From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: bugtrack@alsa-project.org Subject: [ALSA - driver 0001548]: "alsa-play: xrun of at least 0.009 msecs. resetting stream" : inopportune small pauses while playing Date: Sat, 7 Jan 2006 21:28:56 +0100 Message-ID: <14394c699c36fcb0868de024a699702d@bugtrack.alsa-project.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from bugtrack.alsa-project.org (gate.perex.cz [85.132.177.35]) by alsa.jcu.cz (ALSA's E-mail Delivery System) with ESMTP id D89CF116 for ; Sat, 7 Jan 2006 21:28:56 +0100 (MET) Sender: alsa-devel-admin@lists.sourceforge.net Errors-To: alsa-devel-admin@lists.sourceforge.net List-Unsubscribe: , List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , List-Archive: To: alsa-devel@alsa-project.org List-Id: alsa-devel@alsa-project.org A NOTE has been added to this issue. ====================================================================== ====================================================================== Reported By: moncnam Assigned To: ====================================================================== Project: ALSA - driver Issue ID: 1548 Category: PCI - intel8x0m Reproducibility: random Severity: minor Priority: normal Status: assigned Distribution: debian sarge 3.1 Kernel Version: 2.6.13-rc7 ====================================================================== Date Submitted: 11-12-2005 10:58 CET Last Modified: 01-07-2006 21:28 CET ====================================================================== Summary: "alsa-play: xrun of at least 0.009 msecs. resetting stream" : inopportune small pauses while playing Description: whatever the player i use (alsaplayer, xmms, mplayer) i experience small pause while playing (half of a second) using mplayer, i can see the following message appearing when the pause occur <> the playing doesn't stop, it continue well, just a small pause i have no other messages in `dmesg` or in syslog ====================================================================== ---------------------------------------------------------------------- moncnam - 01-07-06 21:10 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- okay, thanx for the trick here is the output you ask for : << $ grep -l dmix /usr/share/alsa/cards/* /usr/share/alsa/cards/Azalia.conf /usr/share/alsa/cards/ICH4.conf /usr/share/alsa/cards/ICH.conf /usr/share/alsa/cards/NFORCE.conf >> , plus one extra output, under debian, tells what alsa package is install in which version : << $ dlocate -l alsa | grep ii ii alsa-base 1.0.8-7 ALSA driver configuration files ii alsa-oss 1.0.8-1 ALSA wrapper for OSS applications ii alsa-utils 1.0.8-4 ALSA utilities ii alsamixergui 0.9.0rc2-1-7 graphical soundcard mixer for ALSA soundcard driver ii alsaplayer 0.99.76-0.3 PCM player designed for ALSA ii alsaplayer-alsa 0.99.76-0.3 PCM player designed for ALSA (ALSA output module) ii alsaplayer-common 0.99.76-0.3 PCM player designed for ALSA (common files) ii alsaplayer-esd 0.99.76-0.3 PCM player designed for ALSA (ESD output module) ii alsaplayer-gtk 0.99.76-0.3 PCM player designed for ALSA (GTK version) ii alsaplayer-oss 0.99.76-0.3 PCM player designed for ALSA (OSS output module) ii alsaplayer-text 0.99.76-0.3 PCM player designed for ALSA (text version) ii alsaplayer-xosd 0.99.76-0.3 PCM player designed for ALSA (osd version) ii gnome-alsamixer 0.9.6-1 ALSA sound mixer for GNOME ii gstreamer0.8-alsa 0.8.8-2 ALSA plugin for GStreamer ii libesd-alsa0 0.2.35-2 Enlightened Sound Daemon (ALSA) - Shared libraries >> with this output, i can guess i am using alsa 1.0.8 (-7 is only a debian revision add) when i check my card : << $ cat /proc/asound/cards 0 [ICH6 ]: ICH4 - Intel ICH6 Intel ICH6 with STAC9750,51 at 0xdffffe00, irq 169 1 [Modem ]: ICH-MODEM - Intel ICH Modem Intel ICH Modem at 0xee00, irq 201 >> i guess my card ICH6 should be managed by /usr/share/alsa/cards/ICH4.conf file i like debian because it aim to be stable, i won't install alsa-lib 109 now - i don't have time meanwhile i would love to play with all that stuff if you mind :) my last ~/.asoundrc file << ste@station:~$ cat /home/ste/.asoundrc pcm.!default { type plug slave.pcm "dmix" } pcm.!dmix { type dmix ipc_key 1 # ipc_perm 0660 ipc_key_add_uid true slave { pcm "hw:0,0" format S16_LE # rate 48000 rate 44100 channels 2 period_time 0 period_time 1024 # buffer_size 4096 # buffer_size 1024 # periods 1024 # periods 4096 # periods 2048 # buffer_size 4096 buffer_size 2048 # buffer_size 8192 # buffer_size 16384 # periods 16384 # period_size 2048 period_size 1024 } bindings { 0 0 1 1 } } # ctl.mixer0 { type hw card 0 } >> this is the only way i can make works : xmms, wmsoundserver, esd, artsd, thunderbird notification sound the last step i would love to would be to output a copy of my sound to a special device in order to being able to record it without recording my system sounds, but i would need to become an alsahacker, - around july perhaps you can still ask me things if you like see you ---------------------------------------------------------------------- rlrevell - 01-07-06 21:28 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Yeah I'm afraid you may have to choose between stability and functionality here. Many, many dmix bugs have been fixed since ALSA 1.0.8. Issue History Date Modified Username Field Change ====================================================================== 11-12-05 10:58 moncnam New Issue 11-12-05 10:58 moncnam Distribution => debian sarge 3.1 11-12-05 10:58 moncnam Kernel Version => 2.6.13-rc7 11-21-05 23:56 sashak Note Added: 0006779 11-22-05 00:04 moncnam Note Added: 0006781 11-22-05 00:31 sashak Note Added: 0006783 11-22-05 00:31 sashak Assigned To sashak => 11-22-05 00:43 moncnam Note Added: 0006784 01-04-06 22:38 moncnam Note Added: 0007456 01-07-06 02:14 sashak Note Added: 0007503 01-07-06 03:58 moncnam Note Added: 0007505 01-07-06 04:04 moncnam Note Added: 0007506 01-07-06 09:00 rlrevell Note Added: 0007509 01-07-06 16:57 moncnam Note Added: 0007516 01-07-06 20:54 rlrevell Note Added: 0007519 01-07-06 21:10 moncnam Note Added: 0007521 01-07-06 21:28 rlrevell Note Added: 0007522 ====================================================================== ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. 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