See bug #1614 https://docs.openmoko.org/trac/ticket/1614
I've uploaded a patch that bypasses pulseaudio and a difficult to install ipk file (sorry). This ~ halves mediaplayer's CPU utilization. Can you check to see if the change fixes distortion in mediaplayer? -Rusty Dylan Reilly wrote: > On Fri, Jul 18, 2008 at 02:50:18PM +0100, Al Johnson wrote: > >> I noticed the high-pass, but came to acceptable results using >> alsamixer's bass-boost options. My main concern is with the >> distortion in the mids to highs. As far as I understand, the >> above mentioned postings only cover the high-pass problem. >> But I certainly don't understand all the technical stuff. >> >> Does anyone else experience distortion? > > I have also noticed some heinous distortion in the mid to high range > through the media player in the latest 2007.02 builds. However, it is > not present under Qtopia. I experimented mixing and matching kernels > between the distributionsw and 2007.02 + Qtopia kernel still has the > distortion. > > I did some more poking around (under 2007.02) and it seems the issue > is related to pulse audio. Using madplay to play straight to /dev/dsp > produces no distortion but madplay through pulse audio does. I don't > know much about pulse audio; does anyone have any recommendations for > a work-around? > _______________________________________________ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community