Hi<br><br>On Monday, 1 August 2011, D. R. Newman <<a href="mailto:d.r.newman@e-consultation.org">d.r.newman@e-consultation.org</a>> wrote:<br>> For the last month or so, I have had an intermittent problem on<br>> playback. Sometimes, when starting to play back a TV recording, instead<br>
> of getting the soundtrack of the programme, I get a loud hiss. If I move<br>> forward or back and then start playing again, it often picks up the<br>> audio track and starts playing it. I do not get the same problem when<br>
> playing the same file in mplayer or Dragon Player.<br>><br>> Where should I start looking to track down the cause of this problem?<br><br><br>Using pulse audio I assume?<br><br>A few options to get this pulse issue: use native Alsa. Use ALSA:pulse driver (which is pulse's alsa emulation).<br>
<br>If you do want to use native pulse driver for some reason, change the pulse server sampling rate from 44.1kHz default to 48kHz.<br><br>For some reasons, when pulse have to resample to 44.1kHz, it sometimes plays a loud hiss.<br>
<br>Jean-Yves