[pulseaudio-discuss] [ANNOUNCE] PulseAudio 8.0 RC2

[Arun Raghavan]

On 15 January 2016 at 22:05, Thomas Martitz <kugel at rockbox.org> wrote:
> Am 12.01.2016 um 04:43 schrieb Arun Raghavan:
>>
>> Changes include re-enabling timer-based scheduling on USB devices, and
>> fixes for OS X, and some minor build and bug fixes. A detailed
>> changelog will accompany the release.
>
>
> I'm experiencing distorted sound on my X-Fi Surround 5.1 USB sound card with
> realtime scheduling, under PA v7.1. Can I expect improvements with that
> change? Can I delete the "realtime-scheduling = no" from my
> ~/.config/pulse/daemon.conf?

That sounds unrelated. Could you provide logs for when that happens?
I've not seen this on my USB card.

Thanks,
Arun