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From: shanee@rabbit.augusta.de (Andreas Kohout)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: FreeBSD and Sound
Date: 19 Jan 1996 01:25:33 +0100
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John Kinkead (jkinkead) meinte:
: I'm running FreeBSD on a COMPAQ with a SoundBlaster, can anyone tell me
: what I need to do in order to configure my machine to play sound 
: (ie, MAKEDEV snd0 maybe)

if it is a SB from Creative Labs, no Problem, otherways you must lock to
the FreeBSD-Handbook whether the card is supported or not.

Recompile your kernel with needed parts (see handbook and/or FAQ).
MAKEDEV is a good iedea :-)

Don't share IRQ7 between lpt and SB, fetch another IRQ (maybe 10).

: and what applications exist to play sound, and what file formats (ie,
: wav, .au, etc.) the applications can play.

Take a look in /usr/ports/audio:
drwxrwxr-x  5 root  wheel  512 Jan 11 00:38 gmod/
drwxrwxr-x  5 root  wheel  512 Jan 11 00:38 gsm/
drwxrwxr-x  5 root  wheel  512 Jan 11 00:38 maplay/
drwxrwxr-x  6 root  wheel  512 Jan 11 00:38 nas/
drwxrwxr-x  5 root  wheel  512 Jan 11 00:38 playmidi/
drwxrwxr-x  5 root  wheel  512 Jan 11 00:38 radio/
drwxrwxr-x  7 root  wheel  512 Jan 17 02:27 rplay/
drwxrwxr-x  5 root  wheel  512 Jan 11 00:38 rsynth/
drwxrwxr-x  5 root  wheel  512 Jan 11 00:38 s3mod/
drwxrwxr-x  6 root  wheel  512 Jan 11 00:38 sox/
drwxrwxr-x  5 root  wheel  512 Jan 11 00:38 tracker/
drwxrwxr-x  5 root  wheel  512 Jan 11 00:39 xcd/
drwxrwxr-x  6 root  wheel  512 Jan 11 00:38 xcdplayer/
drwxrwxr-x  5 root  wheel  512 Jan 11 00:38 xmcd/
drwxrwxr-x  5 root  wheel  512 Jan 11 00:39 xmix/  

.au and .midi maybe more ...

--
Gruß, Andy
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shanee@rabbit.augusta.de                                    Zirbelnußtown
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