Bug 540751

Summary: Audio stops after 2-3 minutes
Product: [Fedora] Fedora Reporter: redtux <mike>
Component: pulseaudioAssignee: Jaroslav Kysela <jkysela>
Status: CLOSED DUPLICATE QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance <extras-qa>
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Description redtux 2009-11-24 02:20:09 UTC
Description of problem:


Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):


How reproducible:


Steps to Reproduce:
1. Play any video
2. 
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Actual results:
Audio stops after 2-3 minutes

Expected results:
Audio Continues

Additional info:
This happens with VLC, mplayer and totem (totem stops video entirely)

Output from /var/log/messages
Nov 24 02:15:10 localhost pulseaudio[4567]: alsa-util.c: snd_pcm_avail() returned a value that is exceptionally large: 4294958504 bytes (24347837 ms).
Nov 24 02:15:10 localhost pulseaudio[4567]: alsa-util.c: Most likely this is a bug in the ALSA driver 'snd_cmipci'. Please report this issue to the ALSA developers.
Nov 24 02:15:10 localhost pulseaudio[4567]: alsa-util.c: snd_pcm_dump():
Nov 24 02:15:10 localhost pulseaudio[4567]: alsa-util.c: Hardware PCM card 0 'C-Media CMI8738' device 0 subdevice 0
Nov 24 02:15:10 localhost pulseaudio[4567]: alsa-util.c: Its setup is:
Nov 24 02:15:10 localhost pulseaudio[4567]: alsa-util.c:   stream       : PLAYBACK
Nov 24 02:15:10 localhost pulseaudio[4567]: alsa-util.c:   access       : MMAP_INTERLEAVED
Nov 24 02:15:10 localhost pulseaudio[4567]: alsa-util.c:   format       : S16_LE
Nov 24 02:15:10 localhost pulseaudio[4567]: alsa-util.c:   subformat    : STD
Nov 24 02:15:10 localhost pulseaudio[4567]: alsa-util.c:   channels     : 2
Nov 24 02:15:10 localhost pulseaudio[4567]: alsa-util.c:   rate         : 44100
Nov 24 02:15:10 localhost pulseaudio[4567]: alsa-util.c:   exact rate   : 44100 (44100/1)
Nov 24 02:15:10 localhost pulseaudio[4567]: alsa-util.c:   msbits       : 16
Nov 24 02:15:10 localhost pulseaudio[4567]: alsa-util.c:   buffer_size  : 16384
Nov 24 02:15:10 localhost pulseaudio[4567]: alsa-util.c:   period_size  : 8192
Nov 24 02:15:10 localhost pulseaudio[4567]: alsa-util.c:   period_time  : 185759
Nov 24 02:15:10 localhost pulseaudio[4567]: alsa-util.c:   tstamp_mode  : ENABLE
Nov 24 02:15:10 localhost pulseaudio[4567]: alsa-util.c:   period_step  : 1
Nov 24 02:15:10 localhost pulseaudio[4567]: alsa-util.c:   avail_min    : 15503
Nov 24 02:15:10 localhost pulseaudio[4567]: alsa-util.c:   period_event : 0
Nov 24 02:15:10 localhost pulseaudio[4567]: alsa-util.c:   start_threshold  : -1
Nov 24 02:15:10 localhost pulseaudio[4567]: alsa-util.c:   stop_threshold   : 1073741824
Nov 24 02:15:10 localhost pulseaudio[4567]: alsa-util.c:   silence_threshold: 0
Nov 24 02:15:10 localhost pulseaudio[4567]: alsa-util.c:   silence_size : 0
Nov 24 02:15:10 localhost pulseaudio[4567]: alsa-util.c:   boundary     : 1073741824
Nov 24 02:15:10 localhost pulseaudio[4567]: alsa-util.c:   appl_ptr     : 11290780
Nov 24 02:15:10 localhost pulseaudio[4567]: alsa-util.c:   hw_ptr       : 11272198
Nov 24 02:15:10 localhost pulseaudio[4567]: alsa-util.c: snd_pcm_delay() returned a value that is exceptionally large: 355764 bytes (2016 ms).
Nov 24 02:15:10 localhost pulseaudio[4567]: alsa-util.c: Most likely this is a bug in the ALSA driver 'snd_cmipci'. Please report this issue to the ALSA developers.
