On 01/20/2019 07:00 PM, Timothy Pearson wrote: > I've been running a dedicated machine with ALSA loopback, feeding > darkice on the capture side and (currently) using mplayer to provide > audio on the playback side. I've seen sporadic hangs for a couple of > years on this setup, but recently with the switch to mplayer I have > additional information that points more to ALSA than the other applications. > > When the audio hangs, mplayer prints a continuous stream of: > "Audio device got stuck!" > > The only way to "unstick" the audio stream is to terminate and restart > mplayer. Restarting darkice does not fix the stuck stream. There is no > pulseaudio on this sytem. > > What would be the next steps to debug this setup? It's shown up on two > entirely different installs at this point (Ubuntu 14.04 and Debian 9). > > Thanks! A bit of additional information: before audio output ceases entirely, the messages start printing and the audio becomes very choppy. The system has no processes stuck at 100% CPU or any other visible signs of duress during this time. Suggestions on debug are welcome! -- Timothy Pearson Raptor Engineering +1 (415) 727-8645 (direct line) +1 (512) 690-0200 (switchboard) https://www.raptorengineering.com _______________________________________________ Alsa-devel mailing list Alsa-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://mailman.alsa-project.org/mailman/listinfo/alsa-devel
