I'm also seeing this on Red Hat, 2.4.9-31. Perhaps the low-latency patch might will solve the problem? The symptoms sound similar to those for latency problems.
Have a look at this for more details. http://www.boosthardware.com/LAU/Linux_Audio_Users_Guide/Low_latency-Mini-HOWTO.html I'll be trying it in a few days, when I can take the box down. Cheers, Alex --- Christian Lambert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I am also having this problem with both my ensoniq > es1371 and my > audiophile 2496 with kernel 2.4.18 and alsa > 0.9beta12. It seems > to be way worse in mplayer and also when playing > tribes2 where it > just constanly shutters. I have an es1371 at work > where I installed > the same version of alsa but there it's working fine > with the game, > the difference is that I'm running kernel 2.4.8 so > I'm wondering if > something broke in kernel 2.4.18 that causes this? > > I would really like to be able to get this running > stable at home. > My machine config at work and home is almost > identical in both > hardware and software except for the kernel version. > > Each soundcard have their own IRQ so I'm pretty sure > the hardware > I have at home is ok. With OSS/free and > OSS/commercial the sound is fine > so it's something between alsa and kernel 2.4.18. > > When I was listening to music in xmms, if I move > windows around or > just click buttons in netcape for example it seems > to shutters everytime > I do that. > > Anybody else seeing this? > > > Hey, > > > > audio playback stutters on my system. All playback > programms I have tested > > have this problem (with and without artsd). I use > alsa driver 0.9.0beta12. > > The soundcard is a no-name ALS4000 soundcard. My > system: Linux 2.4.18, > > Debian testing, Dual Athlon, Tyan S2460. I have > read that often IRQ > > problems cause those kind of problems, but I > already tried to disable as > > much as possible hardware to free up interrups. I > also changed the order of > > the PCI cards and I tried it with and without MP > Interrupts. > > The playback stutters if e.g. I drag around > windows or a programm starts > > (even if the load is very low). It doesn't stutter > if I do heavy > > calcualtion (like running kfract multiple times) > and the load is above 4. > > What else should I try to narrow down the problem? > > > > regards, > > Roland Schulz > > > _______________________________________________ > Alsa-user mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-user __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Sports - live college hoops coverage http://sports.yahoo.com/ _______________________________________________ Alsa-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-user
