[Newbies] Squeak and the SoundPlugin in cog VM

Tobias Pape Das.Linux at gmx.de
Sat Dec 21 18:19:19 UTC 2019


To pick up the first mail in this thread again,

Thank you Christian for your contribution!

Best regards
	-Tobias

> On 05.12.2019, at 08:40, Christian Kellermann <ckeen at pestilenz.org> wrote:
>
> Dear Lists!
>
> I have written a VM SoundPlugin for OpenBSD's native sound system
> sndio. Which means that now I have sound in Squeak on this platform.
> However I am a bit struggling with the sound quality of SampledSound's
> like in the eToys SoundLibrary. Those produce an echo effect when
> played and I have been unable to determine the cause. However the
> Bach fugue Tests sound perfect so I am suspecting some miscalculations
> in sample data somewhere on the way.
>
> As I have been trying to confirm the 'normal' behaviour on Linux I
> stumbled over issues with the sound plugins on my ArchLinux box:
> None of them work.
>
> ALSA, OSS or Pulse Audio plugins error out in different stages of
> the drivers.
>
> Am I the only one? What's the last known good state of those?  What's
> the last known good state of sound output for the SoundLibrary
> SampledSounds?
>
> I have tried with latest master and trunk of both opensmalltalk-vm
> and Squeak.
>
> I am grateful for any hints. Once that works I will propose patches
> to the opensmalltalk-vm code base.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Christian





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