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From: Jaroslav Kysela <perex@jcu.cz>
To: Aleksandar Zambelli <zambelli@posluh.hr>
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Subject: Re: Broken sound with AudioPCI
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On Fri, 6 Nov 1998, Aleksandar Zambelli wrote:

> 
>    I have a Creative Labs AudioPCI card and Debian Linux 2.0.34. I
> installed ALSA a few days ago and after a lot of work (and reading numerous
> newsgroup messages) I finally got it working.
> 
>    I'm loading ALSA by adding 2 lines to the /etc/modules file that simply
> say:
> 
>      snd-audiopci
>      snd-pcm1-oss
> 
>   BTW, I found out that the second module doesn't load automatically when
> snd-audiopci is loaded.
> 
>   Anyway, I got the sound working properly. Most applications that I use
> have recognized the sound driver. However, I'm experiencing problems with
> the sound quality.
> 
>   When I play MIDIs in TiMidity or MP3s in X11Amp, the sound is really
> distorted and broken. I get this weird cracking noise that doesn't go away.
> The MP3 sound is so distorted that the MP3 even skips. I tried playing with
> the Timidity options and adjusting the sample rate and buffer size, but it
> didn't help at all.

Which chip (send us contents of /proc/asound/cards)... ES1371 codec isn't
very debugged and maybe broken...

							Jaroslav

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Jaroslav Kysela <perex@jcu.cz>
Academic Computer Centre, University of South Bohemia
Branisovska 31, C. Budejovice, CZ-370 05 Czech Republic


