[gentoo-user] SurroundSound, Pulseaudio CPU Usage

2008-04-14 Thread Gustavo Campos
Hello my fellows. Before my trouble I'll tell you a little story. I'm a (not so happy) owner of a Audigy SE 7.1 soundcard, unable to do hardware mixing. I own a 7.1 home theater system, so to hear sound from all satellites I use an Alsa fake device to upmix 2.0 to a 7.1 stream, using the route

Re: [gentoo-user] SurroundSound, Pulseaudio CPU Usage

2008-04-14 Thread Ophidian
Gustavo Campos wrote: My point is: Is there any way to tell pulseaudio not to eat my cpu that much? Or better: Is there a solution that would allow me to be a happy child without having to use pulseaudio and it's extra layer between me and my beloved hardware? You guys can't imagine how much I

Re: [gentoo-user] SurroundSound, Pulseaudio CPU Usage

2008-04-14 Thread Gustavo Campos
Well, that would certainly help to trace the problem with pulseaudio, yes. But I must admit that I'm hoping someone here has a more pleasant suggestion. Something like a magical solution or that obvious shot I'd never think about =) Anyway, I don't believe that it's really a pulseaudio bug, so