Hi, I've a similar problem on my IBM X31 with my USB DAC (a StyleAudio Carat-Peridot) using mplayer with the libsndio backend. The audio stutters and crackles a lot, but only when playing movies. If I play audio files, if I use the sun audio backend, or if I use the integrated sound-card of my laptop, everything is fine.
When I plug the USB DAC, I see the following lines in my dmesg: uaudio0 at uhub2 port 1 configuration 1 interface 0 "Burr-Brown from TI USB Audio DAC" rev 1.10/1.00 addr 2 uaudio0: audio rev 1.00, 2 mixer controls audio1 at uaudio0 uhidev0 at uhub2 port 1 configuration 1 interface 2 "Burr-Brown from TI USB Audio DAC" rev 1.10/1.00 addr 2 uhidev0: iclass 3/0 uhid0 at uhidev0: input=1, output=0, feature=0 So I use mplayer with the following command env AUDIODEVICE=/dev/audio1 mplayer my_movie.avi I tried to use "aucat -l -f /dev/audio1" but it doesn't work and ends with the following error: /dev/audio1: Device not configured safile_new: can't open device Here is the full dmesg: OpenBSD 4.4-current (GENERIC) #1605: Wed Dec 10 16:01:09 MST 2008 dera...@i386.openbsd.org:/usr/src/sys/arch/i386/compile/GENERIC cpu0: Intel(R) Pentium(R) M processor 1400MHz ("GenuineIntel" 686-class) 1.40 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 real mem = 1072590848 (1022MB) avail mem = 1028886528 (981MB) mainbus0 at root bios0 at mainbus0: AT/286+ BIOS, date 09/22/05, BIOS32 rev. 0 @ 0xfd750, SMBIOS rev. 2.33 @ 0xe0010 (57 entries) bios0: vendor IBM version "1QET97WW (3.02 )" date 09/22/2005 bios0: IBM 2672PG9 apm0 at bios0: Power Management spec V1.2 apm0: battery life expectancy 98% apm0: AC on, battery charge high acpi at bios0 function 0x0 not configured pcibios0 at bios0: rev 2.1 @ 0xfd6e0/0x920 pcibios0: PCI IRQ Routing Table rev 1.0 @ 0xfdea0/272 (15 entries) pcibios0: PCI Interrupt Router at 000:31:0 ("Intel 82371FB ISA" rev 0x00) pcibios0: PCI bus #6 is the last bus bios0: ROM list: 0xc0000/0x10000 0xd0000/0x1000 0xd1000/0x1000 0xdc000/0x4000! 0xe0000/0x10000 cpu0 at mainbus0: (uniprocessor) cpu0: Enhanced SpeedStep 1400 MHz (1484 mV): speeds: 1400, 1200, 1000, 800, 600 MHz pci0 at mainbus0 bus 0: configuration mode 1 (no bios) pchb0 at pci0 dev 0 function 0 "Intel 82855PM Host" rev 0x03 intelagp0 at pchb0 agp0 at intelagp0: aperture at 0xd0000000, size 0x10000000 ppb0 at pci0 dev 1 function 0 "Intel 82855PM AGP" rev 0x03 pci1 at ppb0 bus 1 vga1 at pci1 dev 0 function 0 "ATI Radeon Mobility M6" rev 0x00 wsdisplay0 at vga1 mux 1: console (80x25, vt100 emulation) wsdisplay0: screen 1-5 added (80x25, vt100 emulation) radeondrm0 at vga1: irq 11 drm0 at radeondrm0 uhci0 at pci0 dev 29 function 0 "Intel 82801DB USB" rev 0x01: irq 11 uhci1 at pci0 dev 29 function 1 "Intel 82801DB USB" rev 0x01: irq 11 uhci2 at pci0 dev 29 function 2 "Intel 82801DB USB" rev 0x01: irq 11 ehci0 at pci0 dev 29 function 7 "Intel 82801DB USB" rev 0x01: irq 11 usb0 at ehci0: USB revision 2.0 uhub0 at usb0 "Intel EHCI root hub" rev 2.00/1.00 addr 1 ppb1 at pci0 dev 30 function 0 "Intel 82801BAM Hub-to-PCI" rev 0x81 pci2 at ppb1 bus 2 cbb0 at pci2 dev 0 function 0 "Ricoh 5C476 CardBus" rev 0xaa: irq 11 cbb1 at pci2 dev 0 function 1 "Ricoh 5C476 CardBus" rev 0xaa: irq 11 "Ricoh 