[pulseaudio-tickets] [Bug 59267] New: network playback choppy for some clients when streaming via mDNS tunnel

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https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=59267

          Priority: medium
            Bug ID: 59267
                CC: lennart at poettering.net
          Assignee: pulseaudio-bugs at lists.freedesktop.org
           Summary: network playback choppy for some clients when
                    streaming via mDNS tunnel
        QA Contact: pulseaudio-bugs at lists.freedesktop.org
          Severity: normal
    Classification: Unclassified
                OS: Linux (All)
          Reporter: jrollins at finestructure.net
          Hardware: x86-64 (AMD64)
            Status: NEW
           Version: unspecified
         Component: core
           Product: PulseAudio

The problem occurs for some clients and not others, and goes away entirely if a
direct connection is used (by setting PULSE_SERVER or pax11publish).  This
happens primarily iceweasel (firefox).

I found that if I switch the sink back and forth between the local and remote
server I can eventually get the choppiness to go away.  If I pause the audio at
the source the choppiness returns.

ohsix on the #pulseaudio channel suggested I look at the sink latency with
"pacmd list-sinks".  In either case, either when playback is good or when
choppy, the "current latency" reported by the remote sink is absurdly high. 
For instance:

current latency: 5515241.32 ms

I can guarantee I'm not actually seeing a 1.5 hour latency.  (Maybe this is a
red herring, but if it is it probably indicates a bug in it's own right.)

Please let me know if there's any further information I can provide.

The local and remote servers are both version 2.0-6 from Debian wheezy.

Thanks for the help, and for such a great piece of software.

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