agbagb wrote: 
> Oh, that's interesting.  And easy enough to do (not least as a few of my
> favorite BBC presets come in alternative formats, so I can just make
> sure I have some at one rate and some at the other: makes very little
> actual difference on the ear).  Any idea on how that works, from both
> angles?  How does the chip lose its bearings, and how does a rate-switch
> fix it?

I don't know how/when the chip loses its bearings, if that's what's
afoot. It would require some detailed output logging, for possibly
several weeks, until the next time the problem is encountered. With no
guarantee that the log will show anything useful. In my case, probably
several weeks/months. So I haven't tried.

Changing the sample rate generates something of a chip reset/re-program,
in jive-alsa, to cater for the new sample rate, and seems to be enough
to restore normal operation. It's been some long while since I looked at
the code.

Last time I looked was in connection with a Joggler (remember those?),
whose on-board chip had a habit of failing after some hours of
continuous playback. I was lucky enough to find an old reference on
tinternet to some kind of overflow within said chip. Turned out to be
easily detectable in jive-alsa once one knew what to look for (I don't
recall that logging helped). Chip reset/re-program cured that. I seem to
recall getting a corrective patch taken up in one of the Joggler
jive-alsa distributions. But doesn't help this problem !


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