Erle Pereira wrote:
> On Fri, 2006-05-05 at 09:37 +1000, Hal Ashburner wrote:
>> Headphones are ok, they work well in all other devices.
>> it seems the snd-intel8x0 drive is the problem.
>> Solutions seem to be, get another soundcard or learn to hack sound card
>> drivers.
>
>
> I was using the same driver for my pc, (but it was a sis sound card)...
> sound was pretty bad quality
>
> I downloaded the oss sound modules from http://www.opensound.com/
>
> I know its like stepping back from the great work by ALSA, but in some
> cases, it might be better, works better for me sound is noticeably
> different. Might be a good fix until the ALSA driver gets fixed up..
>
> Its a free download for personal use...
>
> http://www.opensound.com/download.cgi
>
> <snippet from site>
> "Open Sound System is now free for personal and non-commercial use and
> comes with a license key that will allow you to run OSS. The license key
> is valid for up to 6 months at a time after which you will need to
> download and install OSS again"
>
>
> been using it for 5 months now...
Hi Earle,
Thanks for the suggestion. If it was very important I'd try this.
However I try to give vrms as little as possible to moan about :)
regards,
Hal
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