On Sun, 2010-08-08 at 01:43 +0200, Mads Kiilerich wrote: > Tako Schotanus wrote, On 08/07/2010 01:06 PM: > > I have this strange problem where in some applications (for example > > Penumbra Overture or Chromium) audio will stutter unless I have the > > Volume Control running. > > I run it and the stuttering goes away, I close it and it comes back again. > > That is probably because the volume control enforces frequent wake-ups > of PA and a low buffer size - and that do for some reason make your > audio applications work. If the applications uses PA correctly then it > is probably a ALSA driver issue. > > (I have seen a similar issue with the OSS emulation in PA.) > > /Mads Just to add that similar issues happen for me when running CPU-hungry apps together with the 'simultaenous output' module.
