Recommended options for better sound sync: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (first try without these, maybe it works well without 'hacking' defaults) ALSA: -abs 65536 Aureal Vortex2: -abs 65536 -delay -0.5 SB Live!: Kernel 2.2 : Use default settings Kernel 2.4 : try -noalsa OSS/Free: Please contact me for good parameters Gravis Ultrasound ACE: Use OSS, and default settings will be OK. It doesn't work reliably with ALSA. - if sound clicks when playing from CD-ROM, turn on IRQ unmasking ! for example "hdparm -u1 /dev/cdrom" (see "man hdparm" !!!) - don't use your soundcard by other application ( for ex. XMMS ) ! if you use ESD, start MPlayer with the esddsp utility ! - use high speed hdd or CDROM and CPU ! Pontscho/fresh!mindworkz Gabucino pontscho@makacs.poliod.hu gabucino@k2.jozsef.kando.hu