hi all,

i'm trying to get Pd to run on my BeagleBoard, and running into a couple of 
problems. any help greatly appreciated. this is for an installation of this 
work: http://ll.frey.co.nz which is due to go live in August at Kapelica 
Gallery in Ljubljana, Slovenia.

basically, the problem is that instead of sound output i'm getting these 
crackles:
http://soundcloud.com/damian/pure-data-on-beagleboard-sound-issue

1. i tried Hans' Reware image ("BeagleBoard Pd, Python, Lua image" from here 
http://dev.eyebeam.org/projects/reware/wiki/Releases ). i'm not sure what 
version of Pd this is, but it's using OSS as sound device. this makes nasty 
crackles, that are related to the volume of the sound output and also to the 
content of the sound i'm trying to output. the crackles don't go away if i 
increase the audio buffer to 500ms. they sound a bit like a pot full of popping 
popcorn : http://soundcloud.com/damian/pure-data-on-beagleboard-sound-issue

2a. (Ubuntu 10.04 installation) i tried apt-get install puredata (v. 0.42-5) on 
my Ubuntu install, which produces the same kind of audio crackles as the Reware 
image. 

2b. (after sudo killall xdm) i tried running pd -nogui -alsa -noadc -open 
my_test_patch.pd, which gives me no sound output at all, just a message that 
"snd_pcm_open (output): Device or resource busy". 

i know Alsa is working on the Ubuntu install because i can use aplay and mpg123 
and get perfect sound output. i don't seem to have OSS available on the Ubuntu 
image.

i'm running a BeagleBoard C4, and i wonder if the Reware image was only tested 
on an earlier revision board.

again -- any help greatly appreciated!

thanks
damian

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damian stewart . @damiannz .  [email protected]
frey . contemporary art . http://www.frey.co.nz


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