From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Takashi Iwai Subject: Re: Am I asking the right people ? Date: Mon, 02 Dec 2002 15:57:46 +0100 Sender: alsa-devel-admin@lists.sourceforge.net Message-ID: References: <3DE472FA.1060300@tele-ip.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 (generated by SEMI 1.14.4 - "Hosorogi") Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Return-path: In-Reply-To: Errors-To: alsa-devel-admin@lists.sourceforge.net List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: To: Jaroslav Kysela Cc: Bruce Paterson , alsa development List-Id: alsa-devel@alsa-project.org At Thu, 28 Nov 2002 16:51:56 +0100, I wrote: > > At Wed, 27 Nov 2002 10:46:53 +0100 (CET), > Jaroslav wrote: > > > > On Wed, 27 Nov 2002, Bruce Paterson wrote: > > > > > Am I sending these queries about the operation of alsa through the API > > > to the right place ? I'm trying to use alsa for a real scientific > > > application and I'm starting to worry it simply isn't ready yet. > > > > > > I don't pretend to be a developer of alsa drivers themselves, and I'd > > > hoped I didn't need to become one. I understand alsa needs many people > > > debugging it and finding problems to make it bulletproof (afterall there > > > would be a myriad of different possible configurations people can use). > > > > > > However, the silence I get in reply to queries is golden (unlike the > > > distortion I'm getting from the soundcard) ! > > > > > > It's possible I'm not using the alsa API in the way intended and > > > bringing the problems upon myself, but please, somebody tell me ! > > > > > > It would be a real blow to the progress of linux in this company if all > > > the alsa work had to be scrapped. > > > > > > Apologies for the frustrated tone. > > > > Sorry, I haven't EWS88 on my table. It seems that the problem is with the > > DAC initialization, but it's difficult to debug these things without > > hardware. Perphaps, if you can gather information about wiring of > > electrical components on this soundcard, I can look to datasheets what can > > be wrong. > > this hardware is out of my box atm, but i can check it tomorrow. as far as i've tested, my ews88mt works fine with the current cvs release. 32bit/96kHz playback seems for 10min. except for the distortion problem about two minutes with your app, what kind of problem are you having? i'd been on vacation so i couldn't keep tracking the thread. i'll be able to test the same program on my machine. Takashi ------------------------------------------------------- This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek Welcome to geek heaven. http://thinkgeek.com/sf