On Wed, Sep 16, 2009 at 04:14:13PM -0700, 4625 wrote: > > > > > > But, I'd like to have hard technicaly data to demonstrate that > > > > > > while Linux and FreeBSD may scale to a gazillion CPUs and > > > > > > PetaBytes of Memory that OpenBSD makes a fine firewall or desktop > > > > > > or mail server, etc and point out that the old article so many > > > > > > people cite is indeed *old*. > > > > > > > > > > Firewall and mail server - may be. But desktop would not be so fine. > > > > > > > > > 3) Also try to find thread with subject '/usr/ports/audio/timidity' > > > > > in po...@openbsd.*** archive. > > > > > > > > I think your problem can be traced to the different default voices. > > > I've test timidity with a different sound fonts and with the same > > > config, like I have one in FreeBSD, on the same PC. > > > > this is the frst time you ever said anything about what patches you're > > using, which is why I never took your report seriously. > > > > I wonder if FreeBSD's patch-playmidi would make any difference. > It is not port or patch problem, but perfomance (on my opinion).
well, that patch sure looks like it's correcting an inopportune typo. but I'm not a timidity user. I'm not going to spend time trying to test that, because it's hard to test regressions if you don't know how it was to begin with ... > > > > btw, FreeBSD doesn't support multichannel audio. > > > Don't know do I really need multichannel. > > > > maybe you don't. but for me, multichannel audio is more important > > for a desktop than some busted old software midi player. > > > > > But I'm sure, I should boot > > > FreeBSD-4.11 to listen midi files. > > > > or you could use a less ancient midi player. > Could you advice me one? I like fluidsynth. -- jake...@sdf.lonestar.org SDF Public Access UNIX System - http://sdf.lonestar.org
