Subject: Re: [linux-audio-user] SB-Live latency issues (yuck)
From: Erik de Castro Lopo (erikd_AT_mega-nerd.com)
Date: Tue Jan 01 2002 - 00:45:24 EET
On Mon, 31 Dec 2001 14:23:01 -0700
Dave Price <davep_AT_kinaole.org> wrote:
> gang,
>
> After tolerating pathetic performance from a SB Live (emu10k1) sound
> card for a LONG time under kernel 2.2.19, I finally got around to
> dropping a (cheap) ensoniq 5880 pci card into the same box, and
> configuring drivers for both cards as modules under kernel 2.4.14 and
> 2.4.16 (.16 with and without low-latency patches).
>
> To my dismay, the ensoniq card has NO dropout problems at all, where the
> SB Live has horrible dropouts when playing mp3 files (mpg123). The
> dropouts occur under light load, and can be triggered by switching
> workspaces or moving a window in blackbox. The ensoniq card is rock
> solid even when web browsing or downloading LARGE files to the same
> drive as the mp3 files that are playing.
Which driver were you using? I understand there are four different
ones available for this card.
Erik
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