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See this document for currently supported Ubuntu releases: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Releases We appreciate that this bug may be old and you might not be interested in discussing it any more. But if you are then please upgrade to the latest Ubuntu version and re-test. ** Changed in: pulseaudio (Ubuntu) Status: New => Incomplete -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to pulseaudio in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1065554 Title: can't get pulseaudio to play at 96000 hz sample rate Status in pulseaudio package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Bug description: as described by user Kirill Kabardin on 2012-08-13 in question: https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/pulseaudio/+question/205700 I can't get pulseaudio to play at 96000 hz sample rate. It worked in 11.10 I have this options enabled in /etc/pulse/daemon.conf (some of them were enabled by default, I only changed that ones that marked with #): resample-method = ffmpeg # enable-remixing = yes # enable-lfe-remixing = yes # flat-volumes = no default-sample-format = s16le # default-sample-rate = 96000 # default-fragments = 8 default-fragment-size-msec = 10 deferred-volume-safety-margin-usec = 1 I have this messages in "pulseaudio -v" output (this is not a full log, it just too big to put here): I: [pulseaudio] alsa-util.c: Unable to attach to mixer front:0: No such file or directory I: [pulseaudio] alsa-util.c: Successfully attached to mixer 'hw:0' I: [pulseaudio] alsa-util.c: Device hw:0 doesn't support 96000 Hz, changed to 48000 Hz. I: [pulseaudio] (alsa-lib)setup.c: Cannot lock ctl elem I: [pulseaudio] (alsa-lib)setup.c: Cannot lock ctl elem I: [pulseaudio] (alsa-lib)setup.c: Cannot lock ctl elem I: [pulseaudio] (alsa-lib)setup.c: Cannot lock ctl elem I: [pulseaudio] (alsa-lib)setup.c: Cannot lock ctl elem I: [pulseaudio] alsa-util.c: snd_pcm_hw_params failed: Device or resource busy I: [pulseaudio] (alsa-lib)setup.c: Cannot lock ctl elem I: [pulseaudio] (alsa-lib)setup.c: Cannot lock ctl elem I: [pulseaudio] (alsa-lib)setup.c: Cannot lock ctl elem I: [pulseaudio] (alsa-lib)setup.c: Cannot lock ctl elem I: [pulseaudio] (alsa-lib)setup.c: Cannot lock ctl elem I: [pulseaudio] alsa-util.c: snd_pcm_hw_params failed: Device or resource busy I: [pulseaudio] (alsa-lib)setup.c: Cannot lock ctl elem I: [pulseaudio] (alsa-lib)setup.c: Cannot lock ctl elem I: [pulseaudio] (alsa-lib)setup.c: Cannot lock ctl elem I: [pulseaudio] (alsa-lib)setup.c: Cannot lock ctl elem I: [pulseaudio] (alsa-lib)setup.c: Cannot lock ctl elem I: [pulseaudio] alsa-util.c: snd_pcm_hw_params failed: Device or resource busy I: [pulseaudio] (alsa-lib)setup.c: Cannot lock ctl elem I: [pulseaudio] (alsa-lib)setup.c: Cannot lock ctl elem I: [pulseaudio] (alsa-lib)setup.c: Cannot lock ctl elem I: [pulseaudio] (alsa-lib)setup.c: Cannot lock ctl elem I: [pulseaudio] (alsa-lib)setup.c: Cannot lock ctl elem I: [pulseaudio] alsa-util.c: snd_pcm_hw_params failed: Device or resource busy I: [pulseaudio] alsa-util.c: Failed to set hardware parameters on plug:front:0: Device or resource busy I: [pulseaudio] alsa-util.c: Device hw:0 doesn't support 96000 Hz, changed to 48000 Hz. It says that device does not suppport 96000 Hz but it definitely does. I can play 96000 khz 16-bit audio files just fine with aplay: flac -cd 1.flac | aplay -v -D front flac 1.2.1, Copyright (C) 2000,2001,2002,2003,2004,2005,2006,2007 Josh Coalson flac comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY. This is free software, and you are welcome to redistribute it under certain conditions. Type `flac' for details. Playing WAVE 'stdin' : Signed 16 bit Little Endian, Rate 96000 Hz, Stereo Hooks PCM Its setup is: stream : PLAYBACK access : RW_INTERLEAVED format : S16_LE subformat : STD channels : 2 rate : 96000 exact rate : 96000 (96000/1) msbits : 16 buffer_size : 16384 period_size : 4096 period_time : 42666 tstamp_mode : NONE period_step : 1 avail_min : 4096 period_event : 0 start_threshold : 16384 stop_threshold : 16384 silence_threshold: 0 silence_size : 0 boundary : 4611686018427387904 Slave: Hardware PCM card 0 'SB Audigy 4 [SB0610]' device 0 subdevice 0 Its setup is: stream : PLAYBACK access : RW_INTERLEAVED format : S16_LE subformat : STD channels : 2 rate : 96000 exact rate : 96000 (96000/1) msbits : 16 buffer_size : 16384 period_size : 4096 period_time : 42666 tstamp_mode : NONE period_step : 1 avail_min : 4096 period_event : 0 start_threshold : 16384 stop_threshold : 16384 silence_threshold: 0 silence_size : 0 boundary : 4611686018427387904 appl_ptr : 0 hw_ptr : 0 1.flac: 0% complete What am I missing? To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/pulseaudio/+bug/1065554/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
