Red Hat Bugzilla – Bug 485869
SBLive: Audio drops in and out in video.
Last modified: 2009-12-18 02:56:25 EST
Description of problem: Audio drops in and out when watching videos. This across multiple video systems. When watching steaming video in Flash x64, Gxine. Also when watching DVDs or downloaded content on the hard drive on Xine. This could be Alsa, but I am figuring since sound runs through Pulse, it might be more likely the problem. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): pulseaudio-module-gconf-0.9.14-1.fc10.x86_64 pulseaudio-utils-0.9.14-1.fc10.x86_64 pulseaudio-libs-0.9.14-1.fc10.x86_64 pulseaudio-core-libs-0.9.14-1.fc10.x86_64 pulseaudio-module-x11-0.9.14-1.fc10.x86_64 pulseaudio-0.9.14-1.fc10.x86_64 pulseaudio-libs-glib2-0.9.14-1.fc10.x86_64 pulseaudio-esound-compat-0.9.14-1.fc10.x86_64 (I have had updates once or twice since installed) How reproducible: Every time Steps to Reproduce: 1. Download the flash x64 pre release and install for Mozilla 2. Watch CBC the national in firefox Actual results: Words or parts of words drop out from the sound steam. In flash video, the video and sound can also become out of sync. Expected results: Consistent and constant stream of audio when watching a video - steaming or local. Additional info: Never saw this in Fedora 2-9 x86. First time running x64 on this system. SoundBlaster Live 5.1 sound card. This has been affecting me since I installed in Late December or Early January. Don't believe it's hardware problem, since Windows works well and Fedora 9 x86 before I installed F10
Uh. Smells like a bug in flash. PA provides snd_pcm_delay() and similar timing info primitives to applications. I will now close this. Feel free to reopen if you can reproduce this reliably with only non-closed-source sw.
I did. In my listed problem I mentioned this is reproducible in Xine and Gxine. I have this problem when watching streaming videos and watching DVDs, thus this isn't just a flash problem.
Hmm, do you have an onboard sound card. Can you reproduce this with it? The SBLive driver has certain issues with the timing. Also, please provide the output of 'pulseaudio -vvvvv' when this happens, run in a terminal. YOu might need to stop it using 'pulseaudio -k' first.
I have an onboard sound card (Intel ICH6) and am testing that. So far no issue yet. It did happen with the SBLive watching cbc.ca/bc 6 PM on demand news with Gxine Plugin/Gxine in Firefox. Attaching pulseaudio -vvvvv output: SBlive_gxine_cbc_bc_news.txt Will try some DVDs with Intel ICH6 onboard to see if it happens with it. Additional Info: 1. For Fedora 9 x64, I was unable to play ID software games (with SBLive), because Audio was 1/2 - 1 seconds behind video. This is not happening on Fedora 10 x64. 2. When having onboard turned on, SBLive audio sound levels are lower than when the onboard is disabled. 3. When having both sound cards on, programs seems to randomly pick which should output audio instead of following the primary selected device in sound control panel.
Created attachment 342408 [details] pulsevideo -vvvvv output when audio skips in steaming video from CBC.
I played a number of videos with the Onboard and I didn't have Audio drop outs. I installed the SBLive and watched the same steam and had audio drop outs. Seems to be related to the SBLive.
I have moved to Fedora 11 x64, now I get static from my SBLive and Kernel Failures when using it. Opening a new bug for that or will comment if it is already created.
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