OSS / XMMS hissing and popping sound

FJ · 2005-08-13 04:11:51

I decided I'd had enough with ALSA dmix not working properly with my intel8x0 (SiS onboard), so I decided to try the free OSS. It installed OK and the sound test gave clear music.

I started the service (soundon) as root and then logged into KDE. I set XMMS to use OSS and it started playing fine. But then I noticed the sound hissing/popping every second. How do I fix this?

Mplayer sounds just fine---nice and clean.

Also, what mixer can I use to change the volume? KMix now crashes (I assume because it's ALSA only?)

This is my first time trying OSS.

Cam · 2005-08-13 04:51:32

Arts is the KDE sound server, it could be crashing KMix if it's still trying to use ALSA, open up a control panel of some description and see if you can edit sound properties to use OSS. I've used OSS as well as ALSA for the same r eason as you, I got good quality sound but the free version doesn't have surround so I went back to ALSA faster than I thought You could try using ESD with ALSA rather than OSS, it's a sound server which should do your mixing for you without a hassle, much less hassle than dmix at any rate

EDIT: Actually, you're using KDE. Why not just use Arts to handle sound mixing? Should work fine and I think it might be a better option that ESD or even OSS if you're having problems. Btw sorry I couldn't help with fixing OSS but there are some alternatives

FJ · 2005-08-13 05:13:13

I have not had much success with artsd either. Maybe I'll just buy a real sound card. Thanks for giving me some options .

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#1 2005-08-13 04:11:51

OSS / XMMS hissing and popping sound

#2 2005-08-13 04:51:32

Re: OSS / XMMS hissing and popping sound

#3 2005-08-13 05:13:13

Re: OSS / XMMS hissing and popping sound

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