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I've found that 16000 buffer time with 4000 period time doesn't underrun
while if I change the period time to 1000 or 2000 it underruns pretty
quickly. Lower buffer times underrun regardless of the period time it
seems.

16000/4000 shows these params:

> aplay -D hw:0,0 -v  --buffer-time=16000 --period-time=4000 /tmp/fr025.wav
Playing WAVE '/tmp/fr025.wav' : Signed 16 bit Little Endian, Rate 44100 Hz, Stereo
Hardware PCM card 0 'HDA Intel PCH' device 0 subdevice 0
Its setup is:
  stream       : PLAYBACK
  access       : RW_INTERLEAVED
  format       : S16_LE
  subformat    : STD
  channels     : 2
  rate         : 44100
  exact rate   : 44100 (44100/1)
  msbits       : 16
  buffer_size  : 768
  period_size  : 192
  period_time  : 4353
  tstamp_mode  : NONE
  period_step  : 1
  avail_min    : 192
  period_event : 0
  start_threshold  : 768
  stop_threshold   : 768
  silence_threshold: 0
  silence_size : 0
  boundary     : 6917529027641081856
  appl_ptr     : 0
  hw_ptr       : 0

16000/2000 is like this:

> aplay -D hw:0,0 -v  --buffer-time=16000 --period-time=2000 /tmp/fr025.wav
Playing WAVE '/tmp/fr025.wav' : Signed 16 bit Little Endian, Rate 44100 Hz, Stereo
Hardware PCM card 0 'HDA Intel PCH' device 0 subdevice 0
Its setup is:
  stream       : PLAYBACK
  access       : RW_INTERLEAVED
  format       : S16_LE
  subformat    : STD
  channels     : 2
  rate         : 44100
  exact rate   : 44100 (44100/1)
  msbits       : 16
  buffer_size  : 672
  period_size  : 96
  period_time  : 2176
  tstamp_mode  : NONE
  period_step  : 1
  avail_min    : 96
  period_event : 0
  start_threshold  : 672
  stop_threshold   : 672
  silence_threshold: 0
  silence_size : 0
  boundary     : 6052837899185946624
  appl_ptr     : 0
  hw_ptr       : 0
underrun!!! (at least 2.587 ms long)
Status:
  state       : XRUN
  trigger_time: 4380.16449247
  tstamp      : 4380.19033473
  delay       : 0
  avail       : 761
  avail_max   : 761
^CAborted by signal Interrupt...

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Title:
  periodic audio skips with Intel HDA

Status in PulseAudio sound server:
  Confirmed
Status in pulseaudio package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  When running PulseAudio, if I'm playing music via any source (Exaile, Totem,
  Flash in Firefox or Chromium, VLC, etc.) every few minutes the audio will skip
  once or twice.  top doesn't show any process eating CPU any more when it
  happens.  dmesg doesn't show anything.  Nothing else seems to be affected.  It
  doesn't seem to happen regularly.

  I just installed Ubuntu 12.04 from scratch (with pulseaudio 1:1.1-0ubuntu15),
  but the same thing happened in 10.04 on the same hardware.  Uninstalling the
  PulseAudio packages and going back to ALSA gives me no issues whatsoever, which
  is how I know the issue is with PulseAudio.  I'm using my onboard audio device:

  $ lspci | grep Audio
  00:14.2 Audio device: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI SBx00 Azalia (Intel
  HDA)

  Following mailing list instructions, pulseaudio -vvvv --log-time shows during a
  skip:

