Re: esd == bad_sound

[mozart windsor igs net]

Unfortunately I've been having the same problems as he has with ESD. I didn't
mention it on the mailing list because I assumed other people had the same
problem, I mean, the sound quality is so ugly at moments i couldn't imagine
other people weren't having the same problems, an in fact I've talked to a few
other people that have the same problems.

Basically for me, ESd works great when cpu usage is at 0%, anything after that,
it sucks, plain and simple, mp3's turn into lumpy and bumpy sound mungles,
gnome sound events are delayed *SECONDS*.  

I tried finding a solution to the problem as well, so i switched from my SB
AWE32, to a sb 16 pnp, same thing. Owell, esd isn't that important to me, i can
live without it.

On 11-Mar-99 Elliot Lee wrote:
> On Tue, 9 Mar 1999, James Charles Lewis wrote:
> 
>> > esd is not 100% noise-free, but it doesn't seem any worse than /dev/dsp
>> > directly.
>> 
>> Um, esd _IS_ worse than /dev/dsp.  If you want a comparison, listen to an
>> AM radio then turn on your favorite CD.
> 
> Beg your pardon, I'm already familiar with various levels of sound
> quality, and have no sound quality problems compared to direct /dev/dsp.
> 
> You are having a problem that other people are not, so telling everyone
> else that "esd sucks just because" is inaccurate.
> 
>> > Might want to get a bit more details on exactly which situations the
>> > problem occurs in and how it manifests itself - a question I ask sometimes
>> > is "what's the simplest possible way to reproduce this problem?"
>> 
>> The simplest way to reproduce the problem is use esd.  All sound effects
>> from GNOME have a slight popping "ghost sound."  All mp3's sound like
>> their skipping.  I thought it was skipping until I recomplied mpg123
>> without esd support.  Of course, while using esd there is a popping and
>> crackling.  Usually there is little noise when >I< sit idle, but moving
>> windows and such seem to increase the noise.
> 
> Um, this has to be your sound card picking up EMF from the other parts of
> the computer (I know because I get noise whenever I move my mouse).
> 
> Try adjusting volume settings, etc.
> -- Elliot
> "In film you will find four basic story lines. Man versus man, man
>  versus nature, nature versus nature, and dog versus vampire."
>     - Steven Spielberg
> 
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Date: 11-Mar-99
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