[mythtv-users] MythMusic audio question
Richard Shaw
hobbes1069 at gmail.com
Mon Feb 18 17:33:09 UTC 2008
On Feb 18, 2008 7:43 AM, Phil Bridges <gravityhammer at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Feb 12, 2008 8:34 AM, Phil Bridges <gravityhammer at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > On Feb 11, 2008 8:51 AM, Phil Bridges <gravityhammer at gmail.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > On Feb 10, 2008 11:09 AM, Phil Bridges <gravityhammer at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > > > I've recently noticed some stuttering when I'm playing tracks in
> > > > Mythmusic (Gentoo ebuild 0.20.2_p14282). I started tailing the
> > > > Mythfrontend log, and I find a bunch of these messages:
> > > >
> > > > 2008-02-10 10:49:38.258 Opening OSS audio device '/dev/dsp'.
> > > > 2008-02-10 10:49:39.810 Opening OSS audio device '/dev/dsp'.
> > > > 2008-02-10 10:49:42.024 Opening OSS audio device '/dev/dsp'.
> > > > 2008-02-10 10:49:44.242 Opening OSS audio device '/dev/dsp'.
> > > > 2008-02-10 10:49:47.482 Opening OSS audio device '/dev/dsp'.
> > > > 2008-02-10 10:55:00.871 Opening OSS audio device '/dev/dsp'.
> > > > 2008-02-10 10:55:09.668 Opening OSS audio device '/dev/dsp'.
> > > >
> > > > I get one of these every sing change, but it looks like I get one
> > > > every time the music stutters. What could be causing this?
> > > >
> > >
> > > Upon further investigation, it appears that my system clock was
> > > running fast. Could this be causing the audio to skip? I've started
> > > using ntp on this machine now, but haven't had a chance to use
> > > MythMusic.
> > >
> >
> > It looks like the clock issue has been cleared up, and, for the most
> > part, Mythmusic is stutter-free. I have noticed, though, that there
> > seems to be an issue with the visualizations. I have random
> > visualizations set up to change with every song. About 10 seconds
> > after a song has started that follows a song showing cover art, the
> > previous song's cover art flashes on the screen for about a second. I
> > get a slight stutter when this happens. Any idea what could be
> > causing this?
> >
>
> Has nobody else had this problem when using visualizations that change
> with every track?
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I have not had your particular problem but a suggestion would be to switch
from using the OSS interface to ALSA.
Richard
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