Description of problem: Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): How reproducible: Steps to Reproduce: 1. Play any video 2. 3. 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
Altered to pulseaudio as remaining pulseaudio lets me have continued audio in mplayer/vlc. Totem appears to be hard-coded to use pulseaudio
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 524385 ***