Re: linux-6.4 alsa sound broken

[Takashi Iwai <tiwai@suse.de>]

On Wed, 03 May 2023 17:06:16 +0200,
Jeff Chua wrote:
> 
> On Wed, May 3, 2023 at 9:45 PM Takashi Iwai <tiwai@suse.de> wrote:
> >
> > On Wed, 03 May 2023 14:19:54 +0200,
> > Jeff Chua wrote:
> > >
> > > On Wed, May 3, 2023 at 2:06 PM Takashi Iwai <tiwai@suse.de> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > On Wed, 03 May 2023 06:37:48 +0200,
> > > > Bagas Sanjaya wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > On 5/3/23 11:34, Bagas Sanjaya wrote:
> > > > > >> Just send .. in another email. If the atttachment got stripped off,
> > > > > >> please let me know.
> > > > > >>
> > > > > >>
> > > > > >
> > > > > > I don't see your attachment. Can you please post the link
> > > > > > to your test file on file storage hosting instead?
> > > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > Oops, I don't see the attachment on your reply at [1]. Sorry for the
> > > > > inconvenience.
> > > > >
> > > > > [1]: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/CAAJw_ZveoPfnBsSkHZqmLiVWATcOosR--6Ds4cdekdi=t1yV7A@mail.gmail.com/
> > > >
> > > > I see no attachment of the recorded sound.  In the mail above, only
> > > > Side_Right.wav was attached, and this is the same file in
> > > > /usr/share/sounds/alsa/.
> > > >
> > > > But, I wonder how you played a mono channel file with "hw:1,0" PCM.
> > > > Isn't this a HD-audio device?
> > > > Usually HD-audio codec can't play a mono file.  For example, on my
> > > > machine with a Realtek codec fails like:
> > > >
> > > > % aplay -Dhw:0,0 Side_Right.wav
> > > > Playing WAVE 'Side_Right.wav' : Signed 16 bit Little Endian, Rate 48000 Hz, Mono
> > > > aplay: set_params:1358: Channels count non available
> > > >
> > > > So, if it works on yours, please show the output of playback with
> > > > aplay -v option.  This will show more details.
> > >
> > > # aplay -v
> > > Playing WAVE '/local/share/sounds/alsa/Side_Right.wav' : Signed 16 bit
> > > Little Endian, Rate 48000 Hz, Mono
> > > Plug PCM: Route conversion PCM (sformat=S32_LE)
> > >   Transformation table:
> > >     0 <- 0
> > >     1 <- 0
> > > Its setup is:
> > >   stream       : PLAYBACK
> > >   access       : RW_INTERLEAVED
> > >   format       : S16_LE
> > >   subformat    : STD
> > >   channels     : 1
> > >   rate         : 48000
> > >   exact rate   : 48000 (48000/1)
> > >   msbits       : 16
> > >   buffer_size  : 16384
> > >   period_size  : 1024
> > >   period_time  : 21333
> > >   tstamp_mode  : NONE
> > >   tstamp_type  : MONOTONIC
> > >   period_step  : 1
> > >   avail_min    : 1024
> > >   period_event : 0
> > >   start_threshold  : 16384
> > >   stop_threshold   : 16384
> > >   silence_threshold: 0
> > >   silence_size : 0
> > >   boundary     : 4611686018427387904
> > > Slave: Soft volume PCM
> > > Control: PCM Playback Volume
> > > min_dB: -51
> > > max_dB: 0
> > > resolution: 256
> > > Its setup is:
> > >   stream       : PLAYBACK
> > >   access       : MMAP_INTERLEAVED
> > >   format       : S32_LE
> > >   subformat    : STD
> > >   channels     : 2
> > >   rate         : 48000
> > >   exact rate   : 48000 (48000/1)
> > >   msbits       : 32
> > >   buffer_size  : 16384
> > >   period_size  : 1024
> > >   period_time  : 21333
> > >   tstamp_mode  : NONE
> > >   tstamp_type  : MONOTONIC
> > >   period_step  : 1
> > >   avail_min    : 1024
> > >   period_event : 0
> > >   start_threshold  : 16384
> > >   stop_threshold   : 16384
> > >   silence_threshold: 0
> > >   silence_size : 0
> > >   silence_size : 0
> > >   boundary     : 4611686018427387904
> > > Slave: Direct Stream Mixing PCM
