real player 10 and nvidia NFORCE2 sound chipset

[James Wilkinson]

Carlo Orecchia wrote:
> i have problems using real player 10 with the nforce sound chipset. If I
> use a sound card like a creative pci 64 everything works fine. But with
> the onboard sound chipset real player hangs at some point when reproducing
> a file. The audio stops and the image is played very very slow.
> Does anybody have any clue why this is happening?

I asked:
> Can you take a look at the top program (from the shell) while you're
> using "Real Player"?
> 
> I'd be interested to note what happens to the CPU percentages: does the
> system spend a long time under "sy"stem, or is it all "us"er?
> 
> Also keep an eye on exactly which programs are taking up system time.
> 
> Are you playing "Real Media", or are you playing MP3s?

He replied:
> this is my ps aux
> 
> carlo     8376  0.0  0.1  4376 1056 ?        S    22:43   0:00 /bin/sh 
> /usr/bin/realplay
> carlo     8381  1.3  1.7 55672 13296 ?       Sl   22:43   0:01 
> /usr/local/bin/realplay.bin
> carlo     8383  0.0  0.6 22200 5220 ?        S    22:43   0:00 
> /usr/local/bin/realplay.bin
> carlo     8384  0.0  0.6 22200 5220 ?        S    22:43   0:00 
> /usr/local/bin/realplay.bin

Interesting, but not sufficient.

If you aren't sure what I was looking at in top, can you start playing
something, run
vmstat 5 5 
from the command line and post the results?

I can't see whether you are CPU limited, and if so, what the CPU is
doing.
> i play real media and mp3s. For both the problem is the same. Whem i play 
> mp3 is very low and the commands are executed seconds after.
> I don't understand why if i change sound card i have no problems.
> Could it be because the sound chipset i use has very poor drivers? I can't 
> mix channels for example and so i can't execute 2 or more sounds at the 
> same time.

For good measure, could you post the results of
lsmod
please?
I want to see which module you're using for sound.

Thanks,

James.
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