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Date:      Wed, 12 Jul 2000 08:25:01 +0100
From:      Mark Blackman <mark.blackman@dircon.net>
To:        Lee Cremeans <lcremeans@erols.com>
Cc:        stable@freebsd.org, multimedia@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: newpcm and RealPlayer woes
Message-ID:  <20000712082501.A3600@diablo.dircon.net>
In-Reply-To: <20000711044014.A8062@lcremeans.erols.com>; from lcremeans@erols.com on Tue, Jul 11, 2000 at 04:40:14AM -0400
References:  <20000711044014.A8062@lcremeans.erols.com>

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For RealPlayer 7, I've found that the key to sync problems is
to go to the 'view-->preferences-->performance' area and set
'enable support old ESS drivers (linux-only)'. Sync problem
solved for me anyway.

Cheers,
Mark Blackman
Senior Sys. Admin
Direct Connection

On Tue, Jul 11, 2000 at 04:40:14AM -0400, Lee Cremeans wrote:
> I've been using the newpcm drivers for some time, and they seem to work with
> most things, but I've noticed some problems, specifically with the
> RealPlayer 7 Beta for linux. The sound seems to jump at the beginning of a
> stream, leaving it at least 3-4 seconds behind the counter and any video
> content. This makes video streams hard to watch, and also cuts off local
> streams early. Also, on remote streams, the sound clicks and squeals loudly
> about 1-2 seconds into the stream, and the stream stays out of sync with the
> RealPlayer counter the whole time. I have a PR open on this, misc/18728.
> 
> All of this seems to have started happening around the time of the May 12
> MFC, it looks like. I don't know enough about how newpcm works to be able to
> offer any advice on fixing the code, but I'd be willing to take a look at it
> in my spare time, and I can try any patches someone can come up with. I have
> my dmesg pasted below; this is from -STABLE CVSupped Sunday night.
> 
> -lee
> 
> ---cut here--
> 
> Copyright (c) 1992-2000 The FreeBSD Project.
> Copyright (c) 1979, 1980, 1983, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994
> 	The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
> FreeBSD 4.0-STABLE #0: Tue Jul 11 04:10:20 EDT 2000
>     root@lcremeans.erols.com:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/LEE
> Timecounter "i8254"  frequency 1193182 Hz
> Timecounter "TSC"  frequency 400910252 Hz
> CPU: AMD-K6(tm) 3D+ Processor (400.91-MHz 586-class CPU)
>   Origin = "AuthenticAMD"  Id = 0x591  Stepping = 1
>   Features=0x8021bf<FPU,VME,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,MCE,CX8,PGE,MMX>
>   AMD Features=0x80000800<SYSCALL,3DNow!>
> real memory  = 134217728 (131072K bytes)
> avail memory = 127434752 (124448K bytes)
> Preloaded elf kernel "LEE" at 0xc02e7000.
> VESA: v2.0, 8192k memory, flags:0x1, mode table:0xc0293e82 (1000022)
> VESA: Matrox Graphics Inc.
> K6-family MTRR support enabled (2 registers)
> npx0: <math processor> on motherboard
> npx0: INT 16 interface
> pcib0: <Host to PCI bridge> on motherboard
> pci0: <PCI bus> on pcib0
> pcib2: <VIA 82C598MVP (Apollo MVP3) PCI-PCI (AGP) bridge> at device 1.0 on pci0
> pci1: <PCI bus> on pcib2
> pci1: <Matrox MGA G200 AGP graphics accelerator> at 0.0
> isab0: <VIA 82C586 PCI-ISA bridge> at device 7.0 on pci0
> isa0: <ISA bus> on isab0
> atapci0: <VIA 82C586 ATA33 controller> port 0xd000-0xd00f at device 7.1 on pci0
> ata0: at 0x1f0 irq 14 on atapci0