> > > Its setup is:
> > >   stream       : PLAYBACK
> > >   access       : MMAP_INTERLEAVED
> > >   format       : S32_LE
> > >   subformat    : STD
> > >   channels     : 2
> > >   rate         : 48000
> > >   exact rate   : 48000 (48000/1)
> > >   msbits       : 32
> > >   buffer_size  : 16384
> > >   period_size  : 1024
> > >   period_time  : 21333
> > >   tstamp_mode  : NONE
> > >   tstamp_type  : MONOTONIC
> > >   period_step  : 1
> > >   avail_min    : 1024
> > >   period_event : 0
> > >   start_threshold  : 16384
> > >   stop_threshold   : 16384
> > >   silence_threshold: 0
> > >   silence_size : 0
> > >   boundary     : 4611686018427387904
> > > Hardware PCM card 0 'HDA Intel PCH' device 0 subdevice 0
> > > Its setup is:
> > >   stream       : PLAYBACK
> > >   access       : MMAP_INTERLEAVED
> > >   format       : S32_LE
> > >   subformat    : STD
> > >   channels     : 2
> > >   rate         : 48000
> > >   exact rate   : 48000 (48000/1)
> > >   msbits       : 32
> > >   buffer_size  : 16384
> > >   period_size  : 1024
> > >   period_time  : 21333
> > >   tstamp_mode  : ENABLE
> > >   tstamp_type  : MONOTONIC
> > >   period_step  : 1
> > >   avail_min    : 1024
> > >   period_event : 0
> > >   start_threshold  : 1
> > >   stop_threshold   : 4611686018427387904
> > >   silence_threshold: 0
> > >   silence_size : 4611686018427387904
> > >   boundary     : 4611686018427387904
> > >   appl_ptr     : 0
> > >   hw_ptr       : 0
> >
> > OK, that explains.  This is a completely different from the
> > configuration with hw:X,Y I expected from your description.
> > So, this is with dmix, and it indeed relies on the auto-silencing, so
> > the commit must be relevant.
> >
> >
> > > > Last but not least, please double-check that the problem is really
> > > > gone after reverting the commit 9f656705c5fa.  The commit is about the
> > > > auto-silencing, and it should be irrelevant unless the application
> > > > gives non-zero silence_size sw_params, and aplay doesn't set up it at
> > > > all.
> > >
> > > 100% sure. I just compiled the latest linux git pull. Rebooted. Tested
> > > that the problem exists, and revert just that patch
> > > (9f656705c5faa18afb26d922cfc64f9fd103c38d), and the problem went away!
> > >
> > > Sorry about the recorded.wav file that I attached earlier ... didn't
> > > realized that when I recorded via the loop-back, I could heard that it
> > > was "corrupted" on the unpatched kernel, but when I play back the same
> > > file on the "patched" kernel, the sound played ok.
> > >
> > > So, loop-back using the following did not capture the problem ...
> > > # arecord -D hw:1,0,0 -f S16_LE -r 48000 recorded.wav
> > > # aplay -D hw:1,1,0 /local/share/sounds/alsa/Side_Right.wav
> > >
> > > Attached is the problem file captured using my iPhone. bad1.m4a.
> > >
> > > I've uploaded to
> > > https://github.com/jeffersonchua/linux-6.4-alsa/blob/main/bad1.m4a in
> > > case the attachment got stripped-off.
> >
> > Ah, the arecord and aplay above with -Dhw:1,1 is for a different
> > (still working) card?  Better to explain it more clearly...
> 
> I use this to record the sound, but it's the playback that's having
> the issue ...
> 
> # modprobe snd-aloop
> # arecord -D hw:1,0,0 -f S16_LE -r 48000 recorded.wav
> # aplay -D hw:1,1,0 /local/share/sounds/alsa/Side_Right.wav
> 
> The issue is still without reversing the patch, I'm getting the bad
> audio (bad1.m4a)
> 
> Just let me know what else I can provide. I'm not sure what's need,
> and don't want to bombard everyone with diagnostics that are
> irrelavant.

Thanks, now the situation got clearer.
Will investigate.


Takashi