On 8/3/17 10:00 AM, Pavel Hofman wrote:
Hello,
I am working with owner of Chord 2qute on the following problem (FYI
long discussion at
http://www.diyaudio.com/forums/pc-based/310578-chord-2qute-dop-challenge.html):
Regular 176.4/24 PCM plays OK, however 176.4/24 DoP produces random 1-2
sec sound interruptions every several tens of seconds. Tested players -
squeezelite, MPD. The soundcard has its own power supply.
I googled out several reports of simlar problem with this soundcard,
mostly on linux (did not see any problem report for OSX).
alsainfo: http://www.fyn13.dk/diy/alsa_output_chord_2qute_4.4.0-62.txt
lsusb -v : http://www.fyn13.dk/diy/chord_lsusb.txt
hw_params and stream0 files are identical for both 176.4/24 PCM and DoP:
/proc/asound/card1/pcm0p/sub0/hw_params:
access: RW_INTERLEAVED
format: S32_LE
subformat: STD
channels: 2
rate: 176400 (176400/1)
period_size: 1764
buffer_size: 7056
/proc/asound/card1/stream0:
Chord Electronics Ltd 2Qute at usb-0000:00:14.0-2, high speed : USB Audio
Playback:
Status: Running
Interface = 2
Altset = 1
Packet Size = 224
Momentary freq = 176402 Hz (0x16.0ce0)
Feedback Format = 16.16
Interface 2
Altset 1
Format: S32_LE
Channels: 2
Endpoint: 5 OUT (ASYNC)
Rates: 32000, 44100, 48000, 88200, 96000, 176400, 192000, 352800,
384000
Data packet interval: 125 us
We checked for XRUNs, none were produced during the interruption in DoP
playback.
Powerful 4-core CPU Intel Pentium 4405U @ 2.10GHz, idle > 99% of time in
DoP playback.
However, the IRQs rate of the onboard XHCI controller is 8k/s for both
PCM and DoP playback which corresponds to 1 IRQ every 125us frame. The
rate drops to almost zero when playback is stopped in the player -
clearly it is related to the soundcard. Could this perhaps be a sign of
the problem? Please is there a way to lower the rate, like the old
removed param nrpacks of the usb-audio driver?
I suspect a buggy XMOS firmware. I very much appreciate any suggestion
or help, either with fixing in software, or further diagnostics to
support potential claim to the manufacturer.
Suggestions:
- try with regular PCM @ 176.4Khz 24 bits to rule out issues in the way
DSD is depacked from the stream
- look into the ASYNC endpoint handling. It could be that the host
doesn't provide enough data and the device buffer is emptied at some
point. USB doesn't clearly define in how much time the host needs to
adjust to feedback information, the implementation may have defined its
buffer depth assuming a quick correction.
Thank you very much. With regards,
Pavel.
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