Nov 24 02:15:10 localhost pulseaudio[4567]: alsa-util.c: snd_pcm_dump():
Nov 24 02:15:10 localhost pulseaudio[4567]: alsa-util.c: Hardware PCM card 0 'C-Media CMI8738' device 0 subdevice 0
Nov 24 02:15:10 localhost pulseaudio[4567]: alsa-util.c: Its setup is:
Nov 24 02:15:10 localhost pulseaudio[4567]: alsa-util.c:   stream       : PLAYBACK
Nov 24 02:15:10 localhost pulseaudio[4567]: alsa-util.c:   access       : MMAP_INTERLEAVED
Nov 24 02:15:10 localhost pulseaudio[4567]: alsa-util.c:   format       : S16_LE
Nov 24 02:15:10 localhost pulseaudio[4567]: alsa-util.c:   subformat    : STD
Nov 24 02:15:10 localhost pulseaudio[4567]: alsa-util.c:   channels     : 2
Nov 24 02:15:10 localhost pulseaudio[4567]: alsa-util.c:   rate         : 44100
Nov 24 02:15:10 localhost pulseaudio[4567]: alsa-util.c:   exact rate   : 44100 (44100/1)
Nov 24 02:15:10 localhost pulseaudio[4567]: alsa-util.c:   msbits       : 16
Nov 24 02:15:10 localhost pulseaudio[4567]: alsa-util.c:   buffer_size  : 16384
Nov 24 02:15:10 localhost pulseaudio[4567]: alsa-util.c:   period_size  : 8192
Nov 24 02:15:11 localhost pulseaudio[4567]: alsa-util.c:   period_time  : 185759
Nov 24 02:15:11 localhost pulseaudio[4567]: alsa-util.c:   tstamp_mode  : ENABLE
Nov 24 02:15:11 localhost pulseaudio[4567]: alsa-util.c:   period_step  : 1
Nov 24 02:15:11 localhost pulseaudio[4567]: alsa-util.c:   avail_min    : 15503
Nov 24 02:15:11 localhost pulseaudio[4567]: alsa-util.c:   period_event : 0
Nov 24 02:15:11 localhost pulseaudio[4567]: alsa-util.c:   start_threshold  : -1
Nov 24 02:15:11 localhost pulseaudio[4567]: alsa-util.c:   stop_threshold   : 1073741824
Nov 24 02:15:11 localhost pulseaudio[4567]: alsa-util.c:   silence_threshold: 0
Nov 24 02:15:11 localhost pulseaudio[4567]: alsa-util.c:   silence_size : 0
Nov 24 02:15:11 localhost pulseaudio[4567]: alsa-util.c:   boundary     : 1073741824
Nov 24 02:15:11 localhost pulseaudio[4567]: alsa-util.c:   appl_ptr     : 11361340
Nov 24 02:15:11 localhost pulseaudio[4567]: alsa-util.c:   hw_ptr       : 11272399
Nov 24 02:15:11 localhost rtkit-daemon[1526]: Sucessfully made thread 4722 of process 4722 (/usr/bin/pulseaudio) owned by '500' high priority at nice level -11.
Nov 24 02:15:11 localhost pulseaudio[4722]: pid.c: Stale PID file, overwriting.
Nov 24 02:15:11 localhost rtkit-daemon[1526]: Sucessfully made thread 4723 of process 4722 (/usr/bin/pulseaudio) owned by '500' RT at priority 5.
Nov 24 02:15:11 localhost rtkit-daemon[1526]: Sucessfully made thread 4724 of process 4722 (/usr/bin/pulseaudio) owned by '500' RT at priority 5.
Nov 24 02:15:11 localhost rtkit-daemon[1526]: Sucessfully made thread 4726 of process 4726 (/usr/bin/pulseaudio) owned by '500' high priority at nice level -11.
Nov 24 02:15:11 localhost pulseaudio[4726]: pid.c: Daemon already running.
Nov 24 02:18:07 localhost dbus: avc:  received setenforce notice (enforcing=0)
Nov 24 02:18:07 localhost dbus: avc:  received setenforce notice (enforcing=0)
Nov 24 02:18:07 localhost dbus: Can't send to audit system: USER_AVC avc:  received setenforce notice (enforcing=0)#012: exe="?" sauid=81 hostname=? addr=? term

Comment 1 redtux 2009-11-25 04:00:45 UTC
Altered to pulseaudio as remaining pulseaudio lets me have continued audio in mplayer/vlc.

Totem appears to be hard-coded to use pulseaudio

Comment 2 redtux 2009-11-26 10:58:39 UTC

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 524385 ***