On Tue, 31.03.09 18:41, Leo List (leolist at optushome.com.au) wrote: > I have two users on my box. For one user, the sound works perfectly, the > other experiences 'skips'. starting pulseadio with -vvv gives the > following output (edited) > > ----------------------- works ---------------- > > I: client.c: Client 5 changed name from "Native client (UNIX socket > client)" to "ALSA plug-in [amarokapp]" > I: module-volume-restore.c: Restoring sink for > <pulsecore/protocol-native.c$ALSA plug-in [amarokapp]> > I: module-volume-restore.c: Restoring volume for > <pulsecore/protocol-native.c$ALSA plug-in [amarokapp]> > I: module-alsa-sink.c: Trying resume... > I: module-alsa-sink.c: Resumed successfully... > I: module-alsa-sink.c: Starting playback. > D: module-suspend-on-idle.c: Sink alsa_output.hw_0_1 becomes idle. > D: module-suspend-on-idle.c: Sink alsa_output.hw_0_1 becomes busy. > I: resampler.c: Using resampler 'speex-float-1' > I: resampler.c: Using float32le as working format. > I: resampler.c: Choosing speex quality setting 1. > I: sink-input.c: Created input 0 "ALSA Playback" on alsa_output.hw_0_1 > with sample spec s16le 2ch 44100Hz and channel map > front-left,front-right > D: memblockq.c: memblockq requested: maxlength=4194304, tlength=176384, > base=4, prebuf=154336, minreq=22048 > D: memblockq.c: memblockq sanitized: maxlength=4194304, tlength=176384, > base=4, prebuf=154336, minreq=22048 > > -------------------------------------------------- This one goes first through ALSA and then to PA. > > ----------------------- skips --------------------- > I: client.c: Created 0 "Native client (UNIX socket client)" > I: protocol-native.c: Got credentials: uid=1001 gid=100 success=1 > I: protocol-native.c: Enabled SHM for new connection > I: client.c: Client 0 changed name from "Native client (UNIX socket > client)" to "amarokapp" > I: module-volume-restore.c: Restoring sink for > <pulsecore/protocol-native.c$amarokapp> > I: module-volume-restore.c: Restoring volume for > <pulsecore/protocol-native.c$amarokapp> > I: module-alsa-sink.c: Trying resume... > I: module-alsa-sink.c: Resumed successfully... > I: module-alsa-sink.c: Starting playback. > D: module-suspend-on-idle.c: Sink alsa_output.hw_0_1 becomes idle. > D: module-suspend-on-idle.c: Sink alsa_output.hw_0_1 becomes busy. > I: resampler.c: Using resampler 'speex-float-1' > I: resampler.c: Using float32le as working format. > I: resampler.c: Choosing speex quality setting 1. > I: sink-input.c: Created input 0 "Audio Stream" on alsa_output.hw_0_1 > with sample spec s16le 2ch 44100Hz and channel map > front-left,front-right > D: memblockq.c: memblockq requested: maxlength=132300, tlength=88200, > base=4, prebuf=86436, minreq=1764 > D: memblockq.c: memblockq sanitized: maxlength=132300, tlength=88200, > base=4, prebuf=86436, minreq=1764 > > ------------------------------------------------------ This goes directly to PA. The first case has twice as much buffering (i.e. tlength) then the second case. It's the application that asks for the buffer size. Lennart -- Lennart Poettering Red Hat, Inc. lennart [at] poettering [dot] net ICQ# 11060553 http://0pointer.net/lennart/ GnuPG 0x1A015CC4
