On 11/09/2009 02:37 PM, Anders Gidenstam wrote in part: > and...@sleipner:~$ cat ~/.alsoftrc > format = AL_FORMAT_STEREO16 > cf_level = 2 > drivers = alsa > [alsa] # ALSA backend stuff > device = plug:dmix > capture = plug:dsnoop
That helps! Thanks. > 2. I don't remeber if I had to touch the festival config or not, but here > it is: > > and...@sleipner:/etc$ cat /etc/festival.scm > (Parameter.set 'Audio_Command "aplay -D plug:dmix -q -c 1 -t raw -f s16 -r > $SR $FILE") > (Parameter.set 'Audio_Method 'Audio_Command) > (Parameter.set 'Audio_Required_Format 'snd) That helps, too! It is not optional. Thanks. > 3. I set /sim/sound/voices/enabled to true in my ~/.fgfs/preferences.xml > file (included via .fgfsrc). That part agrees with the documentation. > Well, that you have not configured your sound system correctly isn't > really FlightGear's fault, is it? I don't care who's fault it is. That's because I always look at things from the user's point of view. If the documentation says it just works, but in many cases it doesn't work, and there's no useful error message or even the slightest clue about how to make it work, that's a problem for the user, n'est-ce pas? > Of course, the documentation could match your system better than it does, > but Linux sound is pretty diverse and changes over time. The wiki might > contain something about systems closer to yours. Yes, that would be a good first step. We're talking about problems that show up on plain vanilla Debian systems, which are not exactly uncommon or weird. And probably show up on lots of other systems, too. There opportunities for improvement in the code as well. It would be good programming practice for FGFS to use festival in such a way as to detect runtime errors -- including but not limited to failure to open the audio device -- and then to give explanatory messages to the user. The importance of these improvements is underlined by the fact that the user who uses the existing code and documentation can have working FGFS sound (except for festive voices) and also working festival (except for FGFS). In such a situation it is hard for the user to know what else needs to be done to get them to work together. =============================== FWIW here is a simpler and more correct version of /etc/festival.scm ... Note that .snd format is not the same as .raw format, but "riff" format is the same as .wav format. (Parameter.set 'Audio_Command "aplay --device=plug:dmix --quiet --file-type=wav $FILE" ) (Parameter.set 'Audio_Method 'Audio_Command) (Parameter.set 'Audio_Required_Format 'riff) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Let Crystal Reports handle the reporting - Free Crystal Reports 2008 30-Day trial. Simplify your report design, integration and deployment - and focus on what you do best, core application coding. Discover what's new with Crystal Reports now. http://p.sf.net/sfu/bobj-july _______________________________________________ Flightgear-devel mailing list Flightgear-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/flightgear-devel
