On Wed, 6 Apr 2005, Ray Olszewski wrote:
One thing you don't mention trying is using a different audio device. I suggest you try directing output to /dev/audio1 or /dev/dsp1 and see if that improves the result. I don't know how to do that with mp3blaster; with mpg123 you would do
mpg123 -a /dev/dsp1 nameoffile.mp3
With ogg123, you'd do:
ogg123 -d oss -o dsp:/dev/dsp1 nameoffile.ogg
I get the following when trying this:
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/MyMusic$ sudo mpg123 -a /dev/audio1 03\ -\ Norman\ Blake\ \ \ You\ Are\ My\ Sunshine.ogg
High Performance MPEG 1.0/2.0/2.5 Audio Player for Layer 1, 2, and 3.
Version 0.59q (2002/03/23). Written and copyrights by Joe Drew.
Uses code from various people. See 'README' for more!
THIS SOFTWARE COMES WITH ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY! USE AT YOUR OWN RISK!
Playing MPEG stream from 03 - Norman Blake You Are My Sunshine.ogg ...
MPEG 1.0 layer I, 34381 kbit/s, 32000 Hz mono
Can't open libao driver with device /dev/audio1 (is device in use?)
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/MyMusic$ sudo mpg123 -a /dev/dsp1 03\ -\ Norman\ Blake\ \ \ You\ Are\ My\ Sunshine.ogg
High Performance MPEG 1.0/2.0/2.5 Audio Player for Layer 1, 2, and 3.
Version 0.59q (2002/03/23). Written and copyrights by Joe Drew.
Uses code from various people. See 'README' for more!
THIS SOFTWARE COMES WITH ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY! USE AT YOUR OWN RISK!
Playing MPEG stream from 03 - Norman Blake You Are My Sunshine.ogg ... MPEG 1.0 layer I, 34381 kbit/s, 32000 Hz mono Can't open libao driver with device /dev/dsp1 (is device in use?) [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/MyMusic$
or:
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/MyMusic$ sudo ogg123 -d oss -o dsp:/dev/audio1 03\ -\ Norman\ Blake\ \ \ You\ Are\ My\ Sunshine.ogg
Audio Device: OSS audio driver output
Playing: 03 - Norman Blake You Are My Sunshine.ogg Ogg Vorbis stream: 2 channel, 44100 Hz Title: Norman Blake / You Are My Sunshine Artist: Various Track number: 3 Tracktotal: 19 Album: O Brother, Where Art Thou? Comment: Ripped with Sound Juicer Error: Cannot open device oss.
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/MyMusic$
Same error messages whether I try /dev/dsp1 or /dev/audio1, though my examples here show only output from trying /dev/audio1.
It's been almost 2 years since I set up a Linux system using new hardware, but back then, I tried to get SoundBlaster16 cards (usually around $25 back then). They use the OSS es1371 driver (usually compiled in stock kernels, I think) and work pretty well for both recording and playback. I've also used a Yamaha card and been happy with it.
Thanks for the feedback on that. I'll probably go that route before too much longer.
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