Forgot to say HOW I know it is a CPU-usage related problem... If I am ripping a CD, my processor is being used just under 50% (and that means an entire core, as this is a dual-core system). When I am ripping CDs, this problem surfaces. I haven't seen this problem anywhere else, but I don't tend to stress my CPU when listening to music either. I will try some other ideas to stress it and see if the problem resurfaces.
As other people have hinted at, here is the behavior: I start a track in either Rhythmbox or Totem. The counter stays at 0:00, or starts counting rather quickly (3-4 seconds per second). The audio is all crackling. CPU usage spikes well above 75%, and is fairly erratic. If I stop the track and start it back up, sometimes I can get it to play, but usually I have to restart the computer. I don't know how to kill PA and restart it, as I haven't had any problems until recently. Sorry my original description was so lame... -- Crackling / scratching noise using Pulseaudio https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/345627 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
