On Fri, Sep 21, 2007 at 07:03:28AM +0000, Jacob Meuser wrote: > On Thu, Sep 20, 2007 at 11:13:52PM -0700, Ryan Freeman wrote: > > > well i decided to be spontaneous and upgrade via the diff (thinking we're > > using > > the same ver now). > > should say I am using the SDL 1.2.12 update. I don't see anything > there that would change the sitaution with audio directly, but that > doesn't mean it won't change anything. >
as am i, no difference between sdl 1.2.9 and 1.2.12 though (tested) > > > oh, and you said zsnes got worse. was is a little staticy before and > > > more now, or was there no such static before? > > > > > > > yes actually, this is the part where i was meaning to mention to you when > > you > > originally made the sdl patch etc. the sound in zsnes was good enough that > > it > > actually had next to no static (a little bit here and there but seemed > > random) > > however, the games seem smoother now, as if before the audio was holding it > > up. still a step in the right direction, no? > > maybe. still having a hard time putting my finger on the problem. > > thanks for the info. i have a new laptop now, an ibm thinkpad t41 (and love it) problem still exists on this unit as well, though to a lesser extent, so the increase in CPU power seems to help the issue (but shouldn't be necessary, confirmed on netbsd on the t23) cpu0: Intel(R) Pentium(R) M processor 1600MHz ("GenuineIntel" 686-class) 1.60 GHz cpu0: FPU,V86,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,MCE,CX8,SEP,MTRR,PGE,MCA,CMOV,PAT,CFLUSH,DS,ACPI,MMX,FXSR,SSE,SSE2,TM,SBF,EST,TM2 cpu0 at mainbus0 cpu0: Enhanced SpeedStep 1600 MHz (1484 mV): speeds: 1600, 1400, 1200, 1000, 800, 600 MHz auich0 at pci0 dev 31 function 5 "Intel 82801DB AC97" rev 0x01: irq 11, ICH4 AC97 audio0 at auich0 auich0: measured ac97 link rate at 48000 Hz ac97: codec id 0x41445374 (Analog Devices AD1981B) ac97: codec features headphone, 20 bit DAC, No 3D Stereo auich0: measured ac97 link rate at 48000 Hz just thought i'd touch base and include above info. regards, -ryan