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diff --git a/src/blog/freebsd-14-on-the-desktop/index.md b/src/blog/freebsd-14-on-the-desktop/index.md index 4a8f9d3..7121f4e 100644 --- a/src/blog/freebsd-14-on-the-desktop/index.md +++ b/src/blog/freebsd-14-on-the-desktop/index.md @@ -356,7 +356,7 @@ index 0, I'll enable `virtual_oss` like so: ```bash sysrc -v virtual_oss_enable=YES -sysrc -v virtual_oss_dsp='-T /dev/sndstat -C 2 -c 2 -S -r 48000 -b 16 -s 100ms -O /dev/dsp1 -R /dev/dsp0 -d dsp' +sysrc -v virtual_oss_dsp='-T /dev/sndstat -C 8 -c 8 -S -r 48000 -b 16 -s 100ms -O /dev/dsp1 -R /dev/dsp0 -d dsp' ``` You'll need to set the `-r` flag to the sample rate and `-b` to the bit depth of your device @@ -365,6 +365,15 @@ If your devices have different sample rates, the `-S` flag enables automatic res The `-s` flag sets the buffer size. I had to increase this to `100ms` to avoid clipping. +The `-c` and `-C` flags set the number of channels. I originally had this set to 2, but +found that any video with surround sound had no audio. VLC printed the following error: + +``` +oss audio output error: cannot set 6 channels +``` + +Bumping this up to 8 solved the issue. + ### Device Permissions via devfs You should create a custom `devfs(8)` ruleset to allow unprivileged users to access |