Re: MotU Ultralite AVB observations.

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On 3/7/20 1:52 PM, John Murphy wrote:
On Sat, 7 Mar 2020 12:28:26 +0000 John Murphy wrote:

[...]
I can only think that my dual booting and using it on Windows 10
caused the trouble I was seeing when using it on Linux afterwards.

I seem to have narrowed it down to dependence on the setting of
'Clock Mode'. I do a lot of recordings from a 48kHz optical source
plugged into the S/Pdiff optical input. Seems to be that clock the
kernel can't use. Probably because it has somehow changed the device
to 44.1kHz (via 192kHz) and then demands a 44.1kHz clock.

If I set Clock Mode to internal, before booting Linux, or after
a failed start up, I see fewer 'clock source 1 is not valid'
messages in /var/log/syslog and jackd will work as usual. I've
even had sound in my (FireFox) browser, so Alsa must be working.

If I don't set Clock Mode to internal, /var/log/syslog gets the
full compliment of 6 blocks of 40 'not valid' messages, ending
with: [pulseaudio] module-udev-detect.c: Tried to configure
/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:14.0/usb1/1-14/1-14:1.0/sound/card2
(alsa_card.usb-MOTU_UltraLite_AVB_0001f2fffe005ded-00) more often
than 5 times in 10s.

It had to be something like that.. Was doing my ed in a bit.

Big clue to the problem right there in the device's LCD display.
If the sample rate indicator keeps flashing - it isn't going to work.

When the sampling rate changes in the Motu audio interface, it takes some time (4-10 seconds) for the new sampling rate to "lock" (indicator flashing).

During that time jack will not successfully start. It is a pain.

There is an amixer control that can be used to query the interface and see if the sampling rate is locked or not.

This is further complicated by the fact that some software (ie: pulseaudio) will change the sampling rate without you doing it manually. For example, if you manage to start jackd at 48Khz and then stop it, pulseaudio (if installed and enabled) will take control of the audio interface and change the sampling rate to its default rate (44.1k).

-- Fernando
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