[PlanetCCRMA] sound problem

[Pat]

Tried these yes.
No change with Periods/Buffer at 3 or 4 5 6 or 7.


On Tue, 2008-09-16 at 21:37 +0200, Nigel Henry wrote:
> On Tuesday 16 September 2008 20:47, Pat wrote:
> > Here is my setup
> > Laptop Toshiba 8510p , Intel Duo 2.2Mhz
> > 2G ram
> > Fedora Core 9
> > External SoundBlaster MP3+ (S80270) or On-Board Intel chipset. (they
> > both do it)
> >
> > Planet.CCRMA.apps.i386-2007.11.22-1.fc9.ccrma everything updated.
> >
> > Now, here's my problem.
> > I cannot get the sound to stop dropping. Jackd only shows 40% use. Not
> > running realtime, no XRuns etc etc. It should be fine.  I tried just
> > about every setting I could think of. I get it to work okay, but the
> > sound experiences constant tiny drops or gaps.
> >
> > If I record a song as a WAV file, I can open it in Audacity and see each
> > drop, which are fractions of seconds where the output just stops. I can
> > edit and remove the gaps, and everything sounds fine. But I can't do
> > this all the time. There must be a way.
> >
> > I've tried disabling APIC, changing priorities of processes for IRQ's
> > and applications etc etc. Nothing improves.
> >
> > Where should I be looking?
> >
> > Thanks.
> 
> Hi Pat. I don't think that this is your problem, as it's happening on both 
> soundcards, but if your onboard card is an hda intel one, and you're getting 
> stuttery sound with jack, open Qjackctl, and in the setup, change the 
> "Periods/Buffer" from 2 to 3. I know this resolves the problem with stuttery 
> sound with hda intel soundcards.
> 
> As I say, probably not the same problem as yours, as it's happening on 2 
> different soundcards.
> 
> Just a 2¢ worth suggestion.
> 
> Nigel.
> 
> 
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