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From: gbuchanan@localhost.on.sympatico.ca (Gardner Buchanan)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: "Voxware" for FreeBSD v2.1.x
Date: 15 Nov 1996 00:05:52 GMT
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In article <3288D701.41C67EA6@jnet.vi>,
John Lucas <jlucas@jnet.vi> writes:
>I would like to install the "Real Audio" player on my FreeBSD v2.1.0R
>system. I need to find (from the raplayer docs):
>
> * FreeBSD 2.1 with VoxWare 3.0 Beta sound driver
>
>I have been to "www.4front-tech.com", but there is currently no release
>of VoxWare (now called OSS/Lite) for FreeBSD available for downloading.
>I am certain there are users out there with RealAudio; where can I get
>"any" suitable version of VoxWare?
I have installed the raplayer and have had good results. Assuming you
installed the kernel sources, you already have the necessary "VoxWare"
bits. Look in /usr/src/sys/i386/conf/LINT and find this section:
:
:
#
# Audio drivers: `snd', `sb', `pas', `gus', `pca'
#
# snd: Voxware sound support code
# sb: SoundBlaster PCM - SoundBlaster, SB Pro, SB16, ProAudioSpectrum
# sbxvi: SoundBlaster 16
:
:
Also read the docs in /usr/src/sys/i386/isa/sound/sound_config.h
Transplant the necessary sections from LINT into your own kernel
config and build it. Look out for the IRQ numbers in the soundblaster
drivers. I was bitten by that and had a hard time sorting it all
out. You will have to be sure that the files in /usr/src/sys/i386-
/isa/sound and the config lines for sb0 and sbxvi0 all agree on
the IRQs.
RealAudio for FreeBSD works quite well. I'm pleased that they
have made it available.
Good luck!