sound woes :-(

[Robert Dege]

A Cyrix M][-300 is NOT 300MHz.  It is 233MHz.  Cyrix just refers to the
chip as the M][-300.  We're all just accustom to the Intel & AMD naming
scheme... which is to identify the chip by it's speed.

-Rob

> A CyrixII 300mhz should be more than enough to play mp3's
> when it comes to pure processing power. My old PII 400mhz
> which wasn't that much more powerfull than your processor
> used to use hog more than maby 15% processor nice time at any
> point in playing. However, what made all the difference in
> mp3 playing performance on that machine was to to cranck up
> the size of the buffer. If you use XMMS, try going into the
> configuration for the OSS plugin and change the buffer size
> to something like 3000K. That might help you get smoother
> output. Don't know how you would go about changing the buffer
> in other players...
>
> 	- Lasse
>
>
> > hi all,
> >
> >           I'm having a bit of a sound config problem.
> > Seems that I can play wave files fine, but when I try
> > to play mp3's the system really struggles (sounds like
> > slow motion). I'm running mandrake 7.2  , and have a
> > CyrixII 300mhz processor and on board chip SIS. Any
> > tips or tricks to make this thing play would be
> > greatly appreciated.
> >
> >                         thanx in advance, Vlok
> >
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Dege

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