On Sat, Dec 13, 2008 at 03:36:35PM +0900, Colin Didier wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I've a similar problem on my IBM X31 with my USB DAC (a StyleAudio
> Carat-Peridot) using mplayer with the libsndio backend. The audio
> stutters and crackles a lot, but only when playing movies. If I play
> audio files, if I use the sun audio backend, or if I use the integrated
> sound-card of my laptop, everything is fine.

that is quite interesting.  can you show us what "audioctl blocksize"
gives you when the sound is strange?

> When I plug the USB DAC, I see the following lines in my dmesg:
> 
> uaudio0 at uhub2 port 1 configuration 1 interface 0 "Burr-Brown from TI USB 
> Audio DAC" rev 1.10/1.00 addr 2
> uaudio0: audio rev 1.00, 2 mixer controls
> audio1 at uaudio0
> uhidev0 at uhub2 port 1 configuration 1 interface 2 "Burr-Brown from TI USB 
> Audio DAC" rev 1.10/1.00 addr 2
> uhidev0: iclass 3/0
> uhid0 at uhidev0: input=1, output=0, feature=0
> 
> So I use mplayer with the following command
>       env AUDIODEVICE=/dev/audio1 mplayer my_movie.avi
> 
> I tried to use "aucat -l -f /dev/audio1" but it doesn't work and ends
> with the following error:
> 
> /dev/audio1: Device not configured
> safile_new: can't open device

aucat -l runs in full-duplex mode by default.  you can change it to
play only with '-m play'.

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