>> defaults.pcm.rate_converter "speexrate_best" >> >> in /etc/asound.conf and I restarted alsa, but I still have the static problem. > > what do you have in your ~/.asoundrc ? > > usually that's the "best" place to put your customizations. > > (BTW: in Debian /etc/asound.conf does not even exists... > are you sure your distribution is setup to use that file?) I'm using Gentoo and I know /etc/asound.conf works because defining dmix's sample rate there lights up the corresponding LED on the USB DAC. I tried moving the config to ~/.asoundrc with no change. > Nevertheless, I guess these "static" problem is not related > to the resample algorithm you are using - unless the problem > is related to insufficient system resources. What CPU do you > have? I'm using an AMD64 Athlon 3.1ghz CPU. When I bypass dmix in mpd there is no static, and when I don't there is static, so I don't think it's performance related. > I say this 'cause e.g. with my old laptop (PIIIM 1.2GHz) > basically I could not use anything better than the default. > Trying just about any other algorithm caused problems such > as underruns, skips, errors, etc. > > Assuming this is not your case, your "static" problem may > be due to inappropriate sample rate and/or format of the > data sent to the sound card. Are you sure that e.g. you are > not trying to feed a 44.1KHz stream to a card which supports > only 48KHz ? I'm sure. I've lit up all 4 frequency LEDs on the DAC and they all have static when dmix is involved. I still think the static problem is due to dmix's default resampling algorithm. I haven't seen any evidence that my defaults.pcm.rate_converter is being obeyed. With it set to "samplerate_best" I get the same 'lsof|grep aplay' output I posted before. There is no mention of libsamplerate or speex and there is static in the sound produced by aplay. - Grant ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ The NEW KODAK i700 Series Scanners deliver under ANY circumstances! Your production scanning environment may not be a perfect world - but thanks to Kodak, there's a perfect scanner to get the job done! With the NEW KODAK i700 Series Scanner you'll get full speed at 300 dpi even with all image processing features enabled. http://p.sf.net/sfu/kodak-com _______________________________________________ Alsa-user mailing list Alsa-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-user
