[MPlayer-users] alsa output strangeness with latest CVS

[gabor]

On Tue, 2004-06-01 at 05:28 +0800, ephemeron at softhome.net wrote:
> Check for lines like the following in mplayer's console
> messages.  In the latest CVS I get with -ao alsa:
> 
> alsa: 48000 Hz/2 channels/4 bpf/4064 bytes buffer/Signed 16 bit Little Endian
> 
> In "older" CVS (dev-CVS-040510-08) I get with -ao alsa1x:
> 
> alsa: 48000 Hz/2 channels/4 bpf/65536 bytes buffer/Signed 16 bit Little Endian
> 
> Note the difference in the "buffer" size ("4064 bytes" vs "65536
> bytes").  You're right: it depends on the audio quality.  By the
> way, are you using onboard sound?


btw..... how's this buffer thing?

the bigger the better?

i assume it's more complicated :(

gabor