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Date:      Fri, 1 May 1998 10:20:59 -0400 (EDT)
From:      Chuck Robey <chuckr@glue.umd.edu>
To:        pseudopunk prep-core <vinnie@driveby.rollingstrong.com>
Cc:        multimedia@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: screeches and howls
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.96.980501101922.303D-100000@localhost>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980501110320.6340A-100000@driveby.rollingstrong.com>

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On Fri, 1 May 1998, pseudopunk prep-core wrote:

> 
> I installed a soundblaster clone (CinaAction Sound Controller 16 PnP) in
> my 2.2.6-release box yesterday.  I compiled a kernel with pcm0, pnp0 and
> userconfig - at boot I used -c and then typed "pnp 1 0 os enable port0
> 0x220 irq0 5 drq0 1 drq1 5" at the prompt.  FreeBSD detected a pcm0
> device.  I can cat .au's to /dev/audio and they come out mostly ok
> (occasionally, they repeat or get garbled at the end.)  mp3's, however,
> are a different story.  A screech, a howl, some static, silence.  I've
> tried several known good mp3 files, as well as mpg123 and splay, two
> different players.
> 
> What am I doing wrong?  Does this sb clone suck that much?  And ideas
> would be greatly appreciated.

A whole lot of SB clones get their compatibility patched into them by
downloads from the dos/win drivers.  Without that download, they don't
have any compatibility.  Can you get it loaded under dos/win, then use
fsbdboot to go to FreeBSD, and see if it works better then?

> 
> 	vinnie
> 
> 
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