Re: [Openvortex-dev] Alsa-XMMS buffer time weirdness

[Taisto Kuikka]

On Sat, 5 Jul 2003, Stanislav Kogan wrote:

> Hello.
>
> I just ran a test, and I get a similair behaviour on my system. I don't
> get any warnings though, but if I set the buffer to 371ms, I get this:
>
> ** WARNING **: Unable to install hw params
>
> and no sound is played. Also, if I change the buffer without restarting
> xmms, I get the fast play problem (seems like a stream remains open)
>

Actually after checking this is what happen to me too, except that
xmms exits after that warning.

> Anything below 371 is played with distortion (sounds like very fast
> stereo swaps)
>
> So, what's so special about 371ms?

Just guessing but 65536 bytes ~ 371.5 ms 44100 Hz 16 bits stereo
samples

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