Pulseaudio problems

[Lubomir Kundrak]

On Sat, 2007-11-17 at 08:35 -0200, Paulo Cavalcanti wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I am trying to adapt myself to pulseaudio (F8 x86_64).
> 
> I had to change /etc/security/console.perms.d/50-default.perms
> so I can use another X screen (:1) without being root, and  without
> using pulse.
> Otherwise, I hear no sound using mplayer (this is how I send a movie
> to an ordinary TV).
> 
> After testing several applications, this is what I got so far 
> trying to use pulseaudio with plugins (not using alsa generic
> plugin): 
> 
> MythTV: NO sound at all (therefore, pulse can not be a global default
> for me) 
> mplayer (patched): OK
> mplayerplug-in: OK
> rhythmbox: OK
> amarok: OK
> xmms: OK
> audacious 1.4: OK with ESD (stutters a lot with its own pulse plugin).
> mpd 0.13: NO sound (it has the plugin, though).
> ampache (flash player): OK 
> xine: NO. Sound disappears after a few seconds. 
> vlc: NO plugin available.
> 
> Also, after an interval of time of maybe 10 to 20 min I hear a fast
> hiccup
> using amarock. I mean, the sound vanishes (but it is very fast), and
> it will happen
> again 10 min later, and so on... 
> 
> I also noticed that using 
> 
> arecord -D hw:0.0 -d 0 -f S16_LE -c2 -r48000 | aplay -D pulse &
> 
> for capturing from line in.
> 
> I have two sound cards:
> 
> [cascavel:~/SRPMS/vlc]   more /proc/asound/cards 
> 
>  0 [Intel          ]: HDA-Intel - HDA Intel
>                       HDA Intel at 0x92300000 irq 22
>  1 [VirMIDI        ]: VirMIDI - VirMIDI
>                       Virtual MIDI Card 1
>  2 [Bt878          ]: Bt87x - Brooktree Bt878 
>                       Brooktree Bt878 at 0x92000000, irq 18
>  3 [CMI8738        ]: CMI8738-MC6 - C-Media CMI8738
>                       C-Media CMI8738 (model 55) at 0x1000, irq 21
> 
> The good part, is that I can switch between sound cards very easily
> and 
> switch users and resume what I was playing before in gnome.
> 
> Sorry if I am writing to the wrong list, but I think this kind of
> information
> can be useful for the developers.

Bugzilla [1] will definitel be a more appropriate place than a mailing
list. Please file a bug report there.

[1] http://bugzilla.redhat.com/

Thanks,
-- 
Lubomir Kundrak (Red Hat Security Response Team)