[ALSA - driver 0001548]: "alsa-play: xrun of at least 0.009 msecs. resetting stream" : inopportune small pauses while playing

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A NOTE has been added to this issue.
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<https://bugtrack.alsa-project.org/alsa-bug/view.php?id=1548> 
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Reported By:                moncnam
Assigned To:                
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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
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Date Submitted:             11-12-2005 10:58 CET
Last Modified:              01-07-2006 03:58 CET
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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
<<alsa-play: xrun of at least 0.009 msecs. resetting stream>>
the playing doesn't stop, it continue well, just a small pause
i have no other messages in `dmesg` or in syslog
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 sashak - 01-07-06 02:14 
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You may try larger period_size and of course more than just one period to
prevent underruns (perdiod_size should be <= buffer_size/2 ).

BTW did you try default ALSA config (without .asoundrc)? Default settings
are reasonable for many cases.

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 moncnam - 01-07-06 03:58 
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you write : (perdiod_size should be <= buffer_size/2 )
um 
, i can add that this could be specified in the syntaxe page

to answer : no, i can't use only the default setting because it doesn't
provide mixing capability (and i want to be able to hear my
notification/alert while playing)

gosh ! nothing work ok now, esd outputs errors, wsoundserver no sound,
and... 
o look, i also have a conf file in /etc

well, i erase it, put back my ~/.asoundrc and, it is better now
still a problem with esd doing scrappy sound : it doesn't like period_time
0

btw, what is period_size ? i don"t have this parameter in the syntax
page...

woaw, alsa is really a pain in the neck <smile>

... okay, i got it works : 
nothing in /etc
in my home : 
pcm.!dmix {
        type dmix
        ipc_key 1
        ipc_key_add_uid true
        slave {
                pcm "hw:0,0"
                # rate 44100
                rate 48000
                # period_size 1024
                period_time 1024
                buffer_size 4096
...

in esd.conf : 
[esd]
auto_spawn=0
spawn_options=-terminate -as 5 -d default
spawn_wait_ms=100
# default options are used in spawned and non-spawned mode
default_options= -r 48000

-r 48000 in default_options, not in spawn_option neither in command line
otherwise doesn't work

and wsoundserver does work

gosh, what about artsd ? 
no problem , it does work as before (one have to specify 48000 in
kcontrol)

thank you, it's enought for tonight, enjoy weekend, bye 
thanks for support

Issue History
Date Modified  Username       Field                    Change              
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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                          
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