Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Wed, 10 Oct 2001 16:10:12 -0400 | From | Justin A <> | Subject | Re: 2.4.10-ac10-preempt lmbench output. |
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On Wed, Oct 10, 2001 at 05:37:40PM +0200, Dieter N?tzel wrote: > Am Mittwoch, 10. Oktober 2001 05:25 schrieb Justin A: > > On Tue, Oct 09, 2001 at 08:36:56PM -0400, safemode wrote: > > > Heavily io bound processes (dbench 32) still causes something as light as > > > an mp3 player to skip, though. That probably wont be fixed intil 2.5, > > > since > > > > What buffer size are you using in your mp3 player? I have xmms set to > > 5000ms or so and it never skips. > > OK, I'll give xmms with this buffer size a go, too. > > > mpg321(esd or oss) also never skips no matter what I do, > > Do you have link to the mpg321 (oss) version for me?
It should be in the same version:
-o dt Set output devicetype to dt [esd,alsa,arts,sun,oss]
> > > but the original mpg123-oss will with even light load > > on the cpu/disk. > > I get the hiccup with mpg123 and noatun (artsd, KDE-2.2.1).
Have you tried the -b option in mpg123?
-b n output buffer: n Kbytes [0]
Even maxed out it has no effect on the quality of the playback. > > > > > This is with 2.4.10-ac9+preempt on an athlon 700 > > Here with Linus tree. > > -Dieter
This behavior(xmms and mpg321 fine, mpg123 skipping) has always been the same for me. xmms was a more reliable player on my pentium 100. It may just be a better design in mpg321 and xmms.
-Justin
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