  ( 684.030|   5.000) I: [alsa-sink] alsa-sink.c: Underrun!
  ( 684.030|   0.000) I: [alsa-sink] alsa-sink.c: Increasing minimal latency to
  26.00 ms
  ( 684.030|   0.000) D: [alsa-sink] alsa-sink.c: Latency set to 26.00ms
  ( 684.030|   0.000) D: [alsa-sink] alsa-sink.c: hwbuf_unused=60952
  ( 684.030|   0.000) D: [alsa-sink] alsa-sink.c: setting avail_min=15944
  ( 684.030|   0.000) D: [alsa-sink] alsa-sink.c: Latency set to 26.00ms
  ( 684.030|   0.000) D: [alsa-sink] alsa-sink.c: hwbuf_unused=60952
  ( 684.030|   0.000) D: [alsa-sink] alsa-sink.c: setting avail_min=15944
  ( 684.031|   0.000) D: [alsa-sink] protocol-native.c: Underrun on 'ALSA
  Playback', 0 bytes in queue.
  ( 684.036|   0.004) D: [alsa-sink] protocol-native.c: Requesting rewind due to
  end of underrun.
  ( 684.036|   0.000) D: [alsa-sink] alsa-sink.c: Requested to rewind 10940
  bytes.
  ( 684.036|   0.000) D: [alsa-sink] alsa-sink.c: Limited to 3320 bytes.
  ( 684.036|   0.000) D: [alsa-sink] alsa-sink.c: before: 830
  ( 684.036|   0.000) D: [alsa-sink] alsa-sink.c: after: 830
  ( 684.036|   0.000) D: [alsa-sink] alsa-sink.c: Rewound 3320 bytes.
  ( 684.036|   0.000) D: [alsa-sink] sink.c: Processing rewind...
  ( 684.036|   0.000) D: [alsa-sink] sink.c: latency = 1337
  ( 684.036|   0.000) D: [alsa-sink] sink-input.c: Have to rewind 3320 bytes on
  render memblockq.
  ( 684.036|   0.000) D: [alsa-sink] source.c: Processing rewind...
  ( 696.234|  12.197) I: [alsa-sink] alsa-sink.c: Underrun!
  ( 696.234|   0.000) I: [alsa-sink] alsa-sink.c: Increasing wakeup watermark to
  15.99 ms
  ( 702.033|   5.799) I: [alsa-sink] alsa-sink.c: Underrun!
  ( 702.033|   0.000) I: [alsa-sink] alsa-sink.c: Increasing minimal latency to
  36.00 ms
  ( 702.033|   0.000) D: [alsa-sink] alsa-sink.c: Latency set to 36.00ms
  ( 702.033|   0.000) D: [alsa-sink] alsa-sink.c: hwbuf_unused=59188
  ( 702.033|   0.000) D: [alsa-sink] alsa-sink.c: setting avail_min=15680
  ( 702.033|   0.000) D: [alsa-sink] alsa-sink.c: Latency set to 36.00ms
  ( 702.034|   0.000) D: [alsa-sink] alsa-sink.c: hwbuf_unused=59188
  ( 702.034|   0.000) D: [alsa-sink] alsa-sink.c: setting avail_min=15680
  ( 702.034|   0.000) D: [alsa-sink] protocol-native.c: Underrun on 'ALSA
  Playback', 0 bytes in queue.

  ...and it goes on.

  The "Underrun!" messages alone happened a few times before, but it
  didn't skip.

  I'd like to use PulseAudio, but it's pretty annoying having audio skip all the
  time.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
  Package: pulseaudio 1:1.1-0ubuntu15
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-24.37-generic 3.2.14
  Uname: Linux 3.2.0-24-generic x86_64
  NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
  AlsaVersion: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.24.
  ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu7
  Architecture: amd64
  AudioDevicesInUse:
   USER        PID ACCESS COMMAND
   /dev/snd/controlC0:  toxite     2136 F.... pulseaudio
   /dev/snd/pcmC0D0p:   toxite     2136 F...m pulseaudio
  Card0.Amixer.info:
   Card hw:0 'SB'/'HDA ATI SB at 0xfe024000 irq 16'
     Mixer name	: 'Realtek ALC889'
     Components	: 'HDA:10ec0889,1458a102,00100004'
     Controls      : 48
     Simple ctrls  : 22
  Date: Tue May  8 21:45:17 2012
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release amd64 (20120425)
  ProcEnviron:
   TERM=xterm
   PATH=(custom, user)
   LANG=en_US.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: pulseaudio
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
  dmi.bios.date: 12/03/2009
  dmi.bios.vendor: Award Software International, Inc.
  dmi.bios.version: F2
  dmi.board.name: GA-790FXTA-UD5
  dmi.board.vendor: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd.
  dmi.board.version: x.x
  dmi.chassis.type: 3
  dmi.chassis.vendor: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd.
  dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAwardSoftwareInternational,Inc.:bvrF2:bd12/03/2009:svnGigabyteTechnologyCo.,Ltd.:pnGA-790FXTA-UD5:pvr:rvnGigabyteTechnologyCo.,Ltd.:rnGA-790FXTA-UD5:rvrx.x:cvnGigabyteTechnologyCo.,Ltd.:ct3:cvr:
  dmi.product.name: GA-790FXTA-UD5
  dmi.sys.vendor: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd.

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