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--Doug On 5/18/06, Emmanuel Jarri <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > It was/is the case for me too ! :-( > The workaround I use is to increase buffer size to its maximum, i.e. 13MB, > with 50% to upper pre buffer. > It works quite nicely, but I feel it's a dirty workaround... > > Nevertheless it allows me to play mp3 and ogg on my 700MHz Athlon with > 384MB of RAM, even with cumulated/simultaneous : > _ high FTP loads (with vsftp in FTP mode, didn't tested with SFTP) > _ web browsing through Firefox (10 tabs) > _ Gaim 1.5 > _ Xchat. > _ Bluefish > _ 3 xterms > > > But it keeps micro-freezing sometimes, and memory load is around 360MB > (of 384). :-| > > <mylife> > I didn't complain as I was warned OBSD is quite "server oriented", It > was quite a challenge to use it for everyday desktops tasks. > The main problem I have is the VERY SLOW PAGE SCROLLING in web > pages... And I don't know how to fix it, if it's possible. > </mylife> > > > On 5/18/06, Martin Toft <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi, > > > > xmms on my computer freezes temporarily when doing disk-intensive tasks, > > e.g. examining the ID3-tags of a long playlist. It is not a serious > > problem, it just annoys me that my OpenBSD installation apparently does > > not perform as well as my friend's Debian GNU/Linux installation, which > > does not suffer from the problem. It _is_ a matter of honor :) > > > > Any help is appreciated, but my primary objective is to find out whether > > I am the only person experiencing this problem. > > > > I run OpenBSD 3.9-release on an IBM Thinkpad T41 laptop with all file > > sets except bsd.mp. The relevant, installed packages are: > > > > esound-0.2.34p0 > > libao-0.8.5p2 > > libid3tag-0.15.1bp0 > > libmad-0.15.1bp1 > > xmms-1.2.10p6 > > > > I have tried increasing the buffer size and pre-buffer percent in > > Preferences -> Audio I/O Plugins -> MPEG Layer 1/2/3 Player 1.2.10 > > [libmpg123.so} -> Configure -> Streaming to as high as 4096 kb and 50%. > > It did not help. However, maybe these values only affect streaming (over > > networks). > > > > /Martin
