On Friday, February 24, 2012 1:28:48 PM [email protected] wrote: > - https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=46296 > About the need to restart the PA server from time to time > - https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=46297 > PA's huge buffering causes issues with winmm
I think these two have the same cause. The minimum latency (the minreq or period size, essentially) PulseAudio will allow steadily grows while the Pulse server is used, necessitating its restart to get it back down to manageable levels. ALSA's pulse plugin seems to lie and report that it gives you the buffer metrics you asked for, but has a larger buffer behind the scenes to deal with the server's out-of-control minimum latency requirement.
