Re: Sound

[<mr-...@li...>]

> 
>> 1) after loading dmasound and starting XMMS, even with the highest
>> division rate (1:4) and with an 8bit play, the output is
>> sllllloooooooowwwww (while with any amiga PPC mp3 player everything is
>> perfect)
> 
> Maybe it's still using more than 28 kHz output rate, cat /dev/sndstat
> will tell. To use higher rates you need to play some tricks with amifb,
> this has been discussed on this list.

Ok, I solved the problem about modules loading (I had set the wrong
aliases), and then browsed the whole ml archive.
Most of the postings  just tell to have a look at the FAQ, which at the
moment is unreachable; anyway, from a couple of mails I understood (or, at
least,  believed it) that I had to add a "video=amifb:vga" or "mode:000011"
to the bootstrap command line, then cycle the login prompts and at last
enjoy my (almost) full rate sound.

Well, it didn't work. I tried many combinations and positions but nothing.
However, I noticed an interesting (?) thing: cat /dev/sndstat outputs that
I'm using 8bit sound always, except after loading an Mp3 with XMMS or
playing a sample (I tried to install Zangband's...).
In other words:

[mik@localhost mik]$ cat /dev/sndstat
Amiga DMA sound driver:
    sound.format = 0x8 (unsigned 8 bit)
    sound.speed = 8000Hz (phys. 8006Hz)
    sound.stereo = 0x0 (mono)
    sound.volume_left = 64 [0...64]
    sound.volume_right = 64 [0...64]
    sound.volume_left = 64 [0...64]
    sound.volume_right = 64 [0...64]
    sq.block_size = 0 sq.max_count = 0 sq.max_active = 0
    sq.count = 0 sq.rear_size = 0
    sq.playing = 0 sq.syncing = 0

and then, after playing something

[mik@localhost mik]$ cat /dev/sndstat
Amiga DMA sound driver:
    sound.format = 0x20 (signed 16 bit big)
    sound.speed = 44100Hz (phys. 28375Hz)
    sound.stereo = 0x1 (stereo)
    sound.volume_left = 64 [0...64]
    sound.volume_right = 64 [0...64]
    sq.block_size = 32768 sq.max_count = 4 sq.max_active = 4
    sq.count = 3 sq.rear_size = 4096
    sq.playing = 3 sq.syncing = 0

See you