5C552 Firewire" rev 0x02 at pci2 dev 0 function 2 not configured ral0 at pci2 dev 2 function 0 "Ralink RT2561S" rev 0x00: irq 11, address 00:1d:7d:46:89:01 ral0: MAC/BBP RT2561C, RF RT2527 fxp0 at pci2 dev 8 function 0 "Intel PRO/100 VE" rev 0x81, i82562: irq 11, address 00:0d:60:80:73:bb inphy0 at fxp0 phy 1: i82562ET 10/100 PHY, rev. 0 cardslot0 at cbb0 slot 0 flags 0 cardbus0 at cardslot0: bus 3 device 0 cacheline 0x0, lattimer 0xb0 pcmcia0 at cardslot0 cardslot1 at cbb1 slot 1 flags 0 cardbus1 at cardslot1: bus 6 device 0 cacheline 0x0, lattimer 0xb0 pcmcia1 at cardslot1 ichpcib0 at pci0 dev 31 function 0 "Intel 82801DBM LPC" rev 0x01: 24-bit timer at 3579545Hz pciide0 at pci0 dev 31 function 1 "Intel 82801DBM IDE" rev 0x01: DMA, channel 0 configured to compatibility, channel 1 configured to compatibility wd0 at pciide0 channel 0 drive 0: <SAMSUNG HM080HC> wd0: 16-sector PIO, LBA48, 76319MB, 156301488 sectors wd0(pciide0:0:0): using PIO mode 4, Ultra-DMA mode 5 pciide0: channel 1 disabled (no drives) ichiic0 at pci0 dev 31 function 3 "Intel 82801DB SMBus" rev 0x01: irq 11 iic0 at ichiic0 spdmem0 at iic0 addr 0x50: 512MB DDR SDRAM non-parity PC2700CL2.5 spdmem1 at iic0 addr 0x51: 512MB DDR SDRAM non-parity PC2700CL2.5 auich0 at pci0 dev 31 function 5 "Intel 82801DB AC97" rev 0x01: irq 11, ICH4 AC97 ac97: codec id 0x41445374 (Analog Devices AD1981B) ac97: codec features headphone, 20 bit DAC, No 3D Stereo audio0 at auich0 usb1 at uhci0: USB revision 1.0 uhub1 at usb1 "Intel UHCI root hub" rev 1.00/1.00 addr 1 usb2 at uhci1: USB revision 1.0 uhub2 at usb2 "Intel UHCI root hub" rev 1.00/1.00 addr 1 usb3 at uhci2: USB revision 1.0 uhub3 at usb3 "Intel UHCI root hub" rev 1.00/1.00 addr 1 isa0 at ichpcib0 isadma0 at isa0 pckbc0 at isa0 port 0x60/5 pckbd0 at pckbc0 (kbd slot) pckbc0: using irq 1 for kbd slot wskbd0 at pckbd0: console keyboard, using wsdisplay0 pms0 at pckbc0 (aux slot) pckbc0: using irq 12 for aux slot wsmouse0 at pms0 mux 0 pcppi0 at isa0 port 0x61 midi0 at pcppi0: <PC speaker> spkr0 at pcppi0 npx0 at isa0 port 0xf0/16: reported by CPUID; using exception 16 biomask effd netmask effd ttymask ffff mtrr: Pentium Pro MTRR support softraid0 at root root on wd0a swap on wd0b dump on wd0b radeondrm0: Setting GART location based on new memory map radeondrm0: Loading R100 Microcode radeondrm0: writeback test succeeded in 1 usecs uaudio0 at uhub2 port 1 configuration 1 interface 0 "Burr-Brown from TI USB Audio DAC" rev 1.10/1.00 addr 2 uaudio0: audio rev 1.00, 2 mixer controls audio1 at uaudio0 uhidev0 at uhub2 port 1 configuration 1 interface 2 "Burr-Brown from TI USB Audio DAC" rev 1.10/1.00 addr 2 uhidev0: iclass 3/0 uhid0 at uhidev0: input=1, output=0, feature=0 Cheers, Colin * Andreas Bartelt <o...@bartula.de> [2008-12-10 07:55:59 +0100]: > Hello, > > I've updated my systems to CURRENT on Dec, 7th. Since then, I'm > experiencing problems with mplayer audio and video playback on one of my > boxes (audio and video stutters about every 5 seconds). Could this be > caused by the libsndio related changes which have been committed to the > mplayer port about one month ago? > > regards, > Andreas -- Colin Didier http://cybione.org -- Colin Didier http://cybione.org