On Mon, 2010-07-05 at 08:28 +0200, Alexandre Ratchov wrote: > On Sat, Jul 03, 2010 at 02:53:01AM -0400, Corey J. Bukolt wrote: > > Hi list, > > > > So far I have been able to get OpenBSD running nicely as my primary desktop > > with the only hitch being my NFS mounted music skips occasionally. I'm > > pretty sure it's not the NFS server since my Linux laptop has the same setup > > and doesn't skip. I'm using mpd to play the music, with a gigbit connection > > leading to a dedicated file server which has practically no load. Already > > gone over mount_nfs(8) and tried a whole bunch of different options with no > > luck. > > > > One point of interest is that it seems the longer I keep the share mounted, > > the worse it gets starting with mildy iritating (0-1 skips per song) to very > > annoying (4 or more skips per song) and after remounting it resets for about > > an hour. > > > > The obvious solution would be to just copy my music locally, but I would > > very much rather not. > > > > I use NFS for music since years it always worked, but the > server is running OpenBSD in my case. > > I guess your NFS server makes short pauses that cause the > player to not produce audio samples fast enough.
If this is it true, how could my Linux clients be unaffected? > > could you try using mpg321 and/or ogg123 on NFS > mounted files to see if skips occur? If so, does using > aucat in server mode help ? > Using both mpg321 and ogg123 still result in skipping. I have always used aucat in server mode. Using mpg321/ogg123/mpd without aucat results in less skipping, but still enough to be pretty annoying. (Apologies for taking so long to reply, real world distractions along with a shitty ISP have made checking my email impossible.) -- Corey
