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[Bug 997331] Re: Some alsa applications play bad sound

 

I was experiencing too fast sound before in some wine apps and when
using skype (although new skype's version switched to pulseaudio and
that fixed the issue).  Recently, after a long break, I discovered it
again when using skype on wine. It is quite unusual, though, because
sometimes it works correctly and sometimes not. In the middle of a call
I can experience a sudden change to fast sound. It looks like the bug
can be minimalised or even disappears when using this command to start
an application:

"PULSE_LATENCY_MSEC=60 name_of_your_app"

For example to start audacity I type:

"PULSE_LATENCY_MSEC=60 audacity"

My OS: Ubuntu 14.10
Pulseaudio version: 4.0

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Title:
  Some alsa applications play bad sound

Status in pulseaudio package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  Some applications using ALSA plays bad sound. One is WINE
  applications. Winecfg test sound is distorted (sounds awful). Spotify
  running WINE plays songs way too fast. A flash based program play
  distorted sound. The common thing for all of them is that under
  Applications in Sound settings it says alsa-plugin and it flashes very
  rapidly between "No application is currently playing" and alsa-plugin.
  It almost looks like flickering. I've testet a normal wave file using
  aplay and that was okey, no problems.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
  Package: alsa-base 1.0.25+dfsg-0ubuntu1
  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/controlC2:  oeriksen   3299 F.... pulseaudio
   /dev/snd/controlC0:  oeriksen   3299 F.... pulseaudio
   /dev/snd/controlC1:  oeriksen   3299 F.... pulseaudio
  Card0.Amixer.info:
   Card hw:0 'PCH'/'HDA Intel PCH at 0xfa400000 irq 60'
     Mixer name	: 'Realtek ALC892'
     Components	: 'HDA:10ec0892,10438410,00100302'
     Controls      : 41
     Simple ctrls  : 20
  Card1.Amixer.info:
   Card hw:1 'Socialize'/'Creative Labs VF0640 Live! Cam Socialize at usb-0000:00:1d.0-1.4, high speed'
     Mixer name	: 'USB Mixer'
     Components	: 'USB041e:4083'
     Controls      : 2
     Simple ctrls  : 1
  Card1.Amixer.values:
   Simple mixer control 'Mic',0
     Capabilities: cvolume cvolume-joined cswitch cswitch-joined penum
     Capture channels: Mono
     Limits: Capture 0 - 48
     Mono: Capture 45 [94%] [18.00dB] [on]
  Card2.Amixer.info:
   Card hw:2 'NVidia'/'HDA NVidia at 0xfa080000 irq 17'
     Mixer name	: 'Nvidia GPU 16 HDMI/DP'
     Components	: 'HDA:10de0016,10de0101,00100100'
     Controls      : 24
     Simple ctrls  : 4
  Date: Wed May  9 22:41:04 2012
  PackageArchitecture: all
  SourcePackage: alsa-driver
  Symptom: audio
  Symptom_AlsaPlaybackTest: ALSA playback test through plughw:PCH successful
  Symptom_Card: Built-in Audio - HDA Intel PCH
  Symptom_Jack: Green Line Out, Rear
  Symptom_PulsePlaybackTest: PulseAudio playback test successful
  Symptom_Type: None of the above
  Title: [System Product Name, Realtek ALC892, Green Line Out, Rear] Playback problem
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to precise on 2012-03-02 (68 days ago)
  dmi.bios.date: 02/16/2012
  dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc.
  dmi.bios.version: 2302
  dmi.board.asset.tag: To be filled by O.E.M.
  dmi.board.name: P8P67 REV 3.1
  dmi.board.vendor: ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC.
  dmi.board.version: Rev 1.xx
  dmi.chassis.asset.tag: Asset-1234567890
  dmi.chassis.type: 3
  dmi.chassis.vendor: Chassis Manufacture
  dmi.chassis.version: Chassis Version
  dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvr2302:bd02/16/2012:svnSystemmanufacturer:pnSystemProductName:pvrSystemVersion:rvnASUSTeKCOMPUTERINC.:rnP8P67REV3.1:rvrRev1.xx:cvnChassisManufacture:ct3:cvrChassisVersion:
  dmi.product.name: System Product Name
  dmi.product.version: System Version
  dmi.sys.vendor: System manufacturer

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