[pulseaudio-discuss] Audio will stutter unless Volume Control is running

[Tako Schotanus]

Hey, you're absolutely right, I just tested it because I always
use simultaneous output as well and in fact the stuttering goes away when I
change to a single output.
Should this be reported as a bug?

-Tako


On Sun, Aug 8, 2010 at 12:30, Ng Oon-Ee <ngoonee at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Sun, 2010-08-08 at 01:43 +0200, Mads Kiilerich wrote:
> > Tako Schotanus wrote, On 08/07/2010 01:06 PM:
> > > I have this strange problem where in some applications (for example
> > > Penumbra Overture or Chromium) audio will stutter unless I have the
> > > Volume Control running.
> > > I run it and the stuttering goes away, I close it and it comes back
> again.
> >
> > That is probably because the volume control enforces frequent wake-ups
> > of PA and a low buffer size - and that do for some reason make your
> > audio applications work. If the applications uses PA correctly then it
> > is probably a ALSA driver issue.
> >
> > (I have seen a similar issue with the OSS emulation in PA.)
> >
> > /Mads
>
> Just to add that similar issues happen for me when running CPU-hungry
> apps together with the 'simultaenous output' module.
>
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