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Message #94204
[Bug 1136110] Re: USB Audio Codec choppy playback
Andrejas: You say "I also had similar problem a year a so ago, but it
disappeared since then (now on Ubuntu 14.10 Arcam R-DAC)." Are you
saying that the same DAC didn't work under 14.04 but does under 14.10?
Has the problem therefore definitely been analysed and fixed in 14.10?
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Title:
USB Audio Codec choppy playback
Status in linux package in Ubuntu:
Fix Released
Bug description:
1) The release of Ubuntu using
Ubuntu 12.10 AMD64.
Ubuntu 13.04 AMD64, daily build as new as 20130314.
2) The version of the package used
linux-image-3.5.0-26-generic
linux-image-3.5.7-03050706-generic_3.5.7-03050706.201302221435_amd64.deb
http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v3.5.7.6-quantal/
linux-image-3.7.7-030707-generic_3.7.7-030707.201302111436_amd64.deb
http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v3.7.7-raring/
linux-image-3.8.0-030800rc7-generic_3.8.0-030800rc7.201302081635_amd64.deb
http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v3.8-rc7-raring/
This bug had been confirmed appearing after the following kernel upgrade step:
v3.5.0-25 > v3.5.0-26 ~ v3.5.0-27
v3.5.7.5 > v3.5.7.6 ~ v3.5.7.8
v3.7.6 > v3.7.7 ~ v3.7.10
v3.8.0-rc6 > v3.8.0-rc7 ~ v3.8.5
The v3.9 branch has been affected since its very first release.
v3.9-rc1, v3.9-rc2, v3.9-rc3 v3.9-rc4 are all affected.
3) What you expected to happen
When using a USB DAC to play audio, the audio should be played normally without any interruption.
4) What happened instead
This bug seems to affect only a certain kind of hardware, which is called "Asynchronous USB Digital Audio Codec (DAC)". It's said that such a DAC hosts the clock itself (USB Device Host). An ordinary DAC, so called "Synchronous USB DAC", uses the clock hosted by the mother board, which is not affected by this bug.
When this bug affects an asynchronous USB DAC, the audio played by the
DAC is constantly interrupted. The playback itself does not stop, but
the output becomes discontinous, filling with constant crackling
noises, destroying everything the DAC plays.
Using CLI command grep device.buffering to get the buffer from the
devices, those affected kernels are reporting back a different number
to the unaffected devices. The choppy noise is very similar to the
situation when buffer size is not correctly set.
I have tested four USB DACs, two Asynchronous and two Synchronous.
Only the Asynchronous ones are affected by this bug.
Affected Devices:
Arce MDAC5
Arce MDAC mini
Ayre Acoustics QB-9
Dragonfly USB DAC
Musical Fidelity v2 DAC
USB Audio Streaming Controller on affected devices:
Texas Instrument TAS1020
http://www.ti.com/product/tas1020
Audio DAC on affected devices:
Texas Instruments PCM1742
http://www.ti.com/product/pcm1742
This bug had been confirmed appearing after the following kernel upgrade step:
3.5.0-25 > 3.5.0-26
3.5.7.5 > 3.5.7.6 (and all 3.5.7.x above)
3.7.6 > 3.7.7 (and all 3.7.x above)
3.8.0-rc6 > 3.8.0-rc7 (and all 3.8.x above)
I used Kdiff to find the similar patches, and find the following patches suspicous:
USB: XHCI: fix memory leak of URB-private data
(appeared in 3.5.7.6/3.7.7/3.8.0-rc7)
USB: EHCI: fix for leaking isochronous data
(appeared in 3.7.7/3.8.0-rc7)
usb: Prevent dead ports when xhci is not enabled
(appeared in 3.5.7.6/3.7.7/3.8.0-rc7)
usb: Using correct way to clear usb3.0 device's remote wakeup feature
(appeared in 3.5.7.6/3.7.7/3.8.0-rc7)
USB: EHCI: remove ASS/PSS polling timeout
(appeared in 3.7.7/3.8.0-rc7)
USB: EHCI: unlink one async QH at a time
(appeared in 3.7.7/3.8.0-rc7)
USB: EHCI: fix timer bug affecting port resume
(appeared in 3.5.7.6/3.7.7/3.8.0-rc7)
USB: EHCI: fix bug in scheduling periodic split transfers
(appeared in 3.5.7.6/3.7.7/3.8.0-rc7)
Hope someone can look into this bug soon!
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ApportVersion: 2.6.1-0ubuntu10
Architecture: amd64
AudioDevicesInUse:
USER PID ACCESS COMMAND
/dev/snd/controlC0: tysontan 2117 F.... pulseaudio
/dev/snd/controlC1: tysontan 2117 F.... pulseaudio
/dev/snd/pcmC1D0p: tysontan 2117 F...m pulseaudio
CRDA: Error: command ['iw', 'reg', 'get'] failed with exit code 1: nl80211 not found.
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10
HibernationDevice: RESUME=UUID=8545c3e2-caba-4eaa-8fa4-2fbebcc2d9bb
InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-02-15 (14 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.10 "Quantal Quetzal" - Release amd64 (20121017.5)
IwConfig:
eth0 no wireless extensions.
lo no wireless extensions.
MachineType: LENOVO 0053A11
MarkForUpload: True
Package: linux 3.5.0.26.32
PackageArchitecture: amd64
ProcEnviron:
TERM=xterm
PATH=(custom, no user)
XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcFB: 0 inteldrmfb
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.5.0-26-generic root=UUID=8c60a142-505f-4d74-afa0-37686558e86e ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-26.40-generic 3.5.7.6
RelatedPackageVersions:
linux-restricted-modules-3.5.0-26-generic N/A
linux-backports-modules-3.5.0-26-generic N/A
linux-firmware 1.95
RfKill:
Tags: quantal package-from-proposed running-unity third-party-packages
Uname: Linux 3.5.0-26-generic x86_64
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
UserGroups: adm cdrom dip lpadmin plugdev sambashare sudo
dmi.bios.date: 10/11/2012
dmi.bios.vendor: LENOVO
dmi.bios.version: 6QET70WW (1.40 )
dmi.board.name: 0053A11
dmi.board.vendor: LENOVO
dmi.board.version: Not Available
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: No Asset Information
dmi.chassis.type: 10
dmi.chassis.vendor: LENOVO
dmi.chassis.version: Not Available
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnLENOVO:bvr6QET70WW(1.40):bd10/11/2012:svnLENOVO:pn0053A11:pvrThinkPadX201Tablet:rvnLENOVO:rn0053A11:rvrNotAvailable:cvnLENOVO:ct10:cvrNotAvailable:
dmi.product.name: 0053A11
dmi.product.version: ThinkPad X201 Tablet
dmi.sys.vendor: LENOVO
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