[pulseaudio-discuss] "ringing" sound from ekiga received as many samples

[Brian J. Murrell]

I've changed my ekiga configuration to send it's "ringing" (i.e. sounds
like a telephone ringing) sound to ALSA via the Default device rather
than naming the device specifically.  Since I have the:

pcm.pulse {
    type pulse
}

ctl.pulse {
    type pulse
}

.asoundrc stuff configured, ekiga's audio comes through the pulseaudio
server now.  Which is a good thing.  What is strange is the way the
audio comes.  Here's a snippet from pulseaudio -vvvv:

I: client.c: Created 561 "Native client (UNIX socket client)"
I: protocol-native.c: Got credentials: uid=1001 gid=1001 success=1
I: protocol-native.c: Enabled SHM for new connection
I: client.c: Client 561 changed name from "Native client (UNIX socket client)" to "ALSA plug-in [ekiga]"
I: module-volume-restore.c: Restoring sink for <pulsecore/protocol-native.c$ALSA plug-in [ekiga]>
I: module-volume-restore.c: Restoring volume for <pulsecore/protocol-native.c$ALSA plug-in [ekiga]>
D: module-suspend-on-idle.c: Sink alsa_output.pci_1102_2_sound_card_0_alsa_playback_0 becomes busy.
I: sink-input.c: Created input 2190 "ALSA Playback" on alsa_output.pci_1102_2_sound_card_0_alsa_playback_0 with sample spec s16le 2ch 44100Hz and channel map front-left,front-right
D: memblockq.c: memblockq requested: maxlength=4194304, tlength=4194304, base=4, prebuf=2796204, minreq=1398100
D: memblockq.c: memblockq sanitized: maxlength=4194304, tlength=4194304, base=4, prebuf=2796204, minreq=1398100
I: client.c: Created 562 "Native client (UNIX socket client)"
I: protocol-native.c: Got credentials: uid=1001 gid=1001 success=1
I: protocol-native.c: Enabled SHM for new connection
I: client.c: Client 562 changed name from "Native client (UNIX socket client)" to "ALSA plug-in [ekiga]"
I: client.c: Freed 562 "ALSA plug-in [ekiga]"
I: protocol-native.c: connection died.
I: sink-input.c: Freeing output 2190 "ALSA Playback"
I: module-volume-restore.c: Restoring sink for <pulsecore/protocol-native.c$ALSA plug-in [ekiga]>
I: module-volume-restore.c: Restoring volume for <pulsecore/protocol-native.c$ALSA plug-in [ekiga]>
D: module-suspend-on-idle.c: Sink alsa_output.pci_1102_2_sound_card_0_alsa_playback_0 becomes busy.
I: sink-input.c: Created input 2191 "ALSA Playback" on alsa_output.pci_1102_2_sound_card_0_alsa_playback_0 with sample spec s16le 2ch 44100Hz and channel map front-left,front-right
D: memblockq.c: memblockq requested: maxlength=4194304, tlength=1280, base=4, prebuf=960, minreq=320
D: memblockq.c: memblockq sanitized: maxlength=4194304, tlength=1280, base=4, prebuf=960, minreq=320
I: sink-input.c: Freeing output 2191 "ALSA Playback"
I: module-volume-restore.c: Restoring sink for <pulsecore/protocol-native.c$ALSA plug-in [ekiga]>
I: module-volume-restore.c: Restoring volume for <pulsecore/protocol-native.c$ALSA plug-in [ekiga]>
D: module-suspend-on-idle.c: Sink alsa_output.pci_1102_2_sound_card_0_alsa_playback_0 becomes busy.
I: sink-input.c: Created input 2192 "ALSA Playback" on alsa_output.pci_1102_2_sound_card_0_alsa_playback_0 with sample spec s16le 2ch 44100Hz and channel map front-left,front-right
D: memblockq.c: memblockq requested: maxlength=4194304, tlength=1280, base=4, prebuf=960, minreq=320
D: memblockq.c: memblockq sanitized: maxlength=4194304, tlength=1280, base=4, prebuf=960, minreq=320
I: sink-input.c: Freeing output 2192 "ALSA Playback"
I: module-volume-restore.c: Restoring sink for <pulsecore/protocol-native.c$ALSA plug-in [ekiga]>
I: module-volume-restore.c: Restoring volume for <pulsecore/protocol-native.c$ALSA plug-in [ekiga]>
D: module-suspend-on-idle.c: Sink alsa_output.pci_1102_2_sound_card_0_alsa_playback_0 becomes busy.
I: sink-input.c: Created input 2193 "ALSA Playback" on alsa_output.pci_1102_2_sound_card_0_alsa_playback_0 with sample spec s16le 2ch 44100Hz and channel map front-left,front-right
D: memblockq.c: memblockq requested: maxlength=4194304, tlength=1280, base=4, prebuf=960, minreq=320
D: memblockq.c: memblockq sanitized: maxlength=4194304, tlength=1280, base=4, prebuf=960, minreq=320
I: sink-input.c: Freeing output 2193 "ALSA Playback"

and those last 7 lines repeat many many times.  The actual sound is very
ill sounding.  Like a sick phone.  :-)

I suspect this is an ekiga problem, but I wanted to go to their
list/bug-tracker with a good definition of what exactly the problem is.

Any ideas?

b.