov@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Status of VIA Envy24 audio controller Message-ID: <20060724144119.1vowamod40c88kws@netchild.homeip.net> In-Reply-To: <8103ad500607240437p256e65c2y79cd8fdc34a53cf0@mail.gmail.com> References: <200606072039.13422.shoesoft@gmx.net> <8103ad500607170201k259336a8te2f741f27fd8d3a4@mail.gmail.com> <8103ad500607171052u5196fcf9se50a5a4cbfa0c9f9@mail.gmail.com> <200607172337.48028.lrntct@gmail.com> <8103ad500607180035t50633780wbf585805464b8696@mail.gmail.com> <8103ad500607240437p256e65c2y79cd8fdc34a53cf0@mail.gmail.com>
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Quoting Konstantin Dimitrov <kosio.dimitrov@gmail.com> (from Mon, 24 =20 Jul 2006 11:37:59 +0000): > during the last weekend i have some free time and decided to look through > the list of reported problems: In case there are some open PRs I would like to know the number of them... > 5) vchans don't work > > it is a feature, not a bug and it is really great feature, so should be > removed from the list with bugs. Envy24(1712) has very precise 36bit wide > hardware mixer, which is superior that vchans (software sound mixer in the > kernel). the driver supports Envy24(1712) hardware mixer, so up to 10 > channels (5 stereo pairs) can be playback simultaneously and that is why n= o > software sound mixer (vchans) is needed. What if someone wants to play more than 5 stereo pairs at once? I agree that if an high quality feature like this is supported, it =20 should be used. But I don't agree that we should not use vchans. If =20 someone wants to use vchans, he should be able to use them (we can add =20 a note into the man page regarding the hardware feature and the =20 relative quality of it compared to vchans). Regarding the use of the hardware feature: How do you make use of it =20 in the driver? Do you allow the same stereo channel to get opened 5 =20 times and let the hardware handle everything? Bye, Alexander. --=20 Kiss your keyboard goodbye! http://www.Leidinger.net Alexander @ Leidinger.net: PGP ID =3D B0063FE7 http://www.FreeBSD.org netchild @ FreeBSD.org : PGP ID =3D 72077137
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