[mythtv-users] Audio cd plays with hickups in MythMusic

[Nick Rout]

On Wed, Jul 29, 2009 at 8:24 AM, Herman Gerritsen<lfsmailing at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> I try to use MythMusic  to play my audio cds, but the sound has a 1
> second pause every 15 seconds or so.
> I have been searching but nobody seems to have any problems with
> MythMusic (or I am not searching in the right places...)
>
> Currently I am using ubuntu 9.04 (64bit) with mythtv form ubuntu packages:
> MythTV Version   : 19961
> MythTV Branch    : branches/release-0-21-fixes
> Library API      : 0.21.20080304-1
> Network Protocol : 40
> Options compiled in:
>  linux profile using_oss using_alsa using_jack using_backend
> using_dbox2 using_dvb using_firewire using_frontend using_hdhomerun
> using_iptv using_ivtv using_joystick_menu using_libfftw3 using_lirc
> using_opengl_vsync using_opengl_video using_v4l using_x11 using_xrandr
> using_xv using_xvmc using_xvmcw using_xvmc_vld using_glx_proc_addr_arb
> using_bindings_perl using_bindings_python using_opengl
> using_ffmpeg_threads using_libavc_5_3 using_live
>
> On my system I use the analog output from my onboard audio (asus
> M2A-VM 690G with ALC883)
> The sound hickups occur in mythbuntu aswell (tried the default
> installation and the weekly build fixes and trunk).
> I have also tried using a SoundBlaster live 5.1 (pci) with the same
> problems (also the analog output)
>
> I have also tried to use the ubuntu esound packages instead of the
> pulseaudio package and had the same problem.
>
> Does anyone have an idea what to try next?

Could it be a faulty player? Does music play OK in other players?
mplayer cdda:// should work, and mplayer should be there by default.
There will no doubt be some other audio players on your system to test
with too.

Do music files eg mp3 play ok in mythmusic?