Date: Sun, 12 Jul 1998 19:56:09 -0700 (PDT) From: b <bryanw@666.org> To: jkb@best.com (Jan B. Koum) Cc: drifter@stratos.net, questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: mp3 & SB16 PnP problems Message-ID: <199807130256.TAA09139@shell3.ba.best.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980712153054.20474A-100000@shell6.ba.best.com> from "Jan B. Koum" at "Jul 12, 98 03:35:36 pm"
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> > And can I take this space to say that I used 4fron-tech's stuff > for a while. However, it would crash on me in this system when I would > play mp3's. Their tech support was horrible as the only thing they could Yes, same here! On my system at work, which has the Ess Es1868 driver, it crashes when you play mp3. Not very fun. I'm glad I haven't paid for it. > say was "it is hardware fault". I thought only MS could do that. *grin* > Actually, I got it working. All I had to do was > > # cd /dev > # rm dsp > # ln dsp1 dsp > > Thanks to everyone who answered. > > > -- Yan > > Jan Koum jkb@best.com | "Turn up the lights; I don't want > www.FreeBSD.org -- The Power to Serve | to go home in the dark." > > On Sun, 12 Jul 1998 drifter@stratos.net wrote: > > >In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980711214904.27762A-100000@shell6.ba.best.com>; from > > Jan B. Koum on Sat, Jul 11, 1998 at 09:51:46PM -0700 > > > >On Sat, Jul 11, 1998 at 09:51:46PM -0700, Jan B. Koum wrote: > >> > >> Hello, > >> > >> I just compiled 2.2.6-RELEASE with Luigi's pnp code. However, when > >> I try to play mp3, I get: > >> > >> 0wn# ./mpg123 /usr/home/jkb/mp3/*.mp3 > >> High Performance MPEG 1.0/2.0 Audio Player for Layer 1, 2 and 3. > >> Version 0.59k (1997/07/13). Written and copyrights by Michael Hipp. > >> Uses code from various people. See 'README' for more! > >> THIS SOFTWARE COMES WITH ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY! USE AT YOUR OWN RISK! > >> Can't open /dev/dsp! > >> 0wn# ls -l dsp > >> lrwxrwxrwx 1 root wheel 4 Jul 11 22:52 dsp -> dsp0 > >> 0wn# cat sndstat > >> FreeBSD Audio Driver (980215) Jul 11 1998 22:26:05 > >> Installed devices: > >> pcm1: <SoundBlaster 16 4.13> at 0x220 irq 5 dma 1:5 > >> sequencer1: <???> at 0x388 (not functional) > >> 0wn# > >> > >> Any ideas? Please cc: me -- I am not on the list currently. > >> Thanks, > >> > >> -- Yan > > > > May I take this space to recommend a commercial resolution to > >your problem? > > > > http://www.opensound.com > > > > 4Front-Technologies has a commercial sound driver for a mere > >$20 -- well worth it if you want to avoid the pain and agony. You can > >download an evaluation copy and test it for a week, before registering > >for a license. They support a large number of sound cards, including the > >SB16. I just grabbed it off their site a couple days ago and > >have been very happy with it. > > I spent literally /months/ trying to get sound to > >work properly on my FreeBSD system. I tried both VoxWare and Luigi's > >PnP sound code, but was only able to get 8 bit sound working most of > >the time (and 16 bit working 5% of the time, randomly). > > Though others managed to get SB16 working on their systems, > >getting my SB16 to work was quite possibly the most frustrating experience. > >(Even worse than ppp :). Numerous questions to mailing lists, USENET > >groups, sound.doc's, hacking soundcard.h's, etc., etc., ad nauseum. > >It took me far and wide looking for an answer, but in the end I found > >4Front. Wish I discovered them a long time ago :) > > > > -Rob > > > >-- > >drifter@stratos.nospam.net (remove nospam to send) > > "Am I the only one that cringes every time I hear somebody refer > >to a disk drive as a 'solution'? It's bad enough I have to listen to that > >marketing hype from vendors, but now it seems to be infiltrating every-day > >conversation. I'll decide if that 9GB hard drive is a 'solution' to my > >problem or not, thank you very much..." > > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > -- b To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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