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On Tuesday 16 November 2004 23:52, Carl Hudkins wrote: |
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Ok, some more info now that I have experimented a bit... |
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> Now since the basic system is up and running, it's time to play! I |
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> have enabled ALSA in the kernel (2.6 dev-sources), with OSS emulation |
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> and all options under it, and sound mostly works. For example, I can |
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> hear DVD audio in xine, and the "Test Sound" feature in KDE Control |
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> Center works most of the time -- but sometimes it stops and I have to |
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> play with the mute controls in Kmix to get it back. However, none of |
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> the event sounds will play from within KDE, but will play using ogg123. |
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About volume control: AlsaMixer will change the sound of videos using |
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the "PC Speak" control; using the "PC Speaker" control in KMix has no |
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effect -- except that if KMix's "Auto Mute" switch is on, if I change any |
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of the Output or Input controls the sound gets muted until I toggle "Auto |
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Mute" back to off. KMix says it is using "PowerMac Screamer", which |
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appears to be the name of Apple's onboard audio for this machine. |
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Inside xine, which is using OSS for audio (though this is ALSA emulating |
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OSS), the volume control also has no effect when playing video files or |
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DVDs. |
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KDE system sounds still don't play at all, though the "Test Sound" button |
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works. It seems to make no difference whether I choose "Open Sound |
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System" or "Threaded Open Sound System" in the Control Center. |
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> Next, anyone using xine on this kind of system? I'm wondering if the |
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> video quality can be improved. Currently it has lots of little flecks |
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> in it, almost like static you'd get by watching TV with a poor signal. |
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I have to amend that description -- the video glitches are sets of tiny |
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green dots. In large, solid areas they will appear in rows and columns; |
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in other shapes they may follow the curves of an outline, though you can |
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still see a grid effect if there are enough of them. This makes it look |
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like something to do with memory, to me. |
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> I'm going to fool around with this more, changing things like X color |
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> depth and such, because I really haven't done much investigating of |
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I did experiment with different X settings. Reducing screen dimensions |
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from 1600x1200 to 1280x1024 got rid of my colored blobs; changing color |
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depths did not. I'm pretty sure "green blobs" is on the xine FAQ |
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somewhere... I should go read it again. |
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Hm, 1600x1200 seems excessive, anyway. ;) Consider my video question |
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answered! |
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