I run FreeBSD on all of my machines. Other than games (which I have an Xbox 360 for), it meets all of my needs.

I run FreeBSD, but I assume that is close enough: Playing: Amarok Ripping: crip Transcoding: my own scripts

Quote: Originally Posted by 883dave Theory and measurement are great, however this is a hobby of personal preceived impressions. Maybe for you, but some of us do not like to waste our money on snake oil. I would much rather trust accurate measurements backed up by proven...

I use FreeBSD on all of my machines. I find FreeBSD to be much more consistent and robust operating system than any Linux distro, but your mileage may vary. Right now, I'm using KDE as my desktop environment and I plan on continuing to use it unless they really mess up KDE 4 (though it looks...

Works fine in FreeBSD with the latest version of Amarok and libxine. I would suggest upgrading your version of libxine, if possible.

I use a MicroDAC under FreeBSD (I know, I know, it isn't Linux) without any issues. It was as easy as plug and play. Should be the same for Linux.

I would say its an X3 issue, since the time for OGG files on my Karma are always correct.

Quote: Originally Posted by jinp6301 bump for more info to clarify: if i take care of my wires better, will my grado stop cutting out? Probably not. I would get it repaired.

I've been running FreeBSD as my desktop for a while now. I'm using Amarok/xmms in conjuction with a MicroDAC to play my music. In FreeBSD, setting it up was as easy as plug and play.

Probably a bug. I have the same issue when using the ReplayGain script. I have always assumed it was the script.

I have a Lite-On combo drive that seems to be working pretty well. Here is the dmesg output on my FreeBSD box: Code: acd0: CDRW <LITE-ON COMBO LTC-48161H/KGH1> at ata0-master UDMA33 I use cdparanoia to rip all my CDs. I think it does an excellent job.

Just a quick look through FreeBSD's ports system gives me a few different options for Monkey audio files: Port: bmp-mac-0.1.1 Path: /usr/ports/audio/bmp-mac Info: Monkey's Audio Codec non-win32 port WWW: http://sourceforge.net/projects/mac-port/ Port: gstreamer-monkeysaudio-0.8.0_11...

Well, I tried jackd again tonight. Again, it was still unusable as a user with the oss driver. The portaudio driver didn't work at all. When trying to run it with realtime priority as root, the program consistently crashed. Overall, not very promising. I can get sound, but it constantly drops...

Quote: Originally Posted by elvisbot OSS is the driver I need rather than CoreAudio. CoreAudio does not support upsampling to x/96, only 24/48. Specifically, I need to build or find fink_oss.so and fink_oss.la. I have found liboss, which "is a sound API to provide OSS support in ... OS...

Well, the portaudio driver will not work unless you have the portaudio libraries and whatnot installed. I know it's in FreeBSD's ports, but I'm not sure if it is in Fink or DarwinPorts. The coreaudio case looks like it finds a driver, but doesn't have permission to use it. Have you tried...

If you are running Windows, there is a high probability of having some sort of software problem. You could always try updating/reinstalling the drivers.

Quote: Originally Posted by proglife Bummer. What is it you need for RAID? A PCI slot to house a RAID controller? A second drive can suffice if the OS has a software raid solution.

I'm not so sure. I emulate WoW with Wine under FreeBSD and use a USB DAC and my performance is excellent. I think your mileage may vary.

Are you really forced to run IRIX? You could probably run a BSD on it.

Quote: Originally Posted by YamiTenshi Yup, the elementary school I went to (my younger brother is attending right now) just cut their art and music programs. What makes me even angrier is when a school district cuts art and music before it cuts sports.

I use a MicroDAC under FreeBSD, so I'm assuming that it should work the same under Linux.

I run FreeBSD 6.x on my PC, using a MicroDAC as my source and amaroK as my player. Sounds pretty damn good to me. Unfortunately, amaroK hasn't released a stable version with gapless. Once I have gapless working, it will be perfect for me.

Quote: Originally Posted by mikechai That's good news! Does it also read and play CUE like FB2K does? If one of the supported engines can do it, then amaroK can do it. http://amarok.kde.org/amarokwiki/ind...ine_Comparison

Quote: Originally Posted by mikechai I'm addicted to FB2K. Other applications should sound the same in FreeBSD. But I can't find a worthy replacement for FB2K yet... I've been using amaroK. I believe gapless and Replaygain should be working in 1.4, which are the only...

FreeBSD is definitely where its at. Is it really worth it to run Foobar2k in Wine?