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Re: [Bug-freedink] Potential bug in FreeDink
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Sylvain Beucler |
Subject: |
Re: [Bug-freedink] Potential bug in FreeDink |
Date: |
Sun, 30 Nov 2008 09:04:50 +0100 |
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Mutt/1.5.18 (2008-05-17) |
On Sat, Nov 29, 2008 at 03:54:56PM +0100, Andreas Berg wrote:
> Sylvain Beucler wrote:
>> About the crackling sound, it looks like FreeDink isn't the only game
>> that has this kind of troubles:
>> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/sdl-mixer1.2/+bug/66483
>> http://www.clan-elite.info/forum.asp?action=view_thread&id=898
>> http://www.nevercorner.net/forum/viewtopic.php?pid=9456
>>
>> I tried increasing the audio buffer size in FreeDink but that didn't
>> help :/
>>
>> Maybe you can have a look at the work-arounds from those links (adding
>> parameters to the audio modules, trying other SDL_AUDIODRIVER
>> backends, etc.)?
>>
>>
>
> Howdy. I tried one of the other games that was listed as having problems
> (Neverball - a 20MB game that was inspired by a game that for the Amiga
> came on a single 880KB floppy) and got the same problem there, so it
> apparantly, as you said, isn't a freedink issue. I think I'll just live
> with it for the time being since a)it's not that big a bother b)there is
> a huge list of suggested workarounds, with no guarantee that it will
> solve the issue and c)I plan to get a new box anyway and switch to AMD64
> linux (so I can use all memory) which, in combination with the new mobo
> having a different sound chip will hopefully fix it. Actually, there is
> also d)they might fix the bug eventually!
> I rummaged through my various piles of hardware and the only PCI sound
> card I found just had to be one that doesn't work with Linux.
OK. For reference, the work-around I used for my card was:
sudo modprobe snd_pcm_oss
esd&
SDL_AUDIODRIVER=esd freedink ...
By the way, I'm currently involved in a clean-up of the DinkC
interpreter, which among other things attempt to fix all the crashes
you experienced when the D-Mods are using invalid sprite numbers.
Expect a new snapshot soon :)
--
Sylvain
- [Bug-freedink] Potential bug in FreeDink, Andreas Berg, 2008/11/21
- Re: [Bug-freedink] Potential bug in FreeDink, Sylvain Beucler, 2008/11/21
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- Re: [Bug-freedink] Potential bug in FreeDink, Sylvain Beucler, 2008/11/22
- Re: [Bug-freedink] Potential bug in FreeDink, Andreas Berg, 2008/11/22
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- Re: [Bug-freedink] Potential bug in FreeDink, Sylvain Beucler, 2008/11/25
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- Re: [Bug-freedink] Potential bug in FreeDink, Sylvain Beucler, 2008/11/26
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- Re: [Bug-freedink] Potential bug in FreeDink, Sylvain Beucler, 2008/11/26
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