Re: no sound audible, lots of garbage output to console, video plays

Sun Aug 22 2004, Richard wrote:
> The garbage characters are mostly # and !, but there are also a few +, 
> and - being output as well. There is also the odd @.
> 
> Yup, DMA is enabled on the drive (according to ogle --check)
> 
> One other thing, there is an annoying clicking noise coming from the 
> speakers while ogle is running, but it can only be heard if the sound is 
> turned up really loud.
> 
This could either be the audio buffers underflowing or it might be clipping caused
by the audio decoding.  See 'man oglerc' for some information on changing the latter.

> Here is the --check output:
> -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
> Build: Linux 2.4.20 #1 Mon Jan 20 13:47:56 GMT-3 2003 i686 unknown Thu 
> Mar 13 00:13:43 GMT-3 2003 mmx Xv oss
> Runtime: Linux 2.4.26 #6 Mon Jun 14 19:07:27 PDT 2004 i686 unknown
> cpuinfo:
> processor : 0, vendor_id : GenuineIntel, cpu family : 6, model : 8, 
> model name : Pentium III (Coppermine), stepping : 6, cpu MHz : 148.655, 

Are you running you 700MHz P3 at 150MHz ?
Perhaps something when wrong when you booted once and the BIOS has put
you at the low to be 'safe'.

Since a machine at 150MHz will have trouble keeping up with the decoding
of a DVD movie that would explain all the frame drops.
This would probably also cause the audio problem as it is struggling to
decode the movie.

/Håkan