Re: Tragic State of FreeBSD Audio/Sound

Nuno Teixeira <[email protected]> Mon, 27 Jul 2026 23:09:17 +0100
Newsgroups gmane.os.freebsd.current
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> If you're experiencing "buzz" like I think you are then it's the same
> frame being queued
> over and over again to the DAC. Typically I've only seen that happen here
> when I
> have the kernel panic (we're not stopping audio DMA at this point, and
> I don't know
> why it's looping over.)
>
> <snip>
>
> Even in the year of our lord "LLMs are available" there's only so much
> one can do
> in long email threads; at some point bugs need reproducing, PRs need
> filing and
> developer / user time needs to happen. Let's be methodical about it to
> help out
> the sound folks in figuring it out.
>
>
>
> -adrian
>
>
Hello,

I usually linten to youtube when doing poudriere builds. Music helps the
process and poudriere build better.

I use an usb dac with:

hw.snd.latency=10
hw.usb.uaudio.buffer_ms=8

IMHO it helps a little.

Thanks,

-- 
Nuno Teixeira
FreeBSD UNIX:  <[email protected]>   Web:  https://FreeBSD.org

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If you&#39;re experiencing &quot;buzz&quot; like I think you are then it&#3=
9;s the same<br>
frame being queued<br>
over and over again to the DAC. Typically I&#39;ve only seen that happen he=
re when I<br>
have the kernel panic (we&#39;re not stopping audio DMA at this point, and<=
br>
I don&#39;t know<br>
why it&#39;s looping over.)<br><br></div>&lt;snip&gt;<div><br>
Even in the year of our lord &quot;LLMs are available&quot; there&#39;s onl=
y so much<br>
one can do<br>
in long email threads; at some point bugs need reproducing, PRs need filing=
 and<br>
developer / user time needs to happen. Let&#39;s be methodical about it to =
help out<br>
the sound folks in figuring it out.<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
-adrian<br>
<br>
</div></blockquote></div><div><br></div><div>Hello,<br><br></div><div>I usu=
ally linten to youtube when doing poudriere builds. Music helps the process=
 and poudriere build better.<br><br></div><div>I use an usb dac with:<br><b=
r>hw.snd.latency=3D10<br>hw.usb.uaudio.buffer_ms=3D8<br><br></div><div>IMHO=
 it helps a little.<br><br></div><div>Thanks,</div><br><span class=3D"gmail=
_signature_prefix">-- </span><br><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_signature"=
><div dir=3D"ltr"><div><font color=3D"#888888">Nuno Teixeira</font></div><d=
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ref=3D"https://FreeBSD.org" rel=3D"noreferrer" target=3D"_blank">https://Fr=
eeBSD.org</a><br></font></div></div></div></div></div>

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