[mythtv] prebuffer audio related?

[Michael T. Dean]

(Probably only useful for the archives...  I'm a bit behind on my messages.)

On 10/27/2004 06:06 PM, Ed Wildgoose wrote:

>> switched to alsa audio output using ALSA:spdif as device and no more
>> pre-buffering pauses. :-)
>
> OK, but the main thing this is likely to change is that the sample 
> rate is often locked to 48Khz (what card did you say you have?  What 
> rate are you recording at?).  Also, it could affect the buffering in 
> the soundcard if, for example, your driver is broken.

Or--more likely--if your .asoundrc is broken.  (Why blame the software 
when we can blame the user's configuration?  :)  Based on the fact that 
in previous posts you mentioned problems while using the ALSA devices 
"pcm.front"--which is a user-created device--and here you report success 
using "spdif"--which is a built-in device name--it seems your .asoundrc 
is wrong.

It would also explain the fact that you're only seeing 48kHz sample 
rates--even when you record at 32kHz.  The dmix plugin, for example, can 
only take 48kHz audio.  Similarly, many sound cards (the hardware) can 
only take 48kHz audio.

Mike