[Bug 825709] Re: Choppy sound due to excessive rewinding on Atom chipsets

2011-12-11 Thread David Henningsson
Ok, so I'll send a patch for the LPIB quirk for Stefano Lodi's device. If anybody else with an atom-based box, who can confirm that position_fix=1 works for them, could you file a new bug against the alsa-driver package (this will gather the relevant hw info) and point me to it by posting a comment

[Bug 825709] Re: Choppy sound due to excessive rewinding on Atom chipsets

2011-12-10 Thread Stefano Lodi
Rhythmbox tests: I can still hear the loops I mentioned two posts ago, however in almost all cases there is a recovery after a few loops, that is, rhythmbox jumps ahead and proceeds normally. Gstreamer pipeline still to test. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubunt

[Bug 825709] Re: Choppy sound due to excessive rewinding on Atom chipsets

2011-12-07 Thread Stefano Lodi
I attach two logs obtained using vlc and position_fix=1. The audio output suddenly stopped in both cases. In the meantime I am continuing the tests using rhythmbox. ** Attachment added: "vlc + position_fix=1, 2 logs, compressed archive" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/pulseaudio/+bu

[Bug 825709] Re: Choppy sound due to excessive rewinding on Atom chipsets

2011-12-05 Thread Stefano Lodi
I attach the output of alsa-info. I'm trying the methods you suggested in a minute. BTW yesterday I logged pulseaudio using vlc. No choppy sound, however after a random number of minutes (at most 30) the audio output is trapped into an infinite loop a few seconds long, and finally stops completel

[Bug 825709] Re: Choppy sound due to excessive rewinding on Atom chipsets

2011-12-05 Thread David Henningsson
Could you please submit an alsa-info, see http://wiki.ubuntu.com/Audio/AlsaInfo ? Also, banshee uses gstreamer internally, so maybe another player (i e Rhythmbox) would still show the bugs, although with less randomness? Or even a raw gstreamer pipeline (the example is for an ogg file): gst-launc

[Bug 825709] Re: Choppy sound due to excessive rewinding on Atom chipsets

2011-12-03 Thread Stefano Lodi
The high cpu usage is independent of position_fix=1. It looks like a problem related to the interface, which for some reason is slow in handling mouse events in submenus of Applications and in the Places menu, to some extent also in file context menus and in Nautilus menus. On the other hand I am

[Bug 825709] Re: Choppy sound due to excessive rewinding on Atom chipsets

2011-11-30 Thread David Henningsson
Thanks for your continued investigation. I'm wondering what to do next. I could submit an LPIB quirk for your particular machine (for that I'll need an alsa-info, see http://wiki.ubuntu.com/Audio/AlsaInfo ), which would mean that in the next version of Ubuntu, position_fix=1 would be the default.

[Bug 825709] Re: Choppy sound due to excessive rewinding on Atom chipsets

2011-11-30 Thread Stefano Lodi
Note that I have not updated my system, currently there are almost 150 updates involving GNOME and Banshee. My system is exactly as it was when I attached the first logs here. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bu

[Bug 825709] Re: Choppy sound due to excessive rewinding on Atom chipsets

2011-11-30 Thread Stefano Lodi
No, I do not remember noticing a hang. But I might have moved the Sound preferences volume slider when or before the sound became corrupted. That is the control I used in the last tests. I have just repeated the test with position_fix=1. The sound distortion I mentioned in the previous test did n

[Bug 825709] Re: Choppy sound due to excessive rewinding on Atom chipsets

2011-11-24 Thread David Henningsson
Thanks. So the most disturbing in the first log is: ( 262.115| 0.000) D: [alsa-sink] alsa-sink.c: Waking up in 43.01ms (system clock). ( 270.521| 8.405) E: [alsa-sink] alsa-util.c: snd_pcm_avail() returned a value that is exceptionally large: 1822684 bytes (10332 ms). This was probably wher

[Bug 825709] Re: Choppy sound due to excessive rewinding on Atom chipsets

2011-11-21 Thread Stefano Lodi
Here's the log of Banshee. ** Attachment added: "Banshee log for options snd-hda-intel position_fix=2" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/pulseaudio/+bug/825709/+attachment/2604410/+files/gstlog.txt -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which i

[Bug 825709] Re: Choppy sound due to excessive rewinding on Atom chipsets

2011-11-21 Thread Stefano Lodi
2nd test: With - options snd-hda-intel position_fix=2 in /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base.conf - autospawn = no in ~/.pulse/client.conf result: choppy sound, just as in my initial test (that is without the position fix). I kept a volume control window open during the test. ** Attachment added: "Pulseau

[Bug 825709] Re: Choppy sound due to excessive rewinding on Atom chipsets

2011-11-21 Thread Stefano Lodi
Here's the other log (Banshee). ** Attachment added: "gstlog.txt" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/pulseaudio/+bug/825709/+attachment/2604401/+files/gstlog.txt -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.

[Bug 825709] Re: Choppy sound due to excessive rewinding on Atom chipsets

2011-11-21 Thread Stefano Lodi
1st test: With - options snd-hda-intel position_fix=1 in /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base.conf - autospawn = no in ~/.pulse/client.conf result: fine sound until about 1'30 from start, then a few jumps ahead; finally the sound became distorted until the end of the test (about 3'). I kept a volume contro

[Bug 825709] Re: Choppy sound due to excessive rewinding on Atom chipsets

2011-11-10 Thread David Henningsson
> Should I perform the tests with the installed version 1:1.0-0ubuntu3+bufferingtest or the new version 1:1.0-0ubuntu3.1? Please use the 1:1.0-0ubuntu3+bufferingtest version. Thanks! -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. htt

[Bug 825709] Re: Choppy sound due to excessive rewinding on Atom chipsets

2011-11-09 Thread Stefano Lodi
I guess not with 1:1.0-0ubuntu3.1 if I have to record logs as that version is listed in the official repositories. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/825709 Title: Choppy sound due to exc

[Bug 825709] Re: Choppy sound due to excessive rewinding on Atom chipsets

2011-11-09 Thread Stefano Lodi
Ok, I'll try first with a volume control open and then closed, as I do not remember whether it was open or not. I see there is an update (1:1.0-0ubuntu3+bufferingtest --> 1:1.0-0ubuntu3.1), however the changelog does not mention the bug of this thread. Should I perform the tests with the installe

[Bug 825709] Re: Choppy sound due to excessive rewinding on Atom chipsets

2011-11-09 Thread David Henningsson
I also noticed that you might have had a volume control opened when you tested? If so, make sure to repeat the test case with the same conditions with the new position_fix versions. Thanks! -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubunt