Re: pcm - stutters

2000-01-29 Thread David Scheidt
On Sat, 29 Jan 2000, Nick Hibma wrote: > > > I too notice these problems of mpg123 skipping during disk activity or X > > > graphics ops but I have always had these problems, both with -STABLE and > > > -CURRENT. I notice this with xmms too. So this is nothing new. > > > > Isn't this simply a ty

Re: pcm - stutters

2000-01-29 Thread Donn Miller
Nick Hibma wrote: > Pressing Ctrl-Z repeats the same quarter second fragment forever. I know the pcm driver uses a circular buffer. Maybe a small chunk of the sound gets stuck in the buffer, and when you press ^Z, the app is unable to tell the sound driver to break out of the loop. Also, RealP

Re: pcm - stutters

2000-01-29 Thread Nick Hibma
> > I too notice these problems of mpg123 skipping during disk activity or X > > graphics ops but I have always had these problems, both with -STABLE and > > -CURRENT. I notice this with xmms too. So this is nothing new. > > Isn't this simply a typical issue of IDE hardware? I too notice xmms > s

Re: pcm - stutters

2000-01-27 Thread Andrew Gallatin
Nick Hibma writes: > > The output of my ESS 1869 stutters whenever there is no new data fed to > it. For example pressing Ctrl-Z, or heavy disk usage (normally making > mpg123 jump). The stuttering is repetition of one short fragment of > about a quarter of a second, indefinitely > > An

Re: pcm - stutters

2000-01-27 Thread Terje Elde
* Nick Hibma ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [000125 12:42]: > The output of my ESS 1869 stutters whenever there is no new data fed to > it. For example pressing Ctrl-Z, or heavy disk usage (normally making > mpg123 jump). The stuttering is repetition of one short fragment of > about a quarter of a second, in

Re: pcm - stutters

2000-01-26 Thread Dave J. Boers
It is rumoured that Devin Butterfield had the courage to say: > I too notice these problems of mpg123 skipping during disk activity or X > graphics ops but I have always had these problems, both with -STABLE and > -CURRENT. I notice this with xmms too. So this is nothing new. Isn't this simply a

Re: pcm - stutters

2000-01-25 Thread Devin Butterfield
On Tue, 25 Jan 2000, Donn Miller wrote: > Nick Hibma wrote: > > > The output of my ESS 1869 stutters whenever there is no new data fed to > > it. For example pressing Ctrl-Z, or heavy disk usage (normally making > > mpg123 jump). The stuttering is repetition of one short fragment of > > about a

Re: pcm - stutters

2000-01-25 Thread Donn Miller
Nick Hibma wrote: > The output of my ESS 1869 stutters whenever there is no new data fed to > it. For example pressing Ctrl-Z, or heavy disk usage (normally making > mpg123 jump). The stuttering is repetition of one short fragment of > about a quarter of a second, indefinitely I can confirm thi

pcm - stutters

2000-01-25 Thread Nick Hibma
The output of my ESS 1869 stutters whenever there is no new data fed to it. For example pressing Ctrl-Z, or heavy disk usage (normally making mpg123 jump). The stuttering is repetition of one short fragment of about a quarter of a second, indefinitely Anything I can try with this machine curren