Re: [Alsa-user] Schiit USB audio dac

2014-04-19 Thread chris hermansen
Rita, List, On Sat, Apr 19, 2014 at 5:01 AM, Rita wrote: > Chris, > > Good news. I moved the USB from front of PC to back of PC and I don't get > flapping. I am using VLC which I select the audio device and I get no flaps > whatsoever. This is great news. Debugging hardware is the worst! I'm g

Re: [Alsa-user] Schiit USB audio dac

2014-04-19 Thread Rita
Chris, Good news. I moved the USB from front of PC to back of PC and I don't get flapping. I am using VLC which I select the audio device and I get no flaps whatsoever. My PC is a HPAMD 64bit. It does not have external hub. My USB keyboard is still attached :-) Running : kernel, 3.11.0-19-gener

Re: [Alsa-user] Schiit USB audio dac

2014-04-18 Thread chris hermansen
Rita, list, On Apr 18, 2014 1:45 PM, "Rita" wrote: > > hi > Rita, could you tell us a bit about your PC? Processor, memory, version of Linux, remind us which kernel you are running? Do you have access to 1) another PC (even running windows at least to ensure the modi is OK), 2) another USB cabl

Re: [Alsa-user] Schiit USB audio dac

2014-04-18 Thread Rita
hi 1) yes, the .wav is on a hard disk. Its coming from a different partition. 2) so, i stopped by browsers and everything else and I was able to play my wav much longer without "aplay: pcm_write:1939: write error: No such device". I played up to 4 minutes now. getting better :-) But eventually got

Re: [Alsa-user] Schiit USB audio dac

2014-04-18 Thread chris hermansen
Rita, list; On Fri, Apr 18, 2014 at 6:56 AM, Rita wrote: > Thanks Chris for the detailed explanation. > > > To produce my problem, I am playing my WAV like this > > aplay -D hw:1,0 /mnt/CD\ 001\ -\ Symphonies\ Nos.1\&3/01\ -\ Symphonie\ No1\ > in\ C\ Op21\ -\ 1\ Adagio\ molto-allegro\ con\ brio\

Re: [Alsa-user] Schiit USB audio dac

2014-04-18 Thread Rita
Thanks Chris for the detailed explanation. To produce my problem, I am playing my WAV like this aplay -D hw:1,0 /mnt/CD\ 001\ -\ Symphonies\ Nos.1\&3/01\ -\ Symphonie\ No1\ in\ C\ Op21\ -\ 1\ Adagio\ molto-allegro\ con\ brio\ \(Kurt\ Masur\).wav And it plays. Then after a few seconds or even

Re: [Alsa-user] Schiit USB audio dac

2014-04-13 Thread chris hermansen
Rita, list; On Sun, Apr 13, 2014 at 10:33 AM, Rita wrote: > The behavior is when I use chrome I sporadically get the trigger. Very > likely its the Flash or other system sounds which is causing it. Ok. I don't use Chrome (-ium) so I can't comment on that. > > My intended use is for a HiFi musi

Re: [Alsa-user] Schiit USB audio dac

2014-04-13 Thread Rita
The behavior is when I use chrome I sporadically get the trigger. Very likely its the Flash or other system sounds which is causing it. My intended use is for a HiFi music system. I have flac files and I would like to use them with my DAC and Amp. Do you have to do anything with ~/.asoundrc? BTW,

Re: [Alsa-user] Schiit USB audio dac

2014-04-13 Thread chris hermansen
Rita and list, On Apr 13, 2014 3:04 AM, "Rita" wrote: > > It seems every few minutes when I am surfing the web the sound goes from Schitt to PC and then goes back to Scitt. How can I avoid this? This doesn't seem correct. Can you determine the specific behaviour that triggers it? For instance, m

Re: [Alsa-user] Schiit USB audio dac

2014-04-13 Thread chris hermansen
Rita and list, On Apr 13, 2014 2:50 AM, "Rita" wrote: > > I can confirm for Ubuntu 13.10 Schitt Modi USB Dac works. That is great news, thanks for letting us know. -- Put Bad Developers to Shame Dominate Development with

Re: [Alsa-user] Schiit USB audio dac

2014-04-13 Thread Rita
It seems every few minutes when I am surfing the web the sound goes from Schitt to PC and then goes back to Scitt. How can I avoid this? Also, I am running pulseaudio with alsa. Should I just run Alsa? On Sun, Apr 13, 2014 at 5:50 AM, Rita wrote: > I can confirm for Ubuntu 13.10 Schitt Modi US

Re: [Alsa-user] Schiit USB audio dac

2014-04-13 Thread Rita
I can confirm for Ubuntu 13.10 Schitt Modi USB Dac works. On Sat, Apr 12, 2014 at 9:30 PM, chris hermansen wrote: > Tom, Rita, list; > > On Sat, Apr 12, 2014 at 6:27 PM, Tom Rushworth > wrote: > > Hi Rita, list, > > > > On 14-04-12 18:07 , Rita wrote: > >> i just tried the DAC in a macbook pro.

