On Sun, Feb 23, 2003 at 07:28:02AM -0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Message: 7 > Date: Sun, 23 Feb 2003 13:29:44 +0100 > From: Frank Haverkamp <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [Alsa-user] Crackling Sound with K7VTA3 Motherboard > > Hi, > > I am using a K7VTA3 motherboard with a VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8233 > AC97 Audio Controller (rev 50) (according to lspci). The distribution I > am currently using is Redhat 8.0 which does not support that sound chip. > In a mailing list I found a pointer to your project and downloaded > driver, library, utilities version 0.9.0rc7. I compiled and installed > them according to the information I found at > http://www.alsa-project.org/alsa-doc/doc-php/template.php3?company=VIA&card=&chip=via8233a&module=via82xx. > > After using alsamixer and unmuting the sound, I could hear something. I > can play wave or mpeg files and KDE is playing also funny sounds but > unfortunatly the music and sounds are sourrounded by crackling noise in > the background. Using Bills operating system the sound works ok, so I > think it is not a board or wiring problem. Please read the part about crackling sound issues in my driver azt3328.c
Surprisingly, in my case I purchased a newer PCI revision of the PCI168 card and the crackling simply happened to vanish - most likely the newer PCI revision of my card now contains a FIFO buffer for DMA. :-)) Andreas Mohr ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: SlickEdit Inc. Develop an edge. The most comprehensive and flexible code editor you can use. Code faster. C/C++, C#, Java, HTML, XML, many more. FREE 30-Day Trial. www.slickedit.com/sourceforge _______________________________________________ Alsa-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-user