[mythtv-commits] Ticket #8509: Fast chopping / stuttering in mythmusic after hdaudio merge

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#8509: Fast chopping / stuttering in mythmusic after hdaudio merge
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 Reporter:  bhuffman@…             |           Owner:  jyavenard  
     Type:  defect                 |          Status:  assigned   
 Priority:  minor                  |       Milestone:  unknown    
Component:  MythTV - Audio Output  |         Version:  Unspecified
 Severity:  medium                 |      Resolution:             
 Keywords:                         |   Ticket locked:  0          
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Comment (by Ken Emerson <kenneth.emerson@…>):

 Combining my observations from the closed ticket #8518:
 I took a sample mp3 file and played it with "default" as the output device
 which is set up as "ALSA:iec958:CARD=External,DEV=0" under Setup/General
 menu.  With the upmix to 5.1 box checked, the music plays very choppy from
 all five speakers (vocal coming out of center).  If I uncheck the 5.1
 upmix box, it is still choppy (but less so), but the vocal out of the
 center speaker sounds almost perfect.  My amplifier reads "No digital
 data" during both of these tests. If I change the music output device from
 "default" to the OSS device (/dev/dsp1) the music is perfect and the
 amplifier is happy with the signal.  I ran top to see if there was a CPU
 issue and there wasn't (>97% idle).

 I have disabled pulseaudio using this link:
 [http://www.jeffsplace.net/node/12].  I am running Ubuntu 10.4.  I played
 the same mp3 file using rhythmbox and mediaplayer, both played the file
 correctly; however, I am not sure whether the system was using ALSA or
 OSS; with pulseaudio out of the picture, the gdk sound applets were
 crippled.

 MythTV correctly identifies my Sound Blaster Live! USB sound card and all
 recordings and movies have normal sound.  Prior to the sound system re-
 write I'm pretty sure that I was using "default" as the output for
 MythMusic having to change to OSS afterwards.

 Unfortunately, I cannot test the onboard sound (Intel chip) since it was
 fried and was not successfully fixed by ASUS RMA process. All testing done
 using:

 MythTV Version   : 26118
 MythTV Branch    : trunk
 Network Protocol : 61
 Library API      : 0.23.20100904-1
 QT Version       : 4.6.2
 Options compiled in:
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 using_live using_mheg

 -- Ken Emerson (kenneth dot emerson at gmail dot com)

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