I don't know when exactly, but for a while now everything has been fine. The server is on Lucid (still), as are the client machines. 'uname -a' yields: Linux blubox 2.6.32-47-generic #109-Ubuntu SMP Tue May 7 02:02:22 UTC 2013 x86_64 GNU/Linux pulseaudio version is 0.9.21-63-gd3efa-dirty
I just checked it again, with a video on the client sending audio flawlessly through both simultaneous output, and directly to the server's sound card (with "Allow other machines on the LAN to discover local sound devices" enabled). I hesitate to upgrade to Precise. But, I must. I hope PA--and everything else--continues as well on Precise as on Lucid. -- 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/329896 Title: Pulseaudio network sinks overload CPU Status in “alsa-lib” package in Ubuntu: Invalid Status in “pulseaudio” package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Bug description: Binary package hint: pulseaudio Description: Ubuntu jaunty (development branch) Release: 9.04 Trying to use network sinks with Pulseaudio causes unacceptable CPU load on both ends. To reproduce, you need 2 machines on a LAN. It's most obvious if you run 'top' on both machines while doing the following: 1) On machine 1 use paprefs to enable the following 3 options: Enable network access to local sound devices Allow other machines on the LAN to discover local sound devices Don't require authentication 2) On machine 2 use paprefs to enable the option Make discoverable network sound devices available locally Now, on machine 2, open pavucontrol. Watch the CPU usage of 'pulseaudio' on both machines rise and rise. On one of my machines it maxes out the CPU and pulseaudio quits. Until recently I was using Ubuntu 8.10 on both these machines and didn't have this problem. CPU usage of pulseaudio barely registered. I can't see this being an ALSA issue because no audio is playing at the time. pulseaudio: Installed: 0.9.14-0ubuntu5 Candidate: 0.9.14-0ubuntu5 Version table: *** 0.9.14-0ubuntu5 0 500 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty/main Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status uname -a Linux hoss 2.6.28-7-generic #20-Ubuntu SMP Mon Feb 9 15:42:34 UTC 2009 x86_64 GNU/Linux Seen on x86_64 and i386 installations. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/alsa-lib/+bug/329896/+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
