Static in sound playback (Re: Strange system responsiveness issues with 5.1-CURRENT)

[Kris Kennaway]

On Tue, Sep 23, 2003 at 01:09:19PM -0400, Munish Chopra wrote:
> On 2003-09-23 09:58 -0700, Brooks Davis wrote:
> > On Tue, Sep 23, 2003 at 07:43:25PM +0300, Dan Naumov wrote:
> > > Starting applications (XFree, Evolution, Mozilla, OpenOffice, games)
> > > takes a noticably longer time than it used to, I'd say that Mozilla
> > > Firebird load times have increased by about 30-40%. I can also now see
> > > "jerkiness" in switching between applications. When Alt-Tabbing between
> > > Firebird, OpenOffice and Evolution, the windows appear half-drawn for a
> > > second or two.
> > 
> > The debugging features mentioned in the first entry in /usr/src/UPDATING
> > were disabled in RELEASE, but not in CURRENT.  This might account for
> > these differences.
> > 
> 
> I've been experiencing (especially) the lag in audio and/or video when
> seeking within media files. I kicked out all the debugging stuff, but it
> didn't make a difference.

I think something regressed in the sound drivers over the past few
weeks.  I now get loud bursts of static when seeking on video files
with mplayer.

Kris
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