[9fans] Audio question

[9fans] Audio question

[Philippe on a1000]

Hi everyone,


I've got 3 sound Blaster devices (2 pci cards and 1 usb device)
that I would like to test to see if they work under plan 9.

Is there any equivalent to "cat what_ever_file > /dev/audio.."
in p9 that will allow me to test quickly if any sound comes out ?

I went through the wiki but did not find what I was looking
for except this :
Supported audio devices :
"Sound Blaster 16 or later, ISA card" 
(I took the comma as an indication that PCI could be worth
a try....)

Thx.
Philippe

Re: [9fans] Audio question

[Kenji Okamoto]

> I've got 3 sound Blaster devices (2 pci cards and 1 usb device)
> that I would like to test to see if they work under plan 9.

probably, forget all the pci cards, because they may support only
SoundBlaster (not Soundblaster16 nor Soundblaster Pro, just Soundblaster☺)

Kenji

Re: [9fans] Audio question

[Philippe on a1000]

Bonjour Kenji,

and thx for you reply. That makes 2 tests out of the game. :)
I know by reading this list that you use quite a bit the usb
audio devices, so is there any "quick thing" to do just to
test if the usb sound device works ?


Thx for any eventual reply :)
Philippe

Kenji Okamoto wrote:

>probably, forget all the pci cards, because they may support only
>SoundBlaster (not Soundblaster16 nor Soundblaster Pro, just Soundblaster☺)
>
>Kenji
>  
>

Re: [9fans] Audio question

[Kenji Okamoto]

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Actually, I have no right to say usb audio device now.
The usb audio device, which I wrote here, was replaced by
a new model Onkyo Wavio SE-U55GX, and it is quite different
from its older model, SE-U55X(?), that is the new model uses
different chip etc.   However, it works for me, I only listen music
from CD, because I cannot live with mp3 etc compressed
music format for classic music.  It too bad to here.  The new 
model has standalone mode, which means I can listen music CD
even usd/usbd is not working!

After that, I have no time to try USB device again.

Kenji

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From: Philippe on a1000 <countryjoe@myrealbox.com>
To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@cse.psu.edu>
Subject: Re: [9fans] Audio question
Date: Wed, 26 Jan 2005 21:15:52 -0700
Message-ID: <41F86AF8.2030201@myrealbox.com>

Bonjour Kenji,

and thx for you reply. That makes 2 tests out of the game. :)
I know by reading this list that you use quite a bit the usb
audio devices, so is there any "quick thing" to do just to
test if the usb sound device works ?


Thx for any eventual reply :)
Philippe

Kenji Okamoto wrote:

>probably, forget all the pci cards, because they may support only
>SoundBlaster (not Soundblaster16 nor Soundblaster Pro, just Soundblaster☺)
>
>Kenji
>  
>

Re: [9fans] Audio question

[Philippe on a1000]

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Re: [9fans] Audio question

[Russ Cox]

it's been a long time, but i believe

usb/usbd
usb/usbaudio
cat /mnt/cd/a000 >/dev/audio

should work.  


On Wed, 26 Jan 2005 22:32:51 -0700, Philippe on a1000
<countryjoe@myrealbox.com> wrote:
>  Well Kenji,
>  
>  your answer gives it all. :)
>  
>  I'm only trying to find out if I could have
>  "any" sound out of one of these devices
>  so then I could have put my classical
>  cds in and just listen to them without
>  any compressed stuff in my "ears way". :-( 
>  
>  Apparently, I was able to "cdfs" and see
>  the cda tracks but not able to play/hear
>  them and I was just wondering if the 
>  sound devices were working or not...!
>  
>  "Fantasia para un gentilhombre" does
>  not handles compression models very
>  well.. (at least for my ears O:-)  )
>  
>  Thanks & Best regards
>  Philippe
> 
>  
>  
>  Kenji Okamoto wrote: 
>  Actually, I have no right to say usb audio device now. The usb audio
> device, which I wrote here, was replaced by a new model Onkyo Wavio
> SE-U55GX, and it is quite different from its older model, SE-U55X(?), that
> is the new model uses different chip etc. However, it works for me, I only
> listen music from CD, because I cannot live with mp3 etc compressed music
> format for classic music. It too bad to here. The new model has standalone
> mode, which means I can listen music CD even usd/usbd is not working! After
> that, I have no time to try USB device again. Kenji

Re: [9fans] Audio question

[Philippe on a1000]

Merci beaucoup Russ
I'll try that a.s.a.p

Philippe

Russ Cox wrote:

>it's been a long time, but i believe
>
>usb/usbd
>usb/usbaudio
>cat /mnt/cd/a000 >/dev/audio
>
>should work.  
>
>  
>

Re: [9fans] Audio question

[Gorka Guardiola Múzquiz]

What about the soundblaster in vmware?. Has anyone given that a try?.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Kenji Okamoto" <okamoto@granite.cias.osakafu-u.ac.jp>
To: <9fans@cse.psu.edu>
Sent: Thursday, January 27, 2005 5:00 AM
Subject: Re: [9fans] Audio question


> I've got 3 sound Blaster devices (2 pci cards and 1 usb device)
> that I would like to test to see if they work under plan 9.

probably, forget all the pci cards, because they may support only
SoundBlaster (not Soundblaster16 nor Soundblaster Pro, just Soundblaster☺)

Kenji

Re: [9fans] Audio question

[Russ Cox]

> What about the soundblaster in vmware?. Has anyone given that a try?.

it doesn't work unless you crank the dma buffer up to
the max value, i think 64k.  i never figured out what 
they were expecting us to do that we weren't.

russ