> ata1: at 0x170 irq 15 on atapci0
> pci0: <VIA 83C572 USB controller> at 7.2 irq 11
> fxp0: <Intel Pro 10/100B/100+ Ethernet> port 0xd800-0xd81f mem 0xe8800000-0xe88fffff,0xe8901000-0xe8901fff irq 9 at device 8.0 on pci0
> fxp0: Ethernet address 00:a0:c9:76:92:a7, 10Mbps
> sym0: <875> port 0xdc00-0xdcff mem 0xe8900000-0xe8900fff,0xe8904000-0xe89040ff irq 10 at device 9.0 on pci0
> sym0: Symbios NVRAM, ID 7, Fast-20, SE, parity checking
> sym0: open drain IRQ line driver, using on-chip SRAM
> sym0: using LOAD/STORE-based firmware.
> sym1: <875> port 0xe000-0xe0ff mem 0xe8903000-0xe8903fff,0xe8902000-0xe89020ff irq 9 at device 9.1 on pci0
> sym1: Symbios NVRAM, ID 7, Fast-20, SE, parity checking
> sym1: open drain IRQ line driver, using on-chip SRAM
> sym1: using LOAD/STORE-based firmware.
> pcib1: <Host to PCI bridge> on motherboard
> pci2: <PCI bus> on pcib1
> atkbdc0: <Keyboard controller (i8042)> at port 0x60,0x64 on isa0
> atkbd0: <AT Keyboard> irq 1 on atkbdc0
> psm0: <PS/2 Mouse> irq 12 on atkbdc0
> psm0: model MouseMan+, device ID 0
> vga0: <Generic ISA VGA> at port 0x3c0-0x3df iomem 0xa0000-0xbffff on isa0
> sc0: <System console> on isa0
> sc0: VGA <16 virtual consoles, flags=0x200>
> sio0 at port 0x3f8-0x3ff irq 4 flags 0x10 on isa0
> sio0: type 16550A
> sio1 at port 0x2f8-0x2ff irq 3 on isa0
> sio1: type 16550A
> ppc0: <Parallel port> at port 0x378-0x37f irq 7 on isa0
> ppc0: SMC-like chipset (ECP/EPP/PS2/NIBBLE) in COMPATIBLE mode
> ppc0: FIFO with 16/16/15 bytes threshold
> lpt0: <Printer> on ppbus0
> lpt0: Interrupt-driven port
> sb0 at port 0x220 irq 5 drq 1 on isa0
> snd0: <SoundBlaster 16 4.13> 
> sb0: driver is using old-style compatability shims
> sbxvi0 at port 0xffffffff drq 5 on isa0
> isa_compat: didn't get ports for sbxvi
> snd0: <SoundBlaster 16 4.13> 
> WARNING: "snd" is usurping "snd"'s cdevsw[]
> sbxvi0: driver is using old-style compatability shims
> sbmidi0 at port 0x330 on isa0
> snd0: <SoundBlaster MPU-401> 
> WARNING: "snd" is usurping "snd"'s cdevsw[]
> sbmidi0: driver is using old-style compatability shims
> awe0 at port 0x620 on isa0
> awe0: <SoundBlaster EMU8000 MIDI (RAM8192k)>
> WARNING: "snd" is usurping "snd"'s cdevsw[]
> awe0: driver is using old-style compatability shims
> ad0: 8693MB <ST39140A> [17662/16/63] at ata0-master using UDMA33
> acd0: CDROM <TOSHIBA CD-ROM XM-6202B> at ata1-master using WDMA2
> afd0: 120MB <LS-120 CSMO 05 UHD Floppy> [963/8/32] at ata1-slave using PIO2
> Waiting 10 seconds for SCSI devices to settle
> (noperiph:sym0:0:-1:-1): SCSI BUS reset delivered.
> (noperiph:sym1:0:-1:-1): SCSI BUS reset delivered.
> sa0 at sym1 bus 0 target 6 lun 0
> sa0: <ARCHIVE Python 25588-005 2.19> Removable Sequential Access SCSI-2 device 
> sa0: 3.300MB/s transfers
> pass1 at sym1 bus 0 target 5 lun 0
> pass1: <UMAX Astra 1200S V2.9> Fixed Scanner SCSI-2 device 
> pass1: 3.300MB/s transfers
> Mounting root from ufs:/dev/ad0s1a
> cd0 at sym1 bus 0 target 4 lun 0
> cd0: <TEAC CD-R55S 1.0N> Removable CD-ROM SCSI-2 device 
> cd0: 10.000MB/s transfers (10.000MHz, offset 15)
> cd0: cd present [1 x 2048 byte records]
> 
> -- 
> +--------------------------------------------------------------------+
> |      Lee Cremeans -- Manassas, VA, USA  (WakkyMouse on WTnet)      |  
> |         lcremeans@erols.com | http://wakky.dyndns.org/~lee         |
> 
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