At Wed, 06 Sep 2006 15:17:20 +0200, Dominique Dumont wrote: > > Dominique Dumont <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > So far, I've noticed that: > > - Playing ac3 while loading PATA drive (same commands) works perfectly > > - Playing PCM (with mplayer) on spdif while loading SATA leads to high > > frequency noises (like a constinuous scritch-scritch) > > I've just tried the spdif output of my motherboard (a7n8x deluxe) with > snd_intel8x0 driver. > > While using SATA (still with md5sum) the PCM output works fine. > > I cannot test snd_intel8x0 ac3 output because of bug 411 [1]. > But DTS output is working fine also. > > I also tried (just to compare), DTS output (still with md5sum running > on sata device) with snd_emu10k1 driver and it fails: the dts light on > my amp switches on and off constinuously. > > So the problem seems to be specific to snd_emu10k1 driver.
Does the patch below have any influence? The patch was necessary to run a52 plugin on emu10k1 on my test system. Takashi diff -r f81fd8f8f24c pci/emu10k1/emupcm.c --- a/pci/emu10k1/emupcm.c Thu Apr 13 12:58:06 2006 +0200 +++ b/pci/emu10k1/emupcm.c Tue Apr 18 12:49:37 2006 +0200 @@ -1641,6 +1641,10 @@ static int snd_emu10k1_fx8010_playback_o runtime->hw = snd_emu10k1_fx8010_playback; runtime->hw.channels_min = runtime->hw.channels_max = pcm->channels; runtime->hw.period_bytes_max = (pcm->buffer_size * 2) / 2; + /* we need to fill the whole buffer */ + snd_pcm_hw_constraint_minmax(runtime, SNDRV_PCM_HW_PARAM_BUFFER_BYTES, + pcm->buffer_size * 2, + pcm->buffer_size * 2); spin_lock_irq(&emu->reg_lock); if (pcm->valid == 0) { spin_unlock_irq(&emu->reg_lock); ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 _______________________________________________ Alsa-user mailing list Alsa-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-user