[Bug 4302] xmms USB sound is pop and crackly

[bugzilla-daemon at bugzilla.ubuntu.com]

Please do not reply to this email.  You can add comments at
http://bugzilla.ubuntu.com/show_bug.cgi?id=4302
Ubuntu | linux





------- Additional Comments From mcepeda at ualberta.ca  2005-04-13 22:42 UTC -------
These problems seem to have been solved with the following combined with hoary
official release:
To avoid (initial) distortion, when you start playing music from a CD, you can
configure OSS's

 "Prebuffer (Percent)" from 25 to 90.

Similarly, configure Alsa's

 "Period time" from 50 to 500.

You can also

 "sudo hdparm -d1 /dev/cdrom".

"cdrom" if you've symlinked the DVD device to "cdrom". Else you can just hdparm
the device directly. To find out what the device is run:

 dmesg | grep DVD

If it says "hdc" then you should beable to replace "cdrom" with "hdc" as in:

 sudo hdparm -d1 /dev/hdc

There is also a way to set this by default at boot. I'll leave that for someone
who has done this to elaborate. The hdparm is no longer needed with the above
two settings with my iMac DV 400mhz with one gig a ram for CD playing. I do
still need it for smooth DVD playing though.

I've posted this at:
http://ubuntuppc.webplazahosting.com/index.php?SettingXmmsAndUsbSound

Chascon
Thanks

-- 
Configure bugmail: http://bugzilla.ubuntu.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email
------- You are receiving this mail because: -------
You are the QA contact for the bug, or are watching the QA contact.