On Mon, 2010-07-05 at 08:28 +0200, Alexandre Ratchov wrote:
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> On Sat, Jul 03, 2010 at 02:53:01AM -0400, Corey J. Bukolt wrote:
> > Hi list,
> > 
> > So far I have been able to get OpenBSD running nicely as my primary desktop
> > with the only hitch being my NFS mounted music skips occasionally.  I'm
> > pretty sure it's not the NFS server since my Linux laptop has the same setup
> > and doesn't skip.  I'm using mpd to play the music, with a gigbit connection
> > leading to a dedicated file server which has practically no load.  Already
> > gone over mount_nfs(8) and tried a whole bunch of different options with no 
> > luck. 
> > 
> > One point of interest is that it seems the longer I keep the share mounted,
> > the worse it gets starting with mildy iritating (0-1 skips per song) to very
> > annoying (4 or more skips per song) and after remounting it resets for about
> > an hour.
> > 
> > The obvious solution would be to just copy my music locally, but I would
> > very much rather not.
> > 
> 
> I use NFS for music since years it always worked, but the
> server is running OpenBSD in my case.
> 
> I guess your NFS server makes short pauses that cause the
> player to not produce audio samples fast enough.

If this is it true, how could my Linux clients be unaffected? 

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> 
> could you try using mpg321 and/or ogg123 on NFS
> mounted files to see if skips occur? If so, does using
> aucat in server mode help ?
> 

Using both mpg321 and ogg123 still result in skipping.  I have always
used aucat in server mode.  Using mpg321/ogg123/mpd without aucat
results in less skipping, but still enough to be pretty annoying.


(Apologies for taking so long to reply, real world distractions along
with a shitty ISP have made checking my email impossible.)

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Corey