On 22 Feb 1999, Zygo Blaxell wrote:
> In article <>,
> Deirdre Saoirse <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >Thinking I might try something less dramatic than mp3s, I tried playing
> >CDs from the console, which works fine. However, I don't know if that's
> >going through the sound driver or what (I have no kernel sound support).
>
> Playing a CD usually happens using the sound card's analog mixer, not with
> the sound output.
That's what I thought.
> My guess is that your laptop is using power-saving features including
> slowing down the CPU, and the MP3's aren't being decompressed fast enough.
> But that's only a guess.
I have that feature disabled in the BIOS however, so I know it's not that.
_Deirdre * http://disclaimer.deirdre.org * http://www.deirdre.net
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