Re: [Alsa-user] Schiit USB audio dac

2014-04-12 Thread chris hermansen
Tom, Rita, list; On Sat, Apr 12, 2014 at 6:27 PM, Tom Rushworth wrote: > Hi Rita, list, > > On 14-04-12 18:07 , Rita wrote: >> i just tried the DAC in a macbook pro. The cable and audio works. so we >> know the DAC and the cable works. >> > The time between disconnects seems to vary from 1 to 3 s

Re: [Alsa-user] Schiit USB audio dac

2014-04-12 Thread Tom Rushworth
Hi Rita, list, On 14-04-12 18:07 , Rita wrote: > i just tried the DAC in a macbook pro. The cable and audio works. so we > know the DAC and the cable works. > The time between disconnects seems to vary from 1 to 3 seconds, so it sounds like something flaky. Can you try it in a different port on

Re: [Alsa-user] Schiit USB audio dac

2014-04-12 Thread Rita
i just tried the DAC in a macbook pro. The cable and audio works. so we know the DAC and the cable works. On Sat, Apr 12, 2014 at 8:45 PM, Tom Rushworth wrote: > Rita, list, > > On 14-04-12 17:19 , chris hermansen wrote: > > Rita, list, > > > > On Apr 12, 2014 4:11 PM, "Rita" wrote: > >> > >>

Re: [Alsa-user] Schiit USB audio dac

2014-04-12 Thread Tom Rushworth
Rita, list, On 14-04-12 17:19 , chris hermansen wrote: > Rita, list, > > On Apr 12, 2014 4:11 PM, "Rita" wrote: >> >> hi. >> >> kernel, 3.2.0-29-generic > [snip] >> >> Every few seconds I get this in my kern.log >> >> Apr 12 19:10:33 user-GN561AA-ABA-a6230n kernel: [ 159.400995] usb 1-6: > USB

Re: [Alsa-user] Schiit USB audio dac

2014-04-12 Thread Rita
ok! will try that. On Sat, Apr 12, 2014 at 8:19 PM, chris hermansen wrote: > Rita, list, > > On Apr 12, 2014 4:11 PM, "Rita" wrote: > > > > hi. > > > > kernel, 3.2.0-29-generic > > > > I have disabled Pulse. ps -ef | grep -i pulse does not show any > processes. > > > > aplay -l gives me this

Re: [Alsa-user] Schiit USB audio dac

2014-04-12 Thread chris hermansen
Rita, list, On Apr 12, 2014 4:11 PM, "Rita" wrote: > > hi. > > kernel, 3.2.0-29-generic > > I have disabled Pulse. ps -ef | grep -i pulse does not show any processes. > > aplay -l gives me this > List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices > card 0: NVidia [HDA NVidia], device 0: ALC1200 Analog [

Re: [Alsa-user] Schiit USB audio dac

2014-04-12 Thread Rita
hi. kernel, 3.2.0-29-generic I have disabled Pulse. ps -ef | grep -i pulse does not show any processes. aplay -l gives me this List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices card 0: NVidia [HDA NVidia], device 0: ALC1200 Analog [ALC1200 Analog] Subdevices: 1/1 Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 card 0:

Re: [Alsa-user] Schiit USB audio dac

2014-04-12 Thread chris hermansen
Rita and list; On Sat, Apr 12, 2014 at 6:01 AM, Rita wrote: > I am also seeing > > [12131.872114] input: Schiit Schiit USB Audio Device as > /devices/pci:00/:00:02.1/usb1/1-6/1-6:1.2/input/input1424 > [12131.872438] generic-usb 0003:0D8C:1319.0567: input,hidraw0: USB HID v1.00 > Device [S

Re: [Alsa-user] Schiit USB audio dac

2014-04-12 Thread Rita
I am also seeing [12131.872114] input: Schiit Schiit USB Audio Device as /devices/pci:00/:00:02.1/usb1/1-6/1-6:1.2/input/input1424 [12131.872438] generic-usb 0003:0D8C:1319.0567: input,hidraw0: USB HID v1.00 Device [Schiit Schiit USB Audio Device] on usb-:00:02.1-6/input2 [12160.069461

[Alsa-user] Schiit USB audio dac

2014-04-12 Thread Rita
Hello, I am trying to get Schitt USB audio DAC to work with Ubuntu. When I plug in the USB it detects it dmesg output [ 2534.791965] input: Schiit Schiit USB Audio Device as /devices/pci:00/:00:02.1/usb1/1-6/1-6:1.2/input/input23 [ 2534.792578] generic-usb 0003:0D8C:1319.000D: input,hid