Re: issues with audio on Apr13 snapshot

[Jan Stary]

On Apr 15 14:20:02, Ted Roby wrote:
 On Thu, Apr 15, 2010 at 1:40 PM, frantisek holop min...@obiit.org wrote:
 
  hi there,
 
  with the april 13 snapshot i get fluctuations
  in the volume level and audible cracks and glitches
  when have e.g. a browser (opera) and mplayer open.

So, when you play the same in mplayer and opera
is _not_ running, the problem does _not_ occur, right?

  i dont see a patern yet, but for example during
  watching the movie the volume level keeps changing
  accompanied by an audible pop.
 
  it could be an mplayer issue as well of course,
  i am just writing here if anyone else is having
  similar issues.  i have seen the a thread about
  aucat and volume's but i am not using aucat or any
  other audio daemon...

So mplayer is the only one talking to the audio device,
and opera running simuktaneously doesn;t enter into it, IMO.
Have you tried playing the same with a different player?

 You should paste a dmesg, and point out what audio drivers
 you are using.

and mixerctl -v and audioctl

 I am using azalia drivers, and I have experienced
 static in my mplayer audio when it should not be there. At
 times this static becomes constant (does not clear up in a few
 seconds), but can always be fixed by jumping the track 10 seconds
 back. A little time later and the static always creeps back in.

I have experienced similar problems with mplayer when
aucat was _not_ running. With aucat running, I never had
that problem.

Re: issues with audio on Apr13 snapshot

[Ted Roby]

On Fri, Apr 16, 2010 at 1:12 AM, Jan Stary h...@stare.cz wrote:



 I have experienced similar problems with mplayer when
 aucat was _not_ running. With aucat running, I never had
 that problem.


I can absolutely confirm I was not running aucat with mplayer.
I was not attempting to allow audio from any other program, either.

issues with audio on Apr13 snapshot

[frantisek holop]

hi there,

with the april 13 snapshot i get fluctuations
in the volume level and audible cracks and glitches
when have e.g. a browser (opera) and mplayer open.

i dont see a patern yet, but for example during
watching the movie the volume level keeps changing
accompanied by an audible pop.

it could be an mplayer issue as well of course,
i am just writing here if anyone else is having
similar issues.  i have seen the a thread about
aucat and volume's but i am not using aucat or any
other audio daemon...

-f
-- 
i tried switching to gum but i couldn't keep it lit!

Re: issues with audio on Apr13 snapshot

[Ted Roby]

On Thu, Apr 15, 2010 at 1:40 PM, frantisek holop min...@obiit.org wrote:

 hi there,

 with the april 13 snapshot i get fluctuations
 in the volume level and audible cracks and glitches
 when have e.g. a browser (opera) and mplayer open.

 i dont see a patern yet, but for example during
 watching the movie the volume level keeps changing
 accompanied by an audible pop.

 it could be an mplayer issue as well of course,
 i am just writing here if anyone else is having
 similar issues.  i have seen the a thread about
 aucat and volume's but i am not using aucat or any
 other audio daemon...

 -f
 --
 i tried switching to gum but i couldn't keep it lit!


You should paste a dmesg, and point out what audio drivers
you are using. I am using azalia drivers, and I have experienced
static in my mplayer audio when it should not be there. At
times this static becomes constant (does not clear up in a few
seconds), but can always be fixed by jumping the track 10 seconds
back. A little time later and the static always creeps back in.

I do not have any of these problems when using xmms2.
However, not all mp3s play properly in xmms2. Some are played
at double (or faster) speed, like the chipmunks. These files
play at proper speeds under mplayer without any flags or
config changes. These are just my observations. I have done
no further work in testing, other than changing players.

The xmms2 problem I have is probably my own user error, or there
is probably a flag to fix playback speed. (I've barely experimented
with this, but it seems to be not quite double speed.)

Re: issues with audio on Apr13 snapshot

[frantisek holop]

hmm, on Thu, Apr 15, 2010 at 02:20:02PM -0600, Ted Roby said that
 You should paste a dmesg, and point out what audio drivers

i knew i forgot something :]
i even copied it to the mail server.
shame on me.

i never had audio problems before btw,
also forgot to add.

this static is just a hiss, crack, as if something
turns on or off.  imeddiately after it the volume
gets lowered (at this point i adjust it upwards),
and after some time when it does it again, the volume
is back to the previous level (now too loud, so i
adjust it back as it was).


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