On Sunday 25 July 2004 09:08 pm, Dave Ashmore wrote: > <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> > <html> > <head> > <meta content="text/html;charset=UTF-8" http-equiv="Content-Type"> > <title></title> > </head> > <body bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#000000"> > <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" > href="mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]">[EMAIL PROTECTED]</a> wrote: > <blockquote cite="[EMAIL PROTECTED]" type="cite"> <pre > wrap="">My heartfelt thanks to Frans and Raffaele. The problem is fixed, > kinda. XMMS still refuses to play mp3s or oggs properly, even those ripped > by myself with Grip. Totem plays both, though, so XMMS is going to be > uninstalled pronto. Shame, really, I like it better than Totem, but there > you are. > > Totem, however, is still being rubbish with CDs. Not to worry, Grip > plays them beautifully even if that's not its primary function. The > problem with Grip was as easily solved as turning the volume up with > alsamixer. Duh! > > AmÃlia Rodrigues singing fados. Ah, mellowness! :) > > Thanks guys, > GermÃn. > > On Sun, 2004-07-25 at 21:39, Frans Ketelaars wrote: > </pre> > <blockquote type="cite"> > <pre wrap="">On Sunday 25 July 2004 16:57, <a > class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" > href="mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]">[EMAIL PROTECTED]</a> wrote: </pre> > <blockquote type="cite"> > <pre wrap="">On Thu, 2004-07-22 at 21:09, Raffaele BELARDI wrote: > </pre> > <blockquote type="cite"> > <pre wrap="">Try this (as root): > > Edit the /etc/modules.conf and /etc/modprobe.conf (back them up > first) and remove all sound-related stuff (lines containing > 'sound', 'sb', 'synth', 'opl3'). Also remove all sound-related > modules from the kernel with rmmod. > </pre> > </blockquote> > <pre wrap="">Done. > > </pre> > <blockquote type="cite"> > <pre wrap="">Now try to insmod the snd-ess1688. If it works it will > pull in all the necessary sound core modules. > </pre> > </blockquote> > <pre wrap="">Done, with modprobe. > > The improvement is tremendous. In XMMS and Totem I can now listen to > mp3s, but they still have glitches. As in, they suddenly skip bits or > "jump a groove" as if they were vinils. The files are all right, I > can play them on Winamp from a Windblows box on my network. Still, > it's infinitely better than before, mp3-wise. XMMS is specially bad, > Totem seems to do better. > </pre> > </blockquote> > <pre wrap="">If your system is old check the CPU load with 'top'. I > would also try encoding my own mp3: the mp3's you tried may have errors > which Windows had a workaround for. > > </pre> > <blockquote type="cite"> > <pre wrap="">The weirdness doesn't end, though. Not at all! Audio > CDs, which Grip played beautifully when I had the mess I had before I > uninstalled the OSS modules, are now giving me a hard time. Grip no longer > plays them - the timer counts the seconds as if the track was playing, but > there is no sound. Since I had to change the output plugin from libOSS.so > to libALSA.so in ~/.xmms/config, I thought to do the same for Grip. </pre> > </blockquote> > <pre wrap="">ALSA has OSS emulation, just modprobe snd-pcm-oss and > snd-mixer-oss. > > </pre> > <blockquote type="cite"> > <pre wrap="">But there doesn't seem to be an option to change the > plugin in ~/.grip. > </pre> > </blockquote> > <pre wrap="">On my system grip brings up KsCD as the player. You can > use alsamixer to raise the volume of the CD channel. Be sure the channel is > unmuted (no 'MM' at the top, toggle with the 'm' key). > > </pre> > <blockquote type="cite"> > <pre wrap="">And CD playing in Totem is worse than mp3s on XMMS. It > seems I have to choose between playing CDs with Grip or mp3s with Totem. :( > </pre> > </blockquote> > <pre wrap="">Totem plays using the drive's IDE interface which is CPU > intensive. With KsCD digital to analog conversion is done in the CDROM > drive and an ananalog signal is send to the soundcard. In modern systems > manufacturers often don't install the needed analog cable. > > </pre> > <blockquote type="cite"> > <blockquote type="cite"> > <pre wrap=""> If it fails with a 'board not found' or > similar error, you might need to enable the board. You do it this > way: > </pre> > </blockquote> > </blockquote> > <pre wrap="">Note what Raffaele wrote: "If it fails with a 'board not > found' or </pre> > <blockquote type="cite"> > <blockquote type="cite"> > <pre wrap="">similar error...." :-) > </pre> > </blockquote> > </blockquote> > <blockquote type="cite"> > <blockquote type="cite"> > <pre wrap="">Install the isapnp package, then type > # pnpdump > isapnp.conf > and edit the isapnp.conf file. Read the file to understand what to > do, it is quite well explained (ask if unclear). In short, pnpdump > scans the ISA bus and presents you with a number of possible > configurations for the board, you need to manually select one by > uncommenting the appropriate lines. > > After you are done, run > # isapnp isapnp.conf > you should see messages confirming the board was correctly > configured and enabled. Now try again to insmod snd-ess1688. > > If this works, you'll need to configure the /etc/modprobe.preload > to load the ess-1688 at boot, later on that. > > If some of the steps fail, send the error messages across. I don't > guarantee it works for you, or that it's the easiest way, but > that's how I manage to make the ESS (or the AZT, also an ISA board) > work after every MDK install. > > raffaele > </pre> > </blockquote> > <pre wrap="">OK, I'm going to remove the sound modules again, install > isapnp and try with that, I'll let you know how it goes. Thanks for all the > info. > > GermÃn. > </pre> > </blockquote> > <pre wrap="">HTH, > > -Frans > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ > ____________________________________________________ > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" > href="http://www.mandrakestore.com";>http://www.mandrakestore.com</a> Join > the Club : <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" > href="http://www.mandrakeclub.com";>http://www.mandrakeclub.com</a> > ____________________________________________________ > </pre> > </blockquote> > <pre wrap=""><!----> > > </pre> > <pre wrap=""> > <hr size="4" width="90%"> > ____________________________________________________ > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" > href="http://www.mandrakestore.com";>http://www.mandrakestore.com</a> Join > the Club : <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" > href="http://www.mandrakeclub.com";>http://www.mandrakeclub.com</a> > ____________________________________________________ > </pre> > </blockquote> > Don't give up on xmms.<br> > There is a driver to install to use with alsa oss these are the two I > remember and one of them was not installed for me and once installed it > worked fine!<br> > I'm not sure what repository it came from.<br> > <br> > <pre class="moz-signature" cols="72">-- > Regards > Dave Ashmore > MDK 10.0 Official Mozilla 1.6</pre> > </body> > </html>
Dave: Perhaps this will help you see why it is considered a breech of netiquette to post to a mail list in HTML. It is damn near unreadable. There are some other reasons for not posting in HTML: First, it is one of the more common methods of transporting various forms of malware (yet another MicroSoft Innovation), there are many folks on this list who automatically dump all HTML into the bitbucket. Second: It wastes space. Please change your Mozilla mail settings; plain text works just fine. -- cmg
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