26 May
2005
26 May
'05
9:17 p.m.
On Thu, May 26, 2005 at 05:27:09AM +0000, ix(a)replic.net wrote:
vmware pretty much sucks for audio even at v5.0, but
only because they dont care - its virtually impossible to get it to play anything without
dropouts, due to the extraordinarily short buffer it uses. i messed with /proc/asound
OSS-emu buffersize stuff a bit before giving up..seems hardcoded in vmware..
That's a bummer. I had hoped I might be able to avoid having to
setup another dual boot setup or buy another machine. VMWare seemed
like a promising route and the installation of Cakewalk went really
smoothly. It's just utterly silent ::-).
Bochs seems to have more promising hardware support, but since it
works like a simulator, it's performance is veeeerry slllooow.
Didn't work under Wine either - Cakewalk crashes if I have any of the
Windows core fonts installed. Oddly enough, if only the music
notation font is installed it works... but I can't read anything!
Prospects look dim at this point...
--
Ross Vandegrift
ross(a)lug.udel.edu
"The good Christian should beware of mathematicians, and all those who
make empty prophecies. The danger already exists that the mathematicians
have made a covenant with the devil to darken the spirit and to confine
man in the bonds of Hell."
--St. Augustine, De Genesi ad Litteram, Book II, xviii, 37