On Thu, 05.03.09 22:32, Brian J. Murrell (brian at interlinx.bc.ca) wrote: > I'm using 0.9.15-test3 with various applications including rhythmbox and > I am noticing the audio will be distorted and clipping at times, although > the overall output volume is quite reasonable (I'm 40, not 15). > > Looking in the volume control I have RB set (in the Playback tab) at 49% > volume and the actual sound card (in Output Devices) at 49% also. These > seem like reasonable values that should not cause the louder sequences in > various tracks to distort or clip. They certainly didn't with the 0.9.10 > that I am upgrading from. Please make sure that the underlying alsa mixer is correctly configured for you. Play around with "alsamixer -c0" and make sure that no track is beyond 0dB. > Oh crap. Having the volume control open just triggered: > > E: core.h: Assertion 'pa_object_refcnt(pa_object_cast(o)) > 0' failed at ./pulsecore/core.h:159, function pa_core_assert_ref(). Aborting. Please provide a full back trace. Otherwise it is difficult to help you. Lennart -- Lennart Poettering Red Hat, Inc. lennart [at] poettering [dot] net ICQ# 11060553 http://0pointer.net/lennart/ GnuPG 0x1A